After moving to the U.S. to study at the Berklee College of Music, Klein came to New York in 1994.

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Hiromi and Sonicbloom : The all-night marathon opened live from Boston, with energetic Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara and her band Sonicbloom at the Berklee College of Music Performance Center.

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The Philadelphia-born saxophonist has earned the requisite credentials for success: early local training, a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music, dual degrees in music education and performance, a specialized Masters in Jazz Performance.

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Between her roots in classical piano and her jazz-guitar education at the Berklee College of Music, it would be easy for Larkin to fall back on technical prowess and ability to experiment with instruments such as the "baribow" (a baritone guitar played with a violin bow).

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His earnings were easily the most of any rapper, rocker or pop star in the world and, according to a recent report released by Berklee College of Music, about 2, 000 times what the average musician earned in 2012.

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Myles Marcus, a student at Berklee College of Music, said he was happy to join the celebration.

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She's still thinking about a possible singing career, despite the fact that she had to cancel an audition for Boston's Berklee College of Music a few days after she was diagnosed.

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