Academics
With an array of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as summer, international, and precollege offerings, Berklee College of Music provides options for students of all levels to explore and achieve their artistic, academic, and career potential.
The Annual Bob Winter Memorial Solo Piano Faculty Concert features solo piano performances by many Berklee College of Music faculty members in tribute to the late Bob Winter.
This concert will feature many Berklee College of Music faculty organists performing in a variety of styles, from jazz to Gospel to rock, on the Hammond organ.
The Maxim Lubarsky Trio presents a dynamic faculty-led performance highlighting contemporary jazz expression, ensemble interplay, and improvisational artistry at the highest levels.
This interactive clinic addresses music performance anxiety, helping students recognize anxiety patterns and develop practical tools for managing stage nerves. Through guided reflection, somatic techniques, and performance exercises, participants will build resilience and cultivate a healthier relationship with performance energy.
This concert highlights Aiden Chang, the recipient of the Billy Strayhorn Scholarship, celebrating excellence in jazz piano and composition and honoring the legacy of one of America’s most influential composers and collaborators.
This event features National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Joanne Brackeen in trio performance in celebration of her remarkable career at Berklee College of Music. Brackeen will be joined by Professor Dave Clarke on bass and Percussion Department Chair Yoron Israel on drums.
Professor Plamen Karadonev and Berklee accordion principal student Julien Krej and alumnus Jakob Kobal '25 present an afternoon of classical, jazz, contemporary, and traditional accordion music.
Celebrating the ensemble’s 10th anniversary, this concert honors the profound influence of Keith Jarrett through inspired solo piano performances that reflect individuality, artistry, and creative exploration featuring Berklee faculty, alumni, and current Keith Jarrett ensemble members.
Each year, students compete in the Emmanuel Zambelli Classical Piano Competition for a financial award and the chance to perform a 60-minute recital. This year’s winner, second-semester student Pau Riba Martínez, will perform solo and duo works by a diverse range of composers, including one of his own original compositions.
Bolai Li and their friends present Drunk Butterfly in Myth, performing seven R&B, soul, funk, and pop selections. The concert is a tribute to the Black musicians who inspired their musical path.
Pianist Alexander Xhoja performs a solo piano recital featuring original arrangements of songs by Green Day and the Beatles, jazz standards, and original works.
This concert will feature piano faculty Tim Ray and the student pianists in his class (the Music of Jarrett, Hancock, and Corea) performing well-known classics composed by these three giants of jazz piano, as well as some of the standard repertoire associated with these musicians. Accompanied by bass and drums, this recital is a culmination of a semester’s work listening to, analyzing, and learning to play some of the most compelling and influential jazz trio music of the past 70 years.
Slovenian accordionist Jakob Kobal presents his senior recital. He will be performing acoustic music across classical, tango, jazz, Latin, and folk genres, along with his own arrangements and compositions.
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, and from her private studio. The students will demonstrate Jarrett’s improvisational techniques and perform their own improvised piano solos.
Second-year performance majors in the Piano Department come together to perform a solo piece of their choice. This recital is one of three recurring concerts at the end of each semester and is presented by Professor Laszlo Gardony.