The music education outreach wrapped on Monday, the team’s last day in Kenya, with a visit to Starehe Boys Centre, where the Berklee professors gave a workshop and clinic for students in the music class.
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Berklee visits Haba na Haba music program in Nairobi
July 13, 2010 – 1:39 pm
On Saturday, the Berklee team visited a community music program in Nairobi’s Eastleigh slum called Haba na Haba. The project is an after school and Saturday music program that also offers opportunities for youth to participate in dance, drama, puppetry, and acrobatics. Eastleigh is one of the poorest areas of Nairobi. We knew we were [...]
Joey Guglielmo in Kenya, pt. 2
July 12, 2010 – 2:30 pm
Another dispatch from the music business major, who was part of the Berklee team that traveled to Kenya to audition potential students and connect with music educators. Read his first post.
Workshops at Brookhouse in Nairobi, and concert performance
July 8, 2010 – 1:56 pm
After the Independence Day party at the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya’s residence, we headed back to the Brookhouse School where professors Ron Reid and Dan Moretti gave clinics for Brookhouse students, musicians who had auditioned earlier in the week, and local musicians. Here, Reid works with an ensemble – and gets the entire class to [...]
A student visits Kenya
July 8, 2010 – 8:17 am
Student Joey Guglielmo, a music business major and guitarist, accompanied Berklee’s admissions team to Kenya this month. But he wasn’t just along for the ride—he’s a representative of his family’s foundation March to the Top, which supports education, conservation, and health care in Africa. He shares his impressions: Day 1: Brookhouse School Today we spoke [...]