Upcoming Events

Daqui y D’alli will cover a range of styles, including flamenco, Latin, and jazz. Maria Montilla will be leading this recital.

Raule Perales leads an evening of music you can dance to, get naked to, be intellectually stimulated by, and bob your head to. Featuring some stuff you ain’t heard before and remixed vintage, all painted with colors from the Afro Latino diaspora.

Please join us to hear the most unique players in Berklee's String Department.

Lionel Loueke is a Berklee alumnus who grew up in Benin, West Africa. His new album, Karibu, combines West African roots traditions with jazz. Loueke also appears on Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters. Learn more about the Roots and Reason series. [details]

Greg Laswell returns to the Red Room for a February residency. His music has been described as densely lyrical, deeply melodic indie pop that refuses to settle into predictability. [details]

Marc Rossi and his group, along with specially invited guests, deliver unique, uplifting, exuberant music that includes surprise twists, arching melodies, and vibrant polyrhythms, drawing on Rossi's influences from jazz masters, world music, Indian music, and much more. Special guests include guest singer Sidharth Sriram and singer/saxophonist Stan Strickland. [details]

Works for concert jazz orchestra. Composers will include Charles Cassara, Winnie Dahlgren, Dave Harris, Tom Hojnaki, Ayn Inserto, and Darrell Katz.

Andy Statman, one of his generation's premier mandolinists and clarinetists. presents a clinic as part of Roots and Reason. Learn more about the series. [details]

The trio made up of Jordan Seigel on piano, Kyle Miles on bass, and Joey Lefitz on drums will perform original jazz compositions.

Pianist Tetsuro Hoshii leads this recital, consisting of his own compositions.

This concert features six student performers from Berklee's String Department who are creating a new vocabulary on their instruments. The size and style of each performer's ensemble are chosen to show the great variety of music in the department. Sponsored in part by Strings magazine and Crazy Dough's Pizza.

This concert will feature the three brass finalists for the Al Natal Scholarship Award.

Come join Adam and the Waxmen for a little soul, a little love, some peace, and a whole lotta sweaty, dirty, funky rock. Also appearing: Mark Hopkins, a guitarist and songwriter with influences as diverse as Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, and Jeff Buckley. NOTE: Unfortunately Marcus Eaton will no longer be performing on this date. [details]

Heavy Rotation Records (HRR) presents its 10th annual Epic Event and Dorm Sessions 7 CD release concert, showcasing artists featured on the new compilation CD by Berklee's student-run label. [details]

Considered one of the premier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation, Mike Cleveland performs with his group Flamekeeper: Tom Adams, Jessie Baker, Jesse Brock, and Marshall Wilborn. [details]

Pianist KyuMin Shim will be playing some originals and some Korean traditional music, as well as jazz standards.

Glen Cheney presents a concert featuring him and his friends.

Ludmila Stefanikova will present her own compositions and arrangements with a small band ensemble, which includes piano, double bass, drums, vibraphone, and small horn section. The style ranges from jazz to fusion.

Iwao Fuke presents contemporary jazz music.

Jazz guitar trio with guitar, drums, and bass; possibly a quartet with acoustic piano.

The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour brings together four geniuses in the prime of their careers: the daring, swinging violinist Regina Carter, the dangerously hip vocalist Kurt Elling, the soulful guitarist Russell Malone, and the endlessly creative master pianist Kenny Barron. [details]

Ryan Cabrera burst into the music scene in 2004 with his hits "On the Way Down" and "True." Since then he has toured extensively and put out several other albums, most recently The Moon Under Water. Come hear the hits and some new material that Ryan is readying for his next release. Also appearing: Samantha Schultz

Kameron Christopher's compositions are the result of self-observation and introspection. Kameron has been influenced by composers and philosophers such as Giacinto Scelsi, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Martin Heidegger, and Stephen Foster. His music is a voyage through the manifold dimensions of Sound and Being that utilizes an eclectic variety of instruments.

French bassist Louis de Mieulle continues his experimentations, blending polyrhythmic grooves à la Meshuggah, Indian classical modality, and Bitches Brew-style jamming.

