{"id":15513,"date":"2021-05-01T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T14:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=15513"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:12:53","slug":"songwriting-masters-degree-program-announcement-berklee-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/songwriting-masters-degree-program-announcement-berklee-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Berklee Online Announces Songwriting Master\u2019s Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-new-online-master-s-program-for-writing-commercial-songs-with-professional-technique\">A New Online Master\u2019s Program for Writing Commercial Songs with Professional Technique<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonnie Hayes wants you to throw out the idea that songwriting can only be done when inspiration hits. Hayes is the director of Berklee Online\u2019s new Master of Arts in Songwriting degree program, and has designed the project-based curriculum to prepare students to write marketable songs at a moment\u2019s notice to meet the needs of the current commercial music industry. Berklee Online has just begun accepting applications for the year-long graduate program, which is taught entirely online and begins in June.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you want to make money from songwriting, you have to be able to do it on-demand, which means you\u2019ve got to learn how to curate and to save your ideas, to organize your ideas, to develop them, to do revisions,\u201d says Hayes. \u201cOne main reason that I teach songwriting is that you need to have skills for when you run out of inspiration. That takes technique and there\u2019s nobody else that teaches technique like we do.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hayes, who has also been the Songwriting Chair at Berklee College of Music since 2013, has more than 35 years of experience as a songwriter and has written hit songs for Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Bette Midler, David Crosby, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/music-degrees\/graduate\/songwriting?pid=8023&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-promotion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"APPLY TO THE BERKLEE ONLINE SONGWRITING GRAD PROGRAM (opens in a new tab)\">APPLY TO THE BERKLEE ONLINE SONGWRITING GRAD PROGRAM<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are so fortunate that Bonnie Hayes, Berklee\u2019s Songwriting Chair and an acclaimed hit songwriter herself, designed the program and will be the program director,\u201d says Berklee Online CEO Debbie Cavalier. \u201cShe knows firsthand what it takes to be artistically and commercially successful as a songwriter and has built that into this unique curriculum.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Hayes\u2019 leadership and instruction, the program will also include familiar Berklee songwriting faculty and some of the strongest songwriters in the industry, including Bleu McAuley, who has written songs for Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and more; Rodney Alejandro, who has collaborated with Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Eric Clapton, Destiny\u2019s Child, Diana Ross, and more.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/podcast-episode-031-songwriter-bonnie-hayes-on-sexism-drugs-and-rock-n-roll?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Hear Bonnie Hayes on the Music is My Life Podcast<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the tremendous expertise from our songwriting faculty and from industry professionals, we have created a deeply holistic and engaging program that merges songwriting with the necessary business, production, and collaboration skills,\u201d says Carin Nuernberg, Vice President of Academic Strategy at Berklee Online. \u201cThis program will empower students to enhance and sustain their creative and career opportunities in a fast-moving music industry.\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the program have the option to choose their career focus, whether it\u2019s as a performing songwriter, topline collaborating songwriter, songwriter\/producer, vocal arranger\/producer, sync and licensing expert, or songwriter for musical theater or various niche markets. The program will then help students produce a body of work that they can carry into their career, which Berklee\u2019s campus students have done to great success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some songwriters to come out of Berklee\u2019s campus program include Amy Allen, who has collaborated with artists such as Harry Styles, Halsey, Shawn Mendes, and Camila Cabello; Hillary Reynolds of Little Big Town; and Justin Tranter, who has written songs for Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bonnie_hayes_BH_Shervin_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16401\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>When discussing some of the great acts who learned songwriting through the Berklee curriculum, Hayes is quick to note the work of the Americana trio Lula Wiles.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLula Wiles wrote their first two records essentially at Berklee,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat\u2019s great about studying songwriting at Berklee is you can learn all those techniques, you can write the material for your first two to three records, you can actually find a producer or learn how to produce yourself, and you can make connections that\u2019ll help you get it out there into the world.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/salem-ilese-and-berklees-bonnie-hayes-on-viral-tiktok-hit-mad-at-disney?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Read about Bonnie Hayes and her songwriting student Salem Ilese (\u201cMad at Disney\u201d)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of Berklee Online\u2019s graduate programs (including the <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/music-degrees\/graduate\/music-production?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Master of Music in Music Production<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/music-degrees\/graduate\/music-business?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\">Master of Arts in Music Business<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/music-degrees\/graduate\/film-scoring?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\">Master of Music in Film Scoring<\/a> programs) consist of 12 courses (36 credits) that can be completed within one year, and at a fraction of the cost of a campus degree. In keeping pace with the same flexibility that Berklee Online is known for, students have the option to start in any term during the academic year and will interact directly with their instructors, advisors, and student cohort through the learning management system.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou cannot have a career as a songwriter unless you write songs that strangers will pay money to hear,\u201d says Hayes. \u201cMost of the master\u2019s degrees out there are more like an MFA in poetry or fiction writing, where you\u2019re really working on developing your craft and your technique. And there is a lot of craft and technique involved in our program, but more involved in writing for commercial purposes: writing for other artists to cover or trying to get a record deal. We\u2019re shooting at that level instead of the \u2018write songs because you love it\u2019 level. Plus you get college credit for writing songs, lots and lots of songs. Who wouldn\u2019t want that?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/music-degrees\/graduate\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Learn more about Berklee Online\u2019s Master of Arts in Songwriting program. <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonnie Hayes wants you to throw out the idea that songwriting can only be done when inspiration hits. 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