
2022 in Review: Berklee's Top News and Stories What a year-Joni, CODA, Big Thief, Kendrick... Hop in the time machine and revisit some of Berklee's biggest stories of 2022.
By
Nick Balkin
December 16, 2022
Image by Kelly Davidson
It's hard to believe, but 2022 is almost in the rearview. Looking back, it's been quite a ride. Berklee welcomed new leaders across the institution, launched new majors and programs, and held its first in-person commencement events since 2019. Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain, celebrated 10 years of music and innovation, the Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice reimagined the jazz canon with New Standards, Boston Conservatory at Berklee kicked off a new partnership with the Boston Lyric Opera, and the Berklee Indian Ensemble made history as the first official ensemble of the college to earn a Grammy nomination, for its debut album, Shuruaat.
But thats just scratching the surface. Below, take a look at the news and stories that defined a transformative year for Berklee.
A New Presidential Era Begins
Taking Up the Baton: President Erica Muhl on Her Life in Music and the Future of Berklee
I have seen without question that an education in the arts creates resilience. It creates strength of purpose. It also creates fantastic thinkers who are naturally critical in their analysis of everything that they encounter. They are also not afraid of situations that might present ambiguity, and that might take time to work through, or work toward an outcome that is initially unseen. -Erica Muhl
Commencement Returns to Campus
Berklee Honors Ringo Starr, Lalah Hathaway, James Newton Howard, and Chuck Rainey at Commencement
It's great when success happens, and Berklee students have seen a lot of it but it's important to remember that's not what this is all about. For each of us, it started with a dream to play music. May your dream keep unfolding for you, as it has for me. -Ringo Starr
Meet Students from Berklee's Class of 2022
Thats Dr. Joni to You
Surrounded by Friends, Joni Mitchell Receives an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee
Since her debut in the late 1960s, Joni has been a force for change in the industry, blazing the trail for women in music with an unwavering commitment to achieving the status rightfully due her as one of the world's great musical artists. -Erica Muhl
CODA Takes Top Prize
CODA Wins Big at the 2022 Oscars
Filmed in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the Berklee-connected film features musical contributions from students and alumni, who performed on set and in the studio for the film.
CODA Puts Berklee on the Big Screen
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Berklee Expands and Innovates
New Video Game and Interactive Media Scoring Major Provides Bridge to Industry
Coming out of the program [students are] going to have at least one, [and] some of our students are going to have 10 real projects that theyve worked on.
-Jeanine Cowen
Berklee Launches New Independent Recording and Production Major
[W]e can go out and win Grammys and be commercially competitive using a personal production toolkit, forgoing all of the infrastructure of the traditional recording studio.
-Rob Jaczko
Center for Music Therapy to Partner with Underserved Communities in Berklees Backyard
Music plays a key role in connecting communities and provides an outlet for healing through this connection.
-Cynthia Koskela
Berklee Online Announces Three New Degree Programs
Today's industry requires you to embrace the hyphen by doing more than one thing and doing it well in order to have a successful, purposeful, and sustainable career.
-Sean Hagon
Students Break Through the Noise
Billie Eilish Concert Film Celebrates Whats Possible at Berklee
The performance succeeds in a way thats only possible to imagine at Berklee. Every song has been carefully taken apart, examined, and interpreted by student performers who have both the technical chops and the artistry to create something fresh and exciting from these well-loved compositions. -John Mirisola
From TikTok Fame to Tiny Desk, Tiny Habits Is a 2022 Breakout Band
We love dissonance and crunch, like when notes rub together. I think we use that very often.
-Judah Mayowa '20
For Berklee Artists and A&R Talent, a New Path to a Big Break
Theres nothing more powerful than listening to a student talk about why another students work is inspiring to them.
-Liza Levy
Kirsty Lius Unexpected Journey to Going Viral on Chinese TikTok
I just really started thinking what my true passion was. I thought I had a different focus. So after the competition, I dropped out of Lehigh and I started my application to Berklee.
-Kristy Liu
Americas Got Talent Judges Wowed by Berklee Students Audition
I cant even describe what Im feeling right now.... Im so incredibly grateful for this opportunity.
-Kieran Rhodes
Faculty Drive the Conversation
Singer Christiane Karam Raises Her Voice-and Her Fists-for Lebanon
[Boxing] teaches you to show up for yourself.... Very much like music, very much like improvisation, very much like voice work. It exposes the parts of you that are not healed-that you havent claimed yet. -Christiane Karam
It's Time to Change How We Talk About Disability in Education
People often ask me what words they should use when speaking about disability. My first response is that if you are talking with a disabled person, you should ask them what their language preferences are, and use that language.
-Rhoda Bernard
The Musician's Advocate: Transforming the Music Industry Through the Power of Blockchain
My purpose is to help musicians create and maintain successful careers on their own terms. I've been tilting at that windmill since I started putting out records from my college dorm room.
-George Howard
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