Guitar Sessions
Our summer programs staff are temporarily working remotely. The best way to communicate with our office is via email at summer@berklee.edu.
Experience a week in the life of a Berklee guitar student in this musically diverse program. Designed to provide you with inspiring performance opportunities and technical training, this program will place you in ensembles with guitarists of similar experience, stylistic interest, and ability. Your faculty comprises 35 internationally recognized players from Berklee's Guitar Department who are experts in a diverse range of styles.
2020 Program Information
| Program dates: | Sunday, August 16–Friday, August 21, 2020 |
| Registration fee: | $50 (nonrefundable, nontransferable) |
| Tuition: | $1,295 |
| Housing: | $895 |
| Payment Deadline: | July 1, 2020 |
| Move in: | TBD |
| Move out: | August 21, 2020, by 7:00 p.m. |
| Age range: | 15 years and older |
- Please note: This program has limited capacity. Submission of registration materials alone does not guarantee participation in the program. You will secure your spot by paying in full. When the program capacity has been reached, registrants who have not paid in full will be placed on a waitlist.
Program Director Kim Perlak
Kim Perlak is the chair of the Guitar Department at Berklee College of Music. She is the editor-in-chief at Soundboard Magazine: The Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America and founder of Ben & I Play for Peace.
- Explore more of Berklee. When you register for Guitar Sessions, you can also register for Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive to extend your stay at Berklee.