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 [...]
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India: Arrival!
February 8, 2010 – 2:49 pm
This week, Berklee holds a flurry of events in New Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay), India, including clinics and its first-ever auditions and interviews for prospective students. (Learn more about the trip.) The team includes David McKay, Berklee’s VP for institutional advancement; frequent fliers Jason Camelio and Gojko Damjanic of International Programs; contemporary writing and production [...]
Souvlakia and bouzoukia in Athens
January 17, 2010 – 2:36 am
Souvlaki is always a hit with the students on their arrival in Athens. If you’re familiar with a gyro sandwich, then you have the basic concept: a thick grilled pita with shaved chicken, pork, or kebab, with tomato, lettuce, sauce, and deliciously seasoned french fries (yes, fries in a sandwich – genius!).
Geia sas from Athens, Greece!
January 12, 2010 – 10:20 am
Geia sas from Athens, Greece! I’m here gearing up for another semester of the Berklee Study Abroad program. The students have been arriving the past couple days to start their semester, hosted by the Philippos Nakas Conservatory, a Berklee International Network partner school
Tel Aviv – Ramallah – Amman
December 18, 2009 – 4:34 am
Monday began with an initial meeting with the Rimon administration and faculty. We reviewed our longstanding partnership and addressed issues around curriculum transfer and student recruitment. There is apparently a surge of interest in Rimon’s songwriting program with 150 students currently enrolled. The program is taught by some of the best known songwriters in Israel [...]