Ten minors from Berklee College of Music will be available to Boston Conservatory at Berklee students beginning in the fall 2018 semester. New areas of study will include psychology, visual culture and new media studies, American roots music, history, philosophy, acoustics and electronics, instrument repair, and three areas of English: creative writing, literature, and spoken word.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee was strongly represented at the 2018 Elliot Norton Awards, Boston’s largest theater awards ceremony, held on May 21. Several Conservatory alumni, faculty, and students contributed to this year’s award-winning productions, and a number of students and recent graduates performed during the evening.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s original production Tales from the Sandman returns for three Boston performances and a Northeast tour this May 2018—all free of charge.

Berklee College of Music alumnus Jamshied Sharifi '85 received his first Tony nomination for Best Orchestrations for the musical The Band’s Visit, and various College and Conservatory alumni contributed to many of the year’s top Tony-nominated shows.

Christy Turnbow and Michael Hanley, assistant professors of voice at the Conservatory, talk about the importance of vocal health, what it takes to teach across styles, and why cross-training in vocal pedagogy is important for students entering the field.

Alumna Lauren Kidwell holds a Q&A session with students while in Boston for The Sound of Music tour.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young will present honorary doctorates to opera superstar Victoria Livengood (M.M. '85, voice) and Tony Award–winning performer Billy Porter at the Conservatory’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12 at the Berklee Performance Center. Both artists will deliver commencement remarks for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee class of 2018 at the ceremony.

Musical theater alumna Erin Kommor (B.F.A. '13) talks about her path from the Conservatory to landing a dream role in the new NBC series Rise.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee is hosting theater luminary Tina Packer this semester as part of the institution’s 2017–2018 Kunkemeuller Artist in Residence program. As part of her residency, Packer will present And Speak I Will, a laboratory workshop exploration of sexual harassment through three works of Shakespeare, featuring the Conservatory’s sophomore and junior contemporary theater students.
 

Boston Conservatory at Berklee will present its spring musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, from March 8 through 11 at Boston Conservatory Theater. The production will be directed by Conservatory alumna and faculty member Laura Marie Duncan.