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Berklee Performance Center Concerts

SPRING 1989

’BONES!—Brass Department Chairman Tom Plsek presents an
evening of performances by faculty, students and special guest
trombonist Dave Taylor in an especially diverse collection of styles
and idioms. Settings include solo trombone; piano, trombone and
violin; trombone and digital sound processors and the Berklee Trom-
bone Ensemble, directed by faculty member Phil Wilson.

JAZZ & BLUES BARGAINS/LIAISON — Guitar Department faculty
member Mike Williams opens this concert with a program of jazz and
blues standards and originals performed by his quintet. In the second
half, faculty guitarist Dave Askren presents pop-jazz originals per-
formed by his sextet Liaison.

THE CONCERT CHOIR/THE BERKLEE THELONIOUS MONK
ENSEMBLE —The 48-voice Concert Choir, under the direction

of faculty vocalist Anne Peckham, will perform a program of works
by Brahms, Durufle, Bernstein and others. Faculty trumpeter

Greg Hopkins will be featured in a performance of John Rutter’s
“Gloria” accompanied by brass, percussion and organ. In the second
half, faculty guitarist Rick Peckham presents the compositions of
Thelonious Monk performed by a six-piece student ensemble.

AN EVENING WITH THE BERKLEE RAINBOW BAND —
Faculty composer/arranger/trombonist Phil Wilson presents the
internationally diverse Rainbow Band performing original jazz fusion
with compositions by Fabio Morgera, Igor Butman and Phil Wilson.

VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE/VOCAL SUMMIT—Voice Department
faculty member April Arabian presents the twelve-voice Vocal Jazz
Ensemble performing in a variety of styles from swing, bebop and
contemporary funk to pop tunes and a cappella ballads. In the second
half, the nine-piece a cappella group Vocal Summit, under the direc-
tion of Voice Department faculty member Bob Stoloff, presents orig-
inal works and compositions by Ellington, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov,
Stevie Wonder and others.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL—Yo Team Produc-
tions and the Dean of Students Office present Berklee’s third annual
International Music Night showcasing indigenous and traditional
music from the many countries represented by the college’s diverse
foreign population. The concert will be performed by a variety of
ensembles in native dress and an international foods banquet after
the show will complete the international experience.

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