VISITING ARTISTS AT BERKLEE THIS SUMMER

 

Singer Richie Havens performed his vintage folk classics
with student bassist Daniel Day at a BPC concert in August.

 

This summer, a wide va—
riety of top professionals
spent time at the college to
impart words of wisdom
and experience, and give
closeup demonstrations of
their unique artistry to stu—
dent and faculty. As al—
ways, the series provided
valuable insights in this
rare, informal setting.

The series kicked off in
June with a Visit from
drummer, composer and
arranger Ricky Sebastian.
His clinic included drum
kit demonstrations and an—
ecdotes from his work ex—

Famed producer/engineer
Eddie Kramer shared his ex-
pertise behind the board in
Berklee's Studio A.

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perience with such artists
as Gil Evans, Sam Rivers,
Jaco Pastorius, Dr. John,
and others.

Shawn Murphy, an audio
mixer specializing in film,
TV, and video, gave a clinic
on orchestral engineering
for film. Murphy has
worked with John Will—
iams, Elmer Bernstein,
Danny Elfman, and many
other preeminent film and
TV composers.

Los Angeles guitarist
Dave Urich presented a clin—
ic on rock improvisation.
Urich is on the faculty at
G.I.T., and has Opened
shows for Kiss, JoeWalsh,
and Dweezil Zappa.

A series of workshops
titled “Music from Spain,”
featured a variety of clinics
with Spanish musicians, in—
cluding flamenco guitarist
Manuel Granados, wood—
wind players Pedro lturral-
de, and Ricard Roda, and
jazz pianists Francesc Bur-
rull and Manel Camp.

Berklee alumni Gillian
Welch '92 and David Rawl-
ings '88, who were recently
signed as staff writers for
Almo Irving Music in
Nashville, presented their
insights on the craft and
business of songwriting.

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Bassist T.M. Stevens per—
formed at the BPC with his
own group, and later gave
a clinic for bassists. Stevens
appears on Billy Joel’s Riv—
er of Dreams album, and
tours with Steve Vai '79.

Drummer Marcus WiII-
iams discussed a variety of
topics, including rhythm
section work and soloing.

David Cholemson, vice
president of Ted Kurland
Associates, discussed his
experiences in managing
the Pat Metheny Group, as
well as artist/
management is—
sues concerning
booking touring
groups and han—
dling their music
p u b l i s h i n g
rights.

Singer Angeli-
que Kidjo and
members of the
bands Kassav
and Ziskakan of
the Africa Fete
festival of music,
dance, and art,
discussed their
North American
tour, world mu—
sic, and the tra-
ditions their acts
represent.

the active Nashville scene.

Gil Portnoy Ph.D., spoke
to the General Education
Department about effective
strategies for teaching Vio—
lence—prone adolescents,
and caring for the disabled.

Latin—jazz drummer
Horacio "El Negro” Hernan-
dez presented a workshop
on Latin—jazz drum styles.

Kim Sledge Allen (of Sis—
ter Sledge and Chosen In—
struments) discussed ideas
about stage presence, book—
ings, and recording.

    

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

 

Blues guitarist
Ronnie Earl played and
shared his encyclopedic
knowledge of blues guitar
styles with audiences at the
Guitar Department’s Sum—
mer Guitar Sessions.

Joyce Linehan, who Op—
erates the east coast office
of Sub-Pop Records, dis—
cussed the realities of
launching a record by an
alternative rock band, and
touring options for new
bands.

Pete Fisher, director for
creative services for Warn-
erSongs, detailed the rela—
tionship between the song—
writer and the publisher in

Boston—based pop band
Letters to Cleo, played se—
lections from their Aurora
Goryalice album in a clin—
ic/demonstration in the
Performance Center.

Brazilian—born pianist/
arranger/composer Cesar
Camargo Mariano, who has
worked with Milton Nasci—
mento, Ivan Lins, and Gil—
berto Gil, presented a clin-
iC/demonstration for the
Piano Department.

Jazz drummer Lewis
Nash, formerly with Bran—
ford Marsalis, Sonny Roll—
ins, and Clark Terry, pre—
sented a drum clinic.

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