Hydrogen Jukebox director Nathan Troup shares his vision for adapting and staging Philip Glass and Allen Ginseberg's experimental opera for today's audience.

Fun facts about Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg’s operatic “portrait of America”

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Center Stage season will begin its spring semester of programming with the contemporary American opera Hydrogen Jukebox, composed by Philip Glass based on the writings of beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Performances will take place at the Boston Conservatory Theater from Thursday, February 7, through Sunday, February 10.
 

Michael Shinn joined Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2017 at a remarkable time in the school’s history: it had just celebrated its 150-year anniversary; joined the larger Berklee organization; and enlisted the visionary Cathy Young as the school’s first-ever female leader. A year into the job, Shinn has set some impressive initiatives in motion, having had the time—and support—to evaluate the Music Division’s strengths and develop a strategy that reaches far beyond academic enhancements and opportunities.

From “Top 10” school rankings to “Best Performance” accolades, Boston Conservatory at Berklee is at the top of its game.

Over the past 25 years, there has arguably been more change in the way we experience life than at any other time in history. Our art forms are not immune to these changes. In fact, technology has not only radically impacted how performances are disseminated and experienced by audiences, but it has also transformed the art forms themselves and the very ways art is created. How do we, as a performing arts conservatory, respond to this new world?

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.