New England Conservatory's Composition Department emphasizes a highly diverse and individual approach to music composition in combination with a thorough and broad-based program of technical and theoretical studies. Our goal is to give aspiring composers the technical tools and formal clarity to most fully realize their own compositional voice.
Students receive intensive, individual one-hour lessons with their studio instructor every week.
The faculty is an active, widely performed, and internationally known group of composers who are diverse but complementary in both musical background and compositional style. The composition department also has a visiting composer program in cooperation with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Each year, performance opportunities for student work include seven student composer concerts, four orchestral readings, and performances by NEC Honors Ensembles and the NEC Contemporary Ensemble. To Learn More To request admission materials or learn more about the NEC admission process, please visit the college admission pages .