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Wayne Pearcy Hometown: Austin, Texas Major: Performance Instrument: Trumpet Wayne Pearcy knew early on that music would play a major role in his life. After trying his hand at other instruments, he's been playing the trumpet since sixth grade. Here at Berklee, accompanied by his seeing-eye dog Wyatt, he's thrilled to be making connections and pursuing everything from classical music to modern and New Orleans-style jazz. Read more about Wayne... Other profiles...

News, Events, and Music…

• Roots and Reason

  This year's Africana Studies music programming celebrates the richness of America's roots music traditions. Roots music grew out of the intermingling of influences across cultures. From this sharing of American cultures came spirituals, blues, gospel, folk, country, and bluegrass—the roots of all American popular music. More

• What's Happening at Berklee

  Every week publicist Mitzi Dorbu suggests choice concerts and events by students, faculty, alumni, and special guests on Berklee's campus and at locales around Boston and beyond. The sounds are exciting, many shows are free, and the music is as diverse as Berklee itself. More

• Sounds of Berklee Podcast

  Berklee's Roots and Reason series—sponsored by Africana Studies—is bringing together musicians from all over the world. Roots and Reason guest artist Lionel Loueke is an EMI recording artist, guitarist, and Berklee alumnus who grew up in Benin, West Africa. His new album, Karibu, combines West African roots traditions with jazz. A recent track, "Soul Sound," features Loueke on solo guitar. More