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Professional development opportunities for music educators.

• Desktop Music Production for Mac

  Michael Bierylo and David Mash

  Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home…and create high quality recordings ready for CD or MP3!

• Desktop Music Production for PC

  Michael Bierylo and Steve MacLean and David Mash

  Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home…and create high quality recordings ready for CD or MP3!

• Music Theory 101

  Paul Schmeling

  Get the musical foundation you need to take your skills to a higher level. Learn to read, write, really listen…and put theory into practice every day!

• Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, Rhythm

  Paul Schmeling

  Prepare yourself for any future musical endeavor and gain a professional command of the mechanics of contemporary music in this advanced music theory course.

• Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function

  Paul Schmeling

  Become a more effective player and writer by furthering your music theory background. Learn more complex chords, progressions, and rhythms to open up your understanding of the elements that help put the groove in jazz, pop, blues, and rock.

• Pro Tools 101

  Digidesign and Andy Edelstein

  Pro Tools 101 constitutes the first stage of Digidesign’s Pro Tools certification program. Learn the foundational skills needed to understand Pro Tools technology and software. This course instructs you on recording, editing, and mixing on a basic level, and will get on the road to becoming a Pro Tools operator from home.

• Basic Ear Training 1

  Matt Marvuglio and Roberta Radley

  This practical approach to ear training will help you build your confidence as a performer by teaching you how to notate basic rhythms and better identify the different parts of a song.

• MIDI Sequencing Intermediate

  Michael Moss

  Learn to create musical-sounding MIDI arrangements with assignments that challenge your creativity while you produce music in three divergent styles: electronic dance music, blues, and advertising scoring.

• Music Notation Using Finale

  Jonathan Feist

  Create great-looking music quickly and easily with the powerful Finale music notation software, and learn techniques to maximize speed, control, and accuracy.

• Music Notation Using Sibelius

  Tom Rudolph

  Learn to create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps and guitar notation, and explore many other ways to use Sibelius for your own personal and professional needs.

• Harmonic Ear Training

  Roberta Radley

  Put your harmonic theory into practice. Learn techniques that will improve your performance, arranging, and compositional skills by refining your ability to really hear and recognize what is going on within the chord progressions.

• Berklee Keyboard Method

  Paul Schmeling

  Learn the Berklee approach to keyboard in this 12-week course. Master the basics of technique and chord voicings, and gain an understanding of more advanced concepts including interpretation of lead sheets and improvisation.

• Counterpoint

  Beth Denisch

  Gain a broad overview of counterpoint and the art of writing lines that support both the melody and the overall structure of a composition - essential information for singers, songwriters, composers, guitarists and musicians from all backgrounds.

• Arranging 1: Rhythm Section

  Suzanne Dean

  Essential learning for anyone interested in arranging music for a band, Arranging 1: Rhythm Section explores all aspects of writing and arranging for the rhythm section.

• Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns

  Jerry Gates

  Develop your writing and arranging skills for smaller bands and larger ensembles and learn techniques that can be applied to both live instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds.

• Getting Inside Harmony 1

  Michael Rendish

  Use harmony creatively in your playing and writing. Learn to hear and modify chord progressions, improvise effectively from chord to chord and deepen your understanding of music's inner workings.

• Getting Inside Harmony 2

  Michael Rendish

  Take your harmonic development to the next level by gaining a solid footing in more advanced principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.

Faculty Comments

"The Berkleemusic online school overcomes the limitations of time and space that are built into the classroom experience. Students can learn whenever they like, wherever they like, at whatever level they're at, proceeding through a class at their own speed. It also helps students in more isolated situations network and build a community with others who share their love and devotion to music." -Jimmy Kachulis Songwriting and Lyric Writing professor at Berklee College of Music, and Online Instructor of Songwriting Workshop: Hit Song Forms and Songwriting Workshop: Melody

Student Comments

"There is certainly a sense of community - that came to me as a surprise. My classmates and I were constantly reviewing each others work. Once we all got comfortable with the idea of feedback, there was a real camaraderie online." -R Klein