Each year, Berklee presents more than 1,500 concerts and events at venues on campus and in the Boston area, showcasing student, faculty, alumni and outside professional acts.
Berklee City Music Prep Academy Completion Concert
Celebrate the rising stars of tomorrow at the year-end completion concert presented by the Berklee City Music Preparatory Academy. This vibrant performance showcases music, theater, and dance from talented young artists in fourth–eighth grade.
A singular force in contemporary music, Tyshawn Sorey seamlessly blends jazz, classical, and improvisatory traditions from Europe and Africa to redefine the expressive potential of the drum kit.
Sought-after collaborator and Grammy Award–winning pianist Bill Laurance has built a career blending genres of music that seem to exist at stylistic polar opposites.
Olivia Barton is a singer-songwriter from Orlando, Florida, whose indie folk rock songs recall the honesty of Phoebe Bridgers and the layered harmonies of the Staves. Special guest Grace Gardner is bringing their iconic, boundary-pushing blend of soft rock, indie, and folk.
Pianist Alfredo Rodríguez was born into a prominent Cuban musical family and trained in classical conservatories, while percussionist Pedrito Martinez honed his deeply-rooted Afro-Cuban folkloric percussion and vocal techniques on the streets of Old Havana. Rodríguez and Martinez take center stage for a high-energy evening that pulses with the spirit of Cuban musical traditions.
This informative session will discuss all aspects of the harp, including effective writing techniques, arranging for harp, and ways to use this beautiful instrument in your compositions.
In conjunction with the Red Room at Cafe 939, the Songwriting Department proudly presents BOOM (Berklee Original Open Mic), an open mic event for Berklee songwriters.
Pianist and composer Andrés Barrios, recently nominated for the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards, will perform alongside acclaimed flamenco dancer Nino de los Reyes in a special event that brings their artistry together on one stage. This performance blends flamenco, jazz, and contemporary music, creating a vibrant dialogue between piano and dance that showcases both tradition and innovation.
This event is presented in collaboration with Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca, which has the institutional support of the Paco de Lucía Foundation, together with Berklee Global, and is part of the Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca Young Talents Scholarship initiative.
