The 2016 merger between The Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music marked the first time two performing arts colleges joined forces, setting off a powerful ripple effect of groundbreaking “firsts” across the Conservatory’s three divisions and the wider Berklee organization—not to mention higher education and the performing arts at large. We reflect on the joint institution’s pioneering collaborations, genre-combusting performances, and innovative learning opportunities through the lens of the question: What milestones could have only been possible in this unique space—the world’s most complete training ground for performing artists?

Cornell, an assistant professor in the Conservatory’s Theater Division, served on the production team for the lauded revival.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee has announced a new Master of Fine Arts in musical theater vocal pedagogy degree program that will launch in fall 2020. Boston Conservatory’s new M.F.A. in musical theater vocal pedagogy is a one-of-a-kind program that draws on Boston Conservatory’s deep expertise in both musical theater and vocal pedagogy.

As Boston Conservatory at Berklee celebrates the graduation of its first class of contemporary theater students, graduating seniors reflect on their growth as artists and the development of this pathbreaking program that they helped shape.

Boston Conservatory is reinventing conservatory education, and its graduates are the proof. Here is a look at just a few of the diverse global adventures in store for the class of 2019.

Educator, artist, and arts advocate Scott Edmiston will join Boston Conservatory at Berklee as dean of the Theater Division starting August 1.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young will present an honorary doctorate to Tony Award–winning actress, singer, and dancer Sutton Foster at Boston Conservatory’s commencement ceremony on May 11. She will deliver commencement remarks for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee class of 2019 at the ceremony. Legendary American soprano Leontyne Price will be honored at the ceremony, where Dr. Laura Kafka-Price, a close relative, will accept an honorary doctorate on Price’s behalf.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee student Aaron Patterson (B.F.A. '19, musical theater), who plays the Emcee in the Conservatory’s sold-out Center Stage production of Cabaret, talks about digging deeply into his character’s backstory and working with guest director and choreographer Otis Sallid.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s new production of Cabaret, directed by Otis Sallid, explores the extravagant world inside the seedy Kit Kat Club as political upheaval begins to rage outside its walls. Here, costume designer Ryan Park shares his concept art and discusses the show’s dark, gender-bending look.

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