Berklee Performance Center Concerts

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April 13 Commercial Arranging Department Student Concert - This first annual
concert, under the direction fo deparmtnet chair Jay Kennedy and faculty member
Jerry Gates, will feature the writing of majors in Commercial Arranging performed
by faculty and students from the Berklee Recording Orchestra.

April 20 Singers’ Showcase - In it's 12th year, the Performance Division’s Yo Team
Productions presents “Singers’ Showcase.” This presentation will feature many of
Berklee’s finest vocalists including Jonathan Royal, LaQuinta Brown, Stefanie Kelly,
Deanna DellaCioppa, Jerome Kyles, Megan Gass, Monica Link and a new group Just
Us 4. They will be performing the music of Tina Turner, Take Six, Joni Mitchell,
Darrel Coley, Patti LaBelle and many others. A variety of instrumental settings and
arrangements have been written especially for this event.

April 21 Bruce Bartlett Group/Carl Verheyen Group - Faculty member Bruce
Bartlett assisted by bassist Baron Browne and others perform contemporary jazz,
funk and fusion originals. In the second half, visiting artist Carl Verheyen performs
contemporary rock and fusion originals, assisted by Guitar Department faculty
member Jon Finn and David DiCenso on drums.

April 22 Guitar Night/Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet - In this Berklee Guitar Student
Showcase Concert, six outstanding Berklee students perform instrumental music by
contemporary masters as well as original material. In the second half, visiting artist
and Berklee alum Kurt Rosenwinkel plays avant garde contemporary jazz originals.

April 24 I've Tried Him - An evening of contemporary and traditional gospel music
performed by Berklee’s Reverence Gospel Ensemble will feature compositions by
Robert Lewis, Jimane Nelson, Thomas Whitefield, James Hall, O’landa Drapper and
ensemble director faculty member Dennis Montgomery III. Berklee’s new small
gospel ensemble, Overjoyed, will also perform.

April 26 An Evening with the Berklee Rainbow Orchestra - Under the direction
of faculty composer/arranger/trombonist Phil Wilson, jazz fusion originals will be
performed by one of Berklee's premiere ensembles with an added string section.

April 27 Chord Scale Madness/Shaken, Not Stirred - Under the direction of Jazz
Composition department faculty member Jackson Schultz, some of the strongest
student arrangements from the “Voicings Derived from Chord Scales” course will be
performed by a large ensemble. In the second half, faculty member Brian Lewis
presents big band music in a variety of jazz styles including funk, latin-samba, latin-
salsa and swing. Included in this performance will be a premiere of Brian Lewis’
arrangement of 7'/l Wait and Pray featuring guest soloist Ear Training department
chair Greg Badolato.

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