Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

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1140 Boylston Street
Boston,Massachusetts 02215
617.747.2025
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Music (Composition) Bachelor of Music (Contemporary Writing and Production) Bachelor of Music (Electronic Production and Design) Bachelor of Music (Film and Media Scoring) Bachelor of Music (Game and Interactive Media Scoring) Bachelor of Music (Independent Recording and Production) Bachelor of Music (Jazz Composition) Bachelor of Music (Music Business/Management) Bachelor of Music (Music Education) Bachelor of Music (Music Therapy) Bachelor of Music (Performance) Bachelor of Music (Professional Music) Bachelor of Music (Songwriting) Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Leadership and Innovation Master of Music (Global Jazz) Master of Music (Music Education) Master of Music (Music Education - Autism Concentration) Master of Music (Contemporary Performance - Production Concentration) Master of Arts (Global Entertainment and Music Business) Master of Music (Music Production, Technology, and Innovation) Master of Music (Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games) Master of Arts (Creative Media and Technology - Songwriting and Production) Master of Arts (Creative Media and Technology - Live Music Production and Design) Master of Arts (Creative Media and Technology - Writing and Design for Musical Theatre) Master of Music (Film Scoring) Master of Arts (Music Business) Master of Music (Music Production) Master of Business Administration (Music Business) Graduate Certificate in Music Education and Autism Minor in Music

Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than half a century, the college has evolved to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business, leading the way with the world’s first baccalaureate studies in jazz, rock, electric guitar, film scoring, songwriting, turntables, electronic production, and more than a dozen other genres and fields of study. With a diverse and talented student body representing 96 countries, and alumni who have collectively won more than 250 Grammys and Latin Grammys, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow. Berklee College of Music is a nonprofit, coeducational institution of higher learning incorporated under the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students and to train veterans under the G.I. Bill of Rights. Mission and Philosophy The mission of Berklee College of Music is to educate, train, and develop students to excel in music as a career. Cultivating the musicianship of all our students is the foundation of our curriculum. Berklee was founded by Lawrence Berk, an engineer trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and veteran arranger with the CBS and NBC radio orchestras, who wanted to teach contemporary music and provide practical career preparation for the working musician. His idea caught fire, and the small teaching studio grew into a sizable school, then college, in just over two decades.

Notable Alumni Include:

John Mayer, Quincy Jones, Esperanza Spalding, Natalie Maines, Alex Lacamoire, Cian McCarthy, Jillian Butler,

Acceptance Rate:

The acceptance rate at Berklee College of Music is between 44% and 54%

Faculty Info:

