BREAK

@berkleecollege THROUGH
THE NOISE
Create your sound. Rise above
the crowd. Turn your potential
into your reality and your ambition
into your career.
 Esperanza Spalding B.M. ‘05
Join the ranks of Berklee
THROUGH
students, faculty, and alumni
who break ground daily—
not only in music performance,
but in songwriting, production,
film scoring, music business,
and more.
 Think of Berklee as your launch-
pad. This is where you’ll build the
skills and gain the connections to

BREAK
improve, evolve, and advance as a
musician, both before graduation
and well beyond it.

THROUGH
TO YOUR FUTURE
 MUSIC EVERYWHERE YOU TURN

INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION

#BERKLEEBREAKTHROUGH

A PEERLESS INSTITUTION
DESTINATION: BERKLEE

MAKING CONNECTIONS

A BRIGHTER FUTURE
ACADEMICS ABOUND
BREAK

A GLOBAL CAMPUS

BEYOND BORDERS

OPENING DOORS

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OUR DNA
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THROUGH
AT

@berkleecollege
Bring your talent, enthusiasm,
and ambition, and take advantage
of all that the Berklee universe has
to offer. Study with accomplished
faculty, share stages and studios with
students from around the world,
meet the mentors who will guide
and propel you—and get ready for
great things.
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Lucky breaks are a myth. expand your abilities,

#BERKLEEBREAKTHROUGH
If you want a break- and collaborate with
through, you have to build exceptional artists. You’ll
it. Beyond raw talent, you be inspired in ways you
need knowledge. You never anticipated and

BREAK THROUGH at BERKLEE

need skills, mentors, and enjoy opportunities you
connections. And as a never imagined. And
Berklee student, you’ll with enough hard work,
get all that and more. tenacity, and passion,
Here you’ll hone your you’ll achieve things you
craft. You’ll deepen your never thought possible.
understanding of music,
BREAKTHROUGHS
ARE WHAT WE DO
Innovation is in our DNA. It’s why we were the first
U.S. college to teach jazz and the first to offer majors
in songwriting, music synthesis, and film scoring.
It’s why we teach electronic digital instruments and
virtual reality. We’re always striving to push music
education further, make it better, and drive it in new
directions. Since 1945, we have remained committed
to not only reflecting the music of today, but shaping
the music of tomorrow.

Similarly, we help shape the future for our students.

We nurture their creativity, connect them with other
musicians, and equip them with the latest knowledge
so they can pursue the most promising careers.
We help them find advantageous internships and
professional opportunities. Even after graduation,
Berklee continues to serve as a resource and the hub
of a vast network of alumni who can help one another.

OUR DNA
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 We believe in the value of contemporary music.
We recognize that music reflects the times we live
in. It is the soundtrack of the human experience,
and it demands our attention. So we focus on
today’s music in all its forms—from music therapy
to video game sound design. Wherever music goes,
Berklee is there.

We believe in the power of diversity.

Different ideas, opinions, backgrounds, cultures,
histories—these all lead to greater inspiration and
innovation, a richer educational experience, and
the best results, both for our students’ music and
their careers. This is why Berklee has students and
alumni from more than 100 countries.

We believe that connections are crucial.

This includes connections among traditions, instru-
ments, and art forms; institutions and artists;
and alumni, faculty, and students. We foster such
interactions and continuously nurture a dynamic,
inclusive, and collaborative global arts community.

We believe in our ability to make a difference.

Not only in music education, but in music itself—
and in the careers and lives of musicians like you.

Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA

THERE’S ONLY ONE
BERKLEE

A PEERLESS INSTITUTION
Berklee will meet you where you are, offering a host
of ways for you to pursue your artistry: Berklee College
of Music’s campuses in Boston and Valencia, Spain;
Boston Conservatory at Berklee; and Berklee Online.
No matter where you choose to begin, you’ll find
there’s no place quite like it.

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 BOSTON:
CULTURE AROUND
EVERY CORNER
Boston is home to our main campus.
This exciting, welcoming, and cosmopolitan
city is filled with vitality, culture, and history.
And it includes many attractions near the
Berklee campus: Boston Symphony Hall,
the African Meeting House, the Boston
Ballet—plus a host of music venues. During
your time at Berklee you’ll have more
to see, do, and experience than you could
160 Massachusetts Avenue Residence Hall, Boston, MA

ever fit into four years.

exactly why we’re here.
THE URBAN
ADVANTAGE
Boston’s vibrant Back Bay. What better place to
Our campus is integrated into, and enriched by,

inspirational and exhilarating setting? It’s buzzing

with excitement, energy, and expression, and that’s
create and experiment, cultivate your talent, expand
your comfort zone, and advance as an artist than this

