THE NOISE BREAK @berkleecollege BREAK THE NOISE Create your sound. Rise above the crowd. Turn your potential into your reality and your ambition into your career. BREAK Join the ranks of Berklee students, faculty, and alumni who break ground daily— not only in music performance, LIMI TATIONS but in songwriting, production, film scoring, music business, and more. BREAK Esperanza Spalding B.M. ‘05 LIMI TATIONS BRE AK TO YOUR FUTURE Think of Berklee as your launch- pad. This is where you’ll build the skills and gain the connections to improve, evolve, and advance as a musician, both before graduation BRE AK and well beyond it. TO YOUR FUTURE BREAK THROUGH Bring your talent, enthusiasm, and ambition, and take advantage of all that the Berklee universe has A T to offer. Study with accomplished faculty, share stages and studios with students from around the world, meet the mentors who will guide and propel you—and get ready for great things. 09 13 15 17 21 23 27 29 33 35 39 41 41 39 45 35 43 33 29 27 23 21 17 15 13 #BERKLEEBREAKTHROUGH OUR DNA A PEERLESS INSTITUTION DESTINATION: BERKLEE A GLOBAL CAMPUS ACADEMICS ABOUND MUSIC EVERYWHERE YOU TURN BEYOND BORDERS MAKING CONNECTIONS INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION OPENING DOORS A BRIGHTER FUTURE NAME-DROP APPLY NOW @ berkleecollege Lucky breaks are a myth. If you want a break- through, you have to build it. Beyond raw talent, you need knowledge. You need skills, mentors, and connections. And as a Berklee student, you’ll get all that and more. Here you’ll hone your craft. You’ll deepen your understanding of music, expand your abilities, and collaborate with exceptional artists. You’ll be inspired in ways you Lucky breaks are a myth. If you want a break- through, you have to build it. Beyond raw talent, you need knowledge. You need skills, mentors, and connections. And as a Berklee student, you’ll get all that and more. Here you’ll hone your craft. You’ll deepen your understanding of music, expand your abilities, and collaborate with exceptional artists. You’ll #BERKLEEBREAKTHROUGH be inspired in ways you BREAK THROUGH never anticipated and enjoy opportunities you never imagined. And with enough hard work, at BERKLEE tenacity, and passion, you’ll achieve things you never thought possible. 09 BREAKTHROUGHS ARE WHAT WE DO Innovation is in our DNA. It’s why we were the first U.S. college to teach jazz and the first to offer majors in songwriting, music synthesis, and film scoring. It’s why we teach electronic digital instruments and virtual reality. We’re always striving to push music education further, make it better, and drive it in new directions. Since 1945, we have remained committed to not only reflecting the music of today, but shaping the music of tomorrow. Similarly, we help shape the future for our students. We nurture their creativity, connect them with other musicians, and equip them with the latest knowledge so they can pursue the most promising careers. We help them find advantageous internships and professional opportunities. Even after graduation, Berklee continues to serve as a resource and the hub of a vast network of alumni who can help one another. OUR DNA 13 THERE’S ONLY ONE BERKLEE Berklee will meet you where you are, offering a host of ways for you to pursue your artistry: Berklee College of Music’s campuses in Boston and Valencia, Spain, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and Berklee Online. No matter where you choose to begin, you’ll find there’s no place quite like it. We believe in the value of contemporary music. We recognize that music reflects the times we live in. It is the soundtrack of the human experience, and it demands our attention. So we focus on today’s music in all its forms—from music therapy to video game sound design. Wherever music goes, Berklee is there. We believe in the power of diversity. Different ideas, opinions, backgrounds, cultures, histories—these all lead to greater inspiration and innovation, a richer educational experience, and the best results, both for our students’ music and their careers. This is why Berklee has students and alumni from more than 100 countries. We believe that connections are crucial. This includes connections among traditions, instru- ments, and art forms; institutions and artists; and alumni, faculty, and students. We foster such interactions and continuously nurture a dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative global arts community. We believe in our ability to make a difference. Not only in music education, but in music itself— and in the careers and lives of musicians like you. A PEERLESS INSTITUTION A PEERLESS Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center, 15 160 Massachusetts Avenue ResidenceHall,Boston,MA 160 MassachusettsAvenue BOSTON: CULTURE AROUND EVERY CORNER Boston is home to our main campus. This exciting, welcoming, and cosmopolitan city is filled with vitality, culture, and history. And it includes many attractions near the Berklee