David Friend Recital Hall Concerts

April 25 - [1:00pm] — Reggae/Dub Ensemble
- Faculty member Winston Maccow presents
his student ensemble performing reggae and
dub music by Bob Marley, Bushman, Gentle-
man, Rood Boy, Steel Pulse and others.

April 25 — [2:30pm] — Brazilian Jazz — Faculty
member Fernando Brandao leads this student
ensemble performing jazz from Brazil includ-
ing compositions by Hermeto Pascoal, Djavan,
Joa Donato and others.

April 25 - [4:00 pm] - Mostly Mahavishnu
- Mostly Mahavishnu focuses on the early 70s
with modern groove updates.

April 25 —[7:30pm|] — Turn It Up! The Berklee
Country Music Ensemble - The Berklee
Country Music Ensemble under the direction
of faculty guitarist Mike Ihde, performs top
country hits as well as instrumentals in classic
country, western swing, and rockabilly styles.
An exciting and entertaining evening of Hot
Country and Blazing Instrumentals performed
by Berklee’s best Pickers and Singers with 2
fiddles, lap steel, dobro, three guitars, bass,
drums and seven vocalists.

April 26 — [1:00pm] — Mimi Rabson - Faculty
member Mimi Rabson presents a program
improvisational music for strings only.

April 26 — [2:30pm] — Music of Dave Holland
Ensemble - Faculty member Lello Molinari
presents Berklee's Dave Holland ensemble
performing music from the bassists recordings.

April 26 — [4:00pm] — Belat - A 7-piece
ensemble performs straight ahead jazz compo-
sitions by Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard,
Horace Silver and Woody Shaw under the di-
rection of faculty member Herman Hampton.

April 26 —[7:30 pm] Songwriter’s Circle

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presents another in the annual Songwriter’s
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songwriters performing solo and duo versions
of their songs. This is an acoustic writers
showcase which features ‘the song’ rather than
‘the arrangement.” This year’s showcase will
feature Megan Burtt, Lucas Carpenter, James
Farrell and Gabrielle Sadler performing three
songs each in an acoustic setting featuring
voices and guitar or piano.

April 27 — [1:00pm] — Music of the Crusaders
- Faculty saxophonist Dan Moretti leads this
student ensemble through the best of the soul/
funk jazz pioneers, The Crusaders with com-
positions and arrangements by Joe Sample,
Wayne Henderson, and Stix Hooper.

April 27 - [2:30pm] — Gospel: Traditional and
Spirituals - Faculty member Dennis Montgom-
ery presents small vocal ensembles performing
traditional and spiritual Gospel Music.

April 27 - [4:00pm] — Jazz Composition En-
semble - The Jazz Composition Ensemble--a
ten piece band with alto, tenor, baritone saxes,
trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, bass and
drums-- performs original student composi-
tions under the direction of Jazz Composition
department chair Ken Pullig.

April 27 - [7:30pm] — Terri Lyne Carrington
Ensemble - This concert will feature original
music by Terri Lyne Carrington, as well cho-
sen originals by the students in the ensemble.
Also, arrangements of popular pieces from the
Beatles to Herbie Hancock will be included.

April 28 — [1:00pm] — Acoustic Strings
Ensemble - Ensemble department faculty
member John McGann presents this Acoustic
Strings ensemble in performance.

April 28 —[2:30pm] — Neo Soul — R&B vocal
ensemble performs music by Aretha Franklin,
Stevie Wonder and Chaka Kahn under the
direction of faculty member Skip Smith.