Cultivate your unique voice

and develop your artistry at NEC.

Voice & Opera

Explore cutting edge voice science and pedagogy in our Voice and Sound Analysis Laboratory.

Apply your skills in the many performing opportunities at NEC including opera productions, opera scenes programs, workshops of new operas, Liederabend Song Series performances, and choral concerts including major works with orchestra and student soloists.

Cultivate your unique voice and develop your artistry at NEC.

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You have to find who you are...You find what is unique about you.

Kyle BejnerowiczVoice

Jaime Korkos, Hae Ji Chang, and the New England Conservatory Philharmonia in a semi-staged performance of "Vieni Appaga Il Tuo Consorte" from Gluck's Orfeo e Euridice.

The incomparable Marilyn Horne visits New England Conservatory for a masterclass with student Nataly Wickham.

My lessons—that's what fires me up. Thinking, "Oh my god, it's almost Tuesday; I almost get to sing for Ms. Haber!"

Ilanah Lobel-TorresUndergraduate Voice

Ilanah Lobel-Torres on what it's like to study with her teacher, Carole Haber.

Erica Washburn leads the New England Conservatory Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, and Symphonic Winds ensemble in a performance of Howard Hanson's Song of Democracy featuring text by Walt Whitman.

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Beyond the Studio

What’s in your professional toolkit?

At NEC, you’ll strengthen your music with skills outside of music. In Community Performances & Partnerships, you’ll pitch programming and perform for diverse audiences. In Entrepreneurial Musicianship you’ll make new ventures happen, start to finish. And in Liberal Arts you’ll sharpen the intellectual and communications skills artists need to go farther.

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Soloists, chorus and orchestra perform Beethoven's Ninth

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Recent News

Fri, April 12

Day in the Life: Whitney Robinson '18 MM '20 AD Opera Studies

In this series, we're taking you through the daily lives of students at NEC. Follow along in this day in the life of opera singer and AD candidate Whitney Robinson, then take a look at how mandolin player Simon Dunson and violinist Abigail Hong spend their time at NEC.

Wed, March 27

Breaking the Glass Ceiling at Boston Symphony Orchestra

BSO French Horn player and NEC faculty Rachel Childers is featured in Exhale Lifestyle where she discusses being the first female in the BSO's brass section.

Fri, March 22

Renée Fleming Visits NEC for a Masterclass

Acclaimed singer Renée Fleming presented a masterclass in Jordan Hall, co-presented by New England Conservatory and Boston University College of Fine Arts and featuring voice majors from both institutions.

Fri, March 1

NEC presents composer Chou Wen-chung with an Honorary Doctorate

At his home in New York, composer Chou Wen-chung was presented with an honorary doctorate by NEC President Andrea Kalyn.

Tue, February 19

NEC Students Perform at the Kennedy Center for The Conservatory Project

Students from NEC's highest level programs—the Artist Diploma, Doctorate of Musical Arts, and the Professional Piano Trio Program—will perform at The Kennedy Center for The Conservatory Project.

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Featured Events

Tue, April 23

Canceled: Graduate Diploma Opera Scenes

Wed, April 24

Recital: Oznur Tuluoglu '19, Soprano

Thu, April 25

Recital: Jeannette Lee '19, Mezzo-Soprano

Sun, April 28

Recital: Seiyoung Kim '19, Tenor

Sun, April 28

Recital: Gregory Sliskovich '19, Tenor

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