Tag Archives: Summer Programs

Open Mic, Standing O – Katrina Bello – London Summer 2010

July 21, 2010 – 12:30 pm

Katrina Bello, Summer 2010 London Program, shares a post about a thrilling open mic experience in London. Read more from Katrina here and here. I’m still floating…so, excuse me, while i kiss the sky. I just had one of the most amazing experiences in my lifetime. I know, that sounds really intense, but it really is that [...]

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Bang on a drum: a percussionist’s week at Berklee

July 4, 2010 – 11:21 am

At home in Philly, Shakoor Sanders fills his days with music. Along with attending the Girard Academic Music Program magnet high school, the 17-year-old studies two nights a week at the Settlement Music School and Saturdays at the Kimmel Center Youth Jazz Ensemble and the Philadelphia Clef Club. Classically trained, he also plays and performs [...]

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Summer 2010 LA Program – Orientation

June 16, 2010 – 12:50 pm

It’s that time of year again when the OEL is busy with summer interns. Pictured below are the LA Program summer interns at their orientation. After meeting with their coordinator to review academic requirements (and enjoying a pizza dinner) the students headed out into the expansive city that is the LA world to intern for [...]

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Five-Week student showcase at the High School Jazz Festival

April 5, 2010 – 1:47 pm

I caught up with Rodney Rocques and the Jazz Full Riders at the 42nd Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival. The group formed while attending last year’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program.  While the band members hail from as far away as Puerto Rico, and Canada, they will join together this fall on campus where they [...]

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Final days in India—with the composer of Slumdog Millionnaire

March 2, 2010 – 2:34 pm

To round off his trip, Berklee film scoring chair met famed composer A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionnaire fame, and reports on his efforts to promote musicianship in Chennai. India Trip Conclusion (Feb. 16, 17, 18) Tuesday morning marked our second day of Mumbai auditions. (Michael and I were greatly relieved to discover that the maintenance [...]

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