New England Conservatory of Music may not be quite as high-profile as Juilliard or Curtis, but it stands as one of America’s top music schools. Still, it’s always a struggle for a school with a $100m endowment to compete for the best young musicians with a school like Juilliard, which boasts a nearly $800m endowment and abundant scholarship funds. NEC’s new president is looking to close that gap.