Classical Music Training at Berklee College of Music
At Berklee College of Music you can study with professional classical musicians who perform regularly in major professional ensembles in Boston and beyond. Students at the college can get experience playing in a variety of orchestras, chamber music ensembles, and style labs as they hone the core skills necessary to perform professionally.
Classical course offerings at the college include the following*:
*This list is a work in progress. If you are a faculty member or student and have a course or club to add to the list, please reach out to performancedivision@berklee.edu.
Ensembles
Orchestras
ENCL-400-001 Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra conducted by Julius P. Williams
ENCL-400-002 Composer Sinfonietta conducted by Richard Carrick
ENCL-220-001 Film Scoring Studio Orchestra
ENCL-404-001 Musical Theater Orchestra
ENCL-406-001 The Neither/Nor Composer Ensemble
ENGB-211-001 Qantara Berklee conducted by Simon Shaheen
All Instruments
ENCL-234 Improvisation for Classical Musicians
ENCL-402 Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (aka Fahrenheit 402)
Guitar
ENGT-280 Classical Guitar Repertoire
ENGT- 281 Classical Chamber Ensemble
ENGT-340 Directed Study Classical Ensemble
String Ensembles
ENST-221 String Master Class (check with David Wallace for classical section number)
ENST-251 Classical String Chamber Music
ENST-254 Contemporary String Quartet
Winds and Brass Ensembles
ENSB-361 Advanced Woodwind Chamber Music
ENCL-202 Symphonic Winds Ensemble
Percussion
ENPC-363 Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music Ensemble
Voice
ENVC-212-001 Jubilee Spirit Ensemble
ENVC-245-002 Great American Songbook Ensemble
ENVC-370-001 Musical Theater Ensemble
Labs
All Instruments
ILWD-342-001 Phrasing and Interpretation in the Classical Style
ILWD-380-001 Audition Workshop
Guitar
ILGT-119 Guitar Styles Skills Labs
ILGT-119 Classical Sight-Reading
Percussion
ILPM-341 Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab
Piano
ILPN-381 Classical Repertory/Two Pianos
ILPN-385 Classical Accompanying
Strings
Voice
ILVC-117-001 Essentials of Voice
Woodwinds
ILWD-323 Woodwind Doubling Lab - Saxophone and Theater Doubling
ILWD-341-001 Flute Repertoire Class
History/Liberal Arts
MHIS-201 History of Music in the European Tradition: Topics
MHIS-202 History of Music in the European Tradition: Iconic Works
MHIS-203 History of Music in the European Tradition: Chronology
MHIS-251 General Music History 1
MHIS-252 General Music History 2
MHIS-317 19th Century Program Music (fall only)
MHIS-331 History of Film Music
MHIS-347 Music of Women Composers
MHIS-353 African American Composers: Classical Tradition
MHIS-361 Concert Music after 1945
MLAN-250 Maurice Ravel: The Man and His Music
MLAN-288 Music of Olivier Messiaen
MLAN-311 Analysis of Classical and Romantic Music
MLAN-312 Analysis of 20th- and 21-st Century Music
MLAN-314 In the Mix: Contemporary Composition Approaches in Discussion on Form, Aesthetic, and Style
MLAN-315 Traditional Composition Forms in the 20th Century 1
MLAN-320 The Music of John Cage and Morton Feldman: Sound–Time–Process
MLAN-371 The Beethoven String Quartets
MLAN-372 Bartok's Chamber Music
MLAN-375 The Music of Igor Stravinsky
Conducting/Composition
CM-355-001 Principles/Tech of Vocal Writing (Spring Only)
COND-311 Advanced Conducting Seminar with Live Orchestra
COND-331 Advanced Conducting Skills for the Theater
COND-355 Conducting Small Ensembles
COND-391 Careers in Conducting (Spring only)
COND-484 Conducting for Silent Film
Private Lesson Faculty
Percussion:
Richard Flanagan
Nancy Zeltsman
Piano:
Jennifer Elowsky-Fox
Stephany Tiernan
Strings:
Sara Caswell
Chelsey Green
Patrice Jackson
Felice Pomeranz
Mimi Rabson
David K. Wallace
Owen Young
Voice: