Berklee Performance Center Concerts April 5 - Hand Percussion Night — Under the direction of Mikael Ringquist, Hand Percussion Night will feature Berklee’s own Bata ensemble and Afro-Samba band “Batucaxé”. Mohammed Khalifa Camara and his band will follow this. April 6 - Percussion Department Scholarship Winners - This concert will feature all of the most recent Berklee student award winners. These students represent some of Berklee’s fin- est drumset, total percussion, hand percussion, marimba, and vibraphone performers. Featured performers include Jonathan Chapman, Francisco Javier Molina Cornejo, Andrew Bauer, Gregorio Uribe, Reiko Yamamoto, Jesse Seymour, Zach Mangan, Herdi Xha, Noriaki Kobayashi, Ronen Evron, Nathaniel Laguzza, Erick Niessner and Anthony Steele. April 10 - Songwriter’s Night- The Songwriting Department presents its annual “Songwriters’ Night” showcase featuring the best student songwriters and performers that Berklee has to offer in styles ranging from contemporary singer/songwriter to rock and country. Featuring the 12 winning songs of the 90 songs that were entered, most of the songs will be arranged by the writers. Featured songwriters include Justin Levinson, Eric French, James Farrell, Jonelle Vette, Freddy Hall, Liam McCormack, Erin Barra, Jarod Salvatore, Katie Gosnell, Lucas Carpenter, Julian Peterson, Femke Weidema, Charlie Worsham and Kyle Hauser. April 12 - Writing Division Awards Concert- The Professional Writing Division presents it annual Awards Concert featuring award-winning writ- ers from the division. April 13 - A Jazz Festival with the Rainbow Band - This concert will showcase many of the College’s top talents-instrumentalists as well as composer/arrangers--as the Rainbow Band per- forms jazz for large ensemble under the direc- tion of faculty trombonist, composer, arranger Phil Wilson. April 18 - Jazz at the Center featuring The Back Bay Brass & The Music of Ornette Coleman Ensemble. — The Ensemble department presents Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu 1140 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3693 Big Band jazz under the direction of faculty trombonist, composer, arranger Ben Elkins and music of Ornette Coleman performed by a small group ensemble under the direction of trombon- ist Jeff Galindo. April 19 - Guitar Student Showcase Concert-Jazz & Blues - Under the direction of faculty mem- bers Garrison Fewell and Curt Shumate, student groups led by Masahi Maeda, Dani Rabin, Ryan Fardy, Fabian Daurat and llan Bar-Lavi perform in jazz and blues styles. April 20 - Guitar Student Showcase Concert- Rock & Pop - Under the direction of faculty members Jon Finn and Lauren Passarelli, stu- dent groups led by guitarists Az Samad, Drew Taubenfeld, Adam Ollendorff and Charles Shaugnessy perform in rock and pop styles. April 27 - Singers Showcase- Berklees premiere vocal event offers a variety of styles and musical settings for some of the college’s exceptional singers. The Spring 2006 Singer’s Showcase will feature lead vocalists Ryan Christopher Pinkston, Evan Baughman, J.C. Casely, Georgel Arevalo, Jennifer Bostic, Tyla Vercollone, Meg O'Brien, and Ferris Algaisi, as well as Berklee's finest student players and arrangers. The concert will feature the music of Brian McKnight, Sarah Brightman, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye, Martina McBride, and many others. This concert is produced by the Yo Team. May 1 - Seven Visions: The Berklee Contemporary Wind Ensemble — The CWO will present the World Premiere of student, Herlen Galvez as well as the new music of two faculty members, Alexandros Kalogeras and Mimi Rabson. Moreover, we shall also feature the win- ner of the college wide Concerto Competition, Thomas Parisch, oboe. In addition the CWO will present the artistry of two faculty soloists, Apostolos Paraskevas, guitar and Mimi Rabson, violin. A major work of composer Igor Stravinsky A Symphony of Wind Instruments (1920) will be performed.