Tag Archives: International Programs

Berklee did Dublin (again)

April 20, 2010 – 2:39 pm

In its second year, Berklee in Dublin drew more than 50 musicians representing 12 countries, including 19 from Ireland and 14 from England, along with students from Norway, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Greece, France, and the U.S. This year’s workshops were held at Newpark Music Centre, a Berklee International Network partner site in Blackrock, Ireland. [...]

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Final days in India—with the composer of Slumdog Millionnaire

March 2, 2010 – 2:34 pm

To round off his trip, Berklee film scoring chair met famed composer A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionnaire fame, and reports on his efforts to promote musicianship in Chennai. India Trip Conclusion (Feb. 16, 17, 18) Tuesday morning marked our second day of Mumbai auditions. (Michael and I were greatly relieved to discover that the maintenance [...]

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India, days 9+10: Auditioning students in Mumbai

February 26, 2010 – 1:50 pm

Film scoring chair Dan Carlin sends his next-to-last dispatch from Berklee’s big trip to India. Greetings from Chennai, India, Instead of spending Sunday with our Valentines in and around Boston, my colleagues and I presented four clinics and a panel to interested musicians and students at the Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai (or, Bombay, as [...]

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India, days 7+8: On to Mumbai

February 23, 2010 – 3:49 pm

Dan Carlin, Berklee chair of film scoring, writes in from the college’s first audition and interview trip to India: India, Days 7 & 8 (February 12, 13, 2010) Yesterday, our team of 6 packed up early and headed to the New Delhi airport for the flight to Mumbai. The flight is two hours long, but [...]

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India, days 5+6: In the audition room

February 12, 2010 – 8:31 am

Dan Carlin, Berklee’s chair of film scoring, reports. Feb. 10–11: Over the past two days, we’ve held Berklee auditions at the Performers Collective here in Gurgaon, India. The demand was so great that, instead of working in shifts, our two audition teams were forced to double-book. In addition, this necessitated our corralling David McKay (Berklee’s [...]

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