Visiting Artist News

Each year Berklee hosts visiting artist events with the most innovative performers and creators working today. Often only open to students, these clinics and master classes are opportunities for you to get an intimate and inside perspective of the industry.

Jonathan Perkins, FINNEAS, Ashe, and Paul Wachter onstage at the Berklee Performance Center

Left to right: Songwriting Department Assistant Chair Jonathan Perkins, FINNEAS, Ashe BM 15, and Paul Wachter shared the Berklee Performance Center stage during this year's Career Jam keynote panel discussion.

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FINNEAS and Ashe Talk Confidence and Collaboration in the Music Industry
April 16, 2024

Days before his sister Billie Eilish's new album announcement, producer and songwriter FINNEAS joined singer-songwriter Ashe BM ’15 onstage for Berklee's Career Jam keynote panel.

Youssou N’Dour

Youssou N’Dour

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Youssou N'Dour to Receive Honorary Doctorate at Berklee Valencia’s 2024 Commencement
April 12, 2024

The ceremony will be held on Monday, July 8. 

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Ledisi, Q-Tip, and Gilberto Santa Rosa will receive honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music at its 2024 commencement ceremony. 

Ron T. Young

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Ledisi, Q-Tip, and Gilberto Santa Rosa to Receive Honorary Doctorates at Berklee 2024 Commencement
April 10, 2024

The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 11.

Dr. Eddie Glaude

Dr. Eddie Glaude

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Berklee’s Africana Studies Department to Host its First Annual Symposium
April 4, 2024

The inaugural event will feature scholar, political commentator, and author Dr. Eddie Glaude.

Morton Subotnick

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Press Release
Morton Subotnick Named 2024 Herb Alpert Visiting Artist for Electronic Production and Design Department
April 3, 2024

A foundational pioneer of electronic music, Subotnick will host a master class with students and give an interview about his seminal career as a composer and educator.

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

Berklee artists will perform selections from the Great American Songbook in a Signature Series tribute to Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 

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Berklee’s Signature Series Presents Great American Songbook: Night and Day—A Celebration of Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
February 13, 2024

The concert will feature music from the duo’s Grammy-winning albums, Bennett’s signature songs, and reimagined jazz-inflected covers of Gaga hits.

Cyndi Lauper speaks at Berklee NYC Career Expo headline event

Cyndi Lauper speaks at the headline event of the 2024 Berklee NYC Career Expo.

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Pop Culture Icon Cyndi Lauper Gives Keynote at Berklee NYC Career Expo
January 25, 2024

The entertainment legend was joined by performing arts industry leaders from Broadway to music business to live event production.

The Dani and Debora Gurgel Quarteto, also known as DDG4

Dani and Debora Gurgel Quarteto, also known as DDG4, will kick off Berklee's 2024 spring Signature Series with a concert at the Berklee Performance Center.

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Berklee Welcomes Dani and Debora Gurgel Quarteto for Signature Series Concert
January 25, 2024

The virtuosic foursome will visit the college for a weeklong residency, culminating in a performance with students at the Berklee Performance Center.

The Wayne Shorter Quartet
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The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Hosts 15th Anniversary Concert
January 23, 2024

The Signature Series event will commemorate the life and artistry of the late Wayne Shorter.

A student vocalist singing on stage

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Berklee's Top News and Stories of 2023
December 20, 2023

From AI in the classroom to music licensing 101, 50 years of hip-hop to the next great American jam band, take a look at where the last year brought us.