New England Conservatory of Music
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Hall, and is home to approximately 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 1,500 more in its Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. NEC offers bachelor's degrees in instrumental and vocal classical music performance, contemporary musical arts, composition, jazz studies, music history, and music theory, as well as graduate degrees in collaborative piano, conducting, and musicology.[3] The conservatory has also partnered with Harvard University and Tufts University to create joint double-degree, five-year programs.[4]
Not to be confused with Boston Conservatory at Berklee.Type
February 18, 1867
$89.6 million[1]
Andrea Kalyn
750
Urban
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts
1 acre (0.4 ha)
1903
Wheelwright & Haven
Renaissance
May 14, 1980
The faculty and alumni of New England Conservatory comprise nearly fifty percent of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including 6 members of l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 14 Rome Prize recipients, 51 Guggenheim Fellows, and prizewinners at nearly every major respected music forum in the world. As of January 2020, 11 MacArthur Fellows have also been affiliated as faculty or alumni.[5]
Nomenclature[edit]
Although the institution is known today as New England Conservatory, both the National Historic Landmark and the National Register of Historic Places nominations designate "New England Conservatory of Music" as the name listed in these registries.[2][34] Both registries list NEC's primary building, which includes Jordan Hall, as a place of historic significance.