Cultivate your unique voice

and develop your artistry at NEC.

Voice & Opera

At NEC, we develop complete singing artists through technical and stylistic training with world-renowned faculty artists, masterclasses with internationally-acclaimed guest artists, and comprehensive curricula in lyric diction, foreign languages, song repertoire, acting, and movement.

Opera Studies at NEC

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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Root yourself amidst exceptional mentors and peers. Become the musician you want to be.

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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.

Who We Are

Find Your Teacher: Voice & Opera

Karen Holvik Faculty

Linda Watson Alum

Morgan Middleton: EM Grantee Student

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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Recent News

Fri, April 27th

NEC Unveils Bust of Coretta Scott King

The Conservatory obtained a sculpture of the alumna and civil rights icon as part of its 150th anniversary.

Tue, April 3rd

NEC's Black Student Union and Gospel Ensemble Celebrate Coretta Scott King

Students celebrate the accomplishments of activist, musician, and alumna Coretta Scott King.

Tue, January 30th

NEC sopranos honored at Met Regional Auditions

Erica Petrocelli '14, '16 MM, '18 AD finished in First Place, Brooke Dircks '17, '19 MM won Encouragement Award

Thu, August 31st

Musicians at Play, with the Door Open

September 23, all day and into the night during NEC Open Studios, new Student Life & Performance Center is alive with music, activities for all ages.

Wed, August 2nd

At 150 Years, a New Door Opens at NEC

New England Conservatory celebrates 150th anniversary with opening of new Student Life and Performance Center, a state-of-the-art multipurpose facility.