Pass the Mic: A Berklee Alumni Podcast BerkleeAlumni

In this episode, you will meet the Alumni Affairs team! We are thrilled to speak with members of the alumni community, and love it when you reach out to us. Email alumniaffairs@berklee.edu with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions.

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Digial Engagement Team
Padriac Farma, Associate Director, Digital EngagementJaquel Eley, Assistant Director, Digital EngagementBoston Office
Joe Dreeszen, Senior Director, Alumni Affairs and Annual GivingGeorgia Lipari (BFA ’18, dance), Project ManagerWest Coast Team
Dāna James ’09, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs in Los AngelesZack Lucia ’14, Assistant Director of Systems and EngagementEast Coast Regions
Colleen Glenney ’01, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs
Song: Sail Away by Joe Hicks ’13

In this episode Padriac was very excited to use the term, "mixed bag." He wasn't wrong, however. We hear from alumni who attended the LA Brunch, we talk about the podcast's origin story, and we hear one of Jaquel's very first podcast interviews with the talented and business savvy BoCo alumna, Karen Peterson Corash (B.F.A. '76, dance). To cap it off, we are played out by singer-songwriter Sarah Eide ’11.

Our students and faculty are pushing the limits of music, dance, and theater all over the world, and with your support, their artistry and ingenuity will see no end. We invite you to explore some of Berklee’s current philanthropic priorities and learn about our schools and campuses in Boston and beyond. To learn more, visit berklee.edu/giving

In this episode, we speak with the Black Scholars Initiative (BSI) alumni panelists Therlande Louissaint, Abria Smith, and Jaymz Hardy-Martin III. We learn about the evolution of holistic education and we make some friends along the way!

To support programs like the Black Scholars Initiative, please visit berklee.edu/giving

In this episode Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumnus Quinton Morris (M.M. '04, violin) talks about his academic career as both student and educator, his search for nuturing in music, and the work ethic he found to create success.
We also say goodbye to Bill Belichick, and kick off 2024.
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Seth Saltzman is the senior vice president of Global Services at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), where he has worked in a variety of roles since 1984. He has extensive experience working with writers and publishers on issues related to music licensing, copyrights, royalties, and other matters.
ASCAP is a membership association of more than 640,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters, and music publishers.
Saltzman graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1981, majoring in piano and film scoring, and continues to work as a professional musician. He has conducted and played piano for hundreds of musical theater productions in New York and New Jersey. He also regularly presents musical lectures on Broadway and Hollywood composers.
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In this episode alumni Isaac Matus ’18, Jeremy Bosh ’12, and Nella Rojas ’15 visited the SOMOS Latinx pre-orientation program, and took some time to sit down with former Alumni Affairs staff member, Magdalena Abrego ’2016.
Also in this episode we learn about SOMOS Latinx from Berklee staff member Ty-Juana Flores, and fire off some rapid questions with student employees Luis and Denny.
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