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Unleash the Power of Music
Campaign for the Future of Music Education
Music is essential. A dynamic combination of rigor and freedom, individual expression and disciplined collaboration, it is a communal touchstone that affirms and strengthens our humanity.
The world must reimagine and expand the parameters of music and music education and the potential of musicians. The leader of that change is New England Conservatory. For more than 150 years, we have defined the standard of music education. Now, we are revolutionizing it.
Campaign Goal
$ 117
million
raised
Campaign for the Future of Music Education
Music is essential. A dynamic combination of rigor and freedom, individual expression and disciplined collaboration, it is a communal touchstone that affirms and strengthens our humanity. The world must reimagine and expand the parameters of music and music education and the potential of musicians. The leader of that change is New England Conservatory. For more than 150 years, we have defined the standard of music education. Now, we are revolutionizing it.
This campaign is about the future — the future of our students, the future of music, and the future of its impact on the world. We are reimagining what it means to be a musician in the 21st century, breaking down boundaries among disciplines, and ensuring that every talented student can pursue their dreams.”
Andrea Kalyn
President
Results by the Numbers
5,124
Total Donors
$39M
in Endowment Support
$17M
for the NEC Fund
$31M
in New Planned Gifts
Advancing Excellence: Campaign Pillars
Endowment
Powers our foundation, providing support for student, faculty, and educational initiatives into the future.
The NEC Fund
Fuels NEC’s immediate needs, directly impacting students, faculty, and programs annually.
Capital Investment
Invests in the infrastructure and facilities that enable NEC to provide a world-class music education.
Planned Giving
Ensures NEC’s future by enabling strategic growth and maintaining excellence for generations to come.
NEC Endowment Challenge
Endowment giving fuels NEC’s growth, driving strategic initiatives and strengthening the defining elements of an NEC education.
In March 2025, an anonymous foundation committed to a powerful challenge: they will match $5 million if we meet our $70 million goal by June 2027. To date we have raised $51 million towards this goal.
This is more than a challenge, it is an opportunity to amplify your impact.
Our Bold Vision
NEC is redefining the standards of a music education. We are dismantling boundaries among disciplines, reimagining the role of teaching performers, and envisioning new possibilities for modern musicians.
By transforming our buildings, classrooms, and technological capabilities, we are fostering innovation and artistic growth, ensuring NEC continues to define the standard of music education.
NEC is amplifying access to music education through innovative Expanded Education initiatives and reimagined Preparatory School, adult, summer, and digital programs.
We are investing in our preeminent faculty, empowering them to innovate, push the boundaries of music education, drive excellence, and mentor the world’s most promising talent.
NEC isn’t just a school — it’s the epitome of excellence and the gateway to a dynamic career. We are expanding scholarships, breaking down financial barriers so prodigious talent can grow, thrive, and lead in music—and beyond.
After NEC
After NEC
Together, We Can Shape the Future of Music
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Attracting and Retaining the Best of the Best
Our world-renowned faculty are not just masters of their craft, they are bold innovators shaping the future of music. Their work transforms how music is taught, shared, and experienced, creating a resonance that starts in our studios and performance halls and extends to communities near and far.
Faculty and teaching excellence are the top reasons students choose NEC. -
Advancing Student Opportunity
NEC musicians raise the bar on excellence. They are inventing new ways of creating music, developing new instruments, and resurrecting forgotten ones. They are re-envisioning artistry and challenging the boundaries and defying conventions of genre, collaboration, performance, audience, and the place of music in the world.
This campaign is part of a bold push to expand scholarships, breaking down financial barriers to position students for professional success without career-constraining loan obligations. -
Expanding our Reach
Our vision for music education is limitless and extends far beyond NEC’s walls. We are forging new pathways, cultivating talent across all ages, enriching communities, and building powerful partnerships in Boston and beyond.
You will find our students and faculty transforming the community by bringing the power of music to early childhood centers, public schools, senior centers, hospitals, and homeless shelters. -
Reimagining the Role of the Teaching Performer
NEC has always trained extraordinary performers—but that’s only part of our mission. We are redefining what it means to be a modern musician by reimagining the role of the teaching performer. We are shaping the next generation of teaching artists: musicians who inspire, educate, and lead through the power of music.
Through coursework, hands-on teaching in schools, and capstone projects, students learn to merge artistry with impact. They graduate not only as exceptional musicians, but as confident, compassionate educators. -
Innovative Teaching and Learning
NEC is transforming music education by expanding music’s boundaries, impact, and reach and reimagining what music can be and what musicians can achieve.
Our integrative curriculum prepares our students to be pioneers, blending rigorous study with real-world exploration. They emerge as artists, innovators, and changemakers who apply their craft across diverse fields and carry the power of music to inspire, connect, and transform wherever they go. -
Launching Exceptional Careers
Making a career in music today is about more than just talent – musicians must build and engage audiences, curate compelling programs, leverage technology, and collaborate across disciplines.
NEC’s Institute for Concert Artists (ICA) provides individualized programming that empowers exceptionally talented performers to meet these demands head-on—equipping them with the skills, confidence, and vision to shape meaningful, dynamic careers in music and beyond.
LET’S TALK
The Transformational Power of Philanthropy
Change is exhilarating.
Change is vital.
Change is expensive.
Together we can unleash the power of music. Join our ensemble of philanthropic revolutionaries.
NEC MAKES NEWS
New England Conservatory Launches $150 Million Campaign to Transform the Future of Music Education
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Three Generations of Pianistic Mastery Converge at New England Conservatory for Historic Performance
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Erin Hogan Says, “We Can Learn Bach and Björk”
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Pianist Evren Ozel Releases Recording of Mozart Concertos
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NEC Alumni Work with Students in New Orleans
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New England Conservatory Launches $150 Million Campaign to Transform the Future of Music Education
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Three Generations of Pianistic Mastery Converge at New England Conservatory for Historic Performance
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Erin Hogan Says, “We Can Learn Bach and Björk”
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Pianist Evren Ozel Releases Recording of Mozart Concertos
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NEC Alumni Work with Students in New Orleans
