Berklee World Strings Spring 2019

VIOLIN 1 Louisa Byron, Waseca, Minnesota
Dana Zulpykharova, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Claudius Agrippa, Brooklyn, NY
Brian Urra, Santiago, Chile
Emily Gelineau, Perth, Australia

VIOLIN 2 Luna Ramos, Havana, Cuba
Costanza Tinti, Bologna, Italy
Brandon Jackson, Chicago, IL
Louise Bichan, Orkney, Scotland
Jody Miller, Apex, North Carolina

VIOLA Mels Wynne, Cleveland, Ohio
Cecelia Vacante, Baldwinsville, Massachusetts
Cecilia Cook, Liberty, Missouri - -

CELLO Emanuel Keller, Jerusalem, Israel
Cristobal Cruz Garcia, Tijuana, Mexico
Michelle Packman, Los Angeles, California
Casey Murray, Rochester, New York

BASS Jena St. Davies, South Windsor, Connecticut
Manos Stratis, Cyprus

SPECIAL GUESTS Naseem Alatrash , Beir Sahour, Palestine
Vasileios Kostas, Greece
Firas Zreik, Kofor Yasif, Palestine
Thaer Bader, Maghar, Palestine
Alber Baseel, Bethlehem, Palestine
Geroge Lernis, Nicosia, Cyprus
Chase Morrin, San Diego, California
Berklee Indian Ensemble

With _members]jrom 49 coun%rles to date, the Berklee Indlfin Ensergble provides an open and |r_1c|_u? ve
creefilve_s ace for musicians from all over the world to explore, studly, |r_1teflc_>ret, and che_aLe music influenced
y the rich and varied mosag:t_at is Indian music today. rc_m]qa Carnatic thillana or a high-adrenaline .
onnako cc_mversatloln t]p Indo-jazz experiments or gawwali, the ensemble P?fiorms an ‘expansive repertoire
with the ultimate goal ot presenting concerts entirely comprising original student compositions. Tonight
concert features two of the EnsemBle’s student compositions, including the premier of their 19th original.

ou defi in 2011 by Indjan Berklee alumna agd faculty member Annette Philip, the %,'ouF as the first of its
ind a the college, sg?rtlng with just 18 members in its \ st semeét_er. Toda¥,t e Berklee Indian Epsemble is
one ot the | rgesfi and most diverse coll, _CtIV%]S atthe c [ege,#n_ is part o tl'ge Berklee India Exchange, an
institute at the college whic h_a%dlverm ied the Ensem erfs offerings to include productions, residencies,
vi!]or shops, a totglng faction with several international performances to their credit, and viral video content
that has garnered oVer 130 million views on YouTube

Berklee Indian Ensemble
Soloists: Agney Mulay, Colin Jenkins, Gayathri Karunakar Menon, Shradha Ganesh

Choir Agney Mulay, New Delhi, India
Ganesh Balasubramanian, Singapore
Gayathri Karunakar Menon, Doha, Qatar
Gayathri Krishnan, Orange County, CA
Lydia Renold, Schonenwerd, Switzerland
Medha Nair, Irvine, CA
Paola Munda, Palermo, Italy
Rohith Jayaraman, San Jose, CA
Shradha Ganesh, Toronto, Canada
Snehal Pandey, Belmont, California
Sriram Balasubramanian, Singapore
Swarathmika Swaminathan, Mumbai, India

Piano & Vocals Annette Philip, Kerala, India

Keyboards Fryderyk Hoang Dong, Warsaw, Poland
Electric Guitar | Colin Jenkins, Bedford, NH

Electric Guitar Il Travis Forencich, Portland, OR

Guests

Accordion Yotam Ishay, Afula, Israel

Qanun Panagiotis Aivazidis, Serres, Greece
Tabla Giridaran Subramaniam, Bangalore, India
Percussion | Louie Kim, Suwon, South Korea
Percussion Il Kan Yanabe, Suita, Japan

Special thanks to George Lernis on percussion