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Education

Walter Smith III Joins Berklee As Chair Of The Woodwind Department

Source: Margot Edwards
April 4, 2019

Berklee has named saxophonist Walter Smith III as chair of the Woodwind Department. Smith, a Berklee alumnus who recently released his fifth album as a leader, is widely recognized as an accomplished performer and composer, and an inspired educator. Smith takes up the position on May 1. “Bill Pierce has left a strong legacy of excellence and achievement which we will continue to build on, looking towards the future with an emphasis on creating more opportunities for the students in ...

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Award / Grant

Al Di Meola Receives Honorary Doctorate At Berklee's Campus In Valencia, Spain

Source: Margot Edwards
July 25, 2018

Berklee Provost Larry Simpson presented an honorary doctor of music degree on July 9 to legendary jazz, fusion, and world music guitarist, composer, bandleader, and producer Al Di Meola during the commencement ceremony for the master’s degree programs at Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain. Di Meola also performed as a special guest at the commencement concert at the City of Arts and Sciences, which drew thousands of attendees. Over a career that has spanned more than four decades, Di Meola ...

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Event

Anat Cohen To Kick Off NPR's Toast Of The Nation Broadcast

Source: Margot Edwards
December 23, 2015

Clarinetist and Berklee alumna Anat Cohen will kick off National Public Radio’s Toast of the Nation annual coast-to-coast radio broadcast this New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015. Cohen’s concert—a rebroadcast of her acclaimed 2009 New Year’s Eve performance at the Berklee Performance Center—will begin the evening’s festivities at 9:00 pm Eastern time. Heard New Year’s Eve on more than 200 NPR affiliate stations, NPR Worldwide, Sirius XM Radio, and streamed on wbgo.org, Toast of the Nation begins with Cohen’s quartet, ...

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Education

Berklee Students Bring Music Therapy And Jazz Workshops To Panama And Perform With Wayne Shorter

Source: Margot Edwards
August 23, 2015

Danilo Perez, president of the Danilo Pérez Foundation and artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), and Patricia Zarate, executive director of Panama Jazz Productions and founder of the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, are bringing students from the BGJI and Berklee’s music therapy program to Panama City, Panama, to work with the Foundation and other local organizations, August 17-21. Through a series of workshops, clinics and music therapy services, the students aim to empower the community to ...

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