NEC: Jordan Hall

This concert celebrates the life of beloved NEC faculty member Lyle Davidson, who passed away in May 2021.

The Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra is devoted to rehearsing and performing works by NEC Jazz Composition students.

In tonight's concert, student ensembles demonstrate the works they have coached with faculty through the semester.

The NEC Saxophone Ensemble, directed by Kenneth Radnofsky, premieres a work by NEC faculty member Joseph Bozich. Bozich composed the work for NEC alumni Scott Chamberlin and Bennett Parsons.  Also on...

Gunther Schuller was a champion of the underrepresented. In music he held a special place for the unheralded, the less known, whether it be composers or musical genres—or instruments. It is this last of Gunther’s advocacies which we feature tonight.

The Preparatory School is pleased to present its Youth Repertory Orchestra's fall concert.

For almost 50 years NEC's department of Contemporary Improvisation has fostered a community of artists interested in studying music from different cultures and the interactions between them. Tonight, we present musical traditions from different corners of the world, drawing on their customs, histories, and stories, with the intention of either honoring these practices as they are or integrating them to create new languages.

The Balourdet Quartet, NEC's current quartet in residence in the Professional String Quartet Program, presents a live performance at Jordan Hall.

The quartet members study with Nicholas Kitchen, Donald...

Join us in welcoming the NEC Preparatory School's Youth Symphony in its first performance of the 2021–2022 season!

The Artist Diploma (AD) program is NEC's highest performance program, offering a handful of especially gifted performers the opportunity to deepen and challenge their artistry, broaden their musical...