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New England Conservatory

30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA 02116

Upcoming Shows

Borromeo String Quartet with Paul Wiancko

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

The Borromeo String Quartet, NEC's faculty ensemble-in-residence, will be joined in recital by composer, cellist, and NEC alumnus Paul Wiancko.

Claire Chase Immersive New-Music Event

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

Flutist and interdisciplinary artist Claire Chase will produce an immersive new-music event as part of NEC's contemporary music offerings for the 2026-2027 season.

CMA Department Concert Featuring Charmaine Lee

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

The Contemporary Musical Arts Department will present a concert featuring NEC alumna Charmaine Lee exploring the soundworld of Björk. The department's programming will also explore global traditions and the music of social movements.

Coretta Scott King Centennial Tribute Concert

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

NEC's Black Student Union will present a student-led tribute concert honoring the life, legacy, and centennial birthday of the late NEC alumna and iconic Civil Rights leader Coretta Scott King.

Ethan Iverson and Mark Zaleski Duo Recital

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

Faculty pianist Ethan Iverson and saxophonist Mark Zaleski will perform together in a duo recital as part of NEC's 2026-2027 faculty recital series.

Institute for Concert Artists Showcase

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

The Institute for Concert Artists showcase introduces audiences to emerging performers at the start of major performing careers. Featured artists include violinist Leonhard Baumgartner, baritone Junhyuk (Paul) Jang, pianist Zitong Wang, composer and trumpeter Chris Ryan...

NEC Opera: Hansel and Gretel

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

NEC Opera will stage Engelbert Humperdinck's operatic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel as part of a season that also includes other fully- and semi-staged productions.

NEC Philharmonia Season

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

The NEC Philharmonia, led by Director of Orchestras Hugh Wolff, will perform works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Kati Agócs, Derrick Skye, Bartók, Berlioz, Ravel, Shostakovich, Smetana, and Stravinsky. Featured soloists include alumni Tessa Lark and Deborah Pae, and current NEC...

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas Series

Sep 1 – May 31, 2027

NEC's Piano Department will continue its four-year series in which all 555 of Domenico Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonatas will be performed. Department co-chair Bruce Brubaker will also appear in a program celebrating Philip Glass's piano music and 90th birthday.

Review: HAMLET at Shakespeare & Company

Review: HAMLET at Shakespeare & Company

by Marc Savitt · August 18, 2026

Shakespeare’s most searching play – a gripping story of grief, conscience, and the cost of inaction. Haunted by his father’s ghost, a young prince must navigate a world of secrets, power, and betrayal, where nothing is as it appears.…

Review: Hugh Jackman Dazzles in Debut with Boston Pops at Tanglewood

Review: Hugh Jackman Dazzles in Debut with Boston Pops at Tanglewood

by R. Scott Reedy · August 14, 2026

Making his debut with the Boston Pops at Tanglewood on August 11, Hugh Jackman dazzled his sold-out audience – under the Koussevitzky Music Shed and stretching as far as the eye could see on the lawn that surrounds it – from the moment he took the stage.…

Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Barrington Stage Company

Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · August 13, 2026

Typical of BSC efforts, everything about this production is of first-rate quality. Pharel’s script is well blended with elements that “the kids say” as well as those which are more universally applicable.…

Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Berkshire Theatre Group

Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Berkshire Theatre Group

by Marc Savitt · August 5, 2026

So, if you like good lip-synching, a driving 4/4 beat, hair and makeup that’s “too – Fabu” or perhaps know of someone who needs to be reminded that I’m OK, you’re OK, and being different doesn’t make you less than… get down to The Colonial Theatre.…

Review: Murkiness Mars Exiled Theatre's M: REFRACTIONS FROM AN EVIL ACT

Review: Murkiness Mars Exiled Theatre's M: REFRACTIONS FROM AN EVIL ACT

by R. Scott Reedy · August 3, 2026

In a program note for his latest play, “M: Refractions from an Evil Act” – being given its world premiere production by Exiled Theatre through August 9 at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, as part of the company’s New Play Incubator program – playwright James Wilkinson, an IRNE nominee for his …

Review: IBOSS at Great Barrington Public Theatre

Review: IBOSS at Great Barrington Public Theatre

by Marc Savitt · July 29, 2026

Thomas Kee's new play, iBOSS, deftly weaves themes of consciousness, sentience, technology, loss, suffering, love and need into a single, tautly constructed situation we all can relate to - an HR performance evaluation…

Past Shows

12 total · showing 11–12

NEP Concert - Poetic Dances

NEP Concert - Poetic Dances

Feb 18

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Thank You Notes for Richard Pittman (2022) NEP commission, world premiere Kareem Roustom Ramal (2014) Boston premiere Elijah Daniel Smith Wraith Weight (2021) 2022 NEP Call for Scores winner New England premiere INTERMISSION Matthew Aucoin Two Dances (arr...

Remembered Futures

Remembered Futures

Oct 30

John Corigliano Symphony no. 1 (1988)Mary D. Watkins Soul of Remembrance, Five Movements in Color (1994)Ivn Rodrguez A Metaphor for Power (2018)Eric Nathan Opening (2021)

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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) in Boston The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
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