Tsunenori "Lee" Abe, Michael P. Abraham, Kris Adams, Cecil Adderley, Pooja K. Agarwal, Gustavo Agatiello, Enric Alberich, Jon Aldrich, Rodney Alejandro, Prince Charles Alexander, David Alexis, Joy Allen, Libby (Elizabeth) Allison, Jennifer Andrews, Jason Anick, Tom Appleman, John Arcaro, Abigail Aronson, Utar Artun, Arleen Arzigian, Fabien Aubry, Eleanor Aversa, John Baboian, Sheryl Bailey, Steve Bailey, Larry Baione, Matt Baker, Linda Balliro, Marta Verde Baqueiro, Clara Barbera, Janie Barnett, Erin Barra, Darren Barrett, Michael Barrett, Kevin Barry, Bruce Bartlett, Tom Baskett, Jeff Baust, Jackie Beard, Allison Beaudry, Jennifer Beauregard, Larry Bell, Amy Bellamy, Sergio Bellotti, Kevin Belz, Pratt Bennet, Joe Bennett, Deborah Bennett, Mitch Benoff, Catherine Bent, Zebbler Peter Berdovsky, Jimena Bermejo, Pat Bianchi, Kurt Biederwolf, Sara Bielanski, Michael Bierylo, Gwen Bindas, Lin Biviano, Andreas Bjorch Joey Blake, Leonardo Blanco, Gaynor Blandford, Sally Blazar, Kevin Bleau, Chad Binman, Mike Block, Kevin Block-Scwenk, Ed Blomquist, Richard Boulanger, Dan Bowden, Alicia Bower, Joanne Brackeen, James Bradford, Fernando Brandao, Kenn Brass, Vaughn Brathwaiste, Ross Bresler, Lyle Brewer, Sarah Brindell, Sharon Broadley-Martin, Sharon Brown, Freddie Bryant, Brian Buch, Dave Buda, Peter Bufano, Russell “Billy” Buss, Tonya Butler, Eric Byers, Ben Camp, Consuelo Candelaria-Barry, Ben Cantil, Daniel Cantor, Andrea Capezzoli, Tony Carbone, Karen Carr, Richard Carrick, Joe Carrier, Terri Lyne Carrington, Brian Cass, Daniel Castelar, Marcela Castillo-Rama, Eguie Castrillo, Sissy Castrogiovanni, Sara Caswell, Cristi Catt, Susan Kean Cattaneo, Dennis Cecere, Orlando Cela, Ken Cervenka, Tiffany Chang, Allan Chase, Jon Chase, Linda K. Chase, Corinne Sloan Chase, Erin Chase, Carrie Cheron, Robert Christopherson, Janet Chwalibog, Kristin Cifelli, Jeff Claassen, Ron Clark, Suzanne M. Clark, David Clark, Kareem Clarke, Rebecca Cline, Peggy Ann Codding, Jean-Luc Cohen, Alla Elana Cohen, Beth Bahia Cohen, Ady Cohen, Paula Cole, Edmar Colon, Alfons Conde, Mark Copeland, Joseph Coroniti, Jeff Covell, Jeanine Cowen, Jeff D’Antona, Katherine Dacey, Winnie Dahlgren, Tanya Darby, Victoriano Darias, Mason Daring, Katja Davidoff, Matthew Davidson, Richard Davis, Suzanne Davis, Jason Dawson, Henrique De Almeida, Paul Del Nero, Beth Dänisch, Kenwood Denkart, Scott deOgburn, Ernesto Diaz, Dave DiCenso, Tamar Diesendruck, Sal DiFusco, Jorrit Dijkstra, Rich DiMuzio, Marko Djordjevic, Robert Doezema, David Doms, James Donahue, Jan Donley, Jeff Dorenfeld, Leon Lee Dorsey, Pete Dyson, Andy Edelstein, Peter Eldridge, Matthew Ellard, Bill Elliott, Brian “Radar” Ellis, Jennifer Elowsky-Fox, Marti Epstein, John Escobar, Dario Eskenazi, Judson Evans, Louis Fabrizio, Dominick Ferrara, Jay Fialkov, Larry Finn, Jon Finn, David Fiuczynski, Richard Flanagan, Eunice Flanders, Adrienne Flight, Daniel Flors, Kathleen Flynn, Jon Forsyth, Alvin Foster, Ellen Francese, Scott Free, Arnold Friedman, Eugene Friesen, Ian Frommen, Tomo Fujita, Tia Fuller, John Funkhouser, Jeannie Jagne, Joe Galeota, Robert Gallegos, Peter Gardner, Todd Gardner, Laszlo Gardony, George Garzone, Jerry Gates, Laura Gatzkiewicz-Mangono, Marcelle Gauvin, Irina Georgieva, Tony Germain, Bruce Gertz, David Gilmore, Robin Ginenthal, Greg Glanze, Matt Glaser, Bradford, Gleis, Stine Glismand, Lucio Godoy, Lincoln Goines, Anne H. Goldberg-Baldwin, Enrique Gonzalez Muller, Gabrielle Goodman, Linda Gorham, Eric Gould, Dino Govoni, Cynthia P. Grammer, Chelsey Green, Richard Greenblatt, Nate Greenslit, Phil Grenadier, Nick Grondin, Ana Guigui, Natalie Haas, Skip Hadden, Susan Hagen, John Hagon, Tim Hall, Eric Hamel, Herman Hampton, Chantel Hampton, Charles