Berklee City Music News

Natixis Global Asset Management and Berklee partnership expands series to more than 200 free outdoor concerts, including the BeanTown Jazz Festival on September 28.

Berklee students and corporate executives collaborate on a concert that raised more than $288,000 for Berklee's City Music program.

More than 70 women will grace the stage at the Berklee Performance Center when Berklee's Women Musicians Network (WMN) presents its 16th annual concert on Thursday, March 7. Female students from countries around the world—including Indonesia, Colombia, Lithuania, India, and Norway—will showcase their songwriting, arranging, performing, producing, and engineering talents in this popular concert. The show features 13 diverse acts ranging from big band and acoustic jazz to Balkan folk, rock, poetry, and 1950s Italian doo-wop. 

The eighteenth annual Encore Gala, which drew more than 900 guests, raised money for the Berklee City Music Program.

Boston's biggest block party—the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival—drew 50,000 visitors. This year's festival highlighted women in jazz. 

Jordan Williams was so impressed with the Five-Week Summer Performance Program last year that he came back for another session—this time to focus primarily on jazz.

One of Boston's largest, most popular festivals celebrates women in jazz this September.

Krystal Banfield has been appointed dean of Berklee City Music. In this role, she becomes the first African-American woman on the college's executive leadership team.

PULSE's partnership allows student songwriters and producers from across the Berklee City Music Network to collaborate on song creation.

The 17th annual gala raised money for Berklee City Music.

PULSE documents five local bands' music-making for an online teaching tool.

Banded, a documentary for Berklee's PULSE online curriculum, captured the intersection of inspiration and education.

This bassist's participation in Berklee's City Music program has paid off in high-profile gigs and a full-tuition scholarship to Berklee.

Tuffus Zimbabwe, a City Music alumnus, will perform at a free show in his old neighborhood.

Berklee faculty and staff give back to the birthplace of jazz, helping build homes in Louisiana.

At Berklee's annual faculty conference, a panel discussed the best ways to push students to the head of the class—literally.

The free event features student performances and a panel discussion on Boston's busing era.

Berklee City Music executive director J. Curtis Warner Jr. received the 2010 Humanitarian of the Year award.

In partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston and the Music and Youth Initiative, Berklee's new music education facility includes a recording studio, and ensemble and practice rooms, and will serve 100 students weekly.

The sixteenth-annual gala raised money for Berklee City Music.

A Berklee City Music alumnus steps into a long-running ensemble.

One student's dream helped a team of Berklee students show a village of children the world of music.

It was a life-changing night for 14 talented youth, who could not afford to come to Berklee on their own.

Winners of full-tuition scholarships will be revealed.

Legendary producer Quincy Jones praises and offers advice to City Music students.