campus: Boston Symphony Hall, the African Meeting House, the Boston Ballet—plus a host of music venues. During your time at Berklee you’ll have more to see, do, and experience than you could ever fit into four years. THE URBAN ADVANTAGE Our campus is integrated into, and enriched by, Boston’s vibrant Back Bay. What better place to create and experiment, cultivate your talent, expand your comfort zone, and advance as an artist than this inspirational and exhilarating setting? It’s buzzing with excitement, energy, and expression, and that’s exactly why we’re here. DESTINATION: BERKLEE DESTINATION: 17 Power Station at BerkleeNYC, New York, NY ELECTRIFYING: POWER STATION AT BERKLEE NYC Housed in an old ConEd power plant in Manhattan, this complex is the only New York studio large enough to accommodate a full orchestra. Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding, David Bowie, and the cast of Hamilton have all recorded here. As a fully functioning recording studio, it’s the perfect location to offer educational programs, performance space, and resources for New York performing artists. And in a city with 8,000 alumni, it serves as a dynamic laboratory to help realize creative and career potential. 21 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXPERIENCE BERKLEE WINTER AND SPRING IN VALENCIA, SPAIN BREAKTHROUGHS Our campus in Valencia offers all of the college’s trademarks—the accomplished faculty, the state-of- We use academic breaks to give students an the-art studios and equipment, and the dynamic, CAMPUS A GLOBAL up-close look at key music industry destinations. diverse student body—in the iconic City of Arts and You and your classmates can visit Nashville, Los Sciences. In this entertainment-based cultural and Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Atlanta, which are all architectural hub, this magnificent campus offers filled with working alumni. Go on studio tours. students an extraordinary experience. Attend live recording sessions and industry panels. Connect with alumni, songwriters, producers, As an undergraduate, you can experience Valencia and engineers. And get a good feel for where your in a number of ways: our First Year Abroad program, career might take you one day. our semester-long Study Abroad program, or our Spain Summer Study Abroad program. There is also a variety of graduate and summer programs on the Valencia campus for you to work on your break- through while in Spain. valencia.berklee.edu La Nit de Berklee Commencement Concert, Valencia, Spain * DO NOT PRINT: SEE GATEFOLD DOCUMENT * 23 ACADEMICS ABOUND ACADEMICS EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, THERE’S MUSIC Thousands of events are staged at Berklee College of Music every year. Not only in our 1,215-seat Berklee Performance Center and numerous theaters and halls, but even in our 400-seat dining hall. All over our campus, every day and night, you’ll have an abundance of opportunities to experience and perform music. @berkleecollege 27 RECORD, EDIT, AND MIX IN WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES Our Boston campus has 16 professional production facilities equipped to offer students a comprehensive studio experience. At our custom-built facility at 160 Massachusetts Avenue, you’ll find a 10-studio music MUSIC EVERYWHERE YOU TURN MUSIC EVERYWHERE YOU production complex that’s among the largest of its kind in the U.S. It includes the Shames Family Scoring Stage, a 2,200-square-foot studio that allows for the recording of up to 50 musicians. It rivals facilities used by major Hollywood studios and commercial enterprises such as Lucasfilm. And as a student, it’s all yours. SPEND YOUR SUMMER DOING WHAT YOU LOVE Experience Berklee College of Music before the school year starts. Choose from precollege offerings in music performance, theater, dance, music production, songwriting, opera, and music business at our campuses in Boston or Valencia, Spain. You’ll have opportunities to play in a band, mix in our studios, and learn from world-class faculty and visiting artists. Come away inspired and ready to put your new and improved skills to work. berklee.edu/summer BREAK THROUGH BORDERS To keep connected with the entire world of music, we’ve created Berklee Global Partners. This international collective of institutions and individuals offers opportunities abroad for our students and faculty to experience collaborative workshops, master classes, and concerts. Our partnership also makes Berklee more accessible: in some cases, prospective students can study at a participating school to earn credits at a lower cost, and then transfer to Berklee College of Music. berklee.edu/global TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BERKLEE ONLINE Concert Series Study with Berklee’s faculty and industry experts in our award-winning online school. Whether you want to sharpen your skills to advance your career in music or continue studying while on tour, you can pursue your education from wherever you are.