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The nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards were announced on Tuesday, November 24, and Berklee alumni and faculty are once again well represented across many of the major categories. Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni were well represented in the Best Musical Theater Album category, with members of the original cast of Little Shop of Horrors, Jagged Little Pill, American Utopia on Broadway, and Soft Power receiving nominations.

Three Berklee College of Music alumni received Tony Award nominations this year, while Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni made an impressive showing in Tony-nominated productions.

Boston Conservatory will resume on-campus instruction this spring with a hybrid semester that blends in-person instruction and state-of-the-art online coursework. The semester will begin a week later and forgo spring break.

Recent Boston Conservatory graduate Shelbie Rassler teamed up with Yo-Yo Ma, Rhiannon Giddens, members of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, and many more on a trio of video projects to encourage voting in the 2020 presidential election.

This fall, Boston Conservatory at Berklee welcomed several new faculty members who are bringing their professional expertise and artistry to the classroom. 

Launching in fall 2021, the one-year graduate program will consist of three specializations: songwriting and production, live experience design, and writing and design for musical theater.

The scholarship was created in honor of Danroy "DJ" Henry, a Pace University student from Easton, Massachusetts, whose life was tragically cut short in 2010.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee announces it will conduct all studies entirely remotely for the fall 2020 semester, providing students with a rich and immersive learning experience that balances important experiential training with dynamic academic coursework, and allows for more individualized attention and mentoring from faculty.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee students, alumni, and faculty proved to be an integral part of Boston’s theater scene at the 38th Annual Elliot Norton Awards, Boston’s largest theater awards ceremony, held virtually on May 11.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee honored Mikhail Baryshnikov and André De Shields, and Berklee College of Music honored Sheila E., John Legend, and Cassandra Wilson in a pair of virtual events on May 9.