David Friend Recital Hall Concerts April 24 - [1:00pm] - Advanced Small Band Ensemble - Post Bop and contemporary jazz compositions by John Coltrane, Dave Liebman, Mike Brecker and Freddie Hubbard will be performed by this six piece ensemble directed by Ed Tomassi. April 24 —[2:30pm]| - 21st century Grooves — David Fiuczynski leads this ensemble performing originals and unique modern groove arrangement of covers with intense improvisational interplay. April 24 — [4:00pm| —Caribbean Ensemble - Faculty member Winston Maccow presents his student ensemble performing music from the Caribbean Islands. April 24 — |7:30pm| — Clarinet Choir — Un- der the direction of Peter Cokkinias, this ensemble performs traditional and contempo- rary music for clarinet. April 25 — [1:00pm| — Reggae/Dub Ensemble - Faculty member Winston Maccow presents his student ensemble performing reggae and dub music. April 25 —|2:30pm| — Brazilian Jazz — Faculty member Fernando Brandao leads this student ensemble performing jazz from Brazil including compositions by Caetano Veloso. Milton Nascimento and Brandao. April 25 — [4:00 pm] - Mostly Mahavishnu - Mostly Mahavishnu focuses on the early 70s with modern groove updates. April 25 —[7:30pm| — Turn It Up! The Berk- lee Country Music Ensemble - The Berklee Country Music Ensemble under the direction of faculty guitarist Mike Ihde, performs top country hits as well as instrumentals in clas- sic country, western swing, and rockabilly styles. An exciting and entertaining evening of Hot Country and Blazing Instrumentals performed by Berklee's best Pickers and Singers with 2 fiddles, lap steel, dobro, three guitars, bass. drums and seven vocalists. Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu 1140 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3693 April 26 —[1:00pm| — Mimi Rabson - Faculty member Mimi Rabson presents a program improvisational music for strings only. April 26 — [2:30pm| — Music of Dave Holland Ensemble - Faculty member Lello Molinari presents Berklee’s Dave Holland ensemble performing music from the bassists recordings. April 26 — [4:00pm| — Advanced Small Band Ensemble - A 7-piece ensemble performs straight ahead jazz compositions under the di- rection of faculty member Herman Hampton. April 26 — [7:30 pm| Songwriter’s Circle 2006 - The Songwriting Department proudly presents another in the annual Songwriter’s Circle Series featuring four outstanding singer-songwriters performing solo and duo versions of their songs. This is an acoustic writers showcase which features ‘the song’ rather than “the arrangement.” This year’s showcase will feature Megan Burtt, Lucas Carpenter, James Farrell and Gabrielle Sadler performing three songs each in an acoustic setting featuring voices and guitar or piano. April 27 — [1:00pm| — Music of the Crusad- ers - Faculty saxophonist Dan Moretti leads this student ensemble through the best of the soul/funk jazz pioneers, The Crusaders with compositions and arrangements by Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, and Stix Hooper. April 27 —[2:30pm| — Gospel: Traditional and Spirituals - Faculty member Dennis Montgomery presents small vocal ensembles performing traditional and spiritual Gospel Music. April 27 — [4:00pm| — Jazz Composition Ensemble - The Jazz Composition Ensemble- -a ten piece band with alto, tenor, baritone saxes. trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, bass and drums-- performs original student compositions under the direction of Jazz Composition department chair Ken Pullig.