Ensemble Department
The Ensemble Department offers the largest selection of ensemble opportunities of any college in the world.
Designed to hone your essential performance skills and techniques, ensembles are offered in a wide variety of musical styles, sizes, and configurations.
Your first ensemble experience occurs during your first semester at Berklee and placement is based upon auditions held during your initial week at the college.
A Sampling of Ensembles
Here is just a brief list of some of the more than 350 ensembles in rehearsal throughout the year:
- Jazz/Rock Ensemble
- The Berklee John Scofield Ensemble
- The Berklee Wayne Shorter Ensemble
- Country Music Ensemble
- Latin Ensembles
- Small Concert Jazz Ensemble
- The Berklee Yellowjackets Ensemble
- Small Improvisation Ensemble
- Contemporary Small Ensemble
- The Berklee Horace Silver Ensemble
- The Berklee Cannonball Adderley Ensemble
- The Berklee Art Blakey Ensemble
- The Berklee Thelonious Monk Ensemble
- Contemporary Fusion Ensemble
- Commercial Pop Rock Recording Ensemble
- The Berklee Recording Orchestra
- Vocal Jazz Ensemble
- The Jazz Composition Ensemble
- Small Bebop Jazz Ensemble
- Funk Bands
- The Avant Garde Ensemble
- Country Music Ensemble
- World Percussion Ensemble
- Musical Theater/Opera Performance Ensemble
- Vocal Summit
- Gospel Choir
- Back Bay Brass
Ensemble Department Facilities and Resources
Ensemble Rooms: Ensemble Rooms are equipped with all the necessary equipment for live performance: electric and acoustic piano, bass and guitar amps, drumset and percussion equipment, sound system and microphones and a digital connection to the Berklee Learning Resource Network (BLRN)
For further information about the Ensemble Department, please call 617 747-2255.