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 [...]
India, day 4: Conversations, computers, and audition prep
February 11, 2010 – 1:37 pm
By Dan Carlin, February 9, 2010. Today we presented several clinics at the Performers Collective, covering such topics as improvisation, funk, film music, and music business. The students, once again, were very attentive and inquisitive. In fact, our experience over these last couple of days has been that once a clinic ends, we remain for [...]
Berklee in India, day 3: The clinics begin
February 10, 2010 – 1:24 pm
On their third day in India, Film Scoring chair Dan Carlin and the rest of the Berklee team. . . way too busy to send photos. . . get down to work at the World Scholarship Tour visit, orienting participants to the audition process. This was our first day at the Performers Collective, the school [...]
Berklee in India: Arts and eats in New Delhi
February 9, 2010 – 2:56 pm
Our correspondent Dan Carlin, chair of film scoring, reports in after his first full day in India with Berklee’s World Scholarship Tour. Today, the team members meet their hosts from Performers’ Collective/Gurgaon School of Music, and learn about the area’s culture. This has been a full day. At breakfast, I was happy to see that [...]