New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Berklee College of
Music is expanding its Spanish program, Berklee Latino, to Bogota, Colombia, October 6-10. Students will enhance their skills in three main areas of study: composition, performance, and productions. Berklee
Latino is led by two Grammy Award-winning artists, Executive
Director Javier Limón, and Academic
Director Oscar Stagnaro.
Berklee
Latino explores the essence of Latin music and teaches young musicians the basic tools to take their music to the next level. Participants can also delve into topics such as recording, editing, mixing, and mastering, as well as analyzing the lyrics of Spanish songs to understand how a masterpiece is constructed in this language.
Students will also interact with guest artists, participate in jam sessions, and perform a live concert to conclude the program in which they will showcase the skills they learned. Berklee
Latino is designed for young musicians above the age of 15 with at least 6 months of music experience.
Musicians interested in attending Berklee
Latino in Bogota, Colombia, can apply at berklee.edu/latino starting
September 8, 2014. Applications for Berklee
Latino in Mexico City, January 7-12, 2015, will open in early October at the same link.
"The music industry in Latin
America is growing and gaining momentum. The talent coming out of the region is great and we are excited to provide this opportunity to students in Latin
America to learn the Berklee method in their own language," say Guillermo Cisneros, Vice President for Global Initiatives at Berklee and Executive
Director for the Berklee
Latino program.
"The program will be taught by Berklee professors sent specifically for this program at Universidad del Bosque; an institution which, with its quality and prestige, lays down and excellent framework for our program," said Stagnaro. "We also have the support of EMMAT, who is a member of the Berklee International Network, and thus shares our methods and work philosophy."
Colombia is the second site chosen to develop this innovative program, which first took place in Mexico City in January, 2014. The program returns to Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, January 7-12, 2015, after a successful debut which included visiting artists including Armando Manzanero, Alejandro Sanz, and Tania Libertad.
"I can't wait to meet our students in Colombia after the great program we had in Mexico," said Limón. "Working with such talented young musicians is always a source of inspiration."
Berklee College of
Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than 65 years, the college has evolved to reflect the current state of the music industry, leading the way with baccalaureate studies in performance, music business/management, songwriting, music therapy, film scoring, and more. With a focus on global learning, Berklee in Valencia, a new campus in Spain, is hosting the college's first graduate programs, while Berklee Online serves distance learners worldwide with extension classes and degree-granting programs. The Berklee City
Music Network provides after-school programming for underserved teens in 45 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. With a student body representing nearly 100 countries and alumni and faculty that have won more than 310 Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow.
