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April 2
April 3
April 4
April 8
Berklee Per formance Center Concerts
SPRING 1991
AN EVENING WITH THE BERKLEE RAINBOW BAND—Faculty
trombonist/composer/arranger Phil Wilson leads the Berklee Rainbow
Band in a program of jazz, fusion, and rock originals by outstanding
student composers and arrangers, including works by Associate Dean
of Curriculum Robert Myers, students Matsumi Tori, Mike Genovese,
Jose Barros, Mike Yelle, faculty member Phil Wilson, and alumnus
Makoto Ozone. Feature vocalists will be Sharine Janse and Cinthia
Tignor with Melvin Butler, Julie Sussman, Andreas Mitytermayer, and
Pat Loomis among the featured instrumentalists.
VOCAL SUMMIT/VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE—Under the direction of
Voice Department vocalist Bob Stoloff, the six-member Vocal Summit
will perform a cappella in the styles of jazz fusion, funk, Latin, and
folk, and will present origianl compositions and works by John Cage,
Chick Corea, Evan Lains, and Abund Zu, as well as two freely impro-
vised pieces. In the second half, the 12-voice Vocal Jazz Ensemble,
directed by Voice Department faculty member April Arabian, will
perform a variety of contemporary, jazz, and original vocal group
arrangements with an accompanying quartet. Compositions by
Charlie Parker, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, and Paul Simon, and
arrangements by Gene Puerling and students Jon Dryden and Tommy
Kamp will be featured.
PAT METHENY WITH GARY BURTON—Famed guitarist Pat
Metheny will be joined by Berklee’s Dean of Curriculum vibist Gary
Burton and a student group of Seamus Blake, saxophone, Jon
Dryden, piano, Victor Merlo, bass, and Mark Miralta, drums, perform-
ing music by Metheny, Burton, and others.
PERCUSSION UNLIMITED—Berklee’s top percussion ensemble,
under the direction of Department Chair Dean Anderson, will perform
contemporary percussion music by composers John Cage, Steve
Reich, and David McBride. Guest artists include pianists Kathy
Supove, Assistant Piano Department Chair Stephanie Tiernan, and
Assistant Percussion Department Chair Ed Saindon. A special solo on
drum-set and electronic percussion by faculty member Steve Wilkes
and Dean Anderson’s performance of “Spiral Constellations” for live
computer, mallet MIDI-controller, mallet percussions, and synthesizer
will be highlights.
April 3
April 4
April 8
Berklee Per formance Center Concerts
SPRING 1991
AN EVENING WITH THE BERKLEE RAINBOW BAND—Faculty
trombonist/composer/arranger Phil Wilson leads the Berklee Rainbow
Band in a program of jazz, fusion, and rock originals by outstanding
student composers and arrangers, including works by Associate Dean
of Curriculum Robert Myers, students Matsumi Tori, Mike Genovese,
Jose Barros, Mike Yelle, faculty member Phil Wilson, and alumnus
Makoto Ozone. Feature vocalists will be Sharine Janse and Cinthia
Tignor with Melvin Butler, Julie Sussman, Andreas Mitytermayer, and
Pat Loomis among the featured instrumentalists.
VOCAL SUMMIT/VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE—Under the direction of
Voice Department vocalist Bob Stoloff, the six-member Vocal Summit
will perform a cappella in the styles of jazz fusion, funk, Latin, and
folk, and will present origianl compositions and works by John Cage,
Chick Corea, Evan Lains, and Abund Zu, as well as two freely impro-
vised pieces. In the second half, the 12-voice Vocal Jazz Ensemble,
directed by Voice Department faculty member April Arabian, will
perform a variety of contemporary, jazz, and original vocal group
arrangements with an accompanying quartet. Compositions by
Charlie Parker, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, and Paul Simon, and
arrangements by Gene Puerling and students Jon Dryden and Tommy
Kamp will be featured.
PAT METHENY WITH GARY BURTON—Famed guitarist Pat
Metheny will be joined by Berklee’s Dean of Curriculum vibist Gary
Burton and a student group of Seamus Blake, saxophone, Jon
Dryden, piano, Victor Merlo, bass, and Mark Miralta, drums, perform-
ing music by Metheny, Burton, and others.
PERCUSSION UNLIMITED—Berklee’s top percussion ensemble,
under the direction of Department Chair Dean Anderson, will perform
contemporary percussion music by composers John Cage, Steve
Reich, and David McBride. Guest artists include pianists Kathy
Supove, Assistant Piano Department Chair Stephanie Tiernan, and
Assistant Percussion Department Chair Ed Saindon. A special solo on
drum-set and electronic percussion by faculty member Steve Wilkes
and Dean Anderson’s performance of “Spiral Constellations” for live
computer, mallet MIDI-controller, mallet percussions, and synthesizer
will be highlights.
