Berklee Performance Center Concerts

October 18 - A Night of Brazilian and Cuban
Jazz - The Fernando Brandao Quartet will
play Brazilian, Latin, and straight-ahead jazz,
original compositions and arrangements.
Then pianist Rebecca Cline directs her sextet
Obbini Tumbao, performing Afro-Cuban
arrangements of American and Cuban stan-
dards, as well as some originals.

October 20- A Tribute to Stevie Wonder -
Ensemble department faculty member Dennis
Montgomery Il presents a student and facul-
ty tribute to Stevie Wonder as part of
Ensemble week activities.

October 21-Concert Jazz Orchestra — The
Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra director
Professor Greg Hopkins leads Berklee's pre-
mier student jazz orchestra to a new level in
space and time, redefining the molecular
structure of big band jazz. The group will
debut a new repertoire of positively charged
original compositions and perform quantum
twists on the work of the jazz masters.
Tributes to John La Porta and James Williams
will feature special guests Joe Lovano, Bill
Pierce and Mick Goodrick. Chamber jazz trio
Tre Corda, comprised of Hopkins, Eugene
Friesen, and Tim

Ray, will also perform.

October 26-John DeCarlo Group- Guitarist
John DeCarlo presents modern improvisation-
al music for quartet with saxophonist Tim
McCulley, bassist Giacomo Merega and
drummer Nick Falk.

The Dream Concert — Vocalist Christine
Vaindirlis presents jazz-funk and fusion cov-
ers and originals for a large ensemble includ-
ing alums pianist Hiromi Uehara and vocalist
Marlon Saunders and faculty member
Michael Farquharson, bass.

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October 27-Fall Together - Fall Together '04
will be the 20th concert we've presented in
this series which started in 1985. Featured
composers are: Greg Hopkins, Bob
Pilkington, Marc Rossi, Bruce Thomas, Phil
Wilson, and Ken Pullig. Ensemble size will
range from small group to big band and fea-
ture an all-star cast of performers that
includes students, faculty, and staff. The fea-
tured piece of the evening is Ken Pullig's
"Politickle Your Fancy"", a 30-minute jazz
oratorio that addresses the subject matter of
politics and the presidential election. It will

feature special guest Rebecca Shrimpton who ‘

will be both vocalist and narrator.

November 1-Winds Day - Christine Fawson
& Karin Harris/Jim Snidero

November 2-Ryu Nagata Quartet - Guitarist
Ryu Nagata presents original contemporary
jazz inspired by ECM recording label’s Brad
Mehldau, Mick Goodrick and others. His
quartet will feature Juan G. Galiardo, piano,
Hogyu Hwang, bass and Nick Falk, drums.
Songs of Peace — Saxophonist Michael
Birnbryer presents songs of peace by John
Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Horace Silver
and others performed by James Williams,
Peter Stoltzman, Curtis Madigan, and Khari
Lee.

November 4- Contemporary Writing and
Production Faculty Concert - This year’s
annual Contemporary Writing and
Production concert will feature original com-
positions by department faculty. Music for
winds, strings and rhythm section will be
played by a band of Berklee faculty led by
CWP Chair Matthew Nicholl. The concert will
be extremely diverse, covering a wide range
of styles including Latin, jazz, world, funk
and R&B.