Events: Clinics and Master Classes

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Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02115
United States

Join acclaimed cuatro player and Berklee alumna Fabiola Méndez and her former teacher, John Baboian, for an intimate afternoon of music, conversation, and Q&A. Fabiola and John will reflect on her journey from Berklee student to accomplished recording and performing artist, share lessons from their musical relationship, and explore the experiences that shaped her career.
 

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Free
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Opera + Community Studios at Boston Lyric Opera
15 Channel Center Street
Boston
MA
02210
United States

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera welcome Georgian operatic baritone George Gagnidze for a master class.

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FREE
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Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

A gold medal winner in the Rubinstein Competition, pianist Angela Cheng will perform sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, variations by Cecile Chaminade, and works by Chopin.

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FREE
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Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Canadian pianist Angela Cheng is a winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Competition and the Montreal International Piano Competition. Her master class with Boston Conservatory pianists is free and open to the public.

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FREE
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Opera + Community Studios at Boston Lyric Opera
15 Channel Center Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02210
United States

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera proudly present a master class with American operatic tenor Michael Fabiano.

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Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

The Rhythm Method string quartet presents a concert of contemporary music, including pieces by Berklee writing students. 
 

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Free
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Opera + Community Studios at Boston Lyric Opera
15 Channel Center Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02210
United States

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera proudly present a master class with Patricia Raccette, the American soprano, director, and master teacher.

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FREE
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Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

One of the world’s most sought-after teachers, Boris Berman heads the Piano Department of Yale School of Music and conducts master classes throughout the world. He has been named an honorary professor of Shanghai Conservatory, Danish Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen, and China Conservatory. His master class with Boston Conservatory students is free and open to the public.

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Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Come join the Berklee harpists for their twenty-fifth annual recital. The program will feature classical, contemporary, jazz, original music, and more, plus a performance by the guzheng, a musical relative of the harp. 

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Free
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Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) proudly present a master class with BLO music director and conductor David Angus.

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FREE

Past Events

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David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Jim Peterson hosts an immersive guitar clinic dedicated to mastering rhythm, tight groove, vocal-like phrasing, triadic development, and many other concepts that will transform your playing and turn you into a groove machine. 
 

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Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02115
United States

Las Guaracheras, a Latin music sextet from Cali, Colombia, will present a workshop-performance exploring how Colombian and Latin American folkloric rhythms can be incorporated, reimagined, and transformed through the language of salsa. 
 

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Canceled
Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02115
United States

Join drum legend David Garibaldi as he explores his career, technique, and innovation, and answers your questions. Garibaldi will be joined by artist-in-residence Victor Wooten and Bass Department Chair Steve Bailey.

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David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Associate Professor Tom Schmidt will be performing excerpts from musicals and sharing insights about being a successful pit musician.

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Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Join bass innovator Les Claypool and Bass Department Chair Steve Bailey as they unpack the past, present, and future as it relates to Claypool, his music, his technique, and where it all leads.

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Houston Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 1
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Casey Cerveny (MM '26, vocal pedagogy) presents a voice recital.

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Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

This event is a presentation of Afro-Cuban hand percussion with faculty percussionist Mikael Ringquist. The focus of this clinic will be on stylistic differences from various areas of Cuba. Some rhythms that will be covered are bembé, palo, abakuá and Orisha/Lwa music.

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Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Classical guitarist An Tran will perform and discuss a program of new compositions and arrangements of traditional Vietnamese music. 

Praised by the Boston Globe for his “subtle, graceful virtuosity” and by Soundboard magazine for an “exquisite sense of space, touch, and mood,” guitarist An Tran approaches performance with purpose, guided by a belief in music as a shared human experience.
 

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Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Edmundson Visiting Artist Yvette Jackson discusses her creative process with Composition Department Chair Richard Carrick. 
 

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Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Piano Masters Series guest artist Terrence Wilson presents a master class to Boston Conservatory students. This event is free and open to the public.