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Incidents at Berklee College of Music

Total: 13


Incident 8638

Status: Resolved
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 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.
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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."
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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”.
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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”.
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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”.
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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”.
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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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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”.
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Incident 7242

Status: Resolved
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”.
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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.
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