BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC - Key Persons
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- Voice and Piano and Keyboard
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Guitar and Music Production
Anthony Vitti balances a successful performing career with a professorship in the Bass Department at Berklee College of Music, where he has taught since 1988. He got his start in the rock club scene in New York City in the early 80s, sharing the stage with classic rock bands like Twisted Sister, TT Quick, and the Good Rats. He went on to study at Berklee College of Music, graduating in 1986.
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- Music Production, Orchestration, Music for Film, TV, and Games, Songwriting, and Arranging
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- Songwriting, Arranging, and Music Production
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- Songwriting, Music Business, and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Songwriting and Music Production
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- Songwriting and Music Production
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- Guitar and Music Production
David Clark is bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Before joining the faculty at Berklee, he was the resident jazz instructor at the International School for the Double Bass in Cincinnati during which time he was twice the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Study Grant. Dave currently teaches bass and jazz at Berklee, and is the musical director of the Berklee Faculty Inter-Galactic Sun Ra Astro-Infinity Myth Equation Commemorative Arkestra. As a performing bassist, David has appeared with Peter Frampton, the Drifters, Lesley Gore, and many others.
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- Senior Vice President of Pre - College, Online, and Professional Programs / Co - Founder and CEO
Debbie Cavalier was the co-founder of Berklee Online in 2002, and has been instrumental in transforming the online school of Berklee College of Music into a worldwide music education powerhouse. Under Debbie's leadership, Berklee Online has achieved many landmark firsts in the world of online education: in 2013 it became the first online music school to offer MOOCs; in 2014 it became the first online music school to offer bachelor's degrees; in 2017 it became the first school to offer an online bachelor's degree in guitar; and in 2018 it became the first online music school to offer online master's degree programs in music production and film scoring. Berklee Online boasts a 97 percent student satisfaction rate among its degree students, a benchmark that Debbie and her team have increased each year.
Her dedication to music education is also reflected in the 100+ music education methods books and arrangements she has written for Carl Fischer, First Act, Alfred Publishing, and Warner Bros. Publications. She holds a Master's degree in Education from Cambridge College and continues to further her studies in music, business, and distance learning. Debbie also leads the children's/family music group Debbie & Friends, and is a Grammy award-winning songwriter with her song entitled "Walk Away" which was featured on the 2011 Best Children's album, All About Bullies. Known for their original cartoon music videos, Debbie & Friends has more than 22 million views on their YouTube channel, and growing.
Debbie was a Director on AVID's ACA Executive Board from 2019 to 2022 and recently served on the UPCEA Board of Governors and the Boston Higher Education Innovation Council. In her spare time, Debbie is a volunteer musician with the "Musicians On Call" organization, singing Debbie & Friends songs bedside to brave young patients at Boston's "Floating Hospital for Children" at Tufts Medical Center.
During the COVID-19 crisis, she performed live online sing-alongs for children via YouTube LIVE at www.youtube.com/debbiecavalier.
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- Music Production and Orchestration
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- Music Business and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production, Music for Film, TV, and Games, and Orchestration
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- Music Production, Music for Film, TV, and Games, and Orchestration
Jazz Bass explores the key ingredients necessary to play great jazz bass lines, including the sound, feel, foundation, and power. Throughout the course, you will learn techniques for playing effective walking bass lines over jazz chord changes. The course begins by exploring "money notes"-the notes most valuable to a bass player to support and influence the band. You will play simple and functional walking bass lines over the blues and then progress to more sophisticated lines over jazz tunes, using chord tones in conjunction with half-step approach notes in multiple keys.
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- Music for Film, TV, and Games and Music Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
Jim Stinnett (1955-2021) was a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he taught arranging and bass. A highly sought after producer, writer, and arranger, he founded the Bass Workout and was the musical director of the New Hampshire Bass Fest. His extensive list of publications include The Music Of Paul Chambers, Arcology, Creating Jazz Bass Lines, All Cows Eat Grass, Reading in Bass Clef, Slap Bass Workout, and 12 Keys to Success.
