Boston Conservatory at Berklee Theater Professor Kevin Siegfried was thrilled to learn that his choral arrangement of “Lay Me Low” would be featured in the funeral ceremony for former President George H.W. Bush on December 5 at The National Cathedral.

Conservatory alumna Felicia Chen is a recipient of the 2018 Boston Conservatory at Berklee Alumni Entrepreneurial Grant. The award will help fund Mazumal, a duo Chen formed with Conservatory classmate Olivia Harris, in their mission of championing underrepresented voices in contemporary classical music.

In this Sounds of Berklee podcast, Silkroad artists Cristina Pato (Galician bagpipes) and Edward Perez (double bass) discuss the collective's vision for education and its collaboration with Boston Conservatory at Berklee. And we listen to their song "Joropo-Festejo: Muiñeira de Chantada” from Pato’s album Latina, arranged by Perez.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee announces the appointment of Andy Vores as has been named associate vice president of academic affairs and chief academic officer of the Conservatory.

In this Sounds of Berklee podcast, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s new assistant professor of orchestral studies and contemporary music, discusses bringing his identity as an African conductor and composer into the program for African Voices in Contemporary Music, the Conservatory’s first Center Stage performance of the season, which will be presented by Boston Conservatory Contemporary Classical Music Ensemble: contraBAND on October 30, 2018.

Boston Conservatory Orchestra will be joined by soloists from the Grammy Award–winning Silkroad Ensemble for a dynamic concert at Symphony Hall on Friday, November 16 at 8:00 p.m. The performance is part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s 2018–2019 Center Stage curated performance collection.
 

Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumna Gabriella Reyes (B.M. '16, voice) recently made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the High Priestess in Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, marking yet another milestone in the soprano's blossoming career.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee proudly announces Center Stage, a curated performance collection that showcases the Conservatory’s dynamic range in dance, music, and theater, and spotlights the extraordinary talent of the school’s student performers.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee announces the appointment of conductor and clarinetist Matthew M. Marsit (M.M. '12, orchestral conducting) as chair of instrumental studies.

Roselyn Hobbs, a contemporary classical music graduate student at the Conservatory, recently published The Mpingo Coloring Book to bring visibility to the mpingo tree, a species in danger of being over-harvested, and the source of a variety of orchestral instruments.