Performances + Events
Performances + Events
NEC requires digital tickets for each concert in Jordan Hall for the 2024-25 season. Tickets can be obtained digitally on each individual event page only.
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Performances + Events
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Events calendar
2025 Convocation
Jordan Hall
Join us for the New England Conservatory's annual convocation! We look forward to welcoming new and returning NEC community members as we gather to celebrate NEC's 158th academic year. This event is open to all NEC faculty, staff, and students.
Contemporary Musical Arts Opening Night: Faculty Concert
Jordan Hall
NEC kicks off the semester with a powerful live concert by the Contemporary Musical Arts (CMA) faculty, celebrating the eclectic voices of our community and honoring founding chair Ran Blake in c…
Contemporary Musical Arts Open House: Improvisation, Songwriting, Klezmer
Eben Jordan Ensemble Hall
Join CMA college and extended education faculty for some introductory workshops on rhythm and improvisation, songwriting, Klezmer music, and more. Bring your instruments, your voices, and your ears and prepare to jump in. Everyone is welcome, so bring your family and friends – no previous experience is necessary! Stick around for a student-led Open Mic session at 7pm.
Contemporary Musical Arts Student Open Mic: Folk, Rock, Jazz, World & More
Eben Jordan Ensemble Hall
Students from the Contemporary Musical Arts Department share their music in live solo and small ensemble performances, in genres ranging from folk to rock to jazz to avant garde, from many corners of the globe.
Recital: Andrew Ilhoon Byun '26 GD, Cello
Brown Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Andrew Ilhoon Byun '26 GD studies Cello with
NEC Composers' Series: John and Arlene Heiss Residency Concert – Lamnth
Jordan Hall
The 2025-2026 NEC Composers' Series kicks off with a concert of world premieres for Lamnth, Boston's vibrant violin and cimbalom duo founded in 2023 by Lilit Hartunian and Nicholas Tolle. Lamnth are the John and Arlene Heiss Guest Artists-in-Residence in 2025, and this concert follows on from a previous residency in April in which the ensemble presented a masterclass to the NEC commun…
Faculty Recital: Paul Biss, Violin
Jordan Hall
The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
Tuesday Night New Music 1
Jordan Hall
The newest works from the next generation of composers. Tuesday Night New Music, a student-run, faculty-supervised concert series, was founded in the early 90s by Lee Hyla. It offers audiences the opportunity to hear the music of current New England Conservatory composition students, performed by their peers. This year the series is directed …
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Mahler, Ravel
Jordan Hall
The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
