Singer, songwriter, and dancer Kamilah Marshall is pictured with her brown hair up in a bun, wearing big hoop earrings and a pink button-down shirt that matches her lipstick.

Fresh Off the Eras Tour, Kamilah Marshall to Give Keynote at Berklee Onsite 2025

Broadway performer, Taylor Swift touring vocalist, and Berklee Online alum Kamilah Marshall will give the 2025 Berklee Onsite keynote address on May 30, 2025.

Register for the Next Berklee Online Live Q&A

Have a question? Register for the next Berklee Online live Q&A, and meet the folks who advise, teach, and lead at the world’s largest online music college.

Berklee Online co-founder and CEO Debbie Cavalier is pictured smiling and crossing her arms, standing against a white background.

Leading with Kindness: Debbie Cavalier’s Vision for the Future of Music Education

Debbie Cavalier has led Berklee Online from an ambitious idea to the world’s largest online music school—and she did it with kindness at the core. Now, as she receives a top leadership honor, she reflects on her journey, from MIDI in the ’80s to AI in the classroom.

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Are You Ready for It? New Taylor Swift Songwriting Course Coming Soon!

Berklee Online instructor Scarlet Keys is leading The Songwriting of Taylor Swift, a four-week course that serves as a bite-size online version of the popular course she teaches at the Berklee College of Music campus in Boston. Learn what particular Tay-Tay songwriting tricks Scarlet appreciates most.

The Berklee Real Book—available from Berklee Press and Hal Leonard in February of 2025—is shown with its distinctive red cover as well as a glimpse of some of the songs included within.

Berklee Real Book: A Contemporary Music Milestone Arrives

The brand new Berklee Real Book is a collection of more than 300 songs that have shaped the college’s curriculum, complete with insights from Berklee instructors. This release brings the Real Book full circle, tracing its roots back to the 1970s, when enterprising students compiled and distributed it under less-than-legal circumstances.

A screenshot of the Berklee Online Ear Trainer VR game, which shows two mallets that are drumming a rhythm and the points earned for doing it correctly.

Berklee Online Brings Ear Training to Virtual Reality with New Game

Improving your musical ear doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Berklee Online’s new virtual reality (VR) Ear Trainer makes practicing rhythm, harmony, and scale degrees a fun and immersive experience.

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Newsweek Ranks Berklee Online No. 5 on List of America’s Top Online Schools 2025

Berklee Online is a chart-topping college! When it comes to online education, Berklee Online reached the No. 5 spot on Newsweek and Statista’s 2025 list of America’s Top Online Schools.

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Remembering Steve Morse

Steve Morse was a legendary music journalist, having served as the senior rock critic for the Boston Globe for three decades, and on the nominating committee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was also a Berklee Online instructor, who put all of his heart into his Rock History course. He passed away after a brief illness in October of 2024.

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BOB’s Got Your Back: How Berklee Online’s New Chatbot is Changing Music Education

Music education and technology are constantly evolving together, and Berklee Online’s newest development, a chatbot named BOB, is a testament to that. And before you ask, BOB stands for Berklee Online Bot.

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Music Composition Major Unveiled at Berklee Online

Berklee Online is launching a new Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition degree, alongside three new minors: Music Production and Recording, Music Industry Entrepreneurship, and Film and Media Scoring.