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Belmont Pair Graduate from Berklee

Honoring those who graduated.

Belmont's Woong Ji Jeon and Christopher Parlon were awarded Bachelor Degrees in Berklee College of Music's 2013 Commencement held recently in Boston at Boston University's Agganis Arena. 

Berklee president and fellow Belmont resident Roger H. Brown presented honorary doctor of music degrees to music legends Carole King, Willie Nelson and Annie Lennox-all multiple Grammy Award-winners, among their many accolades. 

Jeon received a Degree of Bachelor of Music in jazz composition while Parlon was honored with a degree in songwriting.

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Their degrees were conferred by fellow Belmont resident  

Lennox delivered the commencement address to the graduating class and an estimated audience of more than 4,000 guests at the Agganis Arena.

Berklee's class of 2013 included more than 1,050 students -- the college's largest-ever graduating class -- graduating with bachelor of music degrees or professional diplomas. The top three majors were professional music, performance, and music business/management. Guitar, voice, and piano were the three most common instruments among the graduates.

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Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principal that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and practice of contemporary music.

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