Courses
Small Band Jazz
The Small Band Jazz ensemble is designed for high level student performers who are focused on their development as jazz instrumentalists.
Blue Note Era Jazz
The Blue Note Era Jazz ensemble will study and perform the music of Blue Note artists recorded from 1960 to the present.
Miles Davis Acoustic
The Miles Davis Acoustic ensemble will study and perform the music of the Miles Davis groups from the years 1945-1969. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Contemporary Jazz
The Contemporary Jazz ensemble is designed for high level student performers who are focused on their development as jazz instrumentalists.
Electric Jazz
The Electric Jazz ensemble is designed for high level students performers that are interested in the use of electronic instruments and electronics in the jazz performance.
The Music of Joe Henderson
The Joe Henderson ensemble will study, arrange, and perform the music of Joe Henderson. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
The Music of Ornette Coleman
The Ornette Coleman ensemble will study and perform all forms of modern jazz, both with form and free form.
Rainbow All-Stars
The Rainbow All-Stars ensemble is designed for high-level players interested in developing their ability to play in a big band.
Brass Playing Singing
This course is designed to focus on vocal performance for brass principals. Students may or may not have experience as vocalists.
Concert Choir
Large vocal ensemble with emphasis on traditional and contemporary music stretching through a wide range of music genres. In this course, students will participate in weekly rehearsals.
Improvisation for Classical Musicians
The Improvisation for Classical Musicians ensemble is a small group of instrumentalists that will play traditional chamber music with a twist by adding improvisational techniques.
Contemporary Orchestra
The Contemporary Orchestra features Berklee's student performers, composers, and conductors through the use of standard repertoire, film, multimedia, and sound.
Contemporary Chamber Music Ensemble
Mixed instrumental and vocal ensembles are formed to study and perform chamber music by 20th-century composers including Luciano Berio, John Corgliano, Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenbe
Art Music of Black Composers
The Art Music of Black Composers ensemble will study and perform the richness of America's roots music traditions.
Musical Theater Orchestra
The Musical Theater Orchestra will perform the music of Broadway shows. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Women's Concert Choir
The Women's Concert Choir is a choral group consisting of 12-40 women.
Classical Chamber Music Ensemble
Mixed instrumentation chamber ensemble, including brass, woodwinds, strings, voice, and guitar with piano accompanists. Ensemble will perform standard classical chamber music repertoire.
Directed Study
The Directed Study ensemble will study and perform a specific genre or artist of their liking. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Electronic Improvisation
A small contemporary ensemble consisting of synthesizers and other electronics, typically along with a rhythm section composed of drum set and electric bass.
Techno/Rave Ensemble
An open forum for development of live performance multi-instrumental duo/trio ensembles consisting of electronic, electro/acoustic, and acoustic sources.