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April 11 Percussion Ensemble/World Beat Pop Ensemble—The first half
of this Percussion Department concert features Percussion Unlimited in its twentieth
year as the college’s premier percussion ensemble. Compositions by David
McBride, Ingred Marshall, Elliot Carter, and Thom Hasenpflug will be performed and
Assistant Professor Richard Flanagan will offer a performance of Ellito Carter's March
Jfor Four Timpani. In the second half, the Berklee World Beat Percussion Orchestra,
directed by Steve Wilkes and Casey Scheuerell, and composed of students from
World Beat Pop Lab, will perform an eclectic blend of mind expanding, trance-
inducing-dance-inspired grooves from West Africa, South Africa, the Middle East,
Brazil, and Cuba.

April 12 The Berklee Vocal Jazz Ensemble/Mirror Image—Voice
Department faculty member Art LaPierre leads this five-voice plus rhythm section
ensemble in a program of jazz compositions by T. Monk, S. Rollins, J. Mandel, and
others with featured guests Close Harmony. In the second half, the 10-voice Berklee
Vocal Summit, directed by Bob Stoloff, will perform a varied program incorporating
musical styles from jazz to the classics. This a cappella group specializes in “sponta-
neous improvisation” and creatively integrates music, theater, and movement.
Tonight's performance includes arrangements of compositions by Sweet Honey in
the Rock and Michael Jackson as well as traditional music from South America, Italy,
Russia, and Slovenia.

April 14 International Folk Festival—In its eighth year, this special event,
sponsored by the Performance Studies Department and the Student Activities Office,
will feature 10 ensembles representing Brazil, China, France, the Balkans, Venezu-
ela, Cuba, Mexico, India, Krgyzstan, and Japan playing the music of their native
homelands. Following the performance, everyone is invited to a party in the Dining
Hall where food from around the world can be sampled.

April 19 Professional Writing Division Awards Concert

April 20 The Berklee Concert Wind Ensemble—Under the direction of
Composition Department Assistant Chair Greg Fritze, this ensemble of 45 wood-
wind, brass, and percussionists will perform music by Karel Husa, Aaron Copland,
John Barnes Chance, and Percy Grainger. The concert will feature 1994 Wind
Ensemble Composition Award winner Devon Cox in his composition “Music for
Winds and Percussion” and 1994 Concerto Winner Kazuaki Nihonyanagi performing
“Concerto for Piano and Winds” by Igor Stravinsky.

April 21 The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra—Renowned faculty

trumpeter, arranger, composer Herb Pomeroy leads the most prestigious ensemble
in the college in a program of contemporary big band music.

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