Visiting Artist Events

Performers, engineers, and music business professionals are among the industry experts who visit Berklee to offer clinics and master classes about the business and art of making, recording, promoting, and composing music. Often only open to the college community, these visits are opportunities for Berklee students and faculty to get an intimate and inside perspective of the industry.

 Visiting artist events are not open to the public. Log in with your OnePass to see a list of upcoming events.

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Opera Innovators Series: Karen Slack in Recital
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee proudly presents Grammy Award–winning soprano Karen Slack for an intimate evening of song.

Admission
FREE
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Guest Artist: Dan Lippel, Classical Guitar
Houston Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 1
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Guitarist Dan Lippel presents a concert of contemporary works for classical guitar.

Admission
FREE
The Rhythm Method String Quartet

The Rhythm Method String Quartet

Image courtesy of the artist

PWMTD Visiting Artists: The Rhythm Method String Quartet in Residence at Berklee
Red Room at Cafe 939
939 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02115
United States
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The Rhythm Method String Quartet performs as part of their residency in the Professional Writing and Music Technology Division.

Admission
Free
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Guest Artist: Master Class in Japanese Art Song with Sahoko Timpone
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Vocal Arts Department proudly presents a master class on Japanese art song led by Japanese American mezzo-soprano Dr. Sahoko Timpone.

Admission
FREE
Lara Pellegrinelli

Lara Pellegrinelli

Image courtesy of Lara Pellegrinelli

Jazz and Gender Justice Presents: Jazz Counts with researcher Lara Pellegrinelli
Berk Recital Hall (1A)
1140 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Terri Lyne Carrington, founder of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice (JGJ), and JGJ scholar-in-residence Lara Pellegrinelli discuss the research behind the Jazz Counts study. 
 

Admission
Free
Pianist Eric Lu sits with his hands folded
Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Eric Lu in Recital
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Eric Lu was catapulted into piano stardom by winning the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. In this Piano Masters Series recital, he will play Schumann’s Arabeske, Schubert’s Four Impromptus, D.935, and Chopin’s Sonata No. 3.

Admission
FREE
Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Eric Lu Master Class
Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Eric Lu Master Class
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Acclaimed pianist Eric Lu presents a master class, working with three Boston Conservatory at Berklee piano students. This event is free and open to the public.

Admission
FREE
Lamnth, a violin and cimbalom duo, founded in 2023. A woman stands behind a man sitting on a red couch.
Guest Artist: Lamnth Performs the Music of Marti Epstein
Studio 401
31 Hemenway Street, Floor 4—Studio 401
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Guest ensemble Lamnth (Lilit Hartunian, violin, and Nicholas Tolle, cimbalom) presents a program of music by Boston Conservatory faculty member Marti Epstein.

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Opera Innovators Series: Master Class with Melanie Bacaling
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee is proud to welcome back alum and opera director Melanie Bacaling (MM '15) for a master class.

Admission
FREE
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Sparks & Wiry Cries SongSlam Competition, Hosted by Ricky Ian Gordon
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee, in collaboration with Sparks & Wiry Cries, presents an evening of newly composed art song at this unique concert and competition, hosted by composer Ricky Ian Gordon.

Admission
FREE

Past Visiting Artist Events

karen slack singer
Master Class with Karen Slack, Soprano
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee proudly welcomes back to campus American soprano Karen Slack for a vocal arts master class.

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Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Guest Residency: Lecture and Master Class
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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The graduate vocal pedagogy program will be joined by an esteemed guest for a lecture and master class.

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Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Guest Residency: Master Class
Houston Hall—8 Fenway, Floor 1

The graduate vocal pedagogy program will be joined by an esteemed guest for a master class.

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Opera Innovators Series: Master Class with Maestro Riccardo Frizza
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Vocal Arts Department presents a master class led by Maestro Riccardo Frizza, one of the leading Italian conductors of his generation.

Dinara Klinton, a woman with long black hair and in a blue glitter dress, is holding her hands up with palms facing the camera, pressed against a clear glass wall, and looking up to the sky.
Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Dinara Klinton Master Class
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Piano Masters Series guest artist Dinara Klinton presents a master class to Boston Conservatory students. This event is free and open to the public.

Dinara Klinton
Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Dinara Klinton in Recital
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Since winning the Busoni Competition at age 18, Ukrainian pianist Dinara Klinton has established herself as an exciting virtuoso. Her Boston debut recital will consist of piano fantasies by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, and Scriabin.

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Artistry in Action: String Masters Series—Leland Ko, Cello, and Adria Ye, Piano
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Cellist Leland Ko is a first-prize winner of the Concours Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Concert Artists Guild Louis and Susan Meisel Competition, and the Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition. Ko will be joined by pianist Adria Ye in a program of works by Bach, Boulanger, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, and Fauré.

Photo of members of the Hinge Ensemble
Hinge Quartet: BRIGHT
Studio 106
132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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Hinge Quartet presents BRIGHT. This energetic program includes music by Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Caroline Mallonee, and John Mayrose alongside Louis Andriessen’s modern warhorse “Hout” and Klaus Lang’s engulfing “bright darkness (night).”

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Opera Innovators Series: Master Class with Norman Garrett, Baritone
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee welcomes acclaimed baritone Norman Garrett for a master class, as part of the Opera Innovators Series.

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Guest Artist: Lamnth Presents Mischa Salkind-Pearl’s Album Release Party
Seully Hall
8 Fenway, Floor 4
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Guest ensemble Lamnth (Lilit Hartunian, violin, and Nicholas Tolle, cimbalom) presents an album release concert of music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, chair of composition, contemporary music, and core studies.