Hansen, Suzanne Hanser, Lydia Harrell, Danny Harrington, Jeff Harrington, Kevin Harris, David Harris, D. Arcelious Harris, Alonzo Harris, Richie Hart, Jamie Lynn Hart, Lihi Haruvi, Gaye Tolan Garfield, DJ Garfield, Brad Hatfield, Mitch Hausers, Bonnie Hayes, Jon Hazilla, Steve Heck, Bernardo Hernandez, Enrique Hernandes, Enrique Hernandes Martinez, Michael Heyman, William Robert Hibbard, Craig Hlady, Rob Hochschild, Russell Hoffmann, Brian Hogan, Thaddeus Hogarth, Thomas Hojnacki, Kristin Holland Bohr, David Hollender, Jury Holstedt, Greg Hopkins, Ben Houge, George Howard, David Howard, Kathleen Howland, Jennifer Hruska, Fernando Huergo, Tim Huling, Steven Hunt, Derek Hurst, Ayn Inserto, Yoron Israel, Neal Itzler Ralph Jaccodine, Patrice Jackson, Isaiah Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Brian Jantz, Andrew Jarboe, Jodi Jenkins Ainsworth, Matt Jenson, Hey Rim Jeon, David L. Jiles Jr., Sergio Jimenez, Douglas Johnson, Andrea Johnson, Aubrey Johnson, Jimmy Kachulis, Alexandros Kalogeras, Plamen Karadonev, Christiane Karam, Julien Kasper, Sheila H. Katz, Darrell Katz, Robert Kaufman, Manuel Kaufmann, Stephanie Kellar, Kaye Kelly, Jim Kelly, Peter Kenagy, Pam Kerensky, Sarah Kervin, Scarlet Keys, Kimberly Khare, William “Billy” Kilson, Chi Gook Kim, Hae Joo Kim, Steven Kirby, Teodros Kiros, Wendy L. Klein, Erica Knowles, Mark Kohler, Douglas Kohn, Elena Koleva, Lefteris Kordis, Timotej Kotnik, Sandra Kott, Steven Kowalczyk Santoro, Astrid Kroon, Miriam Kurlan, Jerome Kyles, Bob Lada, Barbara LaFitte, Lori Landay, Stefani M. Langol, Donald P. Lappin Jr., Victoria Large, Jerry Lecke, Gwendolyn Leathers, Genevieve Leclair, Shannon LeClaire, Dennis Leclaire, Rosey Lee, Yoon-Ji Lee, Julianne Lee, Stacey Lee, Bertram Lehmann, Lance Van Lenten, Neil Leonard, Sharan Leventhal, Allen LeVines, Brian Lewis, Charles Lewis, Christian Li, Panagiotis Liaropoulos, Claire Marie Lim, Dave Limina, Javier Limon, Tsun-Ju Lin, Frida Linderang, Alizon Lissance, Andrew List, Greg Liszt, Jeffrey Lockhart, John Lockwood, Chris Loftlin, Haidee Lorrey, Joe Lovano, Valarie Lovely, Daryl Lowery, Maxim Lubarsky, Ed Lucie, Alex Ludwig, Faith Lueth, Winston Maccow, Steve MacLean, Craig Macrae, Ron Mahdi, Alain Mallett, G. Andrew Maness, Nacho Marco, Nancy Marshall, Wayne Marshall, Lucas Martin, Gabriela Martina, Sergio Martinez, Javier Martinez Escriba, David Marvuglio, Mike Mason, Kaimy Masse, Ayeisha Dennise Mathis, Yumiko Matsuoka, Margaret McAllister, Gail McArthur-Browne, Laura McCune-Poplin, Donald McDonnell, Donna McElroy, Danny McIntyre, Berke McKelvey, Cassandre McKinley, Rich McLaughlin, Sean McLaughlin, Clare McLeod, Sean McMahon, Jeffrey Means, Steffen Meister, Richard Mendelson, Ruth Mendelson, Victor Mendoza, Rekha Menon, Lisa D. Mercadante, Sahun Michaud, Nano Michelin, Joseph Miglio, Vladan Milenkovic, Catalina Millan, Jane Miller, Gary Miller, Tim Miller, Mercie Miller, Renato Miline, Sheldon Mirowitz, Yoko Mira, Susanne Moebus-Bergeron, Lello Molinari, Bruce Molsky, Giovanni Moltoni, Amanda Monaco, Michael Moniz, George Monseur, Dennis Montgomery, Ricardo Monzon, Duane Moody, Gretchen Shae Moore, Carmen Moral, Daniel Moretti, Rod Morgenstein, Chase Morris, Daniel Morris, Vanessa Morris, Michael Moss, Emilien Moyen, Joseph Mulholland, John Mulroy, Bob Mulvey, Nichelle Mungo, Pablo Munguia, James Murphy, Yulia Musayelyan, Joe Musella, Federico Nathan, Vadim Neselovskyi, Alberto Netto, David Newsam, Matthew Nicholl, David Nordlund, Cliff Notez, Francisco Noya, Claes Nystrom, Taylor O’Donnell, Jim Odgren, Linda May Han Oh, Tiger Okoshi, Lydia Okumura, Neil Olmstead, Alf Olofsson, Mia Olson, Polo Orti, Vicente Ortiz Gimeno, Shinichi Otsu, Sarpay Ozcagatay, Ted Paduck, Yoel Paez, Thomas