Global String Program

Below is a list of items you should be prepared to bring:

• Your instrument, rosin, and bow 
• Writing utensils (pens, pencils, erasers)
• Notebook
• Staff paper
• Sheet music (if distributed in advance)
• Spare strings
• Metronome
• Shoulder rests
• Rock stops  
• Any effects pedals you wish to use in jams or open mic night.
• Portable recording device 

Though not required, you are permitted to bring laptops, computers, tablets, etc. Wireless internet and electrical outlet plugs are provided throughout the campus. Please keep in mind that it is your responsibility to keep your items safe. Berklee is not responsible for the loss of these items. 

Please use the Information for Registered Students page as a reference to the 2018 program schedule. The 2019 schedule details will become available closer to the start of the program.

As a participant in the Global String Program, you’ll become a part of Berklee’s thriving, creative String Department for a full week. You’ll get the same Berklee experience that fostered musicians like Sierra Hull, Casey Driessen, and national fiddle champions Luke Price and Alex Hargreaves. Expand your musical horizons, and discover new performance possibilities as a string player. The curriculum will include the following:

The Global String Program offers participants the opportunity to study with internationally renowned teachers with proven track records—those who have not only won their own prestigious awards, but who have taught students who have continued on to enjoy flourishing careers, whether as international recording artists or as music teachers.

The Global String Program summer faculty includes:

• David Wallace, Program Director
• Jamie Davis-Ponce, Program Director

Faculty subject to change