New Music Festival

Person playing the clarinet

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 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

Event Dates
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Guest artists andPlay present a concert of new music by student composers, as part of the 2025 New Music Festival.

Event Dates
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

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.

Event Dates
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Boston Conservatory undergraduate and graduate composition students present a concert featuring new works.

Event Dates
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

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.

Event Dates
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Boston Conservatory’s New Music Festival presents a concert celebrating the pioneering American experimentalist Alvin Lucier, featuring performances by Boston Conservatory faculty and others.