Category Archives: Summer Programs

It’s not your average band camp! Summer students and staff take you behind the beach umbrellas and ice cream cones to see musicians get their first taste of the Berklee experience.

Catching up with Five-Week student Andrew Riezebeek

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 [...]

Networking: The cornerstone of a musician’s career

Get the most out of Five-Week and summer programs:  Network!
It seems in today’s world people are more connected than ever.  Websites such as Facebook and Myspace are allowing people to stay in touch all over the world.
For musicians, this is a very very good thing.  Why?  Because in the music business, success relies largely on [...]

Broaden your horizons: Learn new styles

Applying to Summer Programs? Deciding which style of music to study?  Read on!

As an aspiring musician, you’ve probably been told by your teachers to listen to as much music as possible. I’m going to take that lesson one step further and suggest that you check out as many styles as possible. There [...]

Prepare for Summer Programs! Achieve success in your practice routine

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 [...]

From Guitar Sessions to Five-Week: A young musician on a mission