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Berklee Summer Programs offers activities in music performance, theater, dance, music production, songwriting, composition, music business, and music entrepreneurship. Students can take part in drumming, singing, music technology workshops, theory, harmony, songwriting methods, recording studio techniques, self-production, live music production, recording, editing, mixing, and laptop performance. The program also includes character development, acting, movement, voice, piano, keyboard, and Hammond organ performance, as well as composition and scoring, guitar, and harmony and ear training.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Price: Online summer courses tuition: $1,575. Online: Music Production Fundamentals for Songwriters tuition: $1,275.
Berklee Summer Programs states that its mission is to provide diverse summer programs that create a space for students to enhance their skills in contemporary music, theater, or dance, and to explore their creativity through tailored training in the arts with renowned faculty and visiting artists. Faculty include Grammy-, Oscar-, and Tony-winning artists. Each summer, more than 3,000 students travel from over 70 countries to attend Berklee Summer Programs and work with other musicians, actors, and dancers. The program notes that it is part of a preeminent institute for contemporary music and performing arts, and that students can learn from world-class faculty and visiting artists. Most summer programs do not require an audition, and students can enroll through open registration. Students can earn college credit through the Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive, and any student who attends a Berklee summer program receives a fee waiver for applying to undergraduate programs at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Programs are available on campus in Boston, in Valencia, Spain, in Los Angeles, California, and online, and online summer courses allow students to earn college credit from anywhere.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Price: Online summer courses tuition: $1,575. Online: Music Production Fundamentals for Songwriters tuition: $1,275.
Berklee Summer Programs states that its mission is to provide diverse summer programs that create a space for students to enhance their skills in contemporary music, theater, or dance, and to explore their creativity through tailored training in the arts with renowned faculty and visiting artists. Faculty include Grammy-, Oscar-, and Tony-winning artists. Each summer, more than 3,000 students travel from over 70 countries to attend Berklee Summer Programs and work with other musicians, actors, and dancers. The program notes that it is part of a preeminent institute for contemporary music and performing arts, and that students can learn from world-class faculty and visiting artists. Most summer programs do not require an audition, and students can enroll through open registration. Students can earn college credit through the Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive, and any student who attends a Berklee summer program receives a fee waiver for applying to undergraduate programs at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Programs are available on campus in Boston, in Valencia, Spain, in Los Angeles, California, and online, and online summer courses allow students to earn college credit from anywhere.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
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