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SASA students' rehearsal for their Mehfil concert which will be held on April 20, 2025 at Brighton Music Hall.

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Berklee’s South Asian Scholar Association to Host All-Ages Concert
April 3, 2025

The student-led event, Mehfil, will feature songs in eight different languages and blend traditional South Asian folk melodies with contemporary instrumentation.

 

Ty-Juana L. Flores

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Berklee’s Ty-Juana L. Flores Appointed Board Chair of the Boston Cultural Council
April 3, 2025

The impact-driven leader of the arts has held various roles in design, higher education, philanthropy, and city government. 

A still from Ava Della Pietra's music video for "Marionette."

A still from Ava Della Pietra's music video for "Marionette."

Image by Georgia Nerheim

Student Spotlight: Ava Della Pietra
March 28, 2025

The singer-songwriter enrolled in the Harvard-Berklee Joint Studies Program talks about her love of medicine and music, overcoming writer's block, and her new single, "Marionette."

Debbie Cavalier holding the Julius M. Nolte Award

Berklee Online CEO and co-founder Debbie Cavalier, center, is pictured holding the Julius M. Nolte Award for Extraordinary Leadership—UPCEA’s most prestigious honor, given for “unusual and extraordinary contributions to the cause of continuing education”—flanked by UPCEA Deputy CEO Amy Heitzman, left, and UPCEA Board President Kim Siegenthaler, right, at a ceremony in Denver, Colorado on March 25, 2025.

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Berklee Online CEO Debbie Cavalier Recognized for Extraordinary Leadership
March 28, 2025

Cavalier receives the rare Julius M. Nolte Award from UPCEA.

Gospel Extravaganza 2024

Students performed at the Gospel Extravaganza at the Berklee Performance Center on May 2, 2024.

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Berklee’s Africana Studies to Host Gospel Extravaganza 2025
March 28, 2025

The Signature Series event will celebrate over 40 years of gospel music at Berklee.

next jazz legacy 2025

Next Jazz Legacy's 2025 cohort of awardees

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New Music USA and Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice Announce 2025 Next Jazz Legacy Cohort
March 25, 2025

The fourth year of the program, led by New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, continues to advance jazz inclusivity.

Antonio Sánchez in the corner of a cobblestone wall

Promo photo for Antonio Sánchez's 2022 album, SHIFT.

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Antonio Sánchez, Béla Fleck, and Edmar Castañeda Push Boundaries on BEATrio
March 21, 2025

The trio’s debut album drops May 16, but you can hear the first single, “Archipelago,” now.

Sean Jones

Sean Jones

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Berklee to Host Annual Jazz Composition Festival
March 21, 2025

Performances will feature modern jazz masters Sean Jones, Ayn Inserto, Miguel Zenón BM ’98, and Christine Jensen.

Laufey, Hasan Minhaj, Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, and Stanley Tucci

Laufey BM ’21, Hasan Minhaj, Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, and Stanley Tucci on Cards on the Table.

Image by Matt Holyoak

How Laufey Found Her Sound by Unlearning the Rules
March 21, 2025

Laufey BM ’21 reveals she's working on new music as she joins Hasan Minhaj and Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon on Stanley Tucci's YouTube series Cards on the Table. 

Matanzas Sound Map exhibit at the Tate

Matanzas Sound Map on display at Tate Modern 

Tate / Reece Straw

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Neil Leonard’s Matanzas Sound Map Turns Sound into Place at Tate Modern
March 21, 2025

The Berklee professor’s immersive installation transports visitors to Matanzas, Cuba, through layered sound, video, and sculpture.