Visiting Artist Events

Performers, engineers, and music business professionals are among the industry experts who visit Berklee to offer clinics and master classes about the business and art of making, recording, promoting, and composing music. Often only open to the college community, these visits are opportunities for Berklee students and faculty to get an intimate and inside perspective of the industry.

 Visiting artist events are not open to the public. Log in with your OnePass to see a list of upcoming events.

Event Dates
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Paraguay is the only country in Latin America that is completely bilingual and its music reflects it, from the unique Paraguayan polka to the Guarania created to reflect the musicality of its people in a different way. Lizza Bogado addresses these compositions in jopara (mix of Guarani and Spanish) and jehe´a (juxtaposition) versions. Music in two languages that becomes one is common in most of Paraguayan popular songs. Delivering them is the unique and striking talent of Lizza Bogado's, one of the great voices of Paraguay, who helps us understand the musicality of Paraguay in its two national languages: Spanish and Guarani.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

A look at the electric bass in contemporary Argentine folk music (rhythms of indigenous and African-American peoples of South America, etc.)

Admission
Free
Event Dates
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Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Writer, broadcaster, historian, and educator Willard Jenkins will join the Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice for a special Q&A. 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Rhythm and rhythmic skills, along with the hearing skills needed to control your performance, are key skills in drumming education. But how do you create and generate ideas? And how can you educate yourself (and your students) to develop improved rhythmic abilities? This clinic will offer a structured, in-depth approach using perspectives from the realms of world music (including African and Carnatic influences), Swiss/French rudiments, and fresh approaches to use these inspirational sources.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02115
United States

Fire Jelly, the follow up to Lunar Crush (1994), featuring John Medeski and Calvin Weston and directed by David Fiuczynski, will perform and workshop microtonal compositions, solo, and comping concepts with students. This is event is hosted by the Planet MicroJam Institute.

Admission
Free

Past Visiting Artist Events

Event Dates
Canceled
Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Renato Rocha will perform Brazilian repertoire by Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, Chico Pinheiro, Rafael Rocha, and Bernardo Ramos recorded with the groups Brasilidade Geral and Orizzonti.

Event Dates
Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Alejandro Santos '90, flutist, arranger, and composer from Argentina, will present his works for flute ensemble and rhythmic section based on the rhythms of South America such as zamba, malambo, tango, candombe, bossa nova fused with modern jazz. He has worked with the most prominent musicians in his country and was part of Al Di Meola's group, recording on his album Flesh on Flesh.
 

Event Dates
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Scott Gershin is an award-winning sound designer who has been active in the film and gaming communities for over two decades.

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Berklee India Exchange EXPLORE Series continues this fall with yet another immersive workshop exploring Indian music and culture. This September, we feature the Anirudh Varma Collective presenting their workshop, "Perspectives: A Contemporary Exploration and Presentation of Hindustani Classical Music" with their touring ensemble. 

This workshop is free and open to the Berklee community and general public. 
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Chad LB has toured with major artists such as Taylor Swift and Chris Botti. The acclaimed saxophonist and educator shares his expertise on creative ways to approach improvisation.

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Chad LB has toured with major artists such as Taylor Swift and Chris Botti. The acclaimed saxophonist and educator will present a 60 minute concert of original music. 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The acclaimed saxophonist and educator Chad LB shares his expertise on how to build a brand and create streams of income through social media.

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Chad LB has toured with major artists such as Taylor Swift and Chris Botti. The acclaimed saxophonist and educator shares his expertise on performance and what it takes to be in demand as a touring artist. 

Presented By
Africana Studies
Event Dates
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Students from the summer gospel performance program take the stage of the Berklee Performance Center with gospel recording artist VaShawn Mitchell.

Presented By
Africana Studies
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States