Academics
With an array of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as summer, international, and precollege offerings, Berklee College of Music provides options for students of all levels to explore and achieve their artistic, academic, and career potential.
Kick off the 2024-25 academic year in the Guitar Department! This is the twenty-second concert in our series, featuring faculty from the Guitar Department in solo and duo settings. Free and open to the public!
The Be-Bop Guitars is a student guitar ensemble featuring some of the better guitarists at Berklee. The music is from the jazz/Latin/blues genres. The music features five guitarists and rhythm section playing intricate arrangements that feature the individuals as well as the ensemble.
Through written and spontaneous composition, slide guitarist and improviser David Tronzo and classical guitarist Kim Perlak create modern music that honors both traditions.
From breathing to calendar cycles to the orbits of the planets, a rhythmic regularity creates the fabric of our existence. Inspired by the collective rhythms and simultaneous cycles we all feel in our lives, the Nick Grondin Group will present compositions that explore the musical qualities of space and time, and the effects they create among listeners to build community.
Shwesmo is a Boston-based Israeli producer and guitarist who combines metal, fusion and Middle Eastern influences into a new electronic context. With vast experience as a composer and guitarist, along with unique sound design, Shwesmo is devoted to endless exploration and breaking musical borders.
The Be-Bop Guitars is a student guitar ensemble featuring some of the better guitarists at Berklee. The music is from the jazz/Latin/blues genres. The music features five guitarists and rhythm section playing intricate arrangements that feature the individuals as well as the ensemble.
The Sam Wyman Blues band is an electric band based in blues, country, and soul. With a mix of mostly original music and a few of your favorite covers, The Sam Wyman Band is excited to play at Berklee’s Caf as Sam’s Senior Recital!
Stars of the Infinity is a instrumental progressive metal/rock band, performing all original music written by Anthony Pierce. The music features technical guitar riffs with intense drum and bass rhythms to create a hard hitting but melodic atmosphere.
The Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed Ensemble plays a variety of fingerstyle guitar solos and ensemble pieces. The very best of Berklee fingerstyle student guitarists.
The Be-Bop Guitars student guitar ensemble performs at the end of each semester as part of the curriculum. The group features some of the best guitar players at the school, playing intricate arrangements written specifically for the ensemble. The music features jazz, Latin and blues genres.
Suongin Kim, the George Benson-style guitarist who is eagerly anticipating graduation this spring, will be performing R&B and jazz songs that everyone can enjoy with his band!