Orientation just 10 days away for New Students at Berklee College of Music

The countdown is on...

Just 10 days until Orientation 2009 begins for the entering class. We're expecting just over 1000 students from around the world to join the Berklee community starting August 31. Our orientation staff and countless others have been planned a truly outstanding welcoming program for students and families.

Our students are filled with such enthusiasm for music and life - we can't wait to welcome them to Boston!

Les Paul - RIP

Berklee was probably the first place in the world that really took the teaching of jazz and rock guitar seriously. Much is owed to the great Les Paul who was an extraordinary pioneer with respect to guitar construction and sound engineering. He died yesterday.

Here he is with his wife in the 1950's demonstrating the possibilities associated with multi-tracks:

Berklee College of Music and Its Online Presence.

Here's a bunch of cool links to various social networks with Berklee info. It's not even close to all of the various places where we share info but, it's a start. Know of more? Share them! Enjoy:

Berklee on Twitter

Berklee College of Music main page

http://twitter.com/BerkleeCollege/

Berklee College of Music Enrollment

http://twitter.com/berklee_enroll

Concerts, tips, rumors, communication

http://twitter.com/Berkleenow

Berklee College of Music on MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/berkleecollegeofmusic

Berklee on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/BerkleeCollege

Berklee on Tour

http://www.berkleeontour.com/

Berklee Online

Our online school, berkleemusic.com, and its youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/berkleemusic?blend=7&ob=4

Folk, Bluegrass, Celtic Country? At Berklee? Or...a little story about the Folk Arts Quartet

Berklee has worked hard over the past several years to attract and nurture students from an ever widening array of musical genres. One result has been a growing community of musicians interested in Bluegrass, Celtic, Roots, Folk or hybrids thereof.

Read

this cool article

from "Cover Lay Down" about one band that formed at BCM! It says in part:

Someone’s doing something right at the Berklee College of Music. As a gathering place for talented musicians steeped in a variety of traditions, it has long held a reputation both a natural source for emerging artists and a hotbed of hybridization. You may not have realized it, but the odds are excellent that at least some of your own favorite artists attended the prestigious school, from Patty Larkin, Gillian Welch, Bruce Cockburn and Susan Tedeschi to Melissa Etheridge, Bill Frisell, Donald Fagin, Juliana Hatfield, Aimee Mann and John Mayer.

Student Activities Blog at Berklee

It seems like there's just so much information to get across to people interested in what's happening at Berklee College of Music. It's a very, very busy place.

To help folks get a sense of what is happening on the student activities front, check out this new blog. At the moment, the focus is on our outstanding summer performance program known as "5-week".

Taking care of yourself as a student at Berklee

How can I take good care of my health, wellness and fitness at Berklee? As we outlined in a previous post, Berklee offers a comprehensive wellness program called "LiveWell"

LiveWell Website: http://www.berklee.net/st/Livewell_Information.html
LiveWell Updates also posted on my.berklee.net > Announcements

Here is just a summary of some of the many opportunities offered by LiveWell:

•Sports and Recreation•
Emerson Division III Athletics (fall & spring semesters) | Boston Ski & Sports Club | Intramural and Club Sports | Sunday at Simmons basketball, indoor soccer, volleyball (fall & spring semesters) | Ice Hockey Team | Trips to Area Sites - beaches, parks, hikes, bike rides
•Discounted Gym Memberships + Fitness Programs• Tennis & Racquet Club, YMCA, Boston Kung Fu Tai Chi, Healthworks for Women, Simmons College’s Holmes Sports Center (fall & spring), Emerson Fitness Center

•Movement• Martial Arts | Yoga | Meditation | Dance Classes
Fitness Benefit through Berklee Health Insurance up to $150/year

•Workshops and/or Screenings• Physical + Occupational Therapists, Nutritionists and others

•Student Health 101• Monthly Online Wellness Magazine and 64 page Health Guide

•College Health + Wellness Courses• Yoga, Chi Gung, Anatomy, Wellness & Inspiration. Check the Registration Manual for the latest offerings.

•LiveWell Workshops & Series• SleepWell, EatWell, ChooseWell, HearWell, BreatheWell, PerformWell, LeadWell, LoveWell, ExpressWell, and more.


Have questions about the LiveWell offerings, please email livewell@berklee.edu or call 617.747.2411.

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Berklee College of Music and Our International Commitment

One of the compelling aspects of Berklee is its commitment to internationalization. Whether it be in our student body, our faculty and staff, our curriculum or the incredibly diverse city of Boston, Berklee is a fantastic place to discover the world. I saw this article the other day about some of the work that we're doing in Ireland and thought I would share, as just an example of one of the things we are doing.

As I write this, we have a team of staff and faculty conducting auditions and interviews in Russia and as always, we're planning ahead for the upcoming year of events around the world.

Here's a few key links that might be helpful for you if you're interested in "things International" at Berklee:

Admissions for International Students: http://www.berklee.edu/admissions/international/default.html

International Programs: http://www.berklee.edu/international/

Berklee in Valencia - our plans for a new campus in Spain: http://www.berkleevalencia.org/en/

Our Internet Radio Station "The Birn", that includes an international channel: http://www.thebirn.com/

Enjoy,

Mark Campbell
Vice-President for Enrollment
Berklee College of Music