Category Archives: Dublin

Jazz videos from Dublin

May 6, 2009 – 11:49 am

Ireland’s BalconyTV (“music with a view”) recorded segments with several students at Berklee’s Dublin Improvisation trip last month. Proof, if you needed it, that Irish broadcasters talk justasfast as their U.S. counterparts.
Jazz saxophone with Jacob Veloo:

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Berklee in Dublin- Jam session at Shebeen, Scholarship awards

April 18, 2009 – 4:01 pm

Many students came out to a place called Shebeen last night for a jam session. It was a fantastic ending to an amazing week here in Dublin! The jam session started downstairs, where faculty from Newpark Music Centre and Berklee kicked off with a round of jazz tunes. Later, a group of [...]

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Berklee in Dublin on Ireland’s TV3

April 17, 2009 – 10:28 am

Berklee’s director of admissions – and Dublin native – Damien 
Bracken gave a terrific interview this morning on TV3’s daily talk show, Midday.
Watch the clip

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The Irish Times features Berklee in Dublin

April 17, 2009 – 4:32 am

The Irish Times - Ireland’s newspaper of record – ran a comprehensive story on Berklee in Dublin and the college’s stepped-up recruitment efforts in the Emerald Isle as its lead arts feature on Friday. The piece essentially gave readers a crash course on Berklee and its strong links to Ireland, with quotes from trustee Bill Whelan, [...]

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A day as a Berklee in Dublin student

April 16, 2009 – 5:47 pm

Meet Karen- a musician and singer/songwriter from Bray Co. Wicklow, Ireland.   Karen has been playing classical piano since age six, and also singing all her life.  She plays in a band with her friends called Wyvern Lingo, and she grew up in a very musical family.
I followed Karen around for a day on Wednesday to [...]

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