I caught up with Rodney Rocques and the Jazz Full Riders at the 42nd Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival. The group formed while attending last year’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program. While the band members hail from as far away as Puerto Rico, and Canada, they will join together this fall on campus where they [...]
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Catching up with Five-Week student Andrew Riezebeek
January 19, 2010 – 2:15 pm
Last fall, 15 year old guitarist from the Netherlands, Andrew Riezebeek, blogged about his experience at the 2009 Five-Week Summer Performance Program and Guitar Sessions. In this post, Riezebeek shares with us his music projects as he prepares for Five-Week this coming summer. Hey Berklee fans and students! Here’s another post for you guys and [...]
Prepare for Summer Programs! Achieve success in your practice routine
November 24, 2009 – 9:17 am
Hi everyone, my name is Jeff Muzerolle and I’m a professional musician/producer/educator in the Boston area. I’m also a Berklee alum (class of ’99) and well acquainted with the Berklee experience. I’ve spent the last decade of my life establishing a successful career touring, recording, producing and educating. I also wrote an e-book on career [...]
Karen Cowley talks about Five-Week
November 6, 2009 – 11:00 am
180 international students from all corners of the globe attended the Five-Week Summer Performance Program this past summer. We first heard from Karen Cowley when she attended the Berklee in Dublin program this past April. Cowley won a scholarship to Five-Week there, and we followed her to get the inside scoop on her experience at [...]