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Nicole Kindred, Associate Director of Event Management
Taka Nakamura, Senior House Manager
Susan Scotti, Marketing and Audience Development Manager
Callie Sokoloski, Ticket Operations and Patron Services Manager
Ed Liberatore, Audio Engineer
Dan Seiders, Production Manager
Adam Loeffler, Monitor Engineer, Student, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Roger Bosch, Lighting Designer, Student, Barcelona, Spain
Roger H. Brown, President
Tom Riley, Vice President, External Affairs
Matthew Nicholl, Associate Vice President, Global Initiatives
Ron Savage, Interim Dean, Performance Division
Sean Skeete, Interim Chair, Ensemble Department
Anne Peckham, Chair, Voice Department
Mike McGee, Institutional Advancement
Mirek Vana, Global Development Officer, Institutional Advancement
Roya Hu, Director, Faculty Development
Janelle Browning, Senior Director for Marketing and Communications
Michael Borgida, Director of Marketing and External Affairs
Efi Georgiou, Creative Director, Design Services
Sergio Rosa, Ensemble Department
Alejo Planchart, Stage Crew
Reggie Lofton, Video Services
Cathy Horn, Tim Paul Weiner, Concert Office
Christiane Karam
Born and raised in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon, Christiane Karam has a unique vocal style that
stems from her love of different musical traditions. She is the founder of the award-winning
ensemble ZilZALA, which blends the traditions of the Middle East and the Balkans with
contemporary jazz. She has shared the stage with Yanka Rupkina, Hiisni Senlendirici, the New
York Gypsy All Stars, the Assad Brothers, Binka Dobreva, Javier Limén, and Bobby McFerrin.
She has performed at venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, SummerStage, Celebrate
Brooklyn!, Symphony Space, the Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival, and the Moscow International
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House of Music.
In addition to performing, Karam is an award-winning songwriter and film composer. She also is a staunch
activist for cultural understanding, tolerance, and nonviolent conflict resolution. Currently an associate professor
in the Voice Department at Berklee, she is the founder and leader of the Berklee Middle Eastern Festival, and
actively brings awareness and positive social change through music and the arts. She also teaches workshops
around the world and coleads the annual Circlesongs workshop at the Omega Institute, alongside McFerrin and
members of Voicestra.
Vadim Neselovskyi Trio
Critics have praised Ukrainian pianist/composer Vadim Neselovskyi for “extraordinary playing"”
(Los Angeles Times), "exceptional composition skills” (musicweb-international.com), and
“feathery touch” (New York Times). While mostly known as one of the key members of
multiple Grammy winner Gary Burton’s Quintet, Neselovskyi is rapidly gaining reputation as a
band leader and unique composer creating a “thrilling blend of classical and jazz" (jazzreview.
com). His latest CD Get Up and Go has been included on the “Best of 2017" list by DownBeat.
Neselovskyi grew up in Odessa, Ukraine, where he was the youngest student to be accepted into the famous
Odessa Conservatory, and then moved to Dortmund, Germany, when he was 17 years old. There he established
himself on the local jazz scene, taking part in the Diisseldorf Jazz Rally and Leipzig Jazz Days. He moved to the
Taka Nakamura, Senior House Manager
Susan Scotti, Marketing and Audience Development Manager
Callie Sokoloski, Ticket Operations and Patron Services Manager
Ed Liberatore, Audio Engineer
Dan Seiders, Production Manager
Adam Loeffler, Monitor Engineer, Student, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Roger Bosch, Lighting Designer, Student, Barcelona, Spain
Roger H. Brown, President
Tom Riley, Vice President, External Affairs
Matthew Nicholl, Associate Vice President, Global Initiatives
Ron Savage, Interim Dean, Performance Division
Sean Skeete, Interim Chair, Ensemble Department
Anne Peckham, Chair, Voice Department
Mike McGee, Institutional Advancement
Mirek Vana, Global Development Officer, Institutional Advancement
Roya Hu, Director, Faculty Development
Janelle Browning, Senior Director for Marketing and Communications
Michael Borgida, Director of Marketing and External Affairs
Efi Georgiou, Creative Director, Design Services
Sergio Rosa, Ensemble Department
Alejo Planchart, Stage Crew
Reggie Lofton, Video Services
Cathy Horn, Tim Paul Weiner, Concert Office
Christiane Karam
Born and raised in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon, Christiane Karam has a unique vocal style that
stems from her love of different musical traditions. She is the founder of the award-winning
ensemble ZilZALA, which blends the traditions of the Middle East and the Balkans with
contemporary jazz. She has shared the stage with Yanka Rupkina, Hiisni Senlendirici, the New
York Gypsy All Stars, the Assad Brothers, Binka Dobreva, Javier Limén, and Bobby McFerrin.
She has performed at venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, SummerStage, Celebrate
Brooklyn!, Symphony Space, the Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival, and the Moscow International
R )
House of Music.
In addition to performing, Karam is an award-winning songwriter and film composer. She also is a staunch
activist for cultural understanding, tolerance, and nonviolent conflict resolution. Currently an associate professor
in the Voice Department at Berklee, she is the founder and leader of the Berklee Middle Eastern Festival, and
actively brings awareness and positive social change through music and the arts. She also teaches workshops
around the world and coleads the annual Circlesongs workshop at the Omega Institute, alongside McFerrin and
members of Voicestra.
Vadim Neselovskyi Trio
Critics have praised Ukrainian pianist/composer Vadim Neselovskyi for “extraordinary playing"”
(Los Angeles Times), "exceptional composition skills” (musicweb-international.com), and
“feathery touch” (New York Times). While mostly known as one of the key members of
multiple Grammy winner Gary Burton’s Quintet, Neselovskyi is rapidly gaining reputation as a
band leader and unique composer creating a “thrilling blend of classical and jazz" (jazzreview.
com). His latest CD Get Up and Go has been included on the “Best of 2017" list by DownBeat.
Neselovskyi grew up in Odessa, Ukraine, where he was the youngest student to be accepted into the famous
Odessa Conservatory, and then moved to Dortmund, Germany, when he was 17 years old. There he established
himself on the local jazz scene, taking part in the Diisseldorf Jazz Rally and Leipzig Jazz Days. He moved to the
