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Frank Louis’s Year of ‘Yes’: A Major League Collaboration with Berklee’s Katie Day

Frank Louis was ready to leave music behind—until Katie Day’s Berklee Online class helped him discover a new path in advertising music. One year later, his work is featured in a national MLB campaign. Now he’s finishing his bachelor’s degree, running his own company, and inspiring others to say “yes” to unexpected opportunities.

The logo for the Bandle music quiz app is shown on a smartphone. The logo is a red guitar against a maroon B, with a lighter tan background.

Bandle Creator Johann Levy on the Music Quiz 100K Daily Players Love

What started as one man’s side project is now a global daily ritual for more than 100,000 music fans. Bandle, the audio-based song-guessing game, thrives on its handmade feel and indie charm. Creator Johann Levy shares how machine learning, Reddit friends, and a loyal community helped the game grow.

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Composer Mahmoud Abuwarda’s ‘Dream of a Quiet Sky’ and a Life of Music

Mahmoud Abuwarda reflects on his unwavering pursuit of music, from living amid war with limited access to music education, to becoming an accomplished classical guitarist, music teacher, and now a composer whose pieces are premiering around the world.

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Register for the Next Berklee Online Live Q&A

Have a question? Register for the next Berklee Online live Q&A, and meet the folks who advise, teach, and lead at the world’s largest online music college.

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Do Re Mi and You: Ear Training with Sol-Fa

What if hearing melodies was as natural as speaking your native language? Through the SolFa method, you can train your ears to understand music with clarity and confidence. Roberta Radley, author of Ear Training Fundamentals, breaks down this powerful technique and shows how singing with solfège helps you not only recognize notes, but feel the purpose behind them.

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Berklee Online Master’s Alumni Honored with 2025 Music Production Awards

For the fifth consecutive year, Enrique Gonzalez Müller has partnered with iZotope, Slate Digital, and Sweetwater Sound to award six outstanding alumni from Berklee Online’s master’s in music production program: Merrily James, Jerold Jerry, Canita Rogers, Todd Urban, Andrew Veres, and Dean Vitale. 

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Vivian Aguiar-Buff on Hans Zimmer, DreamWorks, and Her Emmy Win

What do Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, and Gabby’s Dollhouse have in common? Emmy-winning music supervisor Vivian Aguiar-Buff helped shape their sound. In this deep-dive interview, the Music Supervision and Film Scoring instructor reflects on her path from law school dropout to Remote Control Productions, the secrets behind music supervision, and why being part of a creative team means leaving your ego at the door.

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Empowering Young Musicians: The New IBCP Partnership with Berklee Online

The International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) is quietly transforming high school education worldwide by giving students a head start in their chosen careers—and now, thanks to a new partnership with Berklee Online, it’s poised to make waves in music education too.

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Live Sound Engineering: What You Need to Start

In this excerpt from Live Event Sound Engineering and Concert Production 101, Toby Francis explores how signal flow, speaker systems, and safety protocols all contribute to producing great sound at live events.

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Artist Manager at 20: How I Got Started in the Music Industry

By Ale Gil

Artist manager Ale Gil shares her experiences managing emerging pop artists, depicting struggles and accomplishments that have made her grow as an industry professional.