David Friend Recital Hall Concerts

April 25
1:00 p.m. Ron Mahdi — Rhythm Section Playing Clinic - Clinic on Playing in
the rhythm section presented by faculty bassist Ron Mahdi.

4:00 p.m. Is What It Is - Ensemble department chair Ron Savage
presents original jazz music by group members Woodwind Chair Bill
Pierce, saxophone, ensemble faculty members Consuelo Candelaria,
piano, Ron Mahdi, bass and special guest, Darren Barrett, trumpet.

7:30 p.m. Classic Brass — Brass department faculty member Charles i
Lewis presents the Berklee Brass Five-tet and the Wednesday Brass
Essembles performing classical brass music ranging from Josquin Des

Pres to Jan Bach. _—

Arpril 26 <o
1:00 p.m. Swinging Strings - Ensemble department faculty member
George Zonce presents compositions and arrangements of jazz with
strings, conducted by faculty member August Watters and performed by ™
Berklee’s acoustic strings ensembles.

4:00 p.m. D.D. & th B3’s — Ensemble department faculty members
Dennis Cecere, Dennis Montgomery, B3 organs, Bob Schlink, guitar and
Dave Weigert drums, present an afternoon of bebop compositions in a
unique setting of 2 B3'’s, guitar and drums. The three comping instru-
ments, each with their own charateristics, creates a wall of sound and )
solid groove.

7:30 p.m. Berklee Marimba Labs - This semester’s Berklee Marimba
Concert- directed by Nancy Zeltsman - will feature performances by two
Marimba Performance Labs, the Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire
Lab, the Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music Lab, and Berklee solo
marimbists.

April 27

4:00 p.m. — The Music of Miles Davis — Under the direction of faculty
trumpeter Ken Cervenka, this ensemble performs music of jazz icon
Miles Davis.

7:30 p.m. — Salsa Ensemble — A night of contemporary and traditional
salsa styles including the music of Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Sylvia
Rexach, Los Van Van in arrangements by faculty director Bernardo
Hernandez.

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