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

There are no events in this series at this time. Check back soon for upcoming events.

Past Events

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New Music Festival: andPlay Performs Works by Student Composers
(EST)
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Guest artists andPlay present a concert of new music by student composers, as part of the 2025 New Music Festival.

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New Music Festival: andPlay Plays Victoria Cheah and Others
(EST)
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Guest artists andPlay (featuring Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola) present a concert of exciting contemporary music for their duo, including a major work by faculty member Victoria Cheah.

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New Music Festival—Composer Recital Series
(EST)
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Boston Conservatory undergraduate and graduate composition students present a concert featuring new works.

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New Music Festival—Marti Epstein, Composer, Featuring Jack Yarbrough, Piano
(EST)
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory faculty member Marti Epstein presents her new piece composed for and performed by pianist Jack Yarbrough (MM '21, PSC '22), an alum of the Conservatory’s Contemporary Classical Music Performance program.

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New Music Festival: Music of Alvin Lucier
(EST)
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Boston Conservatory’s New Music Festival presents a concert celebrating the pioneering American experimentalist Alvin Lucier, featuring performances by Boston Conservatory faculty and others.