Chamber Music is open to any student at NEC. However, only the following majors and degree levels include Chamber Music requirements: 

• Bachelor of Music in Brass, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Strings, and Woodwinds

  • • Strings (not including Double Bass, Guitar, and Harp): required 5 semesters

    • Guitar: required 3 semesters

    • Brass, Harp, Woodwinds: required 2 semesters

    • Piano: required 1 semester

• Undergraduate Diploma in Brass, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Strings, and Woodwinds

  • • requirements dependent on major

• Master of Music in Brass, Chamber Music, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, and Woodwinds

  • • Chamber Music: required every semester

    • Strings (not including Guitar and Harp): required 3 semesters

    • Brass, Guitar, Woodwinds: required 2 semesters

    • Percussion, Piano: required 1 semester

• Graduate Diploma in Chamber Music: required every semester

• Doctor of Musical Arts in Chamber Music: 6 credits required

Not every major will need to enroll in the chamber music course in their first semester in order to fulfill the required number of semesters of chamber music. For questions about first-semester requirements, please reach out to student.services@necmusic.edu.

Chamber Music applications will be available online soon. 

Please read through the guidelines below carefully, and, if interested, submit your application by date TBD. The Chamber Music course (CHM MUS) is open to any student at NEC.

Group assignments will be determined by: 

• Need for chamber music credit in order to graduate on-time

• Fully pre-formed groups; no partial group requests. Individuals are also welcome to apply.

Links required for the application process:

• Chamber Music Fact Sheet

• CHM MUS Application Guidelines  (Application link will appear on this page shortly)

For additional course information: Chamber Music Website

Admission to the Chamber Music Course will be by application and audition video only. For all students applying to chamber music, every effort will be made for placement in a chamber ensemble; top priority will be given to those needing to register for chamber music in order to fulfill graduation requirements. Only complete, pre-formed ensembles or individuals will be considered for chamber music placement; partial group requests will not be accepted. All students, including those applying as part of a complete pre-formed group as well as individuals, will need to fill out an individual application and submit audition videos within that application. Each ensemble will have 13 hours of private coaching. Groups will be scheduled to participate in two performance classes over the course of the semester, and in December, ensembles will perform in a recital. Each ensemble will focus on one work with an emphasis on in-depth knowledge of the score, high-level artistry, and polished performance.

Important Dates in the NEC Chamber Music application process:  

• TBD: Chamber Music application & registration deadline

• TBD: All students accepted into Chamber Music will be notified

• TBD: Mandatory meeting for all students accepted into the program.