Recently, Edison prize-winner and Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter Christian Scott visited his alma mater for a clinic, a concert, and an interview with Berklee’s new site Berkleejazz.org, an outgrowth of the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Christian accomplished an impressive feat of academics at Berklee, completing two degrees in just two years, largely due to his [...]
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Expanding the PULSE tunes library: at the Latin Billboard Music Awards
June 23, 2011 – 4:13 pm
The PULSE department has made recording Latin music for our library a top priority for the coming year–a lofty goal considering the level diversity within the genre. I had the privilege of attending the Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards in Miami, Florida on behalf of our team this past April. This was an opportunity [...]
BANDED – Share your process. Showcase your talent.
February 18, 2011 – 11:50 am
Does your band want to be a part of an exciting new music series? Apply to be on BANDED! BANDED is a Berklee PULSE production—featuring your band’s creative process. Join other breaking Boston bands in showing students across the country how to come together to write, record, and perform a song. You’ll work with Berklee [...]
The Word Maven of Athens
January 21, 2011 – 10:27 am
A few weeks have passed since we all returned from Athens, but after bumping into one of the Berklee students in Athens back here on campus, I felt compelled to do one final blog post about last semester’s trip. Much as they might have wished they could resist the well-worn quip, some of Berklee’s students [...]
True Stories of a PULSE Fairy Tale
December 2, 2010 – 2:00 pm
Once upon a time, approximately the week before Thanksgiving, a group of folks passionate about music education came together in a wonderful space on a hill with a mission. They traveled from Massachusetts towns near and far to learn the ways of the PULSE Music Method. Each of the attendees came from magical fortresses of [...]