Nicole Kindred, Associate Director of Event Management

Taka Nakamura, Senior House Manager

Susan Scotti, Marketing and Audience Development Manager
Callie Sokoloski, Ticket Operations and Patron Services Manager
Ed Liberatore, Audio Engineer

Dan Seiders, Production Manager

Adam Loeffler, Monitor Engineer, Student, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Roger Bosch, Lighting Designer, Student, Barcelona, Spain

Roger H. Brown, President

Tom Riley, Vice President, External Affairs

Matthew Nicholl, Associate Vice President, Global Initiatives

Ron Savage, Interim Dean, Performance Division

Sean Skeete, Interim Chair, Ensemble Department

Anne Peckham, Chair, Voice Department

Mike McGee, Institutional Advancement

Mirek Vana, Global Development Officer, Institutional Advancement
Roya Hu, Director, Faculty Development

Janelle Browning, Senior Director for Marketing and Communications
Michael Borgida, Director of Marketing and External Affairs

Efi Georgiou, Creative Director, Design Services

Sergio Rosa, Ensemble Department

Alejo Planchart, Stage Crew

Reggie Lofton, Video Services

Cathy Horn, Tim Paul Weiner, Concert Office

Christiane Karam

Born and raised in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon, Christiane Karam has a unique vocal style that
stems from her love of different musical traditions. She is the founder of the award-winning
ensemble ZilZALA, which blends the traditions of the Middle East and the Balkans with
contemporary jazz. She has shared the stage with Yanka Rupkina, Hiisni Senlendirici, the New
York Gypsy All Stars, the Assad Brothers, Binka Dobreva, Javier Limén, and Bobby McFerrin.
She has performed at venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, SummerStage, Celebrate
Brooklyn!, Symphony Space, the Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival, and the Moscow International

 

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In addition to performing, Karam is an award-winning songwriter and film composer. She also is a staunch
activist for cultural understanding, tolerance, and nonviolent conflict resolution. Currently an associate professor
in the Voice Department at Berklee, she is the founder and leader of the Berklee Middle Eastern Festival, and
actively brings awareness and positive social change through music and the arts. She also teaches workshops
around the world and coleads the annual Circlesongs workshop at the Omega Institute, alongside McFerrin and
members of Voicestra.

Vadim Neselovskyi Trio
Critics have praised Ukrainian pianist/composer Vadim Neselovskyi for “extraordinary playing"”
(Los Angeles Times), "exceptional composition skills” (musicweb-international.com), and
“feathery touch” (New York Times). While mostly known as one of the key members of
multiple Grammy winner Gary Burton’s Quintet, Neselovskyi is rapidly gaining reputation as a
band leader and unique composer creating a “thrilling blend of classical and jazz" (jazzreview.
com). His latest CD Get Up and Go has been included on the “Best of 2017" list by DownBeat.
Neselovskyi grew up in Odessa, Ukraine, where he was the youngest student to be accepted into the famous
Odessa Conservatory, and then moved to Dortmund, Germany, when he was 17 years old. There he established
himself on the local jazz scene, taking part in the Diisseldorf Jazz Rally and Leipzig Jazz Days. He moved to the