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Lee Eliot Berk (born 1942) was President of the Berklee College of Music (founded as Schillinger House in 1945 by his father, Lawrence Berk) from 1979〔 to 2004. Under the younger Berk’s leadership, the college underwent significant changes. Berklee expanded its curriculum to create new majors, including Film Scoring, Music Production and Engineering, Music Synthesis, Songwriting, Music Business/Management, and Music Therapy.〔 Educational applications of music technology expanded, the college administration was reorganized, more student services were added, and non-music academic offerings increased.〔 In 1992, he established the Berklee International Network that includes music schools with a shared mission around the globe.〔 Berk graduated from Brown University in 1964 and earned his law degree from Boston University in 1967.〔 He began working at Berklee College of Music in 1966, serving first as bursar and supervisor of the Private Study Division.〔 In 1969, he founded the first New England High School Stage Band Festival, later known as the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. In 2010, its 42nd year, it was the largest event of its kind in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Berklee College of Music Website )〕 He served as a vice president from 1971 to 1979.〔 He is the author of ''Legal Protection for the Creative Musician'', which won an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in 1971.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=ASCAP )〕 ==Awards== * Upon his retirement in 2004, Berk was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee. * 2004: Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan for his contributions to strengthening cultural ties between the U.S. and Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Consulate General of Japan in Boston ) 〕 * Received the President’s Merit Award for Outstanding Educational Achievement from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences * 2004: Received the NAMM Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Music Products Industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Boston University School of Law ) (click on New Mexico on the map)〕 * 2014: Received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Brown University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Eliot Berk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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