Cindy Shea of Mariachi Divas wears a black jacket, a flower in her hair, and blows on her trumpet.

Cindy Shea: Grammy-Winning Mariachi Breaks Barriers and Redefines Music Education

By Ale Gil

Grammy-winning artist (and Berklee Online student) Cindy Shea breaks barriers in Latin music by founding the band Mariachi Divas, fostering innovation and resilience.

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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.

A student taking a Spanish-language music production course wears headphones and plays a guitar, sitting in front of a microphone and appears to be focused on recording music.

Spanish-Language Music Production Course Debuts at Berklee Online

Berklee Online is breaking language barriers with its first Spanish-language course, a brand new version of the popular Music Production Fundamentals for Songwriters course. The course adapts instruction for Spanish-speaking musicians, making music production education easier to access and culturally relevant. Rodney Alejandro, one of the leaders shaping the course, shares why production is the perfect starting point for this new audience.

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Newsweek Ranks Berklee Online on List of America’s Top Online Schools 2026

Berklee Online is a chart-topping college! When it comes to online education, Berklee Online reached the No. 15 spot on Newsweek and Statista’s 2026 list of America’s Top Online Schools.

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Shayna Steele on Broadway, Solo LPs, Singing Backup, and Her Berklee Degree

Singer-songwriter Shayna Steele discusses her storied music career (singing backup with Rihanna and Taylor Swift as well as starring in Hairspray and Rent) and studying at Berklee Online with friends Jordan Ballard and Kamilah Marshall.

Enrique Gonzalez Müller sits against a gray background, wearing a black shirt and black pants. His beard is long and gray.

Enrique Gonzalez Müller on Tina Turner, Dave Matthews, and Studio Lessons That Stick

Latin Grammy–winning producer and engineer Enrique Gonzalez Müller shares formative stories from studio experiences with artists like Tina Turner, Dave Matthews, and Nine Inch Nails. He also reflects on curiosity as a creative engine, his full-circle collaborations in Venezuela, and how those experiences shape the way he teaches music production with Berklee Online.

Owen Gurry sits against a gray background, wearing a black sweater with heart patterns. He has tattoos on both arms.

From ‘Blade Runner’ to Berklee Online: Owen Gurry’s Path to Film and TV Scoring

Owen Gurry went from rural Wales to working on Blade Runner 2049 and Netflix series, all while completing his Berklee Online degree. In this conversation, the guitarist and composer talks about returning to finish what he started and how online study fit into an already full creative life.

Andrea Pejrolo sits in front of a desk with various electronic devices and musical instruments, including two iPads, which are significant to him because he teaches the Music Writing and Production with the iPad course at Berklee Online.

5 Surprising Benefits of Producing Music on an iPad

By Ale Gil

What happens when Apple’s iPad becomes as powerful as a MacBook? Dr. Andrea Pejrolo dives into iOS26 and reveals how it’s reshaping his Music Writing and Production with the iPad course, and music production itself!

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Students You’ll Meet at Berklee Online

With a global student population, all seeking flexibility in their music studies and a desire to learn from anywhere, Berklee Online offers unique networking and collaboration you can’t find anywhere else. Learn about the kinds of students you’ll meet at Berklee Online.

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Artist Manager Ardie Farhadieh on Looking for Passion Above All Else

Ardie Farhadieh has learned his fair share of lessons in the music industry, and he’s sharing them all in his new Artist Management course at Berklee Online. In this Q&A, he tells us about what you’ll learn in his course, his background as a classically-trained violinist, what he looks for in new talent, and his approach to helping artists build sustainable careers.