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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What We Do

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

Mon, December 21

What's New: Year-End Edition

News from NEC alumni and faculty members including Luther Warren, Amir Siraj, Dominique Eade, Sarah Bernadette, Aimee Toner, Talia Rubenstein, Miranda Agnew, Anna Abondolo, Kyra Teboe, Guy Fishman, Nestor Torres, Brannon Cho, Lio Kuokman, and Claire Bourg.

Fri, December 18

Honoring 2020 Commencement Award Winners

As 2020 draws to a close, we honor the achievements of our 2020 Commencement award winners, who are commended for their excellence in leadership, academics, musicianship, innovation, and more.

Thu, December 17

Low Latency for Singers: Master Classes and Real-Time Collaboration

Low latency technology has made way for robust vocal arts study at NEC this semester, and offered a few silver linings, like master classes at a distance with Patricia Racette and John Relyea.

Mon, November 30

NEC Announces Extensive Master Class Series

This fall semester, the post-Thanksgiving period brings an opportunity for academic enrichment through a wide-ranging series of master classes, offered online and available to all students, whether on-campus or remote.

Thu, November 12

What's New: November

News about NEC students, alumni, and faculty members including Margaret Deutsch, Jenny Herzog, Vi Austenfeld, Theodora Nestorova, Kirsten Lamb, Abigale Reisman, Jason Palmer, Jerry Bergonzi, and more.

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Featured Events

A collaborative pianist performs with a singer

Thu, January 28

Song and Verse

Sat, March 20

Recital: Ruoxi Peng '21 BM, Soprano

Sat, March 27

Recital: Caroline Nielson '22 DMA, Mezzo-Soprano

Sun, March 28

Recital: Lina Chung '21 BM, Soprano

Sat, April 3

Recital: Jimin Park '21 BM, Soprano

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