Incidents at Berklee College of Music
Total: 13
Incident 8638
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Peyman Farzinpour
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2020
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal), Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Quote:
"A Providence conductor and composer is suing Berklee College of Music and its board of trustees over his firing in April after a female student raised allegations that he took her out for drinks and made inappropriate sexual advances."
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Incident 7241
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
“dismissed due to incidents involving reports of sexual misconduct”.
Last updated:
Incident 7242
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Eric Alexander Hewitt
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Associate Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Placed on leave and either fired/resigned.
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Incident 7231
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Jeff Galindo
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Instructor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Resigned or “let go”.
Last updated:
Incident 7232
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Greg Osby
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Instructor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
Resigned without contesting charges, although denies charges.
Last updated:
Incident 7233
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Aruan Ortiz
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Instructor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Admitted to attempting to kiss student, no longer at school.
Last updated:
Incident 7234
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Bruce Thomas
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
Fired.
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Incident 7235
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Steve Kirby
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
"Steve Kirby has been terminated from his job at Berklee College of Music after a number of University of Manitoba students and former students told the Boston-based college they had been harassed by the jazz professor during his time at the U of M."
Last updated:
Incident 7236
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
“dismissed due to incidents involving reports of sexual misconduct”.
Last updated:
Incident 7237
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
“dismissed due to incidents involving reports of sexual misconduct”.
Last updated:
Incident 7238
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
“dismissed due to incidents involving reports of sexual misconduct”.
Last updated:
Incident 7239
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
“dismissed due to incidents involving reports of sexual misconduct”.
Last updated:
Incident 7240
Status:
Resolved
Person:
NAME UNKNOWN
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2017
Outcome Category:
No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote:
“dismissed due to incidents involving reports of sexual misconduct”.
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