Berklee Performance Center Concerts

February 5 — Still on the Journey - Voice department faculty member Lawrence
Watson will feature several Berklee students, alumni and faculty as he sings
classic gospel favorites, jazz standards, soul, original compositions and blues
music that spans his 20-year musical career and honors the victories of the Civil
Rights Movement in the United States. Watson sings the music of Luther
Vandross, James Cleveland, Douglass Miller, Sarah Vaughn, Sammy Davis Jr,
Peabo Bryson, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Nancy Wilson, Johnny Mathis,
Stevie Wonder, and Pavarotti.

February 8 — Gospel Jubilee featuring Tia-Marie Talbert and Overjoyed -
Dennis Montgomery, Ill presents Tia-Marie Talbert and Overjoyed in an evening
of Original, Traditional, and Contemporary gospel music. The second half of the
program will feature various faculty from the Voice Department with Overjoyed as
backgrounds.

February 9 — Livingston Taylor - Berklee Faculty member singer-scngwriter
Livingston Taylor performs as part of Voice Week Activities.

February 10 — Kelly Hunt - Visiting Artist blues singer Kelly Hunt performs as
part of Voice Week Activities.

February 11 — George Duke - Renowned producer, composer, performer, and
educator George Duke will perform with a Berklee student ensemble beginning at
8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center. Duke received his Bachelor of
Music degree in 1967 from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a
Masters Degree in composition from San Francisco State University. He has
performed and recorded with Cannonball Adderly, Frank Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty
and Billy Cobham. His producing credits include recordings by Miles Davis,
Raoul de Souza, Dee Dee Bridgewater, A Taste of Honey, Jeffrey Osborne,
Deniece Williams, Smokey Robinson, and George Howard.

February 12 — The Singers Night Team Sings! - Voice Department Faculty
perform as part of Voice Week Activities.

February 18 — Jazz Showcase: Rebirth CD Release — Jazz Revelations
Records, Berklee's student-run jazz label, presents a showcase of its eleven
artists ranging from an 18-piece big band to neo-soul influenced jazz vocal
groups, electric fusion ensembles , to world music and contemporary bands to
mark the release of their first compilation album, Rebirth.

February 19 — The ESO show: A Wildcore Bruhaha! - Faculty drummer Dave
Cowan presents wildcore originals for voice, two guitars, bass and drums and
compositions by Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone and Living Colour.

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