David Friend Recital Hall Concerts April 11-The Game of Fame Concert/Work- shop - Original music written for a faculty grant received in May 2005 will be performed by faculty pianist/composer JoAnne Brackeen and her quartet including Lakecia Benjamin, alto saxophone; Ugonna Okegwo, bass and Kendrick Scott, drums. April 12 — Free, Improvised and Composed Music — Visiting artist John Tchicai and trio with faculty guitarist Garrison Fewell will perform and demonstrate approaches for playing improvised music with examples and compositions from Tchicai’s book "Advice to Improvisers.” April 13 —That’s It! - Anna Hoffmann pres- ents jazz, funk and fusion originals in here Jazz Composition Portfolio Recital. Her octet features a 4 piece horns section and special guests faculty member Marcello Pellitteri, drums and Lars Haake saxophone. April 19 — Senior Voice Recital: Nona Boehm - A program of contemporary music, jazz and originals will be presented by vocalist Nona Boehm and her band for her senior recital. April 24 - [1:00pm] - Advanced Small Band Ensemble - Post Bop and contemporary jazz compositions by John Coltrane, Dave Liebman, Mike Brecker and Freddie Hubbard will be performed by this six piece ensemble directed by Ed Tomassi. April 24 — [2:30pm] - 21st century Grooves — David Fiuczynski leads this ensemble per- forming originals and unique modern groove arrangement of covers with intense improvisa- tional interplay. April 24 — [4:00pm| —Caribbean Ensemble - Faculty member Winston Maccow presents his student ensemble performing music from the Caribbean Islands. April 24 —[7:30pm] — Clarinet Choir — Under the direction of Peter Cokkinias, this ensemble performs traditional and contemporary music for clarinet. Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu 1140 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3693 April 25 —[1:00pm] — Reggae/Dub Ensemble - Faculty member Winston Maccow presents his student ensemble performing reggae and dub music. April 25 — [2:30pm] — Brazilian Jazz — Faculty member Fernando Brandao leads this student ensemble performing jazz from Brazil includ- ing compositions by Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento and Brandao. April 25 - [4:00 pm] - Mostly Mahavishnu - Mostly Mahavishnu focuses on the early 70s with modern groove updates. April 25 —[7:30pm|] — The Berklee Country Music Ensemble - The Berklee Country Music Ensemble under the direction of faculty guitar- ist Mike Ihde, performs top country hits as well as instrumentals in classic country, west- ern swing, and rockabilly styles. An exciting and entertaining evening of Hot Country and Blazing Instrumentals performed by Berklee’s best Pickers and Singers. April 26 — [1:00pm] — Mimi Rabson - Faculty member Mimi Rabson presents a program improvisational music for strings only. April 26 —[2:30pm] — Music of Dave Holland Ensemble - Faculty member Lello Molinari presents Berklee’s Dave Holland ensemble performing music from the bassists recordings. April 26 — [4:00pm] — Advanced Small Band Ensemble - A 7-piece ensemble performs straight ahead jazz compositions under the di- rection of faculty member Herman Hampton. April 26 —[7:30 pm] Songwriter’s Circle 2006 - The Songwriting Department proudly presents another in the annual Songwriter’s Circle Series featuring four outstanding singer- songwriters performing solo and duo versions of their songs. This is an acoustic writers showcase which features ‘the song’ rather than ‘the arrangement.” This year’s showcase will feature Megan Burtt, Lucas Carpenter, James Farrell and Gabrielle Sadler performing three songs each in an acoustic setting featuring voices and guitar or piano.