The David Friend Recital Hall is located in the Genko Uchida building at 921 Boylston Street. Designed by architect Shizuo Harada, it is a semicircular performance space with a horseshoe-shaped balcony.
Join us to celebrate World Voice Day 2026 at a fun and informative vocal science fair to learn how the voice works. The event will feature a spectrogram for all singers to "see" their voices working. Experts will be present to answer questions on vocal health and wellness.
Striving to recreate the one-of-a-kind experience found only at TED, TEDxBerklee Boston provides a platform for inspiring guest speakers from the world of music to share their insights and ideas. The entire Berklee community—including students, alumni, faculty, and staff—is welcomed and encouraged to apply as speakers.
Students enrolled in Marimba Ensembles, Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music ensemble, and Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab will perform compositions and arrangements featuring marimba and vibraphone and spanning genres from classical new music to jazz and pop styles.
Students enrolled in Marimba Ensembles, Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music ensemble, and Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab will perform compositions and arrangements featuring marimba and vibraphone and spanning genres from classical new music to jazz and pop styles.
Finding the Artist Within showcases the talented students of Professor Nichelle Mungo, highlighting their growth as complete artists—singer-songwriters who express both heart and skill. Each performer brings a distinct and remarkable gift to the stage. Through their music, you'll experience messages that are thought-provoking, soul-stirring, and deeply resonant—songs that speak of need, hope, and healing with authenticity and power.
This senior showcase features the work of graduating students from the Electronic Production and Design Department. Come experience their magnificent capstone projects in such diverse areas as electronic music production, sound design for games, immersive audio projects, software and hardware instruments and plugins, and so much more.
Hey Rim Jeon, professor in the Piano Department at Berklee College of Music, leads a solo piano concert featuring students from her course, Solo Piano Improvisations of Keith Jarrett, as well as from her private studio. Students will demonstrate Jarrett’s improvisational techniques and improvise their own piano solos.
Students from Peter Eldridge's Art of Song Reinvention perform songs developed in class during the semester. Accompanied by a full rhythm section, students will explore genres and take chances.
The Berklee Africana Studies Department hosts Dr. Fredara Mareva Hadley, an ethnomusicology professor in the Music History Department at the Juilliard School. She teaches courses on African American music and the field of ethnomusicology (the study of music in its social and cultural contexts). Hadley will discuss her forthcoming book I'll Make Me a World, which centers on the musical contributions of historically Black colleges and universities and their impact on Black music and beyond. She is an alumna of two historically Black colleges: Florida A&M University and Clark Atlanta University. Hadley completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at Indiana University.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ensemble, directed by Robert Schlink, and the Asia Rising Ensemble, directed by Edvard Lee, perform as part of ensemble weeks.