DESTINATION: BERKLEE
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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXPERIENCE BERKLEE

A GLOBAL CAMPUS
WINTER AND SPRING IN VALENCIA, SPAIN
BREAKTHROUGHS Our campus in Valencia offers all of the college’s
trademarks—the accomplished faculty, the state-of-
We use academic breaks to give students an the-art studios and equipment, and the dynamic,
up-close look at key music industry destinations. diverse student body—in the iconic City of Arts and
You and your classmates can visit Nashville, Los Sciences. In this entertainment-based cultural and
Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Atlanta, which are all architectural hub, this magnificent campus offers
filled with working alumni. Go on studio tours. students an extraordinary experience.
Attend live recording sessions and industry panels.
Connect with alumni, songwriters, producers, As an undergraduate, you can experience Valencia
and engineers. And get a good feel for where your in a number of ways: our First Year Abroad program,
career might take you one day. our semester-long Study Abroad program, or our
Spain Summer Study Abroad program. There is also
a variety of graduate and summer programs on the
Valencia campus for you to work on your break-
through while in Spain.

valencia.berklee.edu

ELECTRIFYING:
POWER STATION AT
BERKLEENYC
Housed in an old ConEd power plant in
Manhattan, this complex is the only New York
studio large enough to accommodate a full
orchestra. Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding,
David Bowie, and the cast of Hamilton have all
recorded here. As a fully functioning recording
studio, it’s the perfect location to offer
educational programs, performance space,
and resources for New York performing artists.
And in a city with 8,000 alumni, it serves as
a dynamic laboratory to help realize creative
and career potential.

La Nit de Berklee Commencement Concert, Valencia, Spain

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MAJOR

ABOUND
ACADEMICS ABOUND
OPPORTUNITIES

ACADEMICS
Whatever your passion, whatever your path, we have
a major to align you with the experts who will help you
move forward. Over eight semesters, while completing
the college’s core curriculum, you’ll pursue the major
(or possibly two) of your choice.

berklee.edu/majors

GET AN EDUCATION
THAT’S THOROUGH AND
THOUGHTFUL
Though Berklee is known for teaching the latest
musical genres, we also understand how important the
fundamentals are. So we require a core curriculum
to equip you with the competencies you’ll need, no
matter how your career unfolds. You’ll gain invaluable
skills in arranging, conducting, ear training, harmony,
tonal harmony, counterpoint, and music technology.

Similarly, we offer liberal arts courses—humanities,

natural sciences, mathematics, and social sciences—
to enrich your education and give context to your
work. You’ll learn to think critically, write clearly, and
speak compellingly; you’ll gain problem-solving and
entrepreneurial abilities to help you succeed.

EARN A DUAL DEGREE

WITH HARVARD
Harvard College and Berklee College of Music have

program that enables participating students to get the

best of two distinguished institutions. If you’re admitted
to both schools, you can work toward a music-related
career at Berklee and also get a Harvard education—
a doubly prestigious credential. Like everything else at
Berklee, it’s a chance to craft the future you want.
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ACADEMICS ABOUND
Gain inspiration and world-class Master melody, harmony, arranging,
instruction toward working in and lyric writing, and build a competitive
composition, conducting, or related portfolio of original songs. Learn to write
fields by studying a variety of artfully and gain the skills for creating
composition techniques, commercially viable material.
instrumentation, and orchestration.

ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTION
AND DESIGN

BERKLEE
Excel in a world where experimentation,
artistry, and technology meet. Learn
how to use technology to create and
produce compositions, sonic design,
and instruments.

FILM SCORING
Learn to compose, arrange, and
conduct music for film, television, and
video games.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC BUSINESS

WRITING AND /MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTION Learn the fundamentals of the music
business from a musician’s perspective.
Develop your writing, arranging, and Dive into the legal, financial, and artistic
producing skills in a diverse community nuances of the contemporary music
of professional musicians, and gain business industry.
the necessary skills to work in a studio
environment.
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ACADEMICS ABOUND
Use music’s power to connect people,
heal trauma, and improve quality of life.
Gain real-world experience through
internships and clinical research.

PERFORMANCE MUSIC
Learn the skills, concepts, and method- EDUCATION
ology on your principal instrument
that will prepare you for a high level of Realize your dream of teaching and
professional performance. mentoring the next generation of
musicians. Learn how to meet the needs
of diverse learners by using cutting-
edge pedagogical practices.

