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Berklee College of Music

Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Established
1945
Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including rock, hip hop, reggae, salsa, heavy metal and bluegrass. Berklee alumni have won 310 Grammy Awards, more than any other college, and 108 Latin Grammy Awards. Other notable accolades for its alumni include 34 Emmy Awards, 7 Tony Awards, 8 Academy Awards and 3 Saturn Awards. Since 2012, Berklee College of Music has also operated a campus in Valencia, Spain. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory agreed to a merger. The combined institution is known as Berklee, with the conservatory becoming The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Former names Schillinger House, Berklee School of Music
Motto Esse quam videri (Latin)
Motto (English) To be, rather than to seem
Type Private music college
Established 1945
Academic affiliations Professional Arts Consortium
Endowment $338.8 million (2020)
President Roger H. Brown
Academic staff 522
Students 5,272
Campus Urban
Colors Red and gray
Mascot Mingus the Jazz Cat

Over Berklee College of Music

Private institution known for the study of jazz and modern American music which became the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.

Prestaties van Berklee College of Music

In 2015, the school agreed to a merger with the Boston Conservatory. The mascot of the school is Mingus the Jazz Cat. 

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