David Friend Recital Hall Concerts

February 28 - Platinum Plus - Faculty pianist
Joanne Brackeen performs original jazz with
her group including Donald Lee, Nir Naaman,
David Clark and Yoron Israel as part of Piano
week activities.

March 1 - Suzanna Sifter Quartet - Faculty
pianist Suzanna Sifter performs original jazz
with her group as part of Piano week activi-
ties.

March 2 - One Hour of Dub - Faculty pianist
Matt Jenson performs an hour of dubbified
tunes in the reggae and neo-soul styles
stitched together with effects, dropouts,
vibrations, attitude and a lap top computer
as part of Piano week activities.

March 3 - 4:00 pm Kiyo Nakazaki- Zambelli
Scholarship Concert

Classical compositions for solo piano by
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Bartok and Ravel
will be performed by the Emannuel Zambelli
Scholarship winner, Kiyo Nakazaki.

March 3 - 7:00 pm - The Suzanne Davis Trio
— Faculty pianist Suzanne Davis performs
original compositions from her recent record-
ing A High Tolerance for the Truth featuring
Garth Stevenson, bass and Luther Bray,
drums.

March 7 - Don't Try This At Home - The
Berklee Country Music Ensemble- The
Berklee Country Music Ensemble under the
direction of faculty guitarist Mike Ihde, per-
forms top country hits as well as instrumen-
tals in classic country, western swing, and
rockabilly styles. An exciting and entertain-
ing evening of Hot Country and Blazing
Instrumentals performed by Berklee's best
Pickers and Singers.

March 8- Louis Stewart in Recital 2005 —
Faculty pianist Louis Stewart plays solo classi-
cal music by Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky and
Schoenberg.

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March 9- Bass Department Student Concert -
Under the direction of Assistant Chair John
Repucci, four bass students will lead their

bands in an evening of original compositions,

in a variety of styles. This year’s leaders are
Billy Buchanan, Stathis Lontos, Brian Quin,
and Marcello Feldman.

March 21- The Cryogenic Renassiance
Orchestra - Faculty member Greg Hopkins
recalls three of the great jazz nonets of the
past century and stretches into the future of

the genre with probing and challenging new

works. Using Miles Davis's "Birth of the
Cool" , McCoy Tyner's "Tender Moments"
and Herbie Hancock's "Prisoner" music as
models, Greg Hopkins Nonet pushes the
envelope of this instrumentation and devel-
ops a fresh viewpoint with an exciting new
repertoire.

March 22- Free Speech Zone The Mark Rossi
Group - Faculty composer and keyboardist
Marc Rossi presents original progressive jazz
with Latin and Indian influences and special
guest guitarist Bruce Arnold.

March 23- An Evening with Birdsongs of the
Mesozoic - Faculty member Michael Bierylo
presents original electro-acoustic chamber
rock for guitar, piano synthesizers and wood-
winds.

March 24- Neil Leonard & Friends - Faculty
member Neil Leonard presents jazz, electron-
ic and chamber music for his 8-piece ensem-
ble with special guests Benjamin Schwartz,
cello and Jessi Rosinski, flute.

March 28- Off We Go! - Vocalist/pianist
Rachel Solomon presents original pop/rock
compositions and arrangements for her quar-
tet with a string quartet as special guests.

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