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Berklee College of Music Inaugurates its 3rd President, Roger H. Brown, Chaka Khan and Dennis Chambers accept Honorary Doctorates of Music, James Taylor lauds college

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Boston, MA- On Friday, December 3, Berklee College of Music inaugurated its third president, Roger H. Brown, who revealed an ambitious set of goals for the Berklee of 2015. Before a packed Hynes Convention Center auditorium full of higher education, business, and music industry leaders, as well as the Berklee community, Brown vowed to build more state-of-the-art facilities, create access to music education for underprivileged students, and produce future leaders in the global music community to help re-imagine and rebuild the industry.

At the ceremony, vocal icon Chaka Khan and master drummer Dennis Chambers received honorary doctor of music degrees. Brown was

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