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[JeremyA]

Has anyone here taken any classes through BerkleeMusic, Berklee's online program?

I'm thinking about signing up for the Master Certificate program for guitar, and I'm just wondering if it's worth it. There are a few reasons I'm thinking about taking it: 1) to learn more about music and the guitar, obviously 2) I think having the certificate will help me get more teaching jobs, which I'm interested in doing in the future, and 3) because I'm considering the possibility of going to Berklee or another school in the future, and figure the online classes could not only be a way to test the waters, but also could help me get in, if I do well. Some of the credits are transferable.

Anyone taken any of these classes? Any strong feelings one way or the other about Berklee in general?

[hanni]

i was thinking the same like you some time ago but berklee is to expensive, some weeks ago i meet a teacher from the terra musica school in italy at the guitarspace chatroom, he often have students from berklee at summer between the semesters, it seems to get such a certif is hard, i don´t let this summer school out of my eyes and want to try to get a place in two years, here is the link from the terra musica school http://www.musikurlaub.com/Pages/just-songs-advanced.html , country language is italien, school langueage is english and german, six hours school each day, they have a dormitory, a campground and it´s at the area toscana
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[JeremyA]

Well, I decided to go for it. I start on Monday. I'll let you all know what it's like.

[JeremyA]

Ha, I almost forgot I'd started this thread.

For anyone who's interested, I ended up deciding to wait until this upcoming semester to start. So, I start next week.

[hanni]

oh fine, i wish the best and good luck........ i have a lot of music work too, that means 1 hour guitar playing, 1 hour reading english books and 1 hour singing practice, our choir leader keeps care of a clean english and don´t want to see anyone with a peace of paper in his hand
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[jazzerchick]

jeremy, Let us know what it's like. Good luck. I know you'll do great.

[guitaradelic]

Most definately! Keep us posted. I almost pulled the trigger, but I guess maybe I don't consider myself good enough to invest $10K.

[hanni]

everything changed, i am not at the music school in italy now, live was a bit hard and i end as a learner of churchmusic and jazz at the moment ) funny what else could hapen. (and mounts of homework)
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