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Berklee Performance Center Concerts

SPRING 1991

PERCUSSION UNLIMITED—Berklee’s top percussion ensemble,
under the direction of Department Chair Dean Anderson, will perform
contemporary percussion music by composers John Cage, Steve
Reich, and David McBride. Guest artists include pianists Kathy
Supove, Assistant Piano Department Chair Stephanie Tiernan, and
Assistant Percussion Department Chair Ed Saindon. A special solo on
drum-set and electronic percussion by faculty member Steve Wilkes
and Dean Anderson’s performance of “Spiral Constellations” for live
computer, mallet MIDI-controller, mallet percussions, and synthesizer
will be highlights.

CHORD SCALE MADNESS/THE BERKLEE BUDDY RICH EN-
SEMBLE—Faculty guitarist/arranger Jackson Schultz presents the best
student arrangements from the Chord Scales for Arrangers class
performed by a student ensemble. Then, faculty trumpeter Wayne
Naus presents the swing, Latin, and funk music of the late
bandleader/drummer Buddy Rich in arrangements by Don Menza,
Bob Mintzer, and others performed by Berklee’s own Buddy Rich
Ensemble.

THE FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL—
Yo Team Productions and the Dean of Student’s Office present
students from nine different countries in an evening of authentic
instrumentation, singing, dancing, and costumes from their native
lands. Groups from Asia, the Philippines, Greece, Taiwan, Norway,
Brazil, Curacao Antilles, as well as the Berklee Caribbean Ensemble
will be represented. There will be a party featuring various interna-
tional foods in the Berklee cafeteria immediately following the perfor-
mance.

SONGWRITERS NIGHT—Songwriting Department faculty member
Bob Weingart presents performances of the winning entries in the
annual Berklee Songwriting Contest. Songs in a wide range of pop
styles and a variety of settings will be performed by an all-student
ensemble.

THE EAR TRAINING DEPARTMENT CONCERT