Vocalist Risa Washimi will be singing some songs that provided a major turning point in her life.

Patrick Groenland's latest project fuses world rhythms with jazz and folk harmonies. This is a truly International musical event, celebrating the acoustical possibilities of a new decade.

Barefoot Truth is a five-piece roots-rock band from Mystic, Connecticut. Their upbeat live show features didgeridoo, Weissenborn lap guitar, upright bass, lead harmonica, piano, and a drummer on lead vocals. Their songs are hook-heavy, and their youthful energy makes listeners believe that, yes, maybe each of us can indeed make a positive impact on one another and on our planet. Also appearing: The Sweet Remains. [details]

Berklee College of Music makes its first official visit to Mumbai, India to conduct clincs, master classes, and to conduct auditions and interviews. Presented by Berklee College of Music, Jamnabai Narsee School, Furtados Music, Tabula Rasa Music, American Center, and Performers Collective. [details]

Ralphie May: Austin-tatious was released on DVD and CD in May 2009. Recorded live to a sold-out crowd at the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX, this marks the comedian's fourth recording in just a few years. Ralphie's popularity exploded from the success of NBC's hit show Last Comic Standing, making him one of the biggest comedians in the country. [details]

Barefoot Truth is a five-piece roots-rock band from Mystic, Connecticut. Their upbeat live show features didgeridoo, Weissenborn lap guitar, upright bass, lead harmonica, piano, and a drummer on lead vocals. Their songs are hook-heavy, and their youthful energy makes listeners believe that, yes, maybe each of us can indeed make a positive impact on one another and on our planet. Also appearing: Naia Kete. [details]

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, author Eve Ensler gives us real women's stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery. [details]

Steve Sinatra '03 moved to Nashville in 2006 to pursue a full-time career as a studio and touring drummer. Since then he's shared the stage with artists such as Pat Green, Richard Marx, and Little Big Town. Joining him will be film scoring/performance alumnus Matt Utterback on bass and John Osborne on guitar (of King Billy) as well as songwriting alumna Megan James. Together they will discuss studio work, the Nashville number system, gear, chops, and life after Berklee. [details]

An evening of jazz-inspired folk jams, led by Tom Mitchell.

Gisela Fulla Silvestre will play a collection of songs about whales, gin and tonics, Barcelona, scarecrows, teenagers, farms, and more. All will be played in a jazz flamenco pop style.

This is a concert full of surprises, colors, textures, and tons of fun! Some friends playing some relaxed and powerful music.

Innovative, original charts; a great band . . . a can't-miss.

Berklee faculty and staff perform concert spirituals of black composers. Learn more about the Roots and Reason series. [details]

This event showcases original arrangements or compositions in different styles performed by a variety of musical groups, including Silvina Moreno, Ferrous Wheel, SuperVolcano, Deezy and the Brobots, and Eva Louhivuori.

Visiting artist Mike Clark gained worldwide recognition as one of America's foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock's group in the early 1970s. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock's Thrust album, which garnered him an international cult following. [details]

Serghio Jansen leads this recital, playing some jazz fusion and also some original compositions driven by exotic rhythms with Caribbean flavors.

Vocalist Moana Avvenenti presents this recital of French-speaking students and French learners playing.

Boyoung Jang presents Latin music and Jazz.

Paola Gonzalez presents a journey through Africa, passing through Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Come and live a multicultural experience!

Visiting artist Mike Clark gained worldwide recognition as one of America’s foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock’s group in the early 1970s. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock’s Thrust album, which garnered him an international cult following. [details]

Joe Galeota and the Berklee West African Drum and Dance Ensemble will perform an evening of traditional Ewe music from Southern Ghana and Togo, featuring Berklee Africa Scholar Victor Dogah. Jordan Benissan, a Togolise Ewe master drummer who teaches at Colby College in Maine, will MC the night.

A showcase of singer-songwriter Robert Gillies’s songs and compositions, all of which blend a variety of genres together and meet with thoughtful, well-crafted lyrics.

Composer, pianist, and vocalist Neara Russell presents original music with classical, rock, and electronic elements.