BOSTON, MA, October 11, 2002 -- Berklee students are lucky to have a veritable Renaissance man in their midst. Stephen Croes is just settling into his position as dean of the Music Technology division at Berklee College of Music as the fall semester at Berklee commences.
Croes' comprehensive career includes an eclectic and wide body of work in a variety of musical roles. These include mixing, engineering, producing, orchestrating, conducting, arranging, writing, programming, sound design, and performance on keyboards and percussion.
For the past 20 years, Los Angeles has been his home. He worked on feature films such as “Bull Durham"; “Red Scorpion"; and “The Treat". His television credits include work on “Star Trek: The Next Generation", “Deep Space Nine", “Voyager", and “Enterprise"; “National Geographic" Specials; and “Cousteau Society" Specials; as well as television specials for PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS, Showtime, and Fox.
Advertising campaign work includes Pepsi, Minute Maid, Honda, and Nike. He has contributed to recordings by Fleetwood Mac, Geggy Tah, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, Brenda Russell, Jennifer Warnes, the Yellowjackets, and Leonard Cohen.
Music has been an intrinsic part of Croes' life, who started touring professionally as a drummer at age 14. His pioneering approach in the implementation of emerging music technologies has helped to make Croes a much sought-after presence in the music industry and has allowed him to participate in a diverse array of musical projects and opportunities.
“The thing that appealed to me about Berklee," commented Croes recently, “is the variety of what goes on here, and the significance of what goes on here. Education is a renewable resource here. This is a place where ideas and techniques and experiences are always evolving and developing out in the open. Everybody that participates gets to deal with new things all the time and this energy is very exciting."
Croes' understanding of the current industry will help further Berklee College of Music's mission of helping students to be well prepared for jobs in the music industry upon completion of their studies.
“I was really impressed with the level at which Berklee has always embraced emerging technologies and supported them with significant resources. The studios that are here, the labs that exist -- this place is certainly a leader in academia for this kind of study and experience," Croes added.
Harry Chalmiers, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, commented, “We are so very fortunate to have Steve as our new dean. He brings an enormous variety of professional experiences and expertise to the college, and his knowledge of the industry will be invaluable to our students seeking to begin their careers. Steve has gained the admiration and respect of the students, faculty and administration in record time!"
Croes replaces Don Puluse, who served as dean during a period of tremendous technological growth and change, both at Berklee, and in the music industry. He significantly expanded Berklee's Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) program, the first of its type at any college.
As dean of the Music Technology division, Croes will oversee the Music Production and Engineering department and the Music Synthesis department at Berklee. Working with a talented and experienced faculty, students learn recording, production, synthesis, sampling, sequencing, sound design, audio post production, signal processing, live sound production and advanced MIDI systems.
Students become immersed in an environment modeled after the industry at large. Berklee's comprehensive facilities include a wide variety of hardware and software in five recording and mixing studios, and three multi-station labs.
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