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David Friend Recital Hall Concerts
April 3 - Contemporary Chamber Music - Under the direction of Jairo
Duarte, various chamber ensembles will play contemporary compostions
by Duarte and Giovanni Landini.
April 4 - Berklee Storytellers - A showcase for Berklee’s pop and rock
performers in the spirit of VH1’s “Storytellers” show with each singer
revealing the story behind the song. Composers include Melissa
Etheridge, Tori Amos, Laura Nyro, Stevie Wonder and Madonna. Under the
direction of faculty vocalist Did Stewart with a band led by faculty pianist
Alizon Lissance featuring Reed Butler playing bass.
April 5 - West African Ensembles - Under the direction of Joe Galeota,
The Berklee West African Drum & Dance Ensemble will perform three
musics of the Ewe, Dagomba and Ga people. Adzogho, considered one of
the most difficulty war dances of the Ewe, includes extravagant costumes
and drum poetry. Baamaya, a farmers social dance from northern Ghana
features side to side waist movement by dancers displaying a colorful
belt of cori shells. Finally, Kpanlogo, ¢ courtship dance of the Ga swill
invite audience free style dancing creating a party like atmosphere.
April 6 - Nancy Zeltsman-Marimba Concert - This semester’s Berklee
Marimba Concert, led by Associate Professor Nancy Zeltsman, will
feature performances by members of the Berklee Performance Lab, the
Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab, and some of Berklee’s finest
solo marimbists. The program will be extremely varied, ranging from a
piece composed for the Canadian percussion group Nexus by one of their
members, John Wyre — to an arrangement of music from Beetlejuice.
There could be some compositions by Pat Metheny, Tori Amos, and a
famous xylophone rag thrown in there too!
April 10 - Jazz Vocal Series - Under the direction of faculty vocalist Maggi
Scott, student vocalists will perform jazz standards accompanied by a
faculty rhythm section including Scott on piano. Also featured will be “The
Boswell Sisters,” with Voice department Chair Jan Shapiro, faculty
vocalists Lisa Thorson and Adrianna Balic performing some of the
repertoire of the Boswell Sisters from the 1930’s and 40’s.
Berklee
COLLEGE OF MUSIC
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3693
April 3 - Contemporary Chamber Music - Under the direction of Jairo
Duarte, various chamber ensembles will play contemporary compostions
by Duarte and Giovanni Landini.
April 4 - Berklee Storytellers - A showcase for Berklee’s pop and rock
performers in the spirit of VH1’s “Storytellers” show with each singer
revealing the story behind the song. Composers include Melissa
Etheridge, Tori Amos, Laura Nyro, Stevie Wonder and Madonna. Under the
direction of faculty vocalist Did Stewart with a band led by faculty pianist
Alizon Lissance featuring Reed Butler playing bass.
April 5 - West African Ensembles - Under the direction of Joe Galeota,
The Berklee West African Drum & Dance Ensemble will perform three
musics of the Ewe, Dagomba and Ga people. Adzogho, considered one of
the most difficulty war dances of the Ewe, includes extravagant costumes
and drum poetry. Baamaya, a farmers social dance from northern Ghana
features side to side waist movement by dancers displaying a colorful
belt of cori shells. Finally, Kpanlogo, ¢ courtship dance of the Ga swill
invite audience free style dancing creating a party like atmosphere.
April 6 - Nancy Zeltsman-Marimba Concert - This semester’s Berklee
Marimba Concert, led by Associate Professor Nancy Zeltsman, will
feature performances by members of the Berklee Performance Lab, the
Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab, and some of Berklee’s finest
solo marimbists. The program will be extremely varied, ranging from a
piece composed for the Canadian percussion group Nexus by one of their
members, John Wyre — to an arrangement of music from Beetlejuice.
There could be some compositions by Pat Metheny, Tori Amos, and a
famous xylophone rag thrown in there too!
April 10 - Jazz Vocal Series - Under the direction of faculty vocalist Maggi
Scott, student vocalists will perform jazz standards accompanied by a
faculty rhythm section including Scott on piano. Also featured will be “The
Boswell Sisters,” with Voice department Chair Jan Shapiro, faculty
vocalists Lisa Thorson and Adrianna Balic performing some of the
repertoire of the Boswell Sisters from the 1930’s and 40’s.
Berklee
COLLEGE OF MUSIC
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3693
