2017 SIGNATURE SERIES at Berklee For Berklee Performance Center tickets, visit berklee.edu/bpe, the Berklee Performance Center box office, or call §17-747-2261. For Lord of the Rings'Symphony tickets, visit bso.org §mphony Hall box office, or€all 617-266-1200. = The Musi¢ of S # Tigran Hamasyan® 3 | March 8, 2017, 8:00 p.m. Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston The Ninth Annual Berklee Middle Eastern Festival features guest artists from the region, as well as community musicians, Berklee students, visual artists, and dancers from all over the world to celebrate the music of the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Mediterranean. Directed by festival founder and Associate Professor Christiane Karam, the Berklee Middle Eastern Fusion Ensemble will explore the musical map of Armenia in a stunning collaboration with celebrated Armenian pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan. . $8in advance, $12 day of show ‘Africana Studies Celebrates Black Music March 9, 2017, 8:00 p.m Berklee Performance Center N © 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston ;( | This concert will celebrate songs from i the black music tradition. Guest artists include Stokley Williams, lead singer and drummer for Mint Condition; Morris Hayes, former music director for Prince; and Patrice Rushen, composer, music produc- er, and singer-songwriter of “Forget Me Nots.” Adiiasion: $8 in advance, $12 day of show IS Oi'{';')";i;“' N R R T S N Rings Symphony April 19 2017, 8:00 p.m. R Symphony Hall 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, ! Berklee Contemporary Symphony # Orchestra (BCSO) and Chorus will be Y performing the Lord of the Rings Symphony in Six Movements by Berklee alumnus Howard Shore. This epic performance will include a large adult chorus and a - children’s chorus. IAESIS 7 < - OR TR World Premiere Musical: L VTR LA A E DN Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston In 1943, two women are on the brink of independence in Vienna, Austria, and artist Gustav Klimt is driven to capture them both. Inspired by Klimt's sensual portraits, this world premiere musical answers the question, “Who is the woman in The Kiss?" with a Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee cast. Music by Peter Eldridge; book and lyrics by Cheryl Coons. /. $8in advance, $12 day of show B 3 —