Berklee Guitar Department
Berklee College of Music was the first institution of higher education to grant a degree with guitar as the principal instrument. To this day, Berklee's Guitar Department remains the largest and most stylistically diverse guitar program in the world.
Many of the world's most ground-breaking guitarists studied at Berklee, including Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Frisell, Gillian Welch, Emily Remler, John Scofield, Steve Vai, St. Vincent, and Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek of Big Thief. Our alumni community includes current and former faculty such as: Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny, Sheryl Bailey, Wayne Krantz, Tomo Fujita, David Tronzo, and Tim Miller. Meet some of our alumni.
They joined our Berklee community because of who we are: the world's largest independent music school and the premier institution for the study of contemporary music.
Coffee Talk: Mimi Jones
Guest Artist: Tommy Emmanuel
Coffee Talk: Consuelo Candelaria-Barry
Guitar Night: Jazz
Coffee Talk: Bobby Stanton
Coffee Talk: Millisa Henderson
Professor Randy Roos: Solo/Night XIV
Coffee Talk: Katie Graves and Emma Dean Moseley
Professors Rebecca Cline and Sheryl Bailey: Solo/Duo Night XIV
Chair Kim Perlak: Solo/Duo Night XIV
Professor Lyle Brewer: Solo/Duo Night XIV
Professor Berta Rojas: Solo/Duo Night XIV
Professors Chris Bergson and Mike Williams: Solo/Duo Night XIV
Professor Freddie Bryant: Faculty Solo/Duo Night XIV
Jon Herington: Visiting Artist
Coffee Talk: Neal Smith
Coffee Talk: Francisco Mela
Coffee Talk: Damien Bracken
Coffee Talk: Abe Ovadia
Professor Sal Difusco
Professor Randy Roos: "Still, Waiting"
Chair Emeritus Larry Baione: "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"
Professors Kevin Barry and Jim Kelly: "The Last Page"
Professor Guy Van Duser
Professor David Tronzo and Chair Dr. Kim Perlak: "Spiritual"
Professors Colin Sapp and Mike Williams: "Sittin' on Top of the World"
Professors Bob Stanton and Rick Peckham
Professor Amanda Monaco: "Universal Lemon"
Coffee Talk: Phil Lima