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• The 2009 Festival will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009.
 
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Day at a Glance

All activities are at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, unless otherwise indicated.

Time Event/Location
8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Registration
Second-Level Hallway
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Ensemble Competitions/Performances
Second and Third Levels of Hynes Convention Center and Second Level of Sheraton Hotel (See program for exact locations)
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Director and Parent Hospitality Lounge
Room 200, Second Level
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Admissions, Summer Programs, Division Information Tables, External Exhibitors
Boylston Street Hallway, Third Level
9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Berklee Bookstore Booth
Veterans Memorial Lobby, Second Level
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Campus Tour
Tours leave from Admissions Table
Second-Level Hallway
10:00 a.m–12:00 p.m. City Music Saturday School Ensembles
All City Music Ensembles will be performing in the Berklee Showcase Room
Ballroom A, Third Level
10:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Instrumental Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Berklee City Music faculty member Matt Clauhs
10:20 a.m.–10:40 a.m. Instrumental Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Berklee City Music faculty member Lance Van Lenten. Featuring Berklee faculty member Jeff Galindo.
10:40 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Vocal Ensemble
Directed by Berklee faculty member Diane Richardson. Featuring Berklee faculty member Dennis Montgomery III.
11:00 a.m–11:20 a.m. Instrumental Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Berklee faculty member Tim Mayer
11:20 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Advanced Ensemble
Directed by Berklee faculty member Winston Maccow. Featuring trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and drummer Jason Marsalis.
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Open Jam Sessions
Rising Star Club, Ballroom C, Third Level
11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Jazz Ensemble Companion
A Guide to Outstanding Big Band Arrangements Selected by Some of the Foremost Jazz Educators, Presented by Michele Caniato Director
Hospitality Lounge, Room 200, Second Level
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Jazz Improvisation Clinic
Delfeayo Marsalis featuring Jason Marsalis on drums
Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, Third Level
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Campus Tour
Tours leave from Admissions Table, Second-Level Hallway
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Crescent Super Band
Directed by Caleb Chapman and featuring Gregg Bissonette
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Second Level
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Campus Tour
Tours leave from Admissions Table
Second-Level Hallway
1:00 p.m–2:00 p.m. Drum Clinic
Featuring Gregg Bissonette. Bissonette, has performed and recorded with Steve Vai, James Taylor, and Santana.
Rising Star Club, Ballroom C, Third Level
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Berklee Salsa Ensemble
Directed by Berklee faculty member Bernardo Hernandez
Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, Third Level
2:00 p.m–3:00 p.m. Drum Clinic
Featuring Berklee Faculty Member Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer for The Arsenio Hall Show, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter
Rising Star Club, Ballroom C, Third Level
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra
Directed by Berklee faculty member Greg Hopkins
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Second Level
Hynes Convention Center
2:00 p.m–3:00 p.m. Clinic: Keeping Up with the Sounds
Presented by Carolyn Castellano, Brookline High School
Room 300, Third Level
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Campus Tour
Tours leave from Admissions Table
Second-Level Hallway
3:00 p.m–4:00 p.m. Berklee P-Funk Ensemble
Directