The Berklee City Music Newsletter caught up with MJ Rodriguez, who is currently playing “Angel” in the Off-Broadway production of RENT. What inspired you to participate in the Berklee City Music program? NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) afforded me the opportunity to attend City Music, and it was always something I wanted to [...]
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Berklee City Music First Hand
July 3, 2011 – 7:45 pm
Following up on our previous post about Nicolas Perez, here is the man himself along with Gregory Groover speaking about their experience with Berklee City Music.
Kris Allen Interview
July 1, 2011 – 7:40 pm
This past spring, Kris Allen, the Berklee City Music All Stars, along with the Music Empowers Foundation went on tour to four cities to spread awareness for the need for music education. We spoke about this a few times recently, so to get the whole story, you can read here and here. Today, we share [...]
Congratulations Nicolas Perez
June 21, 2011 – 1:14 am
The Berklee City Music Network is proud to announce the recent accomplishment of an outstanding City Music High School Academy student. Pianist, Nicolas Perez was one of six high school seniors recently awarded scholarships by the Hyde Park Cooperative Charitable Foundation. Nicolas and his peers were given the awards based on their scholastic achievement, community [...]
Berklee City Music/Kris Allen Tour Recap
June 2, 2011 – 10:00 am
We are following up on our previous post, and filling in the rest of the story about the recent tour with the Berklee City Music All Stars, Kris Allen, American Idol winner, and The Music Empowers Foundation. Here you will find quotes from our student band members, video clips of the students performing on stage [...]