Berklee Performance Center Concerts

 

April 4 - Dave DiCenso with the Jon Finn Group/Johnathan Mover &
Einstein - This Percussion week concert begins with The Jon Finn Group
featuring faculty members Dave DiCenso, drums, Joe Santerre, bass and Jon Finn,
guitar performing original instrumental rock.

April 5 - Six Drumsets with Steve Wilkes/Horacio Hernandez with Phil
Wilson & The Berklee Rainbow Band - Led by percussion faculty member
Steve Wilkes, Six Drumsets features faculty member Jon Hazilla and alumni
Marko Djordjevic, Takeshi Ichikawa, Johnny Rabb and Johan Svensson playing
acoustic and electronic drumkits in a dynamic drum symphony. Wityh influences
including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Mark Isham, Brian Eno and Gary Chaffee the
music is described as “World Beat with Hip-Hop and Jungle grooves ... jazz with
a rock edge, ...electronic techno with ambient textrues...drums that sing!

In the second half Horacio Hernandez teams up with Phil Wilson and the
Berklee Rainbow band for a set of hot Latin and fusion compositions.

April 7 - Songwriters Night - The singer/songwriter is at the center of today’s
popular music and The 14th annual Songwriters Night Concert is intended to
reflect this. Featuring the twelve winning songs of the college wide Songwriting
Contest, most of this year’s winners are Songwriting majors or are Professional
Music majors with a concentrate in Songwriting. The stylistic range of the songs
is fairly broad - from folk to Alternative/Hard-Rock- and most of the songs have
been arranged and will be sung by the songwriters themselves.

April 8 - The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra

April 10 - International Folk Festival - The annual Berklee International Folk
Festival is a collaborative effort involving over 1000 students representing over 70
countries, the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students,
the Performance Studies Department, the Student Activities Center, the Interna-
tional Club, and the College Diversity Committee. The concert will feature groups
from Sweden, Yugoslavia, Cape Verde, Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil, Greece, Israel,
The Republic of China, and the USA. These student acts will perform music from
their respective countries while dressed in native costume. Some groups will
even perform dances from their homelands. Following the performance,
everyone is invited to a party in the Dining Hall where food from around the
world may be sampled.

Selected as the honorees to be recognized by the students, faculty, and adminis-
tration of Berklee College of Music for their helpfulness to our students, support
of international educational exchange, and for promoting international goodwill
and understanding: Dyann DelVecchio, Associate, Immigration Law Group,
Palmer & Dodge LLP; Bob Blumenthal, Correspondent, The Boston Globe;
Franklin B. Mead, Honorary Consul of Sweden

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