Experience the evocative sounds of Harry Skoler’s latest release, Red Brick Hill, reimagined for a quintet featuring clarinet, trumpet, and rhythm section. This performance showcases Skoler’s new compositions alongside a premier lineup: Jeff Stout (trumpet), Harry Skoler (clarinet), Neil Olmstead (piano), Barry Smith (bass), and Casey Scheuerell (drums).
Spanish composer and pianist Andrés Barrios, recently nominated for the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards, presents an inspiring master class exploring his distinctive blend of flamenco, jazz, and contemporary music. Through live demonstrations, student and faculty participation, and open discussion, Barrios will offer a deep look into his creative process, rhythmic vocabulary, and harmonic approach, illustrating how tradition and innovation can merge to shape a distinctive musical voice.
Learn about scholarship opportunities available for our most popular and comprehensive summer program, Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive. In this info session, we’ll discuss the various scholarship options, requirements to apply, and deadlines. Bring your questions for a live Q&A.
Pianist and composer Andrés Barrios, recently nominated for the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards, will present his flamenco fusion project in a special event that brings piano and dance together on one stage. He will perform alongside acclaimed flamenco dancer Nino de los Reyes, 2020 Grammy award winner. The performance blends flamenco, jazz, and contemporary music, creating a vibrant dialogue that showcases both tradition and innovation.
In partnership with Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca and Berklee Global, this event is held with the institutional support of the Paco de Lucía Foundation. The performance is also supported by the Hyatt Inclusive Collection and forms part of the FPDLM Young Talents Scholarship initiative.
Boston Conservatory Chamber Choir rehearses alongside Grammy-winning ensemble The Crossing, led by Donald Nally. This process-oriented format offers a rare opportunity to experience the sounds of “America’s most astonishing choir.”
This performance showcases new piano music from faculty composer Larry Thomas Bell that draws on the American vernacular and is informed by the European cultivated tradition.
Greg Freeman finds emotional catharsis and modern resonance in the eccentric ugliness of the past. His songs are rooted in a vivid sense of place, propelled by urgent delivery and evocative lyricism that mine history for tales of violence, loss, and revelation. Trio Golombkicks off the night.
Musical theater voice faculty member Jessye DeSilva brings her perspective as a woman of trans experience to repertoire from the musical theater canon.
