Guitar Sessions
Experience a week in the life of a Berklee guitar student in this musically diverse program. Designed to provide you with inspiring performance opportunities and technical training, this program will place you in ensembles with guitarists of similar experience, stylistic interest, and ability. Your faculty comprises 35 internationally recognized players from Berklee's Guitar Department who are experts in a diverse range of styles.
2022 Program Information
Program dates: | August 15–19 |
Registration fee: | $50 (nonrefundable) |
Tuition: | $1,295 |
Housing: | $895 |
Payment Deadline: | July 1 |
Move-in: | Monday, August 15, 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Move-out: | Friday, August 19, by 7:00 p.m. |
Age range: | 15 years and older |
Program Director: Jane Miller
Guitarist Jane Miller is also a composer, arranger, and author with roots in both the jazz and contemporary acoustic guitar worlds. Her first book, Introduction to Jazz Guitar (Berklee Press/Hal Leonard, 2015), is for guitarists of all styles. Her follow-up book, Triads for the Improvising Guitarist (Berklee Press/Hal Leonard), was released in 2020. She is a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar magazine and a former monthly columnist for Premier Guitar magazine. The Jane Miller Group has released four albums, most recently Boats in 2018. Her solo guitar record, Three Sides to a Story, was released in June of 2013.
Assistant Program Director: Sal DiFusco
Sal DiFusco makes his home in Boston and has taught at Berklee College of Music since 1998. He is known by his students as an inspirational teacher with great technique and a command of a diverse list of styles including rock, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin. He describes his sound as jazz and rock fusion. Throughout his musical career, DiFusco has shared the stage with some of the best musicians out there. He currently manages the in-demand R&B group Radiance that performs throughout the New England area. In addition, he maintains an active performance schedule with his own group, the Sal DiFusco Project.
Featured Guest Artist: Tosin Abasi
Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide "Tosin" Abasi is an American musician best known as the founder and lead guitarist of the instrumental progressive metal band Animals as Leaders. He has recorded and released four albums with Animals as Leaders: a self-titled debut, Weightless, The Joy of Motion, and their most recent album, The Madness of Many. A guitar virtuoso, Abasi is ranked by Guitar World at no. 97 on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."