New Music Festival

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Boston Conservatory at Berklee's annual New Music Festival presents a series of concerts highlighting contemporary classical music by world-class compositional voices of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Artistic Director, New Music Festival
Michael Shinn, Dean of Music

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Past Events

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New Music Festival 2023–Composers Orchestra
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 8:00pm
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni leads the Boston Conservatory Composers Orchestra in a performance of new works by Boston Conservatory composition students.

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New Music Festival 2023–contraBAND: cheating, lying, stealing
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 8:00pm
Studio 401
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 4—Studio 401
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee's contemporary classical music ensemble, contraBAND, presents a variety of works by Purcell, Scelsi, Coates, Lang, and Boston Conservatory at Berklee composition faculty member Marti Epstein.

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New Music Festival 2022—Boston Conservatory Composers' Orchestra
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 8:00pm
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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An evening of world premieres for orchestra composed by Boston Conservatory's composition students and performed under the direction of Assistant Professor of Orchestral Studies and Contemporary Music Vimbayi Kaziboni.

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New Music Festival 2022—contraBAND: LES ESPACES ACOUSTIQUES featuring Ensemble intercontemporian
Saturday, February 26, 2022 - 8:00pm
Studio 401
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 4—Studio 401
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Acclaimed ensemble-in-residence Ensemble intercontemporain joins Boston Conservatory’s contemporary ensemble in a skilled performance featuring works by French composers Pierre Boulez, Gérard Grisey, and more.

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New Music Festival 2022—Boston Conservatory Chamber Series: 20th Century Till Now, Featuring Ensemble intercontemporain
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 7:00pm
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Faculty performers, faculty composers, student performers, student composers, and the renowned Ensemble intercontemporain visiting us all the way from Paris: a feast of fantastic players and eclectic pieces to celebrate what “chamber music” means as we go from the 20th century all the way to our own days.