David Friend Recital Hall Concerts

April 25 - [2:30pm] - Brazilian Jazz — Fac-
ulty member Fernando Brandao leads this
student ensemble performing jazz from Brazil
including 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 Berk-
lee 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 record-
ings.

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

April 26 — [7:30 pm] Songwriter’s Circle
2006 - The Songwriting Department proudly
presents another in the annual Songwriter’s
Circle Series featuring four outstanding

' singer-songwriters performing solo and duo
versions of their songs. This is an acoustic

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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
Montgomery 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.