At one point in our conversation Kip Winger refers to himself as \u201ca rock guy who had some hits in the \u201980s.\u201d Though this is a somewhat<\/i> accurate description, Kip Winger is also a rock guy who just received a Grammy nomination \u2026 for Best Contemporary Classical Composition! If you are the type of person who only knows of Winger as the aforementioned rock guy, his classical nomination may come as a surprise, but he has wanted to make classical music since he was a teenager, and he credits Berklee Online with helping him get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI always wanted to further my education and I was trying to find ways to do it online because I’m always on the road,\u201d Winger says, \u201cso Berklee Online was the only<\/i> place that gave me what I would consider to be legitimate music courses that I could take online and really get something out of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Though Kip Winger<\/a> came into his Berklee courses having already composed a successful piece for the San Francisco Ballet, he credits one of his professors at Berklee Online, Ben Newhouse, with opening new ways of thinking about music.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI did learn a lot from Ben, especially about composing for Film and TV,\u201d says Winger, who went on to earn a certificate in Orchestration for Film and TV<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winger is generous with crediting others for his success. The work that is nominated for a Grammy, Conversations with Nijinsky<\/i>, he says he couldn\u2019t have done without the help of Martin West, musical director and principal conductor of the San Francisco Ballet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n