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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.

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.

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

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.