David Friend Recital Hall Concerts 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. March 29- Sonic Circuits XIl — The International Electronic Music Festival at Berklee College of Music is an annual show- case that includes live performance with elec- tronics, video art, new media art, sound art, and works for electro-acoustic tape. This con- cert features Berklee faculty members Neil Leonard, Michael Bierylo, Stephen Webber, Apostolos Paraskevas, students and special guest Michael Norsworthy. March 30 — Berklee Afro-Pop Ensemble — Under the direction of Percussion Department faculty member Mohamed Camara the Afro-Pop ensemble performs as part of Percussion Week. March 31 - Enestico “T Su Charanga” - Percussion Department faculty member Ernesto Diaz performs as part of Percussion Week. April 1- The Singer Showcase — Percussionist/marimba player Jonathan Singer presents contemporary and classical music by John Cage, Steve Reich, and J.S. Bach as well as Indian Classical drumming for tabla, mri- dangan and other percussion. Berklee College of Music www.berklee.edu 1140 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3693 April 4- Composition Department Student Awards Concert- The concert will feature pieces by student composers Akinobu Sato, Chandra Cogburn and Lucas Vidal for small chamber ensembles. April.12- NOIR persents “The Ibrahima Drum” — Guitar department faculty member Chris Buono hand the group NOIR--Chris Tarry, bass, Andy Sanesi, drums, Jason Scott, tenor sax, Jesse Selengut, trumpet—bring the tale of The Ibrahima Drum to Berklee. The band’s performance is a recount of a com- pelling narrative penned by Selengut that is interwoven with dark and funky composi- tions affording the musicians room to delve into deep improvisations. 7:30 pm - Bruce Saunders Quartet featuring Rob Thomas — Faculty guitarist Bruce Saunders presents original jazz for quartet in cluding faculty bassist Bruno Raberg and drummer Take Toriama with special guest faculty violinist Rob Thomas. April 13- [4:00 pm] Jane Miller - Faculty Guitarist/Composer Jane Miller leads a quar- tet featuring guitar, piano, bass, and drums. The group plays contemporary jazz instru- mentals composed by the leader as well as some arrangements of music by other com- posers in the jazz and popular music genres. Some acoustic guitar will be featured as well as the more traditional jazz electric guitar. April 13 -7:30 pm - Dave Fiuczynski & Dave Tronzo - Two iconoclastic guitar titans named Dave join forces in a show of slide and fret- less guitar, free form blues and eastern melodies, Moroccan tinged grooves and straight ahead mans featuring faculty gui- tarists David Fiuzynski, Dave Tronzo with bassist Mike Rivard and drummer Bertram Lehman.