Berklee Performance Center Concerts

July 12 - Five Week Welcome Concert featuring Blues After Dark and
Friends-Assistant Director of the Five Week Summer Performance Pro-
gram, Robert Doezema leads his band, Blues After Dark, performing
compositions by B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Little Richard, John
Lee Hooker and others. Special guest performers from the Five-Week
Faculty will participate including Dennis Montgomery |II.

July 20 - Clouds- Faculty vocalist Gwendolyn Leathers presents a pot-
pourri of contemporary jazz, funk, disco and rhythm & blues for a large
ensemble featuring Berklee faculty and alumni. Performers includ Berklee
faculty members David Cowan, drums and Lawrence Watson, vocals.

July 26 - Moksha - Presented by faculty trumpeter Wayne Naus, Moksha
features faculty members Jon Finn, guitar, Michael Farquharson bass,
Berke McKelvey, lyricon, Dino Govoni, tenor sax, bob Schlink, viotar, and
Joe Mulholland, piano with John Di Santo drums. Integrating spontaneous
group and individual improvisation with electronic sound processing, the
group Moksha takes each listener on their own unique journey through
time and space.

August 3 - Back Bay Brass Jazz Orchestra- Big band jazz originals in
swing, Latin, and contemporary styles will be presented by faculty trom-
bonist/composer/arranger Ben Elkins conducting the 19 piece Back Bay
Brass Jazz orchestra.

August 8-System 5 Blow-Out- Hosted by J. Curtis Warner, Director of
Education and Community Partnerships, this musical extravaganza will
feature Boston’s most talented inner city youth in concert at the Berklee
Performance Center. Showcasing students from a cross section of
Boston public high schools, this evening promises to be exciting for all!
Noteworthy will be the traditional awarding of full tuition SYSTEM-5
Continuing Scholarships to three deserving students who will have
successfully completed Berklee’s five-week summer performance pro-
gram.

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