Community Resources
Berklee offers a variety of programs for our local community, including resources and opportunities for non-profits and community residents, as well as opportunities for specific audiences through partnerships.
Resources for Non-Profits and/or Community Residents
Berklee Grant Programs
Berklee Venues Grant
The Venues Program opens Berklee's doors to local nonprofit organizations. In-kind grants are awarded to subsidize rental fees, enabling recipient organizations to hold events at Berklee venues, such as the Berklee Performance Center, the Red Room at Cafe 939, and the David Friend Recital Hall. Email us to learn how to apply for a venues grant.
Berklee Fenway Neighborhood Improvement Grant
As part of an ongoing commitment to making positive contributions to the City of Boston, Berklee has established the Berklee Fenway Neighborhood Improvement Grant program. Boston nonprofits are eligible to apply for funding to support community-based projects and initiatives that contribute to the vibrancy and quality of life in the Fenway neighborhood. For more information, click here.
Berklee Donations Programs
Ticket Donations
Berklee provides access to quality musical performances by donating tickets to public schools, neighborhood residents, and nonprofit organizations for performances at the renowned Berklee Performance Center and select Boston Conservatory at Berklee performances. For more information, click here.
Instrument and Equipment Donations
The institution also donates musical instruments and production equipment to the music education programs of public schools and non-profit partner organizations.
Email us if you have instruments or equipment you'd like to donate to Berklee, or if you would like more information on receiving donations for your nonprofit organization or school. To maximize impact, donations are most often made to sites where Berklee's Community Service Employment participants, faculty, and alumni serve in outreach positions.
Summer Concerts
Berklee's Summer in the City series features more than 200 free concerts by students, faculty, and alumni at iconic locations throughout Greater Boston from June to September. Included in our Summer offerings is a partnership with Boston Parks and Recreation that brings free concerts to Boston parks.
The Movement @ Berklee
Managed by Berklee's Office of Community and Government Relations, The Movement @ Berklee is a powerful, student-led program that uses performance as a catalyst for community building and social change. Student, faculty, staff, and alumni volunteers collaborate with partner organizations to conduct a broad range of activities including youth mentorship, performance outreach, and musical instruction. Email The Movement @ Berklee to inquire about having Movement volunteers visit your school or non-profit organization.
Berklee Music and Health Institute (BMHI)
Berklee partners with leaders across technology, healthcare, the arts, and community sectors to translate cutting-edge research into human-centered, music-driven solutions—empowering people to thrive, connect, and heal.
Conservatory Connections
The Conservatory Connections program is committed to sharing the talent of Boston Conservatory at Berklee students with a variety of audiences who are unable to attend traditional performances.
Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education Tuition Assistance
For Boston youth with disabilities
Tuition assistance is available for people with disabilities to participate in arts education programs.
KidsJam @ Berklee
For children ages 3–5
KidsJam @ Berklee provides free music and movement workshops.
Site-Specific or Partnership-Specific Opportunities
Berklee Music and health Institute, (BMHI) Community Programs
Accessible and culturally relevant programming centering music and health
Weekly clinical music therapy and community music groups that foster emotional regulation, reduce cravings, and help people rebuild identity and motivation for change. Current Partnerships: Boston Public Health Commission- Safe and Sound, Dimock Health Center, New Way Peer Recovery
Weekly clinical music therapy and community music groups that support memory, mobility, and emotional well-being for older adults in care communities. Current Partnerships: Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center, Peterborough Senior Center and Uphams PACE- Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Re-entry and reintegration
Clinical music therapy groups for both incarcerated adults and those re-entering society after incarceration to process trauma, strengthen connection to self and others, build healthy relationships, and build tools to support their transition into the community. Current partnerships: Middlesex County Sheriff's Office and New Beginnings Re-entry Services
School based clinical music therapy and community music groups for adolescents to process trauma, strengthen emotional regulation, reconnect with personal identity, and support self-expression. Current Partnerships: Cambridge Youth Programs, Chelsea High School, MGH Healthy Chelsea and Esperanza Academy
Movement Matters
Movement Matters is dance class for low mobility seniors provided by Boston Conservatory dance and theater students at no cost to residents of local community and assisted living facilities in the Boston area.
Step by Step
A program that encourages adults with Down Syndrome to move to music in weekly, hour-long classes. Participants learn the basics of dance, develop social skills, and express themselves through movement.
Berklee City Music
Provides student enrichment and extra support to public school music programs and teachers in grades 4–12 in select Boston Public and Charter Schools.
City Music High School Academy
An advanced, intensive program for continuing City Music students. It brings the Berklee experience into the lives of promising young musicians in grades 9–12. Most graduating seniors go on to study at various institutions around the country, including Berklee College of Music.
City Music Preparatory Academy
A more comprehensive program for kids in grades 4–8 combining the PULSE music curriculum with activities that introduce students to both the college experience and the High School Academy. Programming takes place at the Boston Arts Academy on Saturdays.
City Music College Scholarship
Awards full-tuition scholarships to City Music's outstanding high school seniors so that they can continue their education as full-time students at Berklee College of Music.
Gives students in the Berklee City Music program an opportunity for a full scholarship to the Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program, where they get a leg up on their musical and college pursuits.
Institutional Scholarships and Grants
Awards to full time undergraduate students who are Boston residents. Awards students in the Boston area (not affiliated with the City Music program) a full scholarship to the Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program, where they get a leg up on their musical and college pursuits.
Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education Professional Development Programs
A wide range of professional development offerings for teachers, including an annual conference, an annual symposium, study groups, and more.