Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Berklee’s Latin faculty members seek to guide and engage the greater Berklee community through publicizing and curating related events, course offerings, and teaching resources. Hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Portugal, and the United States, they are recognized worldwide, having earned multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy awards and nominations. 

Frequently performing and traveling to international conferences to give master classes and clinics, Latin faculty members belong to leading trade organizations, such as the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the International Association for Jazz Education, the National Association of Music Merchants, Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM), International Society of Bassists (ISB), and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Most are also well published as composers, arrangers, instrument specialists, or music business experts.

Bass

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Fernando Huergo
fhuergo@berklee.edu
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Lincoln Goines
lgoines@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: United States of America
  • Instrument/specialty: Bass
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Oscar Stagnaro
ostagnaro@berklee.edu

Composition

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Francisco Noya
fnoya@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Venezuela/Spain
  • Instrument/specialty: Conducting

Contemporary Writing and Production

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Bernardo Hernandez
bhernandez@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Venezuela
  • Instrument/specialty: Composer, arranger, guitar
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Lee Abe
labe@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: Japan
  • Instrument/specialty: Composer, arranger, producer, voice, piano

Ear Training

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Caio Afiune
cafiune@berklee.edu
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Gilson Schachnik
gschachnik@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Brazil
  • Instrument/specialty: Piano
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Jose Soto
jsoto2@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Costa Rica 
  • Instrument/specialty: Piano

Ensemble

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Consuelo Candelaria
ccandelaria@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: United States of America
  • Instrument/specialty: Piano
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Fernando Brandão
fbrandao@berklee.edu
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Lizje Sarria
lsarria@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Colombia
  • Instrument/specialty: Vocalist, songwriter, producer
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Rebecca Cline
rcline@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: United States of America
  • Instrument/specialty: Piano
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Tim Pascoal
tpascoal@berklee.edu

Guitar

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Ben Sher
bsher@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: United States of America
  • Instrument/specialty: Guitar
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Berta Rojas
brojas2@berklee.edu
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Freddie Bryant
fbryant@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: United States of America
  • Instrument/specialty: Guitar, composer

Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Felipe Andrade-Santos
fsantos3@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Brazil

Percussion

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Alberto Netto
anetto@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Brazil
  • Instrument/specialty: Drums
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Bertram Lehmann
blehmann@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Germany
  • Instrument/specialty: Drums
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Eguie Castrillo
ecastrillo@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Puerto Rico
  • Instrument/specialty: Hand percussion
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Gustavo Agatiello
gagatiello@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Argentina
  • Instrument/specialty: Vibraphone, marimba, piano, drums
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Mikael Ringquist
mringquist@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Sweden
  • Instrument/specialty: Hand percussion
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Ricardo Monzón
rmonzon@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: Guatemala
  • Instrument/specialty: Drums, percussion

Piano

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Leo Blanco
Lblanco@berklee.edu
  • Country of origin: Venezuela
  • Instrument/specialty: Piano
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Nando Michelin
nmichelin@berklee.edu
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Olivia Pérez Collellmir
operezcollellmir@berklee.edu
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Zahili Gonzalez Zamora
zgonzalezzamora@berklee.edu

Screen Scoring

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Claudio Ragazzi
cragazzi1@berklee.edu
  • Personal website
  • Country of origin: Argentina
  • Instrument/specialty: Guitar, composer

Voice

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Gaby Cotter
mcottertaylor@berklee.edu

Staff

Many staff members at Berklee have a Latin background. Browse the list below to learn about a few of those staff members and their areas of expertise.

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Mariana Paes
mpaes@berklee.edu

Manager of Communications, Assessment, and Outreach
Diversity and Inclusion

  • Country of origin: Brazil
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Camila Escobar
cescobar2@berklee.edu

Manager of Digital Philanthropy and Student Engagement
Institutional Advancement

  • Country of origin: Colombia
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Pablo Vargas
pvargas@berklee.edu

Dean, Library & Learning Resources
The Library

  • Country of origin: Columbia