Berklee World Strings Spring 2019 VIOLIN 1 Louisa Byron, Waseca, Minnesota Dana Zulpykharova, Almaty, Kazakhstan Claudius Agrippa, Brooklyn, NY Brian Urra, Santiago, Chile Emily Gelineau, Perth, Australia VIOLIN 2 Luna Ramos, Havana, Cuba Costanza Tinti, Bologna, Italy Brandon Jackson, Chicago, IL Louise Bichan, Orkney, Scotland Jody Miller, Apex, North Carolina VIOLA Mels Wynne, Cleveland, Ohio Cecelia Vacante, Baldwinsville, Massachusetts Cecilia Cook, Liberty, Missouri - - CELLO Emanuel Keller, Jerusalem, Israel Cristobal Cruz Garcia, Tijuana, Mexico Michelle Packman, Los Angeles, California Casey Murray, Rochester, New York BASS Jena St. Davies, South Windsor, Connecticut Manos Stratis, Cyprus SPECIAL GUESTS Naseem Alatrash , Beir Sahour, Palestine Vasileios Kostas, Greece Firas Zreik, Kofor Yasif, Palestine Thaer Bader, Maghar, Palestine Alber Baseel, Bethlehem, Palestine Geroge Lernis, Nicosia, Cyprus Chase Morrin, San Diego, California Berklee Indian Ensemble With _members]jrom 49 coun%rles to date, the Berklee Indlfin Ensergble provides an open and |r_1c|_u? ve creefilve_s ace for musicians from all over the world to explore, studly, |r_1teflc_>ret, and che_aLe music influenced y the rich and varied mosag:t_at is Indian music today. rc_m]qa Carnatic thillana or a high-adrenaline . onnako cc_mversatloln t]p Indo-jazz experiments or gawwali, the ensemble P?fiorms an ‘expansive repertoire with the ultimate goal ot presenting concerts entirely comprising original student compositions. Tonight concert features two of the EnsemBle’s student compositions, including the premier of their 19th original. ou defi in 2011 by Indjan Berklee alumna agd faculty member Annette Philip, the %,'ouF as the first of its ind a the college, sg?rtlng with just 18 members in its \ st semeét_er. Toda¥,t e Berklee Indian Epsemble is one ot the | rgesfi and most diverse coll, _CtIV%]S atthe c [ege,#n_ is part o tl'ge Berklee India Exchange, an institute at the college whic h_a%dlverm ied the Ensem erfs offerings to include productions, residencies, vi!]or shops, a totglng faction with several international performances to their credit, and viral video content that has garnered oVer 130 million views on YouTube Berklee Indian Ensemble Soloists: Agney Mulay, Colin Jenkins, Gayathri Karunakar Menon, Shradha Ganesh Choir Agney Mulay, New Delhi, India Ganesh Balasubramanian, Singapore Gayathri Karunakar Menon, Doha, Qatar Gayathri Krishnan, Orange County, CA Lydia Renold, Schonenwerd, Switzerland Medha Nair, Irvine, CA Paola Munda, Palermo, Italy Rohith Jayaraman, San Jose, CA Shradha Ganesh, Toronto, Canada Snehal Pandey, Belmont, California Sriram Balasubramanian, Singapore Swarathmika Swaminathan, Mumbai, India Piano & Vocals Annette Philip, Kerala, India Keyboards Fryderyk Hoang Dong, Warsaw, Poland Electric Guitar | Colin Jenkins, Bedford, NH Electric Guitar Il Travis Forencich, Portland, OR Guests Accordion Yotam Ishay, Afula, Israel Qanun Panagiotis Aivazidis, Serres, Greece Tabla Giridaran Subramaniam, Bangalore, India Percussion | Louie Kim, Suwon, South Korea Percussion Il Kan Yanabe, Suita, Japan Special thanks to George Lernis on percussion