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A Reformed Brazilian Cushite with the Berklee String Orchestra
Tuesday, March 25, 8:15 p.m.
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston MA 02115
Boston MA 02115
Jetro da Silva will perform with the Berklee String Orchestra directed by Eugene Friesen. The concert will be a combination of various music styles. Da Silva will perform compositions of Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Andrae Crouch, and many others. The concert will be a combination of Brazilian, jazz, and gospel style. Da Silva will celebrate the Afro influence in Brazilian music and the 50-year anniversary of bossa nova. In adddition to the orchestra, he will be joined by faculty members Terri Lyne Carrington on drums; Winston Maccow on bass; Ron Mahdi on bass; Kevin Barry on guitar; Dick Lowell on trumpet; Daniel Ian Smith on saxophone; Robynn Amy on trombone; Fernando Brandao on flute; Ricardo Monzon on percussion; and special guest drummer John Blackwell.