Rhoda Bernard

Rhoda Bernard

Rhoda Bernard, EdD, is an internationally renowned expert in accessible arts education. She is the managing director of the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education and the assistant chair of the Music Education Department at Berklee College of Music. Previously, Dr. Bernard was the chair of the Music Education Department at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Dr. Bernard regularly presents keynotes and research at conferences throughout the United States and abroad, and she provides professional development workshops for educators in local, national, and international forums. She was recently honored with the Irene Buck Service to Arts Education Award from Arts|Learning. A vocalist and pianist who specializes in jazz and Jewish music in Yiddish and Hebrew, Dr. Bernard performs regularly with a number of klezmer bands and has recorded two CDs with the band Klezamir.

Dr. Bernard holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard University and a bachelor of music with academic honors in jazz voice from the New England Conservatory. She earned both her master’s degree and doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.