New England Conservatory of Music

New England Conservatory

Type	Private music school
Established	February 18, 1867; 157 years ago (February 18, 1867)
Endowment	$89.6 million[1]
President	Andrea Kalyn
Students	750
Location	Boston , Massachusetts , United States
Campus	Urban
Website	necmusic.edu
New England Conservatory of Music
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Jordan Hall NEC's principal performance space
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Location	290 Huntington Ave. Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′28″N 71°05′11″W / 42.34111°N 71.08639°W / 42.34111; -71.08639
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built	1903
Architect	Wheelwright & Haven
Architectural style	Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	80000672[2]
Added to NRHP	May 14, 1980

The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Hall, and is home to approximately 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 1,500 more in its Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. NEC offers bachelor's degrees in instrumental and vocal classical music performance, contemporary musical arts, composition, jazz studies, music history, and music theory, as well as graduate degrees in collaborative piano, conducting, and musicology.^[3] The conservatory has also partnered with Harvard University and Tufts University to create joint double-degree, five-year programs.^[4]

The faculty and alumni of New England Conservatory comprise nearly fifty percent of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including 6 members of l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 14 Rome Prize recipients, 51 Guggenheim Fellows, and prizewinners at nearly every major respected music forum in the world. As of January 2020, 11 MacArthur Fellows have also been affiliated as faculty or alumni.^[5]