A screenshot of the Berklee Online Ear Trainer VR game, which shows two mallets that are drumming a rhythm and the points earned for doing it correctly.

Berklee Online Brings Ear Training to Virtual Reality with New Game

Improving your musical ear doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Berklee Online’s new virtual reality (VR) Ear Trainer makes practicing rhythm, harmony, and scale degrees a fun and immersive experience.

A musician with colorful nail polish on their fingernails plays a professional keyboard rig in a live concert.

Keyboard Rigs for Live Performance: Choosing the Right Setup

Creating the perfect keyboard rig for live performances is all about matching your setup to the gig at hand, whether you’re playing a cozy club, a grand corporate event, or embarking on a nationwide tour. With the help of Adriana Balic (Berklee course author and keyboardist for P!nk), learn how to choose the right keyboard rig to ensure your performance is seamless and stress-free, no matter where you’re playing.

The keys of a piano or organ are shown, with candy canes, garland, and evergreens spreading onto the keyboard, to represent holiday music.

Christmas Music Favorites from Berklee Gospel Keyboard Instructors

Get into the Christmas spirit with Gospel Music for Keyboard instructors Dennis Montgomery III and Mark Copeland, as they break down must-play Christmas carols, favorite recordings, and the art of keeping congregations engaged.

Berklee Online graduate and composer Nathaniel Harder is pictured.

Nathaniel Harder Taps Berklee Online Classmates to Score ‘Thank You, Places!’ Soundtrack

By Ale Gil

After completing Berklee Online’s Film Scoring grad program, Nathaniel Harder turned to a reliable resource—the talented classmates he met in his courses—to score a 31-song soundtrack for the dark comedy Thank You, Places!

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Remembering Steve Morse

Steve Morse was a legendary music journalist, having served as the senior rock critic for the Boston Globe for three decades, and on the nominating committee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was also a Berklee Online instructor, who put all of his heart into his Rock History course. He passed away after a brief illness in October of 2024.

An image of BOB, the Berklee Online Bot, who is an animated red eighth note against a yellow background.

BOB’s Got Your Back: How Berklee Online’s New Chatbot is Changing Music Education

Music education and technology are constantly evolving together, and Berklee Online’s newest development, a chatbot named BOB, is a testament to that. And before you ask, BOB stands for Berklee Online Bot.

A person hugs a bass player.

Hug-a-Bassist Day: Embrace the Teachings of Berklee Online’s Bass Instructors

October 12 is Hug-a-Bassist Day, a little-known but much-needed celebration that honors those who lay down the low end. Celebrate by hugging a bassist, obviously, but also by getting to know Berklee Online’s four bass instructors—each as essential as the four strings on a standard bass guitar.

A group of instruments that a musician might use for music composition, including keyboard violin, horn, and clarinet.

Music Composition Major Unveiled at Berklee Online

Berklee Online is launching a new Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition degree, alongside three new minors: Music Production and Recording, Music Industry Entrepreneurship, and Film and Media Scoring.

A hand turning knobs on a sound board.

Berklee Online Master’s Alumni Receive 2024 Music Production Awards

For the fourth year running, Enrique Gonzalez Müller, director for Berklee Online’s Music Production master’s program, has partnered with iZotope, Slate Digital, and Sweetwater Sound to celebrate the accomplishments of six alumni. Check out their stories and the award-winning music they’re making!

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Lori Landay on Crafting Stories in a Digital World

Lori Landay’s new four-week Digital Storytelling course will guide students through the narrative process, from forming an initial concept and storyboarding, to filming and postproduction.