Spanish Territories, Europe, Middle East, Africa are Focus of Contemporary Music College Taking Shape in Spain

Spanish Territories, Europe, Middle East, Africa are Focus of Contemporary Music College Taking Shape in Spain

BOSTON, Massachusetts and VALENCIA, Spain, October 15/PRNewswire/ --

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- Groundbreaking Oct. 16 for cutting-edge campus created by U.S. Music
College and Spanish Performance Rights Organization-

Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown and Sociedad General de
Autores y Editores (SGAE) CEO Eduardo Bautista announce an unparalleled
cultural partnership to build a new college for global, contemporary music
education in Valencia, Spain. Berklee Valencia will be the largest offshore
U.S. music college in the world. Programs will offer music education that is
new to Europe, focusing on contemporary music, international business, and
the latest developments in leading-edge music technology.

Berklee and SGAE officials will break ground October 16, 2008. Berklee
Valencia will be housed in a cultural complex called ARTeria Valencia, part
of a network of performance and education spaces being constructed by SGAE in
several Spanish and Latin American cities. ARTeria Valencia's modern complex
will include a 27-story building. Berklee Valencia will open in 2011.

Berklee Valencia will be unlike any other music college in the world. The
curriculum for undergraduate and graduate programs will offer five main areas
of study to prepare students to meet the challenges of the contemporary music
industry:

- Music for Film and Integrated Media
- Electronic Production and Design
- Global Music and Entertainment Management
- Symphonic Band Studies
- Mediterranean Music

Berklee Valencia will enroll 1,000 students. Student recruitment will
have emphasis on Spain, Europe, Spanish-speaking countries, Africa, and the
Middle East.

ARTeria Valencia, home of Berklee Valencia, is one part of ARTeria
Multiespacios, a network of multi-purpose spaces being developed by SGAE. The
ARTeria includes eight centers in Spain, as well as centers in Mexico City,
and Buenos Aires. The centers will have space for dance, music, audio/visual
work, and theater, as well as recording studios, classrooms, and SGAE
offices.

Berklee College of Music is the world's premier learning lab for the
music of today -- and tomorrow. Notable alumni include Quincy Jones, Diana
Krall, Miguel Zenon, Branford Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Juan
Luis Guerra, Danilo Perez, Lionel Lueke, John Mayer, Howard Shore, Melissa
Etheridge, and Gary Burton. Berklee alumni have received a total of 162
Grammy Awards.

Web site: http://www.berklee.edu

Source: Berklee College of Music

Margot Edwards of Berklee College of Music, +1-617-747-2004, medwards@berklee.edu; NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information, http://webtest.berklee.edu/valencia. Photos available upon request.

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