Berklee Online’s class of 2019 pushed the limits of what can be done within a 24-hour day. In a roundup of Commencement spotlights, we hear the stories of graduates who worked in the industry while in pursuit of their degree.

Katelyn Brown reckons she has participated in Berklee Online classes from every state in the continental US. That’s because she’s been out on tour with husband Kane Brown for the better part of the past three years.

In the past two years, Bonny Baez has transitioned from his full-time career as an animator, and now splits his time between freelance animation work and a focus on music.

Mark Walker, is a Grammy award-winning drummer, a professor in the Percussion department at Berklee College of Music, and an instructor of Afro-Cuban Drums at Berklee Online. And after this weekend, he’ll also be a Berklee Online graduate.

A feature in the Boston Globe raised Peter Wolfe’s profile, and now he’s being recognized on the street and local politicians are asking to take selfies with him. Berklee Online signed him up for a complimentary course, and now he’s a brand ambassador.

When Cirque Du Soleil casting called me to announce that I was the chosen singer for the new 2014 Cirque production Kurios, there was one thing I was really worried about; whether I would be able to cope with singing up to 10 shows per week.

Recording vocals is more stressful than most other instruments, because the quality of the recording depends on so many factors that are all up to you!

Eric Lewis, a 20-year veteran of the United States Navy, has faced the sort of difficulties through his life and career which might be unfathomable to a civilian. But music was there with him.

On Friday June 1, 2018, we welcomed nearly 300 attendees to the Berklee campus in Boston, MA for our fourth annual Berklee Onsite music conference.