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Boston Conservatory at Berklee recently announced that select courses in its ballet curriculum will be renamed in support of an ongoing institutional effort to ensure inclusivity in the classroom. A bold first step in creating dialogue around gender constructs in traditional dance forms such as ballet, Executive Director Cathy Young sat down with Dance Magazine to talk about Boston Conservatory’s focus on inclusivity and how its Dance Division curriculum—and the renaming of these courses—reflect this.

Since its debut in 1996, Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses has become a modern classic of American theater. The Tony Award–winning play’s hallmark feature is the body of water constructed on the stage—in this production, a river—which serves as a shifting setting for these unforgettable retellings of ancient myths of transformation.

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.

In this Sounds of Berklee podcast, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s new assistant professor of orchestral studies and contemporary music, discusses bringing his identity as an African conductor and composer into the program for African Voices in Contemporary Music, the Conservatory’s first Center Stage performance of the season, which will be presented by Boston Conservatory Contemporary Classical Music Ensemble: contraBAND on October 30, 2018.

Boston Conservatory Orchestra will be joined by soloists from the Grammy Award–winning Silkroad Ensemble for a dynamic concert at Symphony Hall on Friday, November 16 at 8:00 p.m. The performance is part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s 2018–2019 Center Stage curated performance collection.
 

Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumna Gabriella Reyes (B.M. '16, voice) recently made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the High Priestess in Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, marking yet another milestone in the soprano's blossoming career.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee announced today that after 30 years at the helm of the Theater Division, Dean of Theater Neil Donohoe has decided to transition to a faculty role at end of the 2018–2019 academic year.