The purpose of my paper is to determine whether or not student activism at the New England Conservatory (NEC)—an elite music conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts—helped change the conservatory’s curriculum. Specifically, I will focus on the era between 1967 and 1977 when Gunther Schuller acted as the conservatory’s president. In my paper, I will discuss the reasons for successes (or failures) in changing NEC curriculum, and ultimately contribute to the larger discussion of student activism during the 1960s and 1970s.