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SPRING 1992

THE BERKLEE CONCERT WIND ENSEMBLE—Under the direction
of Assistant Chair of the Composition Department Greg Fritze, this 45-
piece ensemble of woodwinds, brass, and percussion will feature two
student competition winners. Saxophonist Tomoko Narumi, winner
of the 8th Annual Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition, will perform
the Glazanov Saxophone Concerto, and Yusuru Sadashige, winner of
the 9th Annual Wind Ensemble Composition Competition, will have
his “Fantasy for Wind Ensemble” performed. Student conductor John
Lamar will conduct Percy Craingeu’s “Children’s March” and pieces by
Persichetti, Bernstein, and Stamp will be performed.

WHAT SHALL I CALL HIM?—Berklee’s Reverence Gospel Ensemble,
under the direction of faculty member Dennis Montgomery III and
assisted by Ensemble Department Chair Orville Wright, will perform
traditional and contemporary gospel music compositions by John P.
Kee, O. Cosby, and Dennis Montgomery III.

SINGERS SHOWCASE—The Performance Studies Department’s Yo
Team Productions presents the Singers Showcase, featuring eleven of
Berklee’s finest vocalists performing the music of Bonnie Raitt, Stevie
Wonder, the Manhattan Transfer, Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Aretha
Franklin, and many others in a variety of instrumental settings and
arrangements written especially for this event.

THE CONCERT CHOIR / THE COLLEGE SINGERS—Voice Depart-
ment Chair Kenneth Greenhouse leads the 20-voice College Singers in
a performance of twentieth century American choral music. Sacred
and secular compositions include works by Randall Thompson, Jean
Berger, and Robert Starer. The highlight will be the premiere perfor-
mance of Greenhouse’s arrangement of “Watching Children Play,”
composed by Berklee alumna Chehalis Hegner and featuring the
collaborative efforts of special guest alumnus Donald Quan, lyricist
Ralph Parks, and a children’s chorus from the Learning Project in
Boston. In the second half, Voice Department faculty member Anne
Peckham directs the 43-member Concert Choir performing works by
Hassler and Randall Thompson as well as Duke Ellington’s “Come
Sunday” with featured soloist Solange Vergara.