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Drums/Percussion Noam lIsraeli, Zikhron Yaaqov, Israel
Anthony Fung, Toronto, Canada
Jorge Perez-Albela, Lima, Peru
Kesivan Naidoo, East London, South Africa
Conducting Toni Vaquer, Mallorca, Spain
Special guests for this evening include:
Bass Riccardo del Fra, Director of Jazz Studies,
Conservatory of Paris
Percussion Oscar Cruz, Faculty, Fundacion Danilo Pérez,
Panama
Alto Saxophone Patricia Zarate, Executive Director,
Panama Jazz Festival
Berklee Global Jazz Institute
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) is a performance program designed to foster
creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer
Danilo Pérez as its artistic director.
The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment where students
are given opportunities to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance
the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical creative
thinking with the natural environment.
It is a creative music institute with a progressive vision to develop the artist of the
new millennium.
The BGJI is designed to help instrumentalists and vocalists with unique talent and
wide-ranging musical interests achieve their artistic goals through an experiential and
interdisciplinary approach. Developing artists who seek to evolve to the highest levels—
as both musicians and human beings—will find a true home in the BGJI environment,
which will provide both the support and range of challenges necessary for sustained
creative growth.
Students accepted to the BGJI may pursue a bachelor of music degree in performance
or a two-year artist's diploma. In addition to being mentored by and playing with jazz
masters, students will travel together and perform at festivals in Panama, Puerto Rico, and
other locations. BGJI students will come together in new musical collectives that will
record original material in the studio.
Service learning is integral to the program. “Our students have been given great
musical talent,” says Marco Pignataro, BGJI's managing director. “We'll teach that, as
artists, they are responsible to positively affect their communities.” BGJI students will give
back to the community by working with children, and teaching music in the Boston area
through Berklee City Music programs and in other cities during performance trips. The
program will also provide opportunities to connect creative thinking in music with the
restoration of nature. In general, students will develop the skills needed to become role
models for a new generation of musicians and to inspire leadership in others.
Anthony Fung, Toronto, Canada
Jorge Perez-Albela, Lima, Peru
Kesivan Naidoo, East London, South Africa
Conducting Toni Vaquer, Mallorca, Spain
Special guests for this evening include:
Bass Riccardo del Fra, Director of Jazz Studies,
Conservatory of Paris
Percussion Oscar Cruz, Faculty, Fundacion Danilo Pérez,
Panama
Alto Saxophone Patricia Zarate, Executive Director,
Panama Jazz Festival
Berklee Global Jazz Institute
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) is a performance program designed to foster
creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer
Danilo Pérez as its artistic director.
The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment where students
are given opportunities to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance
the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical creative
thinking with the natural environment.
It is a creative music institute with a progressive vision to develop the artist of the
new millennium.
The BGJI is designed to help instrumentalists and vocalists with unique talent and
wide-ranging musical interests achieve their artistic goals through an experiential and
interdisciplinary approach. Developing artists who seek to evolve to the highest levels—
as both musicians and human beings—will find a true home in the BGJI environment,
which will provide both the support and range of challenges necessary for sustained
creative growth.
Students accepted to the BGJI may pursue a bachelor of music degree in performance
or a two-year artist's diploma. In addition to being mentored by and playing with jazz
masters, students will travel together and perform at festivals in Panama, Puerto Rico, and
other locations. BGJI students will come together in new musical collectives that will
record original material in the studio.
Service learning is integral to the program. “Our students have been given great
musical talent,” says Marco Pignataro, BGJI's managing director. “We'll teach that, as
artists, they are responsible to positively affect their communities.” BGJI students will give
back to the community by working with children, and teaching music in the Boston area
through Berklee City Music programs and in other cities during performance trips. The
program will also provide opportunities to connect creative thinking in music with the
restoration of nature. In general, students will develop the skills needed to become role
models for a new generation of musicians and to inspire leadership in others.
