Mahmoud Abuwarda playing guitar

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.

An animation of a piano keyboard is shown, with the solfege notes on each key representing a scale in the key of C.

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.

A recording microphone with an electronic keyboard and a computer monitor with a DAW program on the screen in the background.

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. 

A teenage musician wears headphones and sits with a guitar in her lap in front of a computer with a MIDI keyboard.

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.

A live sound engineer is pictured behind a mixing board in a lively rock club with orange spotlights shining on the stage, making sure every noise coming from the stage is properly amplified, and sounds good to the audience.

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.

Ale Gil is pictured backstage at a show of one of the artists she manages.

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.

Mike Henderson (a.k.a. DJ ENDO) focuses on his console while DJing a club.

DJ ENDO: From Berklee to Ibiza and Back with Traktor

By Ale Gil

ENDO went from college radio to Ibiza’s biggest clubs, collaborating with legends and teaching his Learn to DJ with Traktor course along the way.

David Mash, a Berklee Online course author and the former senior vice president of innovation, strategy, and technology for Berklee College of Music, stands against a white background, embracing one of the guitars he used to record his new album, titled Back to My Roots.

‘Back to My Roots’: David Mash Returns to Guitar After 50 Years

After losing the use of his hand in the 1970s, David Mash thought he’d never play guitar again. Nearly 50 years later, the Berklee innovator—and co-author of the Music Production 101 course—returns to his roots with a new guitar-centered album, as well as a story of resilience, reinvention, and creative legacy.

Rodney Alejandro sitting in a chair with a black shirt and gray background.

Rodney Alejandro on Touring with the Script, Topline Songwriting, and Putting in the Work

Berklee’s Songwriting Chair Rodney Alejandro reflects on his career and offers hard-earned wisdom for anyone looking to make their mark in music.

Thomas Thunder playing drums

Berklee Online Student Thomas Thunder on Pursuing His Degree at 17

Thomas Ferreira, a 17-year-old drummer whose artist name is Thomas Thunder, talks about his accelerated musical journey, from graduating high school early and studying at Berklee Online, to collaborating with rock legends from the supergroup Sons of Apollo—and he’s just getting started.