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Berklee Performance Center Concerts

 

April 24 T've Tried Him - An evening of contemporary and traditional gospel
music performed by Berklee’s Reverence Gospel Ensemble will feature composi-
tions 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 compsoer/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 I'll Wait and Pray featuring guest soloist Ear Training department
chair Greg Badolato.

April 28 Herb Pomeroy Tribute - Herb Pomeroy’s worldwide reputation as a jazz
performer, composer, arranger, teacher,and bandleader has brought credit and
prestige to Berklee College of Music for the past four decades. For thousands of
Berklee alumni over the years, having studied with Herb or played in one of his
ensembles made for the most indelible memories of their Berklee experience. In
honor of Herb Pomeroy, Berklee will present a tribute concert featuring Herb
leading a band of all-star student, faculty, and alumni guest artists including Joe
Zawinul, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Arif Mardin, Sadao Watanabe, Michael Gibbs, John
Abercrombie, Abe Laboriel, Sr., Tiger Okoshi, and many others.

May 5, 6 Commencement Concert

May 8 Mozart’s Requiem - The Berklee Concert Choir, under the direction of
Voice department faculty member Anne Peckham, will perform Mozart’s Requiem
with full orchestra. The fifty voice SATB choir features soloists Katarzyna Sokalla,
Clare Eggleston, Doug Kim, Juanita Harris, Brian Lucas, Michael Henneise, Youn
Sung Kim, Mimi Rohlfing and Anne Gurmankin.

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