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Berklee Performance Center Concerts

 

SPRING 1992

PRESENTING THE MUSIC OF CARLA BLEY—]Jazz Composition
Department faculty member Jeff Friedman presents the music of Carla
Bley in his orchestrations for big band performed by a student en-
semble with guest faculty trombonist Phil Wilson and Jeff Friedman
on guitar,

PIANO DEPARTMENT CONCERT—Chair Paul Schmeling showcases
Piano Department faculty members in a variety of musical styles and
settings. Assistant Chair Stephany Tiernan and faculty member Neil
Olmstead will play “Three Quarter Tone Pieces” by Charles Ives;
Jorge Martinez leads a quintet performing original Latin music; and
Marc Rossi presents original fusion, funk, and world beat music for
sextet.

WRITE OF SPRING—The Jazz Composition Department presents
faculty compositions by Bob Pilkington, Jeff Friedman, Jackson
Schultz, Bill Scism, and Marc Rossi, and pieces by students Dan
Graham, Mercedes Rossy, Fumi Tamara, and Federico Schneider in
settings ranging from quintet to small big band under the direction of
Bob Pilkington.

MARTI EPSTEIN: PIANIST/COMPOSER / RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL
STAR—Composition Department faculty member Marti Epstein
presents original compositions and works by Bach, Beethoven, and
Bernstein. Featured will be her Eleven Basho Haiku sung by special
guest vocalist Maria Tegzes. In the second half, faculty composer/
arranger Darrell Katz leads the Dreamland Orchestra in a performance
of contemporary big band originals and music by Jimi Hendrix.

TRANSITIONS / NEW DREAMS—Trumpeter David Boato leads a
sextet in a program of jazz originals and compositions by Enrico Rava
with special guest faculty trombonist Hal Crook. Then, saxophonist
Kenji Kikuchi presents original jazz compositions performed by his
quintet including Mercedes Rossy on piano and Fernando Martinez on
drums.