Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program, now in its 27th year, is the largest, most comprehensive summer music program available anywhere. Better known as "Five-Week," the Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program, with its diversity of study options, world-class Berklee faculty, visiting artists, and state-of-the-art facilities, is the premiere contemporary music summer program for young musicians. Each summer, approximately 1,000 participants from across the U.S. and around the world (70 countries) share in this unique summer experience—all instruments, all contemporary styles, and all levels of musical ability. Five-Week is your opportunity to experience the summer of a lifetime, at the world's most prestigious institution for the study of contemporary music.
At the Five-Week Program, you will be immersed in all aspects of performance. Your classes, workshops, and rehearsals will focus on this important side of your musicianship. You will play in ensembles, develop improvisational and reading skills, improve your technique in weekly private lessons, and enjoy lectures and demonstrations by well-known faculty and visiting artists.
The Five-Week program emphasizes the mastery of playing or singing performance skills in your chosen style of contemporary music: jazz, pop/rock, funk/fusion, or pop/R&B. You will learn through your individual studies and through your work with other musicians of similar training and ability. Whether you are an experienced performer or someone who has never been in front of an audience, you can improve your performance skills by attending the Five-Week program. The focus is on you and what you want to say with your music, in an environment that is pure performance.
