Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music
schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate,
nurturing community to 750 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral music
students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally
esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra
chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts
management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded
in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of
styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in
classical, jazz, Contemporary Improvisation, world and early music. Through
its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education and Community
Collaboration Programs, it provides training and performance opportunities
for children, pre-college students, adults and seniors. Through its outreach
projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences
in schools, hospitals and nursing homes—thereby bringing pleasure to new
listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz.
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year, many of them in Jordan
Hall, its world- renowned, 100-year old, beautifully restored concert hall.
These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral
programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NEC’s opera studies
department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler
Majestic Theatre in Boston.
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