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Berklee College of Music Berklee is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world

Berklee Alumni Alumni have won a total of 205GRAMMY Awards (Quincy Jones, AllanSilvestri, Gary Burton, Howard Shore,Esperanza Spalding, Juan Luis Guerra, etc.)

Mission To educate, train, and developstudents to excel in music as a career

Philosophy That musicianship can be taught through themusic of the time; and our students needpractical, professional skills for successful,sustainable music careers

Berklee College of Music Valencia Campus (SPAIN)

Berklee opens its first campus outside of Boston, in Valencia, with a unique curriculum, offering 6 new master’s degrees.

With Valencia, the college offers a new way for musicians around the world to join the global music community - as performers, as practitioners, and as leaders.

Why Spain?Access to three distinct musical cultures

European, Latin American, North African, Middle Eastern

Latin AmericaHighly influential in Latin music industry. Common usage of the Spanish language

EuropeSpain is a member state of the European Union

North Africa and Middle EastExposed to many different cultures and history

Strongly connected with three geopolitical areas, cultures and music traditions

Why Valencia?CityValencia is the third largest city in Spain. Located right on the Mediterranean coast, Valencia is a wonderfully vibrant, colorful and modern Europen city

CapitalSpain has the fastest trains in Europe and is now only 96 minutes from Madrid

MusicValencia has a strong musical symphonic band tradition. The Valencia Musical Association has 200,00 members, 40,000 musicians and 60,000 students. 50% of Spain’s musicians live in Valencia

LifeValencia has a great mix of international and cosmopolitan students who choose Valencia to study and work

AirportValencia Airport connects to a large number of European and international cities with regular and low cost airlines

Berklee in Valencia

Master’s degrees 1 year program

Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games (September 2012)

Contemporary Studio Performance (September 2012)

Global Entertainment and Music Business (September 2012)

Electronic Production and Design (Upcoming Program)

Contemporary Writing and Production (Upcoming Program)

Symphonic Band Studies (Upcoming Program)

Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games

Master the art and craft of composing, orchestrating, editing, andintegrating music for film, television, and video games

Career Paths: film composer, orchestrator, music supervisor, filmconductor, copyist

Course Trip to Boston and L.A. (optional)

Internships: Fox, Warner, Disney, Sony, Electronic Arts

Follow in the footsteps of such brilliant composers like Allan Silvestr(Back to the Future), Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings), Alf Clausen(The Simpsons) went to Berklee

Electronic Production and Design

Develop the techniques to create, manipulate, and mix all sonicelements used in electronic music and sound design

Career Paths: Sound Designer, Interactive Multimedia Specialist,Soundware Engineer, Digital Audio Editor, Product Representative

Internships: Sónar, Ableton, AVID, Korg, Yamaha

Past Graduates include the developer of Apple Mainstage program

Contemporary Studio Performance

Hone your concert performance skills in a variety of styles, learn tomaster the unique demands performers face in a 21st centurystudio, develop strategies for producing and marketing theirperformance projects

Career Paths: Concert artist, studio musician, producer, songwriter,music entrepreneur Internships: Loolapalooza, Rock in Rio, Sónar, FIB, Live Nation

Great artists such as Steve Vai, Gary Burton, John Mayer, DianaKrall, Esperanza Spalding went to Berklee

Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games

Electronic Production and Design

Global Entertainment and Music Business

Learn the concepts and methods to meet the artistic managementand entrepreneurial challenges of music and digital media in thecontemporary international entertainment industry

Career Paths: Artist ManagementConcert Promoter, Music Publishing, E-distribution, Music Supervision. Music or Technology entrepreneur

Internships: Spotify, Live Nation, FIB, Sony, MIDEM, Universal,

Very important people from the Music Industry like Quincy Jones,Panas Panoy (Sonicbids), Gerd Leonhard (The Media Futurist)went to Berklee

Contemporary Writing and Production

This intensive degree prepares you to write and produce music forlive performance, studio recording, and a variety of current media

Career Paths: Advertising music for radio, television, and newmedia, interactive music for the web and video games, arrangingand production for artists’ live performance, recorded production

Internships: Sony, TVE, Spotify, Shackelton.

Symphonic Band Studies

In this program, you’ll focus on concert (symphonic) bands intoday’s music industry, with the goal of advancing as aprofessional conductor, composer, arranger, or historian

Career Paths: conductor, arranger, composer, or musichistorian

Strong musical symphonic band tradition. More than 560 symphonic bands in Valencia. The Valencia Musical Society has 200,00 members, 40,000 musicians and 60,000 students. 50% of Spain’s musicians are in Valencia

Largest number of wind musicians per/capita in Europe

Ideal Candidates

We seek focused, motivated, creative candidates with excellent academic and/or professional backgrounds who can contribute with skills that willbenefit the program

Admissions Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent credentials) • Complete Application• Application fee of 120 euros• Statement of purpose • Portfolio • Resume/curriculum vitae.• Two letters of recommendation• Official copy of transcripts from all institutions attended• English certificate of a standardized test (TOEFL, Cambridge, IELTS, Pearson)

Important Deadlines

• Application deadline: March 31, 2012

• Interview: By April 30, 2012

• Acceptance notification: May 31, 2012

Visa Requirements

Non EU citizens must obtain a student visa to study in Spain. Some students may also be required to obtain a residence permit once in Spain.

Facilities

Facilities

• Located in the City of Arts and Sciences • 38.000 sq ft • Classrooms• Ensemble rooms• Practice rooms• Music Technology Complex • Library• Internet 2 connection• Cafeteria & Restaurant• Parking• Sala Martin i Soler (400 seats)• Main Auditorium (1.500 seats)

The state-of-the-art Berklee in Valencia music technology complex will include a professional-quality recording studio, a flexible black box performance/presentation space, four project production studios, and two technology labs. The recording studio, black box, and project production studios are designed by world-renowned acoustical design consultants, Walters-Storyk Design Group in collaboration with chairs, deans, and technology lab staff from Berklee College of Music

Walters-Storyk Design Group has designed studios for: Alicia Keys, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, Daddy Yankee, Def-Jam Records, ESPN, Jay-Z, Jazz at Lincoln Center, MTV Latin America, to name a few. Every aspect of the technology facilities is geared toward preparing students to meet the challenges of the evolving music industry environment

Music Technology Complex

Acoustic Design by Walters-Storyk Design Group

Recording Studio The recording studio is a 126-square-meter facility (1,360 sq. ft.) that includes a live room of about 80 square meters (860 sq. ft.) with high ceilings and a wall and floor with variable surfaces for diverse acoustical configurations and two iso-overdub booths, a control room of 46 sq. m. (500 sq. ft.), and an isolated machine room. The control room configuration supports the teaching of classes

Black BoxThe Black Box of 109 square meters (1,170 sq. ft.) will be one of the most versatile and technologically advanced performance and presentation spaces in Europe, and perhaps the world. It will feature an open and flexible performance and presentation area that can be used for a variety of activities, including ensemble performances, recitals, rehearsals, classes, visiting artist presentations, multimedia installations, and audio/visual experiments

Project Production StudiosFour project production studios will enable students to develop, produce, design, and complete projects in advanced professional production facilities equipped with the latest hardware and software. Featuring excellent acoustics and sound isolation, the production studios range in size from 12.5 square meters (135 sq. ft.) to 18.5 square meters (200 sq. ft.). Each of the production studios is linked to an iso-overdub space that expands the working area and supports supplemental recording with microphones

Technology LabsThe two technology labs serve as classrooms for the teaching of technology-based music and global entertainment and music business courses, as well as laboratory spaces that provide students with hands-on access to professional music technology and music business equipment and software. These tools and resources, in conjunction with each student’s own required Berklee in Valencia laptop computer package, allow students to advance their skills and complete course work

Mission: To provide expert guidance, leading-edge resources and professional development experiences to students.

The ICC staff provides one-on-one career guidance to help students:-Explore music career options-Develop clear future goals-Support the self-assessment process-Clarify the interest inventory values-Develop CV´s, cover letter, press kit, and portfolios-Personal branding and self promotion-Develop performance booking strategies etc.

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Why study at Berklee in Valencia?

-Highest level of education

-Top Professional Faculty

-State of the Art Facilities

-Highly selected student body

-Berklee Music Network

-International Career Center

-Industry Network

-Brand Recognition

-Mediterranean Music Institute

-Highest number of musicians per capita in Europe

FeesApplication Fee: 120 Euros

Tuition Fee: 24.500 Euros Tuition Deposit: 500 Euros

ScholarshipsLimited financial aid may be awarded to candidates demonstrating the highest qualifications for the master’s programs

All candidates that have successfully completed their application for a master’s program will automatically be considered for a Berklee scholarship

Housing

Accommodations for master’s degree students will be provided outside of the campus, both in dormitories and apartments.

Berklee has special agreements with the following residence halls:

• Resa/Damia Bonet (15 min walk)

• Galileo Galilei residence halls (15 min walk)

Housing

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Admissions Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent credentials) Complete ApplicationApplication fee of 120 eurosStatement of purpose PortfolioResume/curriculum vitaeTwo letters of recommendationOfficial copy of transcripts from all institutionsattendedCertificates: TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge EnglishLanguage Exams,Pearson Test of English Academic

Important Deadlines

Application deadline: March 31, 2012.Interview: By April 30, 2012.Acceptance notification: May 31, 2012.

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