Getting a master's degree from Berklee College of Music pushes you toward the next big step in your career, and the International Career Center (ICC) is one of the resources you have to help get you there.
The mission of the ICC is to provide expert guidance, cutting-edge resources, and professional development experiences to help our diverse body of students achieve their career goals. Rather than acting as a one-time job link, our overall focus is on career management. We help you access available resources and activities and apply them to your career path.
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Possible Career Paths
Getting a master's degree in music technology, production, and innovation opens you to a world of possibilities in the music industry and beyond. After graduating, many students work as performing artists, technologists, app or software developers, recording engineers, educators etc.
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Industry Events and Conferences
Succeeding in the music industry is all about building your professional network and making connections with the right people. Students are encouraged to take advantage of their time in Europe to attend or participate in the many music and performance-related events held in Spain and Europe. All event participation and attendance is optional and students make all the arrangements to attend on their own. In some cases, students may be able to access special offers and student discounts through Berklee.
These are the events that we recommend for music technology, production, and innovation students.
ADE (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Month: October
Website: amsterdam-dance-event.nl
Amsterdam Dance Event is a combination conference and club music festival centered around the many subgenres inside of the Electronic Dance Music scene from around the world. ADE's multiple conference tracks offer the ultimate annual business and inspiration platform in the field of electronic music, featuring dedicated programming for business professionals, start-ups, aspiring producers and musicians, students, VJs, visual artists and stage designers. In 2016, the conference welcomed 550 speakers and 7,000 delegates.
International Writer's Camp @ InHolland (Haarlem, Netherlands)
The International Writer's Camp (IWC) is an annual event that brings together students from over 18 countries—including the US, England, Australia, China, India, and Brazil—who are organized into small collaborative groups. On the industry side, several prominent music publishers and labels participate, such as BMG/Talpa, Warner Chappell, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, CTM Publishing, and Armada Music. Delegates from these companies provide the students—grouped in threes or fours and including songwriters, producers, and instrumentalists from various institutes—with real-world songwriting assignments.
Volumens Festival (Valencia, Spain)
Volumens is the leading festival for digital culture and new media art in the Valencian Community, held annually in Valencia since 2015. Its name holds three meanings: volume, referring to sound; lumens, to light and image; and volumes, to the spaces that host its interventions.
The festival explores the intersections between contemporary art, music, science, and technology. Its aim is to build an open and inclusive platform where curiosity immerses itself in unique and innovative forms of creation through workshops, exhibitions, talks, performances, and, above all, concerts.
With music as its driving force and a clear commitment to reaching new audiences and reshaping the spaces it occupies, the festival has activated some of Valencia’s most iconic venues.
Loop (Berlin, Germany)
Loop is three days of discussions, performances, presentations, studio sessions, installations, and interactive workshops aimed at exchanging ideas at the cutting-edge of music, technology, and creative practice. Bringing together artists, technologists, educators, and other creative thinkers, Loop is a collective exploration of what it is to make music today and what it could be tomorrow.
gnration (Braga, Portugal)
gnration is a space dedicated to creation, performance, and exhibition in the realms of contemporary music and the intersection of art and technology.
Through a sustained commitment to openness and engagement with the community, gnration aims to establish itself as a unifying hub for cultural and creative activity. It positions itself as a space that fosters awareness and cultivates new audiences, introducing them to relevant artistic practices through a contemporary and cosmopolitan lens.
gnration’s cultural programming rests on two fundamental pillars, which can be explored independently or in connection: contemporary music, and the relationship between art and technology. These pillars guide a diverse range of activities—including performances, exhibitions, and educational initiatives—designed to inspire, engage, and expand the horizons of its audiences.
Musikmesse (Frankfurt, Germany)
Musikmesse in Frankfurt is the world’s most important fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production, and marketing. This event covers all parts of the musical-instrument sector, from classical instruments, acoustic and electric guitars and basses, brass and woodwind instruments, percussion, and keyboard instruments to electronic equipment and hardware and software. Additionally, important publishing companies from all genres, including classical, jazz, rock, and pop, present their products at Musikmesse.
Audio Engineering Society (AES) International Convention (Alternating European Cities)
The Audio Engineering Society is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Founded in the United States in 1948, the AES has grown to become an international organization that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists, and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and disseminating new knowledge and research.
Internship (Optional)
Berklee College of Music’s optional graduate internship program supports Berklee master’s students who seek to integrate academic and professional experience after completing the coursework and culminating experience projects required in their specific master’s program. This program will take place during an additional semester, following the completion of all course work, and students will be charged a part-time comprehensive fee. Note that students are responsible for securing their own internships and for securing all appropriate and required visa statuses.
