News at the Conservatory

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Berklee, one of the most prestigious performing arts institutions in the world, announced Berklee is coming to New York City and will make a home in the historic Power Station studios (most recently called Avatar studios).

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s fall performance lineup features an array of new and classical works of dance, music, opera, and theater.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee is thrilled to announce its second Asia information and speaking tour in fall 2017, followed by an audition tour in January 2018.

Performing with the prestigious Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at its idyllic Tanglewood summer home in the Berkshires is a dream for any classical musician. For three Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni who have been named 2017 Tanglewood Music Center Fellows, that dream is a reality.

Michael Shinn, D.M.A., has been appointed dean of music for Boston Conservatory at Berklee. His appointment will begin on August 15.

Berklee College of Music will award Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s Formation Scholars Award to Sadiya Ramos (B.F.A. '20, contemporary dance), a sophomore studying dance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee theater students, alumni, and faculty swept up an impressive array of awards at three recent ceremonies—the Elliot Norton Awards and the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards in Boston, and the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, D.C.

Cathy Young, current dean of dance, has been appointed executive director for Boston Conservatory at Berklee, making her the first appointed female leader for the 150-year-old institution.

Two Boston Conservatory at Berklee ensembles—the cello quartet BoCoCelli and the brass quintet No Strings Attached—stepped onto the national stage in a whirlwind two days in Washington, D.C. that included a performance at the renowned  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and a recording session at the SiriusXM Radio headquarters.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s 2017 commencement was, of course, a personal triumph for the school’s 245 graduating students, but they shared this moment with some of the biggest milestones in the Conservatory’s history.