David Friend Recital Hall Concerts April 1- [4:00 pm]-Exits and Flags — Faculty percussionist Bertram Lehman presents con- temporary jazz and world music for trio and percussion. Featured performers include pianist Vardan Ousepian and special guest Lamine Toure, master drummer from Senegal. April 1- [7:30 pm]-The Singer Showcase — Percussionist/marimba player Jonathan Singer presents contemporary and classical music by John Cage, Steve Reich, and J.S. Bach as well as Indian Classical drumming for tabla, mri- dangan and other percussion. April 4- Composition Department Student Awards Concert- The concert will feature pieces by student composers Akinobu Sato, Chandra Cogburn and Lucas Vidal for small chamber ensembles. April 5 — Meredith Monk - Artist-in-Residence in the Writing Division, renowned composer and vocalist Meredith Monk presents a clin- ic/demonstration. April 7 — Milton Babbitt - Renowned compos- er Milton Babbitt visits Berklee as part of the Faculty Development program. April 11- Ed Bedner Students’ Piano Recital- A solo piano recital presented by students of Professor Ed Bedner. April 12- 4:00 pm - NOIR persents “The Ibrahima Drum” — Guitar department faculty member Chris Buono hand the group NOIR-- Chris Tarry, bass, Andy Sanesi, drums, Jason Scott, tenor sax, Jesse Selengut, trumpet— bring the tale of The Ibrahima Drum to Berklee. The band’s performance is a recount of a compelling narrative penned by Selengut that is interwoven with dark and funky com- positions affording the musicians room to delve into deep improvisations. Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu 1140 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3693 7:30 pm - Bruce Saunders Quartet featuring Rob Thomas — Faculty guitarist Bruce Saunders presents original jazz for quartet in cluding faculty bassist Bruno Raberg and drummer Take Toriama with special guest faculty violinist Rob Thomas. April 13- [4:00 pm] Jane Miller - Faculty Guitarist’/Composer Jane Miller leads a quar- tet featuring guitar, piano, bass, and drums. The group plays contemporary jazz instru- mentals composed by the leader as well as some arrangements of music by other com- posers in the jazz and popular music genres. Some acoustic guitar will be featured as well as the more traditional jazz electric guitar. April 13 -7:30 pm - Dave Fiuczynski & Dave Tronzo — Two iconoclastic guitar titans named Dave join forces in a show of slide and fret- less guitar, free form blues and eastern melodies, Moroccan tinged grooves and straight ahead mans featuring faculty gui- tarists David Fiuzynski, Dave Tronzo with bassist Mike Rivard and drummer Bertram Lehman. April 14- [4:00 pm] - Jon Wheatley/John Wilkins April 14- [7:30 pm] — Bret’s Frets — Bret Willmott presents his students playing con- temporary jazz. April 15 — Garrison Fewell — Faculty guitarist Garrison Fewell presents original and stan- dard jazz. April 19 - 1:00 pm - Music of the Crusaders - Faculty saxophonist Dan Moretti leads this student ensemble through the best of the soul/funk jazz pioneers, The Crusaders with compositions and arrangements by Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, and Stix Hooper.