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Berklee Profs at Pedal Steel Guitar Convention

Matt Glaser, Artistic Director of Berklee’s American Roots Program, reports from the 40th International Pedal Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis earlier this month, which he attended with fellow faculty members Mike Ihde and Norm Zocher. Ever since the 1970s, when I was a young professional musician in New York City, I have heard about [...]

Our Week in Brazil Concludes…

Read the first post from Brazil. We’ve had a full week in São Paulo in conjunction with our partner school Souza Lima. The agenda included clinics from our extraordinary faculty team (Jim Odgren, Bruno Raberg and Matt Glaser), auditions and interviews for admission applicants, visits to local schools and government organizations, interviews for radio and [...]

A day as a Berklee in Dublin student

Meet Karen- a musician and singer/songwriter from Bray Co. Wicklow, Ireland.   Karen has been playing classical piano since age six, and also singing all her life.  She plays in a band with her friends called Wyvern Lingo, and she grew up in a very musical family. I followed Karen around for a day on Wednesday [...]

Jet lagged ramblings from Dublin

1. I am really, really tired. Three planes, four airports, 30 screaming babies (roughly) … 12 hours to ponder how others manage to get restful sleep in those evil, miniature seats. What is your secret, guy snoring loudly in the row behind me!?!