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At Berklee Valencia, Gender Equality Tops the Agenda

Diversity grants are awarded to students who propose activities that focus on at least one of the following areas: access and equity, community engagement, career development, community learning and development, and expanding outlooks. Two of this year’s awardees, Women in Music and She Knows Tech, celebrated the contribution of women in music by focusing on the diversity of roles within the industry, seeking to create opportunities for women and empower the female student population through workshops, and talks by female guests who lead by example.

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Berklee Valencia Awards Three Scholarships to Female Applicants for the 2018–2019 Academic Year

Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain awarded entering students Laura Blasco Llopis and Kimberly Kate Ellwanger and continuing student Zoe Schneider merit- and need-based scholarships, covering up to 70 percent of the tuition fees for Berklee’s graduate programs.

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Alumna Giulia Spadaro, Accommodation Manager and Contract Reviewer at the Mad Cool Festival

Giulia Spadaro M.A. ’17 has not stopped since graduating from Berklee’s campus in Valencia last year. She works at the Mad Cool Festival, one of the biggest and fastest growing music festivals in Europe, where she is learning how music events establish relationships with artists and crews. Spadaro is also a production manager for Gigntik Music, an international booking agency, in charge of producing tours and one-off shows. In addition, she is a guest relations assistant at the O2 Arena in London, one of the busiest venues on the continent. She also cofounded  Night Owl Promotions, an events management company.

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How to Create a Demo in Eight Steps

As well as developing their skills as performers, the students in the Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) program learn how to produce their music. Their journey takes them through not only the recording and mixing processes, but also getting a song ready for the studio, choosing the right musicians, running rehearsals effectively, and picking the right reference track.

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Alumnus Alexander Ramírez, Production Technician at Electronic Creatives

Alumnus Alexander Ramírez M.M.’17 is currently working at Electronic Creatives in Los Angeles after meeting Laura Escudé, the chief executive officer of the company, when she visited Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain, in 2016. His job involves managing artist sessions and production needs, and running shows and rehearsals with major artists.

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Student Mohannad Nasser: Seeking the Intersection of Traditional and Contemporary Music

One reason Mohannad Nasser chose to study at Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain, was to explore the link between the traditional music of his native Syria and that of Spain—a country, he says, that reminds him of home. Another big factor was to study flamenco, a genre he regards as a great language to explore the balance between tradition and the present.

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