Claudio Raino, guitar (Rome, Italy)

Yoav Ruiz, bass (Mexico City, Mexico)

Jose Arturo Flores, drums (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Travis Frank, piano (Seattle, WA)

Abel Garriga, keyboard (Barcelona, Spain)

Sean Brennan, cello (Chicago, IL)

Jazz Song Category

"By the Bay"
Words and Music by Alan Hsiao (Branchburg, NJ)

Alan Hsiao, voice

Eric Nakanishi, akto sax (Pleasant Hill, CA)
Michael Stapleton, piano (Baldwinsville, NY)
Michael Morrissette, upright bass (Arlington, MA)
Nick Sanchez, drums (Lynnwood, WA)

The Berklee College of Music Composition Department was proud to present the 2014 Rite Of Spring
Centennial Celebration, and the 2015 & 2016 Words and Music Festival.

The 2017 Words and Music (and Movement) Planning Committee:

Tiffany Chang
Genevieve LeClair
Isaiah Jackson
Gabriele Vanoni
Greg Glancey

Eric Stern

Arnold Friedman
Valerie Taylor
Margaret McAllister
Francine Trester
Lucy Holstedt (Harmony Dept.)

Special Thanks to:

Richard Carrick, Chair of the Composition Dept.

Kari Juusela, Dean of the Professional Writing Division

Rob Lagueux, Roya Hu, and the Office of Faculty Development

Erik Privert, Director or Scholarships Operations

Jay Kennedy, Vice President for Academic Affairs/Vice Provost

Joseph Coroniti, Liberal Arts Dept. and Editor-in-Chief, FUSION: Global Art, Words & Music
Simone Pilon, Liberal Arts Dept.

Dennis Leclaire, Composition Dept.

Rene Pfister, Lisa Thorson, Kathryn Wright, and Maggie Scott, Voice Dept.

Patty Thom, Chair, Voice and Opera, Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Michael Wartofsky, Kevin Bleau, and John Stein, Harmony Dept.

Jennifer Shanley, Assistant Director for Design Services, Digital Strategy and Communications
Sarah Fleischmann, Online Marketing and Communications Manager

Christina Quarles, Associate Director of Special Events

Cathy Horn, Senior Director of Concert Operations

Ryan Jones and the entire BPC crew

Tim Weiner, Concert Office Manager

Lucas Moisson, Percussion Technology Specialist for Performance Technology

Tony Arnold, soprano

Kevin Galié, harpsichord and celeste rental