Berklee Performance Center Concerts

 

Spring 1998

March 9 - Verde - The Music of Carlos Benavides/Sonata for Jazz Quintet -
Original popular Latin-American music sung in Spanish with string section is
presented by composer/arranger/singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Carlos Benavides. Then guitarist/composer Brandon Furman presents modern,
through composed jazz influenced by Bartok, Haydn, Bach, Weather Report and
Coltrane for his quintet.

March 11- Music of Contemporary Writing and Production Majors - This
third annual concert features the writing of Majors in the Contemporary Writing
and Production department. Pop/Rock, fusion and Latin selections will feature
performances by many of Berklee’s talented student performers.

March 12 - Seiro Hirose Group - Original fusion and Latin compositons for
quintet are presented by guitarist Seiro Hirose with Hioraki Honshuku, flute,
Garrett Sayers, bass, Mark Shilansky, piano and Juliano Zanoni, drums.

March 23 - The Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble - Faculty vocalist Robin Ginnenthal
presents the premiere concert of a new faculty based group called The Pierrot
Lunaire Ensemble. The concert includes a performance of Pierrot Lunaire,Opus
21, by composer Arnold Schoenberg with faculty performers Robin Ginenthal,
soprano, David Callahan, conductor and Louis Stewart, piano and Mimi Rabson,
violin. The members of the ensemble are well known for their work in the
Boston area and have performed with such groups as Brookline Symphony,
Conservatory Klezmer Band, Dinosaur Annex, Alea III, The Merrimack Valley
Philharmonic, Cantata Singers, and Extension Works.

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