M. Palance, Albert Palau Garcera, Jason Palmer, Paul Pampinella, Apostolos, Joo Park, Lauren Passarelli, Sumalee Passaretti, John Patitucci, Pat Pattison, Robert Patton, Walter Pavasaris, Rick Peckham, Andrea Pejrolo, Patricia K. Peknick, Marcello Pellitteri, Janice Pendarvis, Danilo Perez, Patricia Perez, Jonathan Perkins, Kim Perlak, Rebecca Perricone, Alexandre Perrin, Jeff Perry, Phil Person, Jim Peterson, Ralph Peterson Jr., Jason Petrin, Dale Pfeiffer, Rene Pfister, Annette Philip, Margaret Phillips, John Pierce, Marco Pignataro, Viktorija Pilatovic, Kaoruko Pilkington, Randy Pingrey, Alson Plante, Beth Platon, Tom Plsek, Mark Polanzak, Felice Pomeranz, Mark Poniatowski, Mike Pope, Jane Potter, Nedelka Prescod, Bruno Raberg, Mimi Rabson, Roberta Radley, Claudio Ragazzi, Rishabh Rajan, Marciana J. Ramos, German Ramos, Ross Ramsay, Steven D. Rauch, Tim Ray, Eric Reasoner, Stephanie Reich, Ron Reid, David Reiffel, Eric Reuter, Jay Rinaldi, Mikael Ringquiest, Ruthie Ristich, Steve Rochinski, Alejandro Rodriguez, Susan Rogers, Joe Rogers, Berta Rojas, Julie Told, Weny Rolde, Olga Roman, Rachel Devorah Wood Rome, Emma Romeu, Randy Ross, Josh Rosen, Ned Rosenblatt, Daniel Rosenthal, Elena Roussanova Lucas, George W. Russell Jr., Dominic Sahagun, Ed Saindon, Perico Sambeat, Israel Sandoval, Joe Santerre, David Santoro, Jackie Santos, Albert Sanz, Colin Sapp, Jessica Satin-Perry, Bruce Saunders, Vera Savage, Simone Scazzocchio, Gilson Schachinik, Daniela Schachter, Marhorie Scheker, Casey Scheuerell, Robert Schlink, Thomas Schmidt, Pablo Schuller, Jackson Schultz, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Anthony Scibilia, Sandro Scoccia, Danielle Scott, David Scott, Maggie Scott, Cindy Scott, Richard “Hus” Sebring, Mitch Seidman, Simon Shaheen, Jarritt Ahmed Sheel, Benjamin Sher, Helen Sherrah-Davies, Mark Shilansky, Eunmi Shim, Rebecca Shrimpton, Curtis Shumate, Adrian Sicam, Suzanna Sifter, William Silvio, Mark Simos, Jonathan Singleton, Sean K. Skeete, Harry Skoler, Sean Slade, Lorree Slye, Daniel Ian Smith, Tony “Thunder” Smith, Neal Smith, Skip Smith, Matthew Smith, Patrick Soria, Anne Squire, Oscar Stagnaro, Bob Stanton, Loudon Stearns, Mariano Steinberg, Tom Stein, Michelle Sterling, Eric Stern, Louis Stewart, Paul Stiller, Jason Stokes, Robin Stone, Jeff Stout, Vessela Stoyanova, Stan Stickland, Joe Stump, Francisco Suarez, Michael Sweet, Jeri Sykes, Francesca Tanksley, Scott Tarulli, Valerie Taylor, Livingston Taylor, Elizabeth Teret, Liz Teutsch, David Thibodeau, Ben Thomas, Gates Thomas, Rob Thomas, Daniel M. Thompson, Lisa Thoson, Frank Tiberi, Arlie C. Tick, Stephany Tiernan, Chrissy Tignor, Ilona Tipp Miguel Tito, Ed Tomassi, Eirini Tornesaki, Francine Trester, David Tronzo, Mike Tucker, Kai Trunbull, Leanne Ungar, Nicholas Urie, Bora Uslusoy, Mary Beth Valuk, Guy Van Duser, Gabriele Vanoni, Ashlee Varner, Javier Vercher, Anthony Vitti, Cristobal Vogumil Abellan De La Rosa, Nevena Vujosevic, Karen Wacks, Charles Walker, David Wallace, Victor Wallis, Joe Walsh, Marty Walsh, Wayne Ward, Michael Warofsky, Nadia Washington, Larry Watson, Duncan Watt, Michael Weinstein, Diane Wernick, Julia Wentz, Mark Wessel, Jonathan Wheatley, Joshua Wheatley, Kirstie Wheeler, Mark White, Kate White, Annette Whitehead-Pleaux, John Whynot, Wayne Wild, Steve Wilkes, Carolyn Wilkins, Michael Williams, Julius Williams, Jeffrey Williams, Patrice Williams, Gary Willis, Darcel Wilson, Bob Winter, Clyde Witmyer, Victor Wooten, Toki Wright, Kathryn Wright, Jonathan Wyner, Jason Yeager, Marian Nee, Owen Young, Mark Zaleski, Oscar Zambrano, Maria Zarza, Gina Zdanowicz, Nancy Zeltsman, Julie Buras Zigo, Norman Zocher, David Zoffer, Zen Zolot,

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