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21/08/2019
Breathing through the Riffs
Breathe isn't always the first instruction given to guitar-playing students. But at a clinic during Berklee's Guitar Sessions summer program, Kim Perla...
19/08/2019
Indias Rising Stars Shine at Berklee Summer Program
Each summer, hundreds of students from all over the world come to Berklee for the annual Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive. This year's cohort i...
19/08/2019
Krystal Prime Banfield Named VP for Education Outreach and Social Entrepreneurship
Berklee has named Krystal Prime Banfield vice president for Educational Outreach...
19/08/2019
Leni Stern Finds a Universe of Rhythm
As part of Berklee's weeklong Guitar Sessions intensive, Leni Stern '80 gave a clinic and performance with pianist Leo Genovese and two other musicians....
17/08/2019
5 Essentials of Music Career Success
A successful career in music doesn't happen overnight. It takes patience, tenacity, an openness to critique, and even some failure to clarify your goals and...
16/08/2019
Berklee Online Increases Rates of Female Students, Staff, and Instructors
Berklee Online is paving the way for a new era in a music industry that has historically lacked female representation and leadership. Over the past decade, Berk...
16/08/2019
Forbes Names Berklee Top College for Alumni Success in Entertainment
Berklee was named no. 3 on a new Forbes list of the top 15 schools in the U.S. producing alumni who have achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the...
15/08/2019
Dreion Channels James Brown in Symphony Park, Goes Viral
A few seconds into the video of Dreions performance live from Symphony Park in Boston, youll understand why audience member and Berklee staffer Abria Smith took...
13/08/2019
Kris Davis Joins Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
This fall, acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Kris Davis will join the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice as associate program director of creative d...
11/08/2019
Summer Student Pens Song for South African Womens Day
For the 2019 South African Womens Day, the nonprofit arts organization the Mama Project commissioned Cape Town native Alutha Taho to write a song about empowerm...
08/08/2019
Feel the One: Terri Lyne Carrington and Others Get Mystical with Jazz Advice
When looking for advice about performing jazz, it doesnt take long before answers move from practical suggestions to mystical reflections. This was the case at ...
08/08/2019
Berklee Acts Were Everywhere at Newport Jazz
Less than a week after the Newport Folk Festival closed with a star-studded final set, the Newport Jazz Festival brought more music to Fort Adams State Park in ...
08/08/2019
Berklee City Music Awards Nine Four-Year, Full-Tuition Scholarships
Nine young musicians from underserved communities in Boston and across the United States were awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships to attend Berklee Col...
06/08/2019
Scholarship Brings Five Dominican Students to Berklee
For years, Dominican guitarist Amaury Cabral Jorge had wanted to attend Berklee and take his skills to the next level. He put in the practice hours and had the ...
03/08/2019
Students from MusicLab in Ecuador Attend Berklee Summer Program on Scholarships
Three musicians from Ecuador are among more than 1,000 teens taking their musicianship to the next level at Berklee's Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance In...
03/08/2019
Students Find Rainbow Connection at Newport Folk
The 2019 Newport Folk Festival featured musical acts such as Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile (with her new group the Highwomen), and a surprise appearance by countr...
31/07/2019
Jackie Foster's Great Escape' Embraces Life after The Voice
Great Escape, the new single by Jackie Foster B.M. 18, has all the trademarks of a classic pop summer anthem: life-affirming lyrics, high sing-along factor, an...
31/07/2019
Grace Kelly Wins John Lennon Songwriting Contest
Grace Kelly B.M. 12 has another honor to add to her ever-growing list of accolades. The 27-year-old saxophonist, vocalist, and composer was named John Lennon So...
30/07/2019
Berklee Students Find Rainbow Connection at Newport Folk
The 2019 Newport Folk Festival featured musical acts such as Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile (with her new group the Highwomen), and a surprise appearance by countr...
30/07/2019
Tristan Simone Brings Genre-Bending Sound to the ICA
Berklee student Tristan Simone is set to perform at Berklee's Summer in the City concert series on Thursday, August 1. The concert will take place at 6:00 p...
30/07/2019
Simone Torres Preaches Versatility at Berklee Clinic
Grammy-nominated engineer and vocal producer Simone Torres B.M. '15 visited campus last week to share her experience with students. I tried to make my skil...
27/07/2019
Plini Talks New Sounds with Young Guitarists
Australian guitarist Plini, whos consistently ranked as one of the worlds best progressive rock guitarists, was on campus this week to talk chops with guitar st...
27/07/2019
School of Rock Women Crash Five-Week
They came, they studied, they slayed. A group of six women from School of Rock received full scholarships to attend part of Berklees Aspire: Five-Week Summer In...
25/07/2019
The Scene: Plini Talks New Sounds with Young Guitarists
Australian guitarist Plini, whos consistently ranked as one of the worlds best progressive rock guitarists, was on campus this week to talk chops with guitar st...
25/07/2019
Berklee Global Jazz Institute Workshop Returns to Newport Jazz Festival
Students from across the globe will be mentored this summer in Newport, Rhode Island, the home of one of the world's most legendary jazz festivals. Establis...
19/07/2019
The Invisible Discipline Is a Thoroughly Modern Circus
The circus is coming to town, but chances are it won't sound quite like you imagine. As the circus artists juggle, tumble, and hula-hoop across the stage in...
