Berklee College of Music Concerts

 

Spring 1998 - 921 Recital Hall Concerts

March 30 - Harbingers of Spring - Faculty flautist Wendy rolfe, wtith Steven
Sussman, piano, performs contemporary music by Osvaldo Lacera, Hilary Tann,
Richard Rodney Bennett, Robert Hinchliffe, Edwward Elgar and John Rutter on a
variety of flutes.

March 31 - Jazz Vocal Series - Under the direction of faculty vocalist Maggi
Scott, student vocalists will perform jazz standards by Cole Porter, George
Gershwin, Duke Ellington and others accompanied by a faculty rhythm section
including Scott on piano and Jimm Stinnett, bass.

April 1 - Renato Thoms Master’s Recital - Masters Degree Candidate perchs—
sionist Renato Thoms presents Latin jazz featuring original compositions and the
music of Danilo Perez, Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, Ray Barretto

April 6 - New Music by the Berklee Composition Department Faculty -
Compositions by faculty members Marti Epstein, Alexandros Kalogeras, Richard
Applin, James Reyes and Michael Weinstein will be performed by a facutly and
studends The various pieces will feature diverse chamber groups including
percussion and brass ensembles as well as more intimate settings for solo piano
and voice. ®

April 7 - Who'’s Drivin’ the Bus? - Berklee’s reknowned EN100 faculty members
pianist Russ Hoffman and bassist Daniel Morris present a concert of Rhythm &
Blues and jazz classics by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Rollins and
others assisted by faculty members Mike Williams, guitar and Larry Finn, drums.

April 8 - Songwriters’ Circle - Four student singer-songwriters from the Berklee
songwriting community will perform their original songs in the alternative folk
idiom. The settings will be mainly acoustic guitar plus vocals, although a few
numbers will feature electric bass as well and the songs will cover a range of
topics from life and love to politics and people.