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Videos from Berklee’s events in Nairobi

July 6, 2010 – 2:15 pm

Actually, these are the first of many videos from the events last week.  On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 82 musicians from several different African countries auditioned at the Brookhouse School in Nairobi, Kenya, for scholarship opportunities to attend Berklee through the Africa Scholars Program. Many others had to be turned away because there just wasn’t [...]

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Berklee professors conduct clinics for music educators in Kenya

July 3, 2010 – 5:33 am

Music education, not only for students, but also for music educators is key to Berklee’s program in Kenya, with the goal of leaving behind tangible instruction to benefit the local community and Berklee alike.

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Kenyan School or Hogwarts?

July 2, 2010 – 12:45 pm

Jambo from Kenya! I’m Margot Edwards, Publicist at Berklee. I’ll be writing in from Nairobi about Berklee’s visit this week to the Brookhouse International Schools.  The events include three days of auditions and interviews for the Africa Scholars Program, clinics and workshops for students and music educators. The team – including Contemporary Writing and Production [...]

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Video from Istanbul: jam session and more

December 8, 2009 – 2:13 am

Berklee student Emir Cerman, percussionist and film scoring major, talks about how Berklee’s audition & interview (A&I) events came to Istanbul.  

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Trombone, piano, and…laptop? Stephen Croes on the auditions

December 3, 2009 – 7:33 pm

Stephen Croes, Dean of the Music Technology Division, talks about the auditions and the music and culture of Istanbul. “I think the thing that stands out about the musicians we’ve auditioned [in Istanbul] is the enormous diversity.  There was a woman who’s got a degree in opera, who came in and sang an aria. It [...]

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