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Series at Berklee presents music from Spain to Brazil; great

artists and gifted students making music together.

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October 10
Celebrating
Blakey: The
Messenger Legacy
The Messenger Legacy
is an elite lineup of
former members of one of jazz’s most influential
bands, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. This
configuration features bassist Reggie Workman,

alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, trumpeter Brian

| Lynch, tenor saxophonist Billy Pierce, pianist Donald
a Brown, and drummer Ralph Peterson.

About forming the group, Peterson says, “Every
time | play the drums it is in tribute to Art, but |
wanted to do something that goes beyond me,
beyond any individual. | wanted to pay tribute in a
way that was authentic, genuine, and meaningful
not just to a few, but to every person he touched
through his music.”

Movember 6

Alejandro Sanz Meets Berklee
/' This concert, showcasing Sanz’s music

as interpreted by Berklee students and

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of his honorary degree from Berklee,
and feature Sanz himself on selected songs. Sanz’s
‘new album La Musica No Se Toca is one of 2013’s
best-selling albums and has produced three
consecutive No. 1 singles in Spain, Latin America,
and the U.S. Sanz has won a total of three Grammy
Awards and 16 Latin Grammy Awards, including
three Latin Grammy Album of the Year Awards,
a distinction no other artist can claim for that
category. The concert is being presented by the
Berklee Mediterranean Music Institute under the
artistic direction of renowned producer Javier Limén.
Produced by Javier Limén with Oscar Stagnaro.
Arranged and conducted by Matthew Nicholl.

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BPC box office during business hours. All shows begin at 8:15 p.m.




/ December 5
A Berklee Singers Showcase
. 30th Anniversary Concert
)‘q Singers Showcase, Berklee’s premier
" vocal event, offers a variety of styles
and musical settings for some of the college’s
exceptional singers. The outstanding lead singers are
chosen from more than 100 students who audition
for a spot in this immensely popular concert.
Produced by the Yo Team.

December 12

Guinga Meets Berklee

This concert features the compositions,
guitar, and voice of Guinga (nee
Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos
Escobar). Guinga is one of the
foremost musicians in Brazil. His collaborations with
other musicians as a guitarist, singer, and composer
read like a who's who of contemporary Brazilian
music. His growing oeuvre is garnering praise such
as this from Hermeto Pascoal: “A guy like that only
appears every hundred years.” Guinga will be
playing and singing his own compositions, supported
by the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Francisco Noya, with
arrangements provided both by Paulo Aragao

(a rising star in the Brazilian guitar universe) and by
select Berklee faculty and students. The Orchestra
will be augmented by student and faculty feature
soloists in a very special night of music. Produced by
John Stein and Fernando Brandao, with musical
direction by Matthew Nicholl and Oscar Stagnaro.