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March 8, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston

The Ninth Annual Berklee Middle
Eastern Festival features guest

artists from the region, as well as community musicians, Berklee
students, visual artists, and dancers from all over the world to
celebrate the music of the Middle East, the Balkans, the
Caucasus, and the Mediterranean. Directed by festival founder
and Associate Professor Christiane Karam, the Berklee Middle
Eastern Fusion Ensemble will explore the musical map of Armenia
in a stunning collaboration with celebrated Armenian pianist

and composer Tigran Hamasyan.

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‘Africana Studies
Celebrates Black Music

March 9, 2017, 8:00 p.m
Berklee Performance Center

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include Stokley Williams, lead singer
and drummer for Mint Condition; Morris Hayes, former music
director for Prince; and Patrice Rushen, composer, music produc-
er, and singer-songwriter of “Forget Me Nots.”

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Symphony in Six Movements by Berklee alumnus Howard Shore.
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Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston

In 1943, two women are on the brink
of independence in Vienna, Austria,
and artist Gustav Klimt is driven to
capture them both. Inspired by Klimt's sensual portraits, this world
premiere musical answers the question, “Who is the woman in
The Kiss?" with a Berklee College of Music and Boston
Conservatory at Berklee cast. Music by Peter Eldridge; book

and lyrics by Cheryl Coons.

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