BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Varun Nayyar details Berklee College of Music’ s technology transformation, including the upgrade of 200 classrooms, multi-purpose spaces and conference rooms in a three-year transformation project
At Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, the convergence of music and technology is driving a comprehensive audiovisual transformation that is redefining how students and faculty experience learning spaces.
“ Berklee doesn’ t look at tech as a different thing to music,” says the college’ s Director of Classroom and Conference Technology and former Berklee student Varun Nayyar.“ Music and tech is completely integrated in this day and age and it’ ll only continue to grow.”
As Berklee’ s mission centres on equipping students with knowledge that translates directly into professional situations, it means when graduates enter studios or production environments, they arrive with experience using current industry-standard tools. To ensure this, Berklee’ s teaching environments are equipped with up-to-date industrystandard tools.
The intersection of music and tech at Berklee Varun’ s team specifically handles classroom technology infrastructure and, over the last three-and-a-half years, have implemented new technology in more than 200 spaces across the college – the sheer scale of which reflects Berklee’ s commitment to maintaining industry-leading facilities.
86 December 2025