Originally from the Northwest, Jim enjoyed a rich performing career. As a first-call bassist in Seattle, Jim performed with nationally acclaimed artists, including Phineas Newborn, Jr., Jean-Pierre Rampal, Clark Terry, Ernestine Anderson, Kia Winding, and Sam Rivers. Jim's credits also include performances and recordings with Phish, Joe Diorio, Lionel Loueke, Rufus Reid, Michael Manring, Ernie Watts, Kenwood Dennard, John LaPorta, Joe Hunt, Ernie Watts, Tal Farlow, the legendary NTSU 1:00 Lab Band, Red Garland, Buddy DeFranco, Anita O'Day, Roy Hanes, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Florida Gulf Coast Symphony, and Musicisti Americani Chamber Orchestra in Italy. Jim graduated from New England Conservatory of Music in 1986 as a student of Ed Barker.
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production, Orchestration, and Songwriting
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- Music for Film, TV, and Games and Music Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training
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- Music Production and Orchestration
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Songwriting, Arranging, and Music Production
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- Piano and Keyboard and Music Production
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- COO / Associate Vice President of Enrollment Strategy and Marketing
Michael Moyes, COO / Associate Vice President of Enrollment Strategy and Marketing, oversees all admissions, enrollment, marketing, data analytics, and the implementation of strategic initiatives for Berklee's Pre-College, Online, and Professional Programs division. He is an educator who teaches three courses at Berklee Online: Music Theory 101, Music Theory 201, and Music Foundations. Moyes is a composer who has performed piano as a soloist, in small ensembles, and accompanied by full orchestra. In addition to piano and music theory, Moyes teaches five string banjo and performs and records bluegrass, country, and folk music.
Moyes has a long history of implementing technical, operational, and strategic initiatives designed to improve the student experience across all divisions of Berklee. Since joining Berklee in 2008, he has directly overseen the implementation of some of Berklee's most impactful student-focused initiatives, including the One Berklee application process, improvements to financial aid-awarding technology and processes, instituting a key performance indicator-driven approach to communications, and much more.
As a public speaker, Moyes has presented around the world on topics ranging from online learning pedagogy and music production analysis to enrollment management strategy. He has adjudicated MIT/Berklee creative entrepreneurship pitch sessions as well as songwriting contests for incarcerated youth, a population Moyes is particularly passionate about working with.
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production and Voice
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- Music Production and Orchestration
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- Music Business and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Songwriting and Music Business
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- Songwriting, Music Production, and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Arranging, Orchestration, Songwriting, and Music Production
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- Songwriting and Music Production
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- Music for Film, TV, and Games and Music Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training
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- Music Business and Music for Film, TV, and Games
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- Piano and Keyboard and Music Production
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- Music Production, Music for Film, TV, and Games, and Arranging
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- Songwriting, Arranging, and Music Production
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- Music Production, Music for Film, TV, and Games, and Songwriting
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- Dean of Pre - College, Online, and Professional Programs
Sean Peter Hagon (he/him) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and orchestrator for the film, television, and advertisement industries, and the chief creative officer and managing partner of Raging Cloud Studios. As dean of pre-college, online, and professional programs at Berklee Online, Hagon oversees Berklee Online's academic and registrar areas as well as Summer Programs. He previously served as associate dean of career education and services and as chair of the Professional Music Department at Berklee. Prior to his appointment at Berklee, he was the director of continuing education at New England Conservatory. He's also a visiting professor at the Universidad Panamericana School of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, Mexico. An active film and television composer, he has a number of TV and film composing credits to his name, including the History Channel's hit show American Pickers, PBS's Genealogy Roadshow, and the independent films Ride the Wave and Seduction and Snacks.
A Massachusetts native, Hagon has worked in nearly every aspect of the music industry, from performance, business, composition, and education to technology and production. His educational and administrative philosophy is that he wants students to be able to have the freedom to explore and feel inspired. Most importantly, he wants students to come away with the feeling that what they have learned is relevant, real-world-based knowledge and skills that they can immediately apply, tempered with an entrepreneurial spirit and the mindset to continue to learn and adapt throughout their careers.
Hagon holds a B.M. in professional music from Berklee with concentrations in music education, music production, and film and TV composition; a master's degree in music technology from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; and a diploma in media composition from the London School of Creative Studies.
Hagon was the recipient of the 2010 Exemplary Music Educator Award from Berklee College of Music in recognition of his outstanding teaching and efforts to advance the music education profession.
Job Titles:
- Voice and Music Production
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- Music for Film, TV, and Games, Music Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training, and Arranging
Job Titles:
- Music Production, Music for Film, TV, and Games, and Arranging
Job Titles:
- Music Production and Music for Film, TV, and Games