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. Learn more about the 2024–2025 New Music Festival(Opens in a new window) and browse individual events below. 

Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Artistic Director, New Music Festival

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

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New Music Festival: contraBAND—Lei Liang Portrait Concert
(EST)
Boston Conservatory Theater
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 2
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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The contemporary music ensemble contraBAND presents a portrait concert of composer in residence Lei Liang’s chamber music, including a world premiere of “Inaudible Ocean.”

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New Music Festival: Voir Dire
(EST)
Boston Conservatory Theater
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 2
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents a fully staged production of Matthew Peterson and Jason Zencka’s Voir Dire, a true-crime opera with its finger on the pulse of 21st-century America.

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New Music Festival: Guest Artist—RE: Duo
(EST)
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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RE: Duo features two alumni of Boston Conservatory’s contemporary classical music program: Wilson Poffenberger on saxophones and Elsie Bae Han on viola. Join them for a late-night concert of cutting-edge music.

Blue spotlights on stage
New Music Festival: Voir Dire
(EST)
Boston Conservatory Theater
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 2
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents a fully staged production of Matthew Peterson and Jason Zencka’s Voir Dire, a true-crime opera with its finger on the pulse of 21st-century America.

Departure Duo
New Music Festival: Guest Artist—Departure Duo
(EST)
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Departure Duo (Nina Guo, soprano, and Eddie Kass, double bass) return for the second installment of their residency with the Composition, Contemporary Classical Music, and Core Studies Department, performing a vibrant concert of world premieres written for them by composition majors.