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The NEC School of Continuing Education is a department within the New England Conservatory School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and is headed by director Dr. Erik M. Gregory, PhD. It is designed to make available the resources of a leading music institution to the public, despite their musical background. The School of Continuing Education offers a variety of certificates. They began offering online courses as of 2009.

Established	1867
Location	Boston , MA , U.S.A.
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/continuinged/index.html

Enrollment

Many of the courses at the NEC Continuing Education school is available for open enrollment, they can be taken for credit or non-credit. However, to be enrolled in one of the certificate programs, or any course that is based on performance, a placement process is involved.

Certificate Programs

General Certificate

The General Certificate is a 24 credit program including required and elective courses. The courses include the fields of music history, theory, private lessons and ensemble. It can be completed in one year of full-time study, or the student me elect to take up to three years.

Advanced Certificate

The Advanced Certificate requires 39 credits and would take two years to complete. It is a continuation of the General Certificate.

Jazz Certificate

The Jazz Certificate is a comprehensive 48 credit program includeing classes such as Jazz Theory, Composition, History, and Ear-Training as well as private lessons and ensemble.

Kodály Certificate

The Kodály Certification Program at the conservatory is awarded by the Kodály Music Institute. It is a program that focuses on education in music and the training of music teachers. The areas of study in this program are: pedagogy, solfege, conducting, materials' analysis and musicology.

Programs of Study

• Brass
• Camerata
• Chamber Music
• Composition
• Early Music
• Gospel Choir
• Guitar
• Jazz
• Kodaly Institute
• Music History
• Music Theory
• Piano
• Percussion
• Strings
• Voice/Opera
• Woodwinds
• Music In Education

Course Offerings

Private Instruction

The school offers private lessons in all orchestral and jazz instruments as well as voice, organ, piano pedagogy, composition and theory.

Group Courses

Piano Class
Voice Class
Voice Class for Men

Ensembles

Opera Studio
Family Baroque Ensemble
Gospel Choir
Conservatory Camerata
Chamber Music Ensembles and Duos
Music for Two Pianits
Renaissance Ensembles
Guitar Ensemble
Vocal Chamber Music

Performance Courses

Dramatic Coaching of Songs and Arias
Vocal Repertoire Performing Seminar
Seminar for Pianists

Courses For Singers

Sight-Singing for Singers, Level I
Sight-Singing for Singers, Level II

Music Theory And Composition

Musicianship Theory Program
Introduction to Musicianship
Musicianship
Introduction to Composition
Certificate Theory I
Certificate Theory II
Modal Counterpoint
Eighteenth-Century Tonal Counterpoint
The Art and Practice of Sight-reading

Music History And Literature

Historical Survey of the Western Musical Tradition
The Art of Russian Piano Music
West African Drumming, Singing, Movement
Eastern European Jewish Musical Traditions

Jazz Courses

Jazz Ensembles
Jazz Theory and Ear Training
Jazz Theory I
Jazz Theory II
Jazz Ear Training I
Jazz Ear Training II
Jazz Composition and Arranging
Jazz History

Kodály Professional Development

Kodály Certificate Course
Kodály Choral Conducting
Kodály Workshops
Kodály Pedagogy, Materials, and Thesis
Kodály Solfège
Kodály Musicology: Folk Dance in American Culture
Piano Pedagogy

International Students

International students must enroll for two 12-credit semesters to be eligible for an F-1 student visa.

External Links

• Official website