Performances + Events
Corporate Sponsorship
Partner with NEC to amplify your organization’s visibility as a corporate sponsor.
The Spring Scholarship Gala is a significant driver of NEC’s ability to award scholarships to deserving students, more than 90% of whom rely on scholarship support to pursue their academic and artistic careers.
Save the Date
Saturday, April 25, 2026
6:00 p.m.
New England Conservatory
Student Life and Performance Center
255 St. Botolph Street
Boston, Massachusetts
For more information about being a 2026 sponsor, please contact events@necmusic.edu.
2026 Donors
Virtuosos
Tom and Lisa Blumenthal
Kennett F. Burnes ’22 hon. DM and Barbara Burnes
Anna and David Goldenheim
Eric and Sene Gray
Blair and Jackie Hendrix
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Harold I. Pratt ’17 hon. DM and Frances G. Prattâ€
David W. Scudder ’03 hon. DM
Wendy Shattuck ’75 and Samuel Plimpton
Musical Innovators
Katie and Paul Buttenwieser
Deborah Bennett Elfers ’82
Barbara Winter Glauber
Edwin D. Graves, Jr. ’87 MM
Caroline Rutherfurd, in honor of Robert Glauber
Community Collaborators
Hope Lincoln Baker
Anne and Samuel Bartlett
Enid L. Beal and Alan Wolfe
Joseph L. Bower ’18 hon. DM and Elizabeth Potter
Timothy W. Fulham and Lise M. Olney
Andrea Kalyn
Melody L. McDonald ’70
Murray Metcalfe and Louise B. Packard
Meg and David Nichols
Robert and Barbara Rosiello
2026 Sponsors
Collegiate Press
EMCOR Services Northeast
Encore Tours
Nixon Peabody LLP
Sweetwater Sound
We Value Your Partnership
Benefits
NEC’s corporate partnership opportunities offer a range of benefits throughout the year, including brand recognition and visibility to a variety of constituencies served by the conservatory:
- Engagement with 125 community partnerships that impact education, growth, and healing in the city of Boston.
- Visibility to more than 20,000 local NEC concert goers and over 100,000 digital audience members in NEC’s concert programs.
- Corporate logos featured on the NEC website with more than 500,000 unique users.
- Access to a robust network of more than 115,000 followers across all social media platforms.
For more information on engagement and sponsorship opportunities, please get in touch with Jillian Doroni, NEC’s Assistant Director of Advancement Marketing and Events.
Sponsorship Levels
Your sponsorship§ will help award essential scholarships and support NEC’s innovative and educational outreach
- Recognition as a proud supporter of NEC, featured in both the evening’s digital collateral and as a half-page†in the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Presenting sponsor of the evening’s cocktail reception or afterparty
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 10 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Scholarship Gala and Corporate Partnership webpages
- Year-round acknowledgment in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Recognition as a proud supporter of NEC, featured in both the evening’s digital collateral and as a one-third-page†in the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Presenting sponsor of the evening’s cocktail reception or afterparty
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 8 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Scholarship Gala and Corporate Partnership webpages
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Recognition as a proud supporter of NEC, featured in both the evening’s digital collateral and as a quarter-page†in the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 6 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Scholarship Gala and Corporate Partnership webpages
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 4 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 2 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 1 guest‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization name listed on the Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral (in name only)
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2026-2027 concert programs
*Subject to timing/scheduling constraints where noted; make your commitment soon for maximum benefit.
†Half-page size = 5.5×4.25in”; one-third page size = 5.5×2.83in”; quarter-page size = 5.5×2.125in”.
‡The estimated value of each dinner ticket is $350. If you utilize your allotted tickets, your taxable amount qualifies as a charitable contribution, less $350 per ticket.
§Sponsorship payments are due by April 25, 2026.
**New England Conservatory is a tax-exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 23-7225104.
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For more information on engagement and sponsorship opportunities, please get in touch with Jillian Doroni, NEC’s Assistant Director of Advancement Marketing & Events.
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