Lee Berk: Leading the Berklee Way

(Berklee Guide). Lee Berk was president of his namesake Berklee College of Music for twenty-five years, where he turned a small, family-operated school into the world's largest and most innovative music education institution. In this book, you'll learn how Berk led the institution's unprecedented curricular developments in jazz and popular music, film scoring, music production and engineering, music therapy, and more, shattering conservatory models to provide training for countless world class artists and industry luminaries. Historical records plus anecdotes from both famous and rank-and-file musicians portray Lee as an inspiring, bold visionary and a compassionate, generous man whose life affected musicians across the globe.