18/07/2019
Four Berklee Alumni Nominated for Emmy Awards
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences nominated four Berklee alumni, including Berklee Valencia Program Director Pablo Mungu a B.M. '97 and 2...
17/07/2019
Fred Woodard Collective to Perform at Jazz at the Fort
Berklee College of Music and the Boston Parks and Recreation Departments ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series presents the Fred Woodard Collective at t...
16/07/2019
Rocketman to Godzilla: Alumni Create Music for Summer Films
On top of all the standard artistic considerations to scoring major feature films, composing for a film like the Elton John biopic Rocketman poses its own chall...
13/07/2019
Love NPRs Tiny Desk? Check out Tiny Dorm.
Students living in Berklee's residence halls aren't supposed to play or practice in their rooms, to give their neighbors a chance to study and sleep. Bu...
12/07/2019
Imogen Heap Receives Berklee Honorary Doctorate in Valencia
Berklee President Roger H. Brown presented an honorary doctorate to acclaimed recording artist Imogen Heap at the July 8 commencement ceremony for the master...
12/07/2019
Berklee Student Wins Live Nation Scholarship
Nico Ruggieri, a 21-year-old Berklee student majoring in music business/management, is the recipient of this years Steven J. Finkel Service Excellence Scholarsh...
12/07/2019
Rocketman to Godzilla: Alumni Scoring Summer Films
In addition to all the standard artistic considerations to scoring major feature films, composing for a film like the Elton John biopic Rocketman poses its own ...
09/07/2019
Terri Lyne Carrington Named 2019 Doris Duke Artist
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced the names of the 2019 Doris Duke Artists, each receiving an award of $275,000, intended as an investment i...
27/06/2019
Nashville Said Her Gender Was a Liability. Now Shes Starting Her Own Label.
Nashville singer-songwriter Emma White B.M. 10 blends pop, country, and R&B, and her music has garnered more than three million streams, along with accolades f...
27/06/2019
Berklee Announces Jimmy Haslip Scholarship
Berklee announces the Jimmy Haslip Endowed Scholarship in memory of Jane Coakley Marzulli. Named after Yellowjackets cofounder Jimmy Haslip, the award will be p...
27/06/2019
Kick Blockin Beats
Guitarists complain about temperamental pedalboards. Vocalist gripe over lousy mic stands. But no one in a band shares the drummer's frustrations. Like most...
20/06/2019
Emilio and Gloria Estefan Scholarship Awarded to Sergio De Miguel Jorquera
The Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation awarded the Emilio and Gloria Estefan Scholarship to 17-year-old piano student Sergio De Miguel Jorquera at a scholarship p...
20/06/2019
Berklee Alumni Among Emmy Winners for Momentum Generation
At first glance, Berklee and sports may not be an obvious match. But several alumni and faculty members have made their musical mark on the sporting world in th...
20/06/2019
Berklee Alumnus Brings Music to Refugees in Lebanon
Layth Sidiq B.M. '14, M.M. '16 is an acclaimed violinist who was born in Baghdad and grew up in Amman, Jordan. Trained classically under Timur Ibrahimov...
20/06/2019
Berklees Boston Summer Music Preview
With all the festivals, club shows, and musicals around town-not to mention Berklee's massive slate of free Summer in the City concerts throughout Boston-it...
14/06/2019
Introducing #HerBerklee
What's it like to be a woman at Berklee? Between the College and Conservatory in Boston, Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain, and Berklee Online, wome...
14/06/2019
Berklees Online Video Team Wins Four Telly Awards
Berklee Online won four awards at the 40th Annual Gold Telly Awards on May 21 in New York City. Of the four wins, Debbie Cavalier, CEO of Berklee Online, said,...
12/06/2019
Roger H. Brown Honored by Williams College, Boston Arts Academy
Berklee President Roger H. Brown was recently honored by Williams College and the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) for his contributions to education and the arts. On...
12/06/2019
Berklee Brass Players Take the Stage at Boston Calling
The morning before performing at Boston Calling with indie supergroup Big Red Machine, trumpeter John Michael Bradford B.M. '19 called trombonist Ethan Sant...
07/06/2019
Berklee Global Summit Hosts Concerts by Students, Faculty, and Alumni
Berklee hosts its biannual Global Summit-a gathering of the college's Global Partners, featuring speakers, panels, and presentations-at Boston Conservatory ...
07/06/2019
Sean McMahon Named Chair of Berklees Film Scoring Department
Berklee has named film composer and orchestrator Sean McMahon as chair of the Film Scoring Department. McMahon B.M. 00 is a Berklee alumnus who has scored the ...
07/06/2019
Billy Childs Named Visiting Scholar at Berklee
Composer and pianist Billy Childs will join Berklees Harmony and Jazz Composition Department as the inaugural Ken Pullig Visiting Scholar in Jazz Studies during...
07/06/2019
Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs Partners with No Limits Media
The Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs (BIAESN) has recently...
04/06/2019
Marshall Gilkes and the Art of Puddle Jumping
If there's such a thing as an A-list rock star in the trombone world, Marshall Gilkes is it. An assistant professor in the Brass Department, Gilkes' r s...
