Visiting Artist Events

Performers, engineers, and music business professionals are among the industry experts who visit Berklee to offer clinics and master classes about the business and art of making, recording, promoting, and composing music. Often only open to the college community, these visits are opportunities for Berklee students and faculty to get an intimate and inside perspective of the industry.

 Visiting artist events are not open to the public. Log in with your OnePass to see a list of upcoming events.

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

Boston-based pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu (G.P.D., Longy School of Music) performs a solo recital of evocative works by Berklee faculty composers Marti Epstein, Andrew List, Ryan Suleiman, and others. The Egyptian zodiac (List), imagined sounds from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Epstein), and colors and movement of artist Peter London’s drawings (Suleiman) are just some of the sources of inspiration on offer in this dynamic program. Experience our multi-faceted world through the filter of the piano.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Capping off six months of collaboration with students from the Composition and Electronic Production and Design Departments, the ensemble Hypercube will perform new works for instruments and electronics.
 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

John Hollenbeck, the Harmony and Jazz Composition Department's Ken Pullig Visiting Scholar, brings his groundbreaking group GEORGE to Berklee, featuring Anna Webber, Sarah Rossy, and Chiquita Magic.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Venue Title
Opera + Community Studios
15 Channel Center St
Boston
MA
02210

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera present an afternoon of conversation with soprano Christine Goerke.

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

Corey Hamm is one of the world's foremost champions of contemporary piano music. For Piano Masters, he will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the spectacular The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski.

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

Corey Hamm is professor of piano at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His students have won numerous prizes and awards, including first prize in the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition.

Admission
FREE
Event Dates
Room 2E, 1140 Boylston Street
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

The Gathering is an ongoing series presented by the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Events are open to the greater Berklee community and public, and feature performances, guest lectures, workshops, and discussions—all with gender and racial equity as a guiding principle.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Honorable Steven M. Key, associate justice of the Boston Municipal Court Department of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth, will present the annual Jazz and Justice lecture, discussing the challenges and rewards of his work as a trial court judge, along with his inspiring connections to music.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble will present an open rehearsal and clinic of original compositions by Berklee student composers. 
 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera present a master class with award-winning mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as part of the Opera Innovators Series.

Admission
FREE

Past Visiting Artist Events

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

The Gathering is an ongoing series presented by the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Events are open to the greater Berklee community and public, and feature performances, guest lectures, workshops, and discussions—all with gender and racial equity as a guiding principle.

 

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

Drummer Paul Hannah will share his experiences and expertise as a show drummer in this master class. 

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

Guest artists andPlay present a concert of new music by student composers, as part of the 2025 New Music Festival.

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

Guest artists andPlay (featuring Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola) present a concert of exciting contemporary music for their duo, including a major work by faculty member Victoria Cheah.

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

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Vocal Arts Department welcomes back baritone Roderick Williams, OBE, for an intimate evening of vocal works with Boston Conservatory faculty member Brian Moll at the piano. Williams is one of the UK’s most sought-after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recitals, encompassing repertoire from the baroque to world premieres.

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

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Vocal Arts Department welcomes back baritone Roderick Williams, OBE, to present a voice master class with students. 

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

The Gathering is an ongoing series presented by the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Events are open to the greater Berklee community and public, and feature performances, guest lectures, workshops, and discussions—all with gender and racial equity as a guiding principle.

 

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

String Masters Series presents Michael Casimir, violist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and grand prize winner of the Hudson Valley String competition, accompanied by pianist Tae Kim, a collaborative artist at New England Conservatory and the Heifetz International Music Institute. 

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

Yuchen Lu is a rising star in the viola world, having won first prize at the Klein International String Competition, second prize at the Lionel Tertis viola competition, and third prize in the Johansen International Competition. He will be joined by pianist Tae Kim in a recital featuring works by Bach, Brahms, Enescu, Rochberg, and a contemporary work by Yanjun Hua.

Event Dates
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States

Guest duo 48 St. Stephen, featuring violinist Clara Kim and pianist Angela Kim, performs music by Boston Conservatory faculty member Dan VanHassel and others.