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

Schedule of Events

Friday January 31, 2025

8:00 p.m. - New Music Festival: contraBAND Plays Works by Lei Liang

Boston Conservatory’s contemporary music ensemble, contraBAND, presents its first concert of the spring semester.

Admission Free

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Location:
Boston Conservatory Theater    
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 2
Boston, MA 02115

Sunday February 2, 2025

8:00 p.m. - New Music Festival-Marti Epstein, Composer, Featuring Jack Yarbrough, Piano

“For Jack” is a recital-length piece for solo piano composed by faculty member Marti Epstein and performed by pianist Jack Yarbrough (MM '21, PSC '22), an alum of the Conservatory’s Contemporary Classical Music Performance program.

Admission Free

Location:
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston MA, 02215

Wednesday February 5, 2025

8:00 p.m. - New Music Festival—Composer Recital Series

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

Admission Free

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Location:
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston MA, 02115

Thursday February 6, 2025

8:00 p.m. - New Music Festival: and Play Plays Victoria Cheah and Others

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.

Admission Free

Location:
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston MA, 02215

Friday February 7, 2025

8:00 p.m. - New Music Festival: andPlay Performs Works by Student Composers

Guest artists andPlay present a concert of new music by student composers as part of the 2025 New Music Festival. AndPlay joins us from New York and Stockholm, where they bring cutting edge performances to diverse audiences.

Admission Free

Location:
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston MA 02115

Date: January 31, 2025 - February 7, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Boston MA

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