New England Conservatory of Music
The New England Conservatory of Music 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: social@necmusic.edu
- Type: College
- Description: oldest independent school of music in the United States
- Also known as: “NEC”, “NEC Music”, and “New England Conservatory”
- Address: 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jordan Hall and Matthews Arena.
Jordan Hall
Theater building
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Jordan Hall is a 1,051-seat concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory. It is one block from Boston's Symphony Hall.
Matthews Arena
Stadium
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Matthews Arena is a defunct multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts currently owned by Northeastern University. At the time of its closure, it was the world's oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use, as well as the oldest arena in use for ice hockey. Matthews Arena is situated 400 feet east of New England Conservatory of Music.
Massachusetts Avenue station
Railway station
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Massachusetts Avenue station is a rapid transit station in the South End and Symphony neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Orange Line, and is located at 380 Massachusetts Avenue. Massachusetts Avenue station is situated 650 feet east of New England Conservatory of Music.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederick Douglass Square Historic District and South End.
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Frederick Douglass Square Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Hammond Street, Cabot Street, Windsor Street, and Westminster Street, in the Lower Roxbury area of Boston, Massachusetts.
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New England Conservatory of Music
Latitude
42.34111° or 42° 20′ 28″ northLongitude
-71.08595° or 71° 5′ 9″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“New England Conservatory of Music” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معهد نيو إنجلند للموسيقى”
- Armenian: “Նոր Անգլիայի կոնսերվատորիա”
- Asturian: “Conservatoriu de Música de Nueva Inglaterra”
- Basque: “Ingalaterra Berriko Kontserbatorioa”
- Catalan: “Conservatori de Música de Nova Anglaterra”
- Chinese: “新英格兰音乐学院”
- Chinese: “新英格蘭音樂學院”
- Chinese: “新英格蘭音樂院”
- Czech: “Konzervatoř Nové Anglie”
- Czech: “New England Conservatory”
- Dutch: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- Dutch: “New England Conservatory”
- Esperanto: “Konservatorio de Nov-Anglio”
- Esperanto: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- French: “Conservatoire de musique de la Nouvelle-Angleterre”
- French: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- German: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- German: “New England Conservatory”
- Greek: “Ωδείο της Νέας Αγγλίας”
- Hebrew: “הקונסרבטוריון למוזיקה של ניו אינגלנד”
- Hungarian: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- Italian: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- Italian: “New England Conservatory”
- Japanese: “ニューイングランド音楽院”
- Korean: “New England Conservatory”
- Korean: “뉴잉글랜드 음악원”
- Korean: “뉴잉글랜드 컨서버토리”
- Luxembourgish: “Museksconservatoire vun New England”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- Polish: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- Polish: “New England Conservatory”
- Portuguese: “Conservatório de Música da Nova Inglaterra”
- Russian: “Консерватория Новой Англии”
- Spanish: “Conservatorio de Música de Nueva Inglaterra”
- Swedish: “New England Conservatory of Music”
- Ukrainian: “Консерваторія Нової Англії”
- Urdu: “نیو انگلینڈ کنزرویٹوری آف میوزک”
- Vietnamese: “Nhạc viện New England”
- Welsh: “Coleg Cerdd New England”
- “New England Conservatory of Music”
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