ABOUNDS MUSIC
berklee.edu/majors

JAZZ
PRODUCTION AND COMPOSITION
ENGINEERING Add your mark to the rich history of jazz
by creating compositions and musical
Develop your expertise in engineering, scores for a variety of ensembles and
production, editing, mixing, and musical settings.
mastering. Learn to use the latest tools
and techniques and gain the experience
you need to adapt to the changing
PROFESSIONAL
demands of the recording industry. MUSIC
Innovate and design your own musical
path through Berklee’s expansive
curriculum. Work with advisors to create
an educational plan tailored
to what you want to achieve in the
music industry.
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MUSIC EVERYWHERE YOU TURN

RECORD, EDIT, AND MIX IN
WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES
Our Boston campus has 16 professional production
facilities equipped to offer students a comprehensive
studio experience. At our custom-built facility at 160
Massachusetts Avenue, you’ll find a 10-studio music
production complex that’s among the largest of its kind
in the U.S. It includes the Shames Family Scoring Stage,
a 2,200-square-foot studio that allows for the recording
of up to 50 musicians. It rivals facilities used by major
Hollywood studios and commercial enterprises such as
Lucasfilm. And as a student, it’s all yours.
TURN, THERE’S MUSIC

opportunities to experience and perform music.

400-seat dining hall. All over our campus, every
numerous theaters and halls, but even in our
College of Music every year. Not only in our
Thousands of events are staged at Berklee

day and night, you’ll have an abundance of

1,215-seat Berklee Performance Center and
EVERYWHERE YOU

@berkleecollege
 SPEND YOUR SUMMER
DOING WHAT YOU LOVE
Experience Berklee College of Music before the
school year starts. Choose from precollege offerings
in music performance, theater, dance, music production,
songwriting, opera, and music business at our
campuses in Boston or Valencia, Spain. You’ll have
opportunities to play in a band, mix in our studios,
and learn from world-class faculty and visiting artists.
Come away inspired and ready to put your new and
improved skills to work.

berklee.edu/summer

Summer in the City Concert Series

TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF BERKLEE ONLINE
BREAK THROUGH Study with Berklee’s faculty and industry experts
BORDERS in our award-winning online school. Whether you
want to sharpen your skills to advance your career
To keep connected with the entire world of music, in music or continue studying while on tour, you can
we’ve created Berklee Global Partners. This pursue your education from wherever you are. With
international collective of institutions and individuals four term starts each year, Berklee Online provides
offers opportunities abroad for our students and individual 12-week courses, multicourse certificate
faculty to experience collaborative workshops, master programs, and fully accredited bachelor’s and
classes, and concerts. Our partnership also makes master’s degrees.
Berklee more accessible: in some cases, prospective

BEYOND BORDERS
students can study at a participating school to earn online.berklee.edu
credits at a lower cost, and then transfer to Berklee
College of Music.

berklee.edu/global

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Artist-in-Residence Talk with Shreya Ghoshal

MAKE MORE THAN JUMP IN, CONNECT,

MUSIC AND CREATE
At Berklee College of Music, you’ll find countless Our community is filled with talented musicians from
ways to engage the community. Maybe you’d like to many different countries, traditions, and influences.
work at the BIRN (Berklee Internet Radio Network) And they all share a drive to break out of their comfort
or Heavy Rotation Records; maybe you’d like to zones and collaborate with you.
write for FUSION magazine or the Music Business
Journal. Consider joining some of the 80 or so clubs It’s no wonder that we have so many ensembles.
on campus—some are music focused, others aren’t. From Afro-pop to hip-hop to bebop, from Balkan choir
Whether you want to connect with students from your to Indian music, you’ll find more than 350 to choose
home country or take part in your hobbies (anime, from. The only constant here is perpetual motion:
rock climbing, Ultimate frisbee, etc.) with like-minded an unceasing drive to engage yourself, experiment,

MAKING CONNECTIONS
students, it’s all possible here. and explore.

berklee.edu/connections

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 THEATER

DANCE
MAKING HISTORY
WITH BOSTON
CONSERVATORY

MUSIC
Production of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin

When Boston Conservatory joined the Berklee

community in 2016, it marked a milestone in
performing arts education and created the world’s
most comprehensive training ground for dance,
music, theater, and related professions.

As a leading conservatory known for its 150-year

tradition of innovation, Boston Conservatory

INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION

at Berklee offers more than 50 fully accredited
undergraduate and graduate programs for talented
artists seeking highly focused, rigorous performance
training. Together, we are reaching more artists,
embarking on genre-defying collaborations, and
giving our students an experience that helps build
professional relationships and career pathways.

bostonconservatory.berklee.edu

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INSPIRED MENTORSHIP
Berklee professors win awards, earn fellowships,
and publish books. They score blockbusters, record
superstars, produce platinum albums, and perform
on the world’s largest stages. They include artists
and big names in the music industry. All are highly
accomplished, passionately committed, and truly
inspirational. And thanks to our 1:11 faculty-to-
student ratio, they’ll be your mentors, collaborators,
and industry connections.

