Professional Practice Forum

PS-696

This practice-based course supports students as they transition from academic study into professional artistic practice. It supports students in bringing their creative projects to a refined, release-ready stage while developing the skills, perspectives, and professional awareness required to enter the contemporary music industry. The course focuses on the practical realities of producing, releasing, and presenting original music within contemporary music industries.

Students receive structured feedback on recordings and performance-based projects developed independently or in collaboration with others, with emphasis placed on artistic coherence, interpretative decisions, and production choices that serve the performer’s vision. Alongside creative feedback, the course introduces key professional skills, including project planning, independent release strategies, concert production, collaboration models, and sustainable career development.

Through workshops, peer critique, and guest sessions with active music professionals, students explore diverse pathways into the industry while refining their own artistic direction. This course complements, but does not replace, the formal final Culminating Experience Project Defense course (PS-693). This course offers a space for experimentation, reflection, and professional preparation.

Credits
2
Prerequisites
PS-591 and PS-692
Required Of
All CPPD graduate students
Electable By
All CPPD graduate students
Semesters Offered
Summer
Location
Valencia
Course Chair
Olga Roman
Courses may not be offered at the listed locations or taught by the listed faculty for every semester. Consult my.berklee.edu to find course information for a specific semester.