Berklee Performance Center Concerts

November 30-Rainbow Band Presents A
Berklee Jazz Festival - Big band jazz with
vocals will be performed under the direction
of faculty composer, arranger, trombonist Phil
Wilson.

December 1-it's Always the Music — A vari-
ety of student ensembles will perform under
the direction Ensemble department chair Ron
Savage. They'll include The Afro-Cuban
Allstars directed by Victor Mendoza; The
Music of Art Blakey Ensemble directed by
Ron Mahdi; The Bluegrass Ensemble directed
by Dave Hollender; The Contemporary
Christian Ensemble directed by Nancy Morris;
and The Hip Hop Ensemble directed by
Winston Macow.

December 3 - Presidential Inauguration
Concert - Concert marking the Inauguration
of Roger Brown as President of Berklee
College of Music, with honorary degree
recipients Dennis Chambers and Chaka
Khan.

December 9 - Singers’ Showcase - Berklee's
best student vocalists sing, whisper, belt;
shout, croon, wail, rap, swing, scat, and
holler in a program of pop, r&b, jazz and folk
music. This semester's singer's are Jeremy
Ragsdale, Evan Baughman, Natalie
Fernandez, Melinda Colaizzi, Georgel
Arevalo, J.C. Casely, Dave Petrelli, and Maeve
Gilchrist. They will be performing the music
of Aretha Franklin, Usher, Christina Aguilera,
Andrew Lloyd Weber, Janis Joplin, and many
others.

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December 13 — Berklee String Orchestra with
Joe Lovano - The Berklee String Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Friesen presents Joe
Lovano playing music by Eddie Sauter, Kenny
Wheeler and Matthew Nicholl. Student
soloists will also be featured in a variety of

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styles showcasing the rhythmic capabilities of. - -

strings. The concert will include works by
Frank Bridge and Darol Anger.

December 14 -Back Bay Brass Jazz Orchestra

- Ben Elkins leads this 20-piece student big .

band in a program of contemporary arrange-
ments and compositions for big band by Phil
Potts, Thad Jones, Maria Schneider, Stand
Kenton and Bill Holman with special guest
vocalist and trombonist.

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