Berklee College of Music lays off 70 employees, no faculty

Berklee College of Music laid off 3 percent of its employees across its campuses, affecting 70 staff members and no faculty positions, a spokesperson said.

The workforce reduction will not impact any programs or academic offerings, a spokesperson for the prestigious music college said in a statement to Boston.com Thursday. The staff members were impacted globally. Berklee has campuses in Boston’s Back Bay, New York City, and Valencia, Spain.

Berklee President Jim Lucchese, the former CEO as Sofar Sounds who joined the college in January , called the cuts “difficult but unavoidable” in a letter to faculty and staff.

“You all have already taken actions to serve our students under more constrained operating budgets and have done so exceptionally well. While these actions represent meanin