Mirella Costa

Hailing from Brazil, Mirella Costa earned her bachelor's degree in popular music,
Brazilian music, and jazz from the Souza Lima Music Conservatory in S&o Paulo.

In 2016, she recorded her first album, Minha Arca, which earned her an award for
new gospel artist of the year award in Brazil. Shortly after, she was awarded a full
scholarship to study at Berklee, courtesy of the Latin Grammy Foundation, making
her the first and only Brazilian singer to receive this award. Since graduating from
Berklee in 2018, she has amassed an impressive performance portfolio, including featured roles in
concerts with Grammy Award-winners Milton Nascimento, Kurt Elling, and Oscar Stagnaro. She has also
performed with Gretchen Parlato, Fernando Brandao, Gilson Schachnik, Nando Michelin, Mark Walker,
among others. Now based in New York City, she is already making a name for herself on the jazz scene,
with appearances at legendary jazz venues including Birdland Jazz Club, Zinc Bar, Arlene's Grocery,
Mezzrow Jazz Club, and Smalls.

 

= Marty Walsh

' Musical Director
Aveteran of the Los Angeles studio music scene, Marty Walsh has worked as a
guitarist with some of the biggest names in the business. A veteran of the Los
Angeles studio music scene, he has worked as a guitarist with some of the biggest
names in the business. The early 1980s found him on the hits including "9 to 5" by
Dolly Parton, "She Works Hard for the Money” by Donna Summer, and "Heartlight"
by Neil Diamond. He also recorded with John Denver, Eddie Money, Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton, and
Julio Iglesias, among others.

 

In 1985, Walsh played guitar on the Supertramp album Brother Where You Bound, toured with the
band from 1985-86 and again in 1988 after playing on their 1988 release, Free as a Bird. Continuing
to do recording sessions into the 1990s, he performed on three of LeAnn Rimes' albums, including

I Need You, whose title track set the record for consecutive weeks (54) in the Billboard Top 40. Walsh
can also be heard on the Freddie Jackson single "Until the End of Time,” which reached the top spot on
Billboard's R&B charts. As a producer and composer, Walsh has written and produced songs or cues for
20th Century Fox Film, NBCTV, CBS TV, Entertainment Tonight, and Extra, to name a few. Walsh

is an Assistant Professor at Berklee, teaching in the Ensemble and Music Production and

Engineering Departments.

> W Julius Williams

Conductor

Julius Williams is an award-winning conductor, composer, recording artist, educator,
author and pianist. His career has taken him from his native New York to musical
venues around the globe, and has involved virtually every musical genre. He is
currently Artistic Director and Conductor of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony
Orchestra in Boston, Music Director and Conductor of the Trilogy: An Opera Company
in New Jersey, and President of the Conductors Guild of American Conductors. He also serves as a
composer in residence with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is cover to maestro Keith Lockhart and
the Boston Pops Orchestra. In Europe, Williams has performed and recorded with ensembles including
the Prague Radio Symphony, the Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, the Dvorak Symphony
Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Symphony of Croatia, and the Music Festival of Costa del Sol, Spain.

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A prolific composer, Williams has created works for virtually every genre of contemporary classical
performance, including opera, ballet, orchestra, chamber ensemble, chorus and solo voice, dance,
musical theater, and film. His music has been performed by symphony orchestras and chamber