Developing Your Artistry

Author

Dr. Camille Colatosti serves as Provost at Interlochen Center for the Arts, where she leads education and student affairs programming for the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Interlochen Arts Camp, and the Interlochen College for Creative Arts. Prior to her appointment at Interlochen, she served as Dean for Institutional Research and Assessment/Graduate Studies at Berklee College of Music. There, she led master’s education, and directed the college’s accreditation, institutional assessment, program review and continuous improvement initiatives. Camille has published numerous articles on education, women’s issues, and other social topics. She is the author of the books To Be an Artist: Musicians, Visual Artists, Writers, and Dancers Speak (2012) and Stopping Sexual Harassment (2002). Camille earned her Ph.D. and Master’s of Arts in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Instructor

Carolyn Wilkins is a Professor in the Ensemble Department at Berklee College of Music. She is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer and vocalist whose performance experience includes radio and television appearances with her group SpiritJazz, a concert tour of South America as a Jazz Ambassador for the US State Department, performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony as a percussionist under Andre Previn, and shows featuring Melba Moore, Nancy Wilson and the Fifth Dimension. Carolyn has performed at Boston's Regattabar, Scullers' Grille, the Globe Jazz Festival and the Many Colors of a Woman Jazz Festival.

Instructor

With a teaching career that spans over three decades, Ellen Francese has taught art and English to students of all ages. She holds a master’s degree from Simmons College. Since 2006, she has been at Berklee College of Music teaching English and Artistry classes. As Berklee’s international population has grown, she has more recently been supporting these students both inside and outside her English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. Ellen is also dedicated to developing programs for local and global citizenship at Berklee. Her service learning projects have taken place in Latino neighborhoods and teen lock-up facilities. Students have fulfilled their Act of Kindness Projects by giving music lessons to the homeless, performing concerts at nursing homes, writing music for nonprofit websites, cleaning up an old recording of an elderly musician’s music, and bringing an instrument petting zoo to immigrant preschoolers. She has received two Berklee Urban Service Awards for her commitment to fostering student social responsibility, the Dean’s Award for Teaching for Excellence, and the faculty-led Innovations in Teaching Grant. In addition to her work in Boston, Ellen has created global music programs for students in South Africa and Haiti. For two years, she ran an after-school Skype music program in South Africa, powered by Berklee students. For the last two years, she has been doing a similar program for orphans in Haiti. Last year, she received her second Urban Service Award. This year, she was awarded the Faculty-led Innovations in Teaching Grant. Through this, she has been able to support service learning projects in each division at Berklee as well as one at Boco to help teach social responsibility to the students.

Instructor

Professor Kenn Brass received his BFA and MFA from Governor’s State University located just outside of his native hometown, Chicago. Having served as chair and assistant chair of the Professional Music Department for 26 years from 1988 to 2014, he has now set his sights on the classroom.

Instructor

Jennifer Caraluzzi is a versatile vocalist, educator, and health and wellness professional. As a performer, she is an award-winning vocalist who has appeared with Opera Theatre St. Louis, White Snake Projects, Boston Opera Collaborative, and regularly sings with the Boston Pops. Known for her versatility across musical genres, Caraluzzi has sung the roles of Laurie in Oklahoma, Marty in Grease, Eliza in My Fair Lady, as well as standard operatic favorites like Cunegonde in Candide, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and more. Caraluzzi is featured in the title role on the critically acclaimed recording of Seymor Barab’s children’s opera, Little Red Riding Hood on Centaur Records.