David Friend Recital Hall Concerts 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 |brahima 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. 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. Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu 1140 Boylston Street ; Boston, MA 02215-3693 % 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 s 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 — 4:00 pm — Music of Bob Marley — Faculty pianist Matt Jenson presents this stu- dent ensemble performing the music of the Jamaican musical icon Bob Marley. April 19 - 7:30 pm — Music of Motown Ensemble — Voice department faculty mem- ber Larry Watson presents his Motown ensemble performing original material and covers of R&B and soul classics. April 20 — 1:00 pm - Advanced Small Jazz Band — Faculty pianist JoAnne Brackeen pre ents her advanced jazz ensemble performin, originals and standard compositions. April 20 — 4:00 pm - Berklee Tower Of Power Ensemble — Wayne Naus April 20 - Songwriter's Circle - The Songwriting Department proudly presents another in the annual - Songwriter's Cirde Series featuring four outstanding singer-songwriters from the Berklee community. This year's circle will feature: Julian Peterson, Jillian Santella, Kyle Hurlbut, and Genevieve Lopez. =