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Now the largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts, and among the top 20 in the country, South Shore Conservatory (SSC) incorporated in 1970 in Hingham after previously serving as a New England Conservatory satellite preparatory program. Nestled in lovely Conservatory Park, the Hingham campus contains more than three floors of beautiful studio and performance space as well as the Jane C. Carr Amphitheater with its state-of-the-art design. The amphitheater offers professional rehearsal and performance space for SSC's many and varied summer programs, including its renowned Summer Music Festival, as well as its popular outdoor summer concert series Evenings Under the Stars and Wacky Wednesdays family concerts.

In 1980, a second campus was established in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and in 1996, SSC purchased, renovated and moved into its present home: the Ellison Center for the Arts. A former church, the Duxbury campus provides wonderful teaching and ensemble spaces, and a beautiful performance hall housed in the former sanctuary. Between the two campuses, SSC is able to serve students from 32 towns across the South Shore.

SSC was established with the belief that the arts are vital to and an innate part of everyone’s life, regardless of age, ability or circumstance. SSC’s mission statement: to provide access to exceptional arts education and performance for the South Shore community, fostering creativity, artistic growth, and well-being for individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, reflects the full scope of opportunities and aspirations for which it strives.

Attentive to its commitment to access for all populations, SSC was chosen to be a founding member of the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s UP Inclusive Design Initiative. This UP designation indicates that SSC strives to make its programs and facilities accessible to all learners, regardless of physical or mental ability. SSC is the only arts organization on the South Shore and the only community school for the arts in the state with this distinction. LEARN MORE

New England Conservatory (NEC) an independent, not-for-profit institution, is recognized internationally as a leader among music schools, educating and training musicians of all ages from around the world. With music students representing more than 40 countries, NEC cultivates a diverse, dynamic community for students, providing them with performance opportunities and high-caliber training by 225 internationally-esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. NEC pushes the boundaries of making and teaching music through college-level musical training in classical, jazz and Contemporary Improvisation. It offers unique interdisciplinary programs such as Entrepreneurial Musicianship and Community Performances & Partnerships that empower students to create their own musical opportunities. As part of NEC's mission to make lifelong music education available to everyone, the Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education delivers training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students and adults.

Founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1867 by Eben Tourjée, NEC created a new model of conservatory that combined the best of European tradition with American innovation. NEC is at the center of Boston’s rich cultural history and musical life offering concerts performed in NEC’s renowned venue Jordan Hall. Alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios and arts management positions worldwide. LEARN MORE