February 24 - [4:00 p.m.] Ron Mahdi Presents
A Tribute to James Williams

Faculty member bassist Ron Mahdi presents a
tribute to the late pianist and composer
James Williams featuring faculty pianist
Consuelo Candelaria, Woodwind Chair Bill
Pierce and Ensemble Chair Ron Savage,
drums.

February 28- [4:00 p.m.] New Piano Music —
Piano department chair Stephany Tiernan
and composition department faculty member
Andrew List present student compositions for
solo piano. Students submitted compositions
to be performed by piano students and the
pianists chose the compositions and collabo-
rated with the composers to prepare for this
special piano week event. Compositions in a
wide range of styles by Roberto Toscano, Dan
Bergland, Francesco Artusato, Roman
Kovalik, Apakk Hui, Muarizio Yazig and
Tommy Pedrini.

February 28 - Platinum Plus - Faculty pianist
Joanne Brackeen performs original jazz with
her group including Donald Lee, Nir Naaman,
David Clark and Yoron Israel as part of Piano
week activities.

March 1 - Suzanna Sifter Quartet - Faculty
pianist Suzanna Sifter performs original jazz
with her group as part of Piano week activi-
ties.

March 2 - One Hour of Dub - Faculty pianist
Matt Jenson performs an hour of dubbified
tunes in the reggae and neo-soul styles
stitched together with effects, dropouts,
vibrations, attitude and a lap top computer
as part of Piano week activities.

March 3 - 4:00 pm Kiyo Nakazaki- Zambelli
Scholarship Concert

Classical compositions for solo piano by
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Bartok and Ravel
will be performed by the Emannuel Zambelli
Scholarship winner, Kiyo Nakazaki.

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March 7 - Don't Try This At Home - The
Berklee Country Music Ensemble- The
Berklee Country Music Ensemble under the
direction of faculty guitarist Mike Ihde, per-
forms top country hits as well as instrumen-
tals in classic country, western swing, and
rockabilly styles. An exciting and entertain-
ing evening of Hot Country and Blazing
Instrumentals performed by Berklee's best
Pickers and Singers.

March 8- Louis Stewart in Recital 2005 -
Faculty pianist Louis Stewart plays solo classi-
cal music by Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky and
Schoenberg.

March 9- Bass Department Student Concert -
Under the direction of Assistant Chair John
Repucci, four bass students will lead their
bands in an evening of original compositions,
in a variety of styles.

March 21- The "Cryogenic Renassiance
Orchestra” - Faculty member Greg Hopkins
recalls three of the great jazz nonets of the
past century and stretches into the future of
the genre with probing and challenging new
works. Using Miles Davis's "Birth of the
Cool" , McCoy Tyner's "Tender Moments"
and Herbie Hancock's "Prisoner" music as
models, Greg Hopkins Nonet pushes the
envelope of this instrumentation and devel-
ops a fresh viewpoint with an exciting new
repertoire.

March 22- Free Speech Zone The Mark Rossi
Group - Faculty composer and keyboardist
Marc Rossi presents original progressive jazz
with Latin and Indian influences and special
guest guitarist Bruce Arnold.

March 23- An Evening with Birdsongs of the

Mesozoic - Faculty member Michael Bierylo
presents original electro-acoustic chamber
rock for guitar, piano synthesizers and wood-
winds.