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The artistic validity of a wide range of American roots styles—including blues, gospel, folk, early country music, bluegrass, old-time, cajun, western swing, polka, Tex-Mex, and others—is beyond dispute. This music is the lifeblood of America’s cultural heritage. The expressive urgency and depth of these styles is supported by strong fundamental musical values, and it is in recognition of the richness of these idioms, and of the ways that they fuse with contemporary elements, that Berklee has created the American Roots Music Program.

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Bryce Milano Quintet

Nov 14
WICN, Mechanics Hall, and Berklee College of Music...

David Surette Clinic

Oct 25
One of New England's finest guitarists, David ...

Effective Methods of Writing for Harp With Felice Pomeranz

Oct 15
Effective methods of writing for harp with special...

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes' Senior Recital

Dec 6
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and her band will perform orig...

 

"I was the first mandolin student at Berklee in 2003. There were no mandolin teachers here at the time I applied. But I wanted to come to Berklee to have someone show me all the ways I should be thinking about music—even if I ended up studying with a saxophone teacher. You can learn a lot from any instrument. That attitude is present in the String Department, where you find a mandolin player studying with a fiddle player or a cello player."

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Ryan Cavanaugh

Oct 4
Ryan Cavanaugh will present a banjo clinic and per...

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