@berkleecollege

BIG NAMES, BIG REACH,

BIG POSSIBILITIES
The list of accomplished professionals who visit
Berklee to speak and share their experiences reads
like a Who’s Who of the music industry. Well-known

OPENING DOORS
performers, engineers, music business industry
professionals, and more from around the world offer
clinics and master classes about the business and art
of music. They offer you insights and enviable access
that will open your eyes and—possibly—doors.

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 CONNECT WITH A
BRIGHTER FUTURE
Berklee has some of the best music career
connections in the world. Not just because of
our accomplished alumni who are plugged
into the industry at companies like Apple, Sony,
Disney, Columbia Records, and Universal, but
because of the remarkable reach of our network.
It is truly global, and it covers every facet of the
performing arts, both behind the scenes and in
the spotlight, in the realms of entertainment,
education, medical care, and more.

BREAK THROUGH THE

COMPETITION WITH
AN INTERNSHIP
We help our students land internships working
alongside industry professionals in music hubs

A BRIGHTER FUTURE
such as New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, and
Atlanta. Through hands-on experience, you’ll
build marketable skills, establish professional
relationships and connections, and gain inside
perspectives crucial for keeping pace with an
ever-changing industry.

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Mindi Abair B.M. ʼ91
Cristina Abaroa ʼ91
Tariqh Akoni ʼ91
Cheche Alara B.M. ʼ94
Candace Avery ʼ81
Joe Belliotti B.M. ʼ95
Jeff Bhasker ʼ99
Will Calhoun ʼ86
Mike Cassidy ʼ97
Louis Cato ʼ04
Gustavo Celis B.M. ʼ94
Jasmine Cephas Jones ʼ09
Paula Cole ʼ90
Tim Cushman ʼ80
Ramin Djawadi B.M. ʼ98
David Dorn ʼ86
Fab Dupont ʼ94
Rachelle Ferrell ʼ80
Melissa Ferrick ʼ90
Berklee students with big dreams. Here are just a few:

Lynne Fiddmont ʼ84

Luis Figueroa-Roig ʼ11
Eugene Gearty ʼ82
Behind the many big names and accomplishments are former

Kirill Gerstein ʼ96

Ray Greene B.M. ʼ97
Pedro Guzman ʼ04
Roy Hargrove ʼ89
Donald Harrison ʼ81
Amy Heidemann B.M. ʼ08
Taku Hirano B.M. ʼ95
Kazuma Jinnouchi ʼ02
Sanjeev Kale B.M. ʼ89
Grace Kelly B.M. ʼ12
Alex Lacamoire B.M. ʼ10
Will Lee B.M. ʼ16
Wang Leehom ʼ99
Anthony Maserati ʼ85
John Mayer ʼ96
James Moraels B.M. ʼ16
Tina Morris ʼ97
Nate Morton B.M. ʼ94
Rob Mounsey ʼ75
Jessica Anne Newham B.M. ʼ13
Nick Noonan B.M. ʼ08
Stephen Oremus B.M. ʼ92
Dave Pettigrew B.M. ʼ91
Emily Remler B.M. ʼ76
Makeba Riddick ʼ99
John Roberts B.M. ʼ92
John Roberts ʼ86
Reuben Rogers B.M. ʼ99
Rashawn Ross ʼ99
Seth Saltzman ʼ81
Marlon Saunders B.M. ʼ87
Nir Seroussi B.M. ʼ96
Ruslan Sirota B.M. ʼ03
Joel Someillan B.M. ʼ93
Esperanza Spalding B.M. ʼ05
Meghan Stabile ʼ06
Tierney Sutton ʼ87
Susan Tedeschi B.M. ʼ91
Nobuko Toda ʼ09
Tommy Torres B.M. ʼ93
Hiromi Uehara ʼ03
Robert Vega B.M ʼ06
Lucas Vidal B.M. ʼ07
Miles Walker B.M. ʼ03
Steve Walter ʼ78
Jeff “Tain” Watts ʼ81
Will Wells ʼ11
Peiter Zatko B.M. ʼ92
Tuffus Zimbabwe B.M. ʼ05

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APPLY NOW
If you want music to be central to your life; if you want
to actively build your skills, knowledge, and network;
if you want to place yourself in the midst of a diverse,
talented, and ambitious group of students, faculty,
and alumni, then your breakthrough starts at Berklee
College of Music. Come and get it.

apply.berklee.edu
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