Performances + Events
Summer Orchestra Institute
NEC’s Summer Orchestra Institute is a four-week full symphony orchestra program open to intermediate- to advanced-level strings, brass, winds, and percussion students ages 13-18.
Students have the option to attend one session for two weeks or the full program for four weeks.
Session 1: July 6-19, 2025
Session 2: July 20-August 2, 2025
Application Deadline: Friday, January 17, 2025
Summer Orchestra Institute Experience
The Summer Orchestra Institute (SOI) experience emphasizes intensive musical preparation, placing special focus on concentration, practice and performance techniques, interpretation, phrasing, and general musicianship. Students will develop communication and leadership skills through their musical collaborations, learning the joy of music-making while developing lasting friendships. Social activities are scheduled throughout the four-week session.
Program activities include full orchestral rehearsals, private lessons, sectional rehearsals, masterclasses, health and wellness seminars, professional development classes, individual practice time, and performance opportunities in NEC’s historic Jordan Hall.
Please note: Students must be 13 years old on July 1, 2025 to participate in the program as an on-campus boarding student.
2025 Repertoire Highlights
- Edward Elgar: Variations of an Original Theme ‘Enigma’, Op.36
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
- Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1
How to Apply
Submit one solo piece of your choice and two contrasting standard orchestral excerpts.
Application Deadline: Friday, January 17, 2025
2025 Tuition and Fees
Tuition: $2100 for two weeks; $3999 for four weeks
Health fee: $80 per two-week session, $160 for four weeks
Housing: $1,680 per two week session, $3360 for four weeks
Students have the option of choosing to be a day student or boarding student in our state-of-the-art NEC dormitory, the Student Life and Performance Center, located in the heart of Boston. Additional evening activities are planned for boarding students.
Day student lunch fee: $175 per week
Financial aid opportunities are available for accepted students. More information is available during registration.
2025 Faculty
Faculty information coming soon!
