Berklee Virtual Commencement Concert
John Legend, Berklee College of Music honoree
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Mikhail Baryshnikov, Boston Conservatory at Berklee honoree
Image by Peter Baryshnikov
André De Shields, Boston Conservatory at Berklee honoree
Image by Lia Chang
Sheila E., Berklee College of Music honoree
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Cassandra Wilson, Berklee College of Music honoree
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For our virtual commencement celebration, we will continue the tradition of a music, theater, and dance tribute to this year's honorary degree recipients: Mikhail Baryshnikov, André De Shields, Sheila E., John Legend, and Cassandra Wilson.
From their locations around the world, students from Berklee's class of 2020 will unite as a collaborative virtual ensemble to record a multigenre tribute with accompanying split-screen-style videos. The tribute will air on commencement eve, Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. EDT on the Berklee YouTube channel. After the event, you can watch videos from the tribute in this video playlist.