Berkleemusic Becomes the World's Largest Online Music College.With over 11,000 students online, a diverse worldwide student body and record enrollment, all indications are that musicians are gravitating towards online study with Berklee BOSTON -- Berkleemusic.com, the online extension school of Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts, with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. It has an enrollment of approximately 3,900 students and a 2004 faculty of approximately 430. , today announced that is has become the world's largest online music college. Over the past four years, Berkleemusic has taught over 11,000 students online and will teach another 6,000 this year alone, making it the largest online music school in the world. In addition, Berkleemusic has over 100,000 registered members involved in its online community. Berkleemusic's online curriculum boasts over 85 award-winning accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. online courses and certificate programs taught by 120 of the college's world-renowned faculty in music production, guitar, music theory and harmony, music business and songwriting. Among the many online students studying with Berkleemusic this year were Scott Underwood Scott Underwood is the drummer in the Grammy Award-winning band Train. Filmography "The View" Himself "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" Musician Guest "The Sharon Osbourne Show" Himself , from the Grammy award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. winning band Train, Barry Kerch from the national touring act Shinedown, Danny Weinkauf from They Might Be Giants, and Kristen Henderson Kristen Henderson is the rhythm guitarist for the band Antigone Rising. She and her sister Cathy formed the band in the late 1980s. Early life Kristen grew up in Long Island with her older sister Cathy and their brother. from Antigone Rising Antigone Rising is an all-women rock band with members from New Jersey and Long Island, New York, USA. Their music is influenced by classic rock from the 1970s such as Led Zeppelin, mixed with pop overtones and at times folk and country elements. . "The Berkleemusic online courses went above and beyond my expectations," says Ms. Henderson. Berkleemusic will also be offering online scholarships named after Phil Ramone, Paul Simon, Juan Luis Guerra Juan Luis Guerra (born June 7, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is one of the most internationally recognized Dominican singer/songwriters. His pop style of merengue and bolero and Afro-pop/Latin fusion have garnered him considerable success outside the Dominican Republic. , Herbie Hancock, Bill Cosby, Gloria Estefan, Gary Burton, Michel Camilo, Steve Vai, Alf Clausen, Tom Snow, Patty Larkin, BT, and Mark Mothersbough. "In four short years, we have built one of the largest music schools on the planet, and our mission is aligned with the general trend in the music industry of everything going online," says David Kusek, Vice President at Berklee. The next semester starts the week of January 8th, 2007. About Berkleemusic.com Berkleemusic.com is Berklee's online music school, delivering online access to world-renowned music faculty, educational concepts and time-tested curriculum previously available only to on-campus students. Berkleemusic.com expands music education opportunities beyond the campus experience using the newest methods, media and technologies. Berkleemusic.com is the first online music school seamlessly combining education and career development to give musicians, educators and music industry professionals a one-stop destination for all their learning, career and networking needs. |
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