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. 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| — Belat - A 7-piece ensemble performs straight ahead jazz compositions by Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver and Woody Shaw under the direction of faculty member Her- man 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. Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu David Friend Recital Hall Concerts 1140 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3693 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. April 27 — [7:30pm] — Terri Lyne Carrington Ensemble - This concert will feature original music by Terri Lyne Carrington, as well chosen originals by the students in the en- semble. Also, arrangements of popular pieces from the Beatles to Herbie Hancock will be included. April 28 — [1:00pm] — Acoustic Strings Ensemble - Ensemble department faculty member John McGann presents this Acoustic Strings ensemble in performance. April 28 — [2:30pm] — Neo Soul - R&B vocal ensemble performs music by Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Chaka Kahn under the direction of faculty member Skip Smith. April 28 — [4:00pm] — The ECM Ensemble - Faculty member Bruno Raberg presents Berklee’s ECM ensemble performing music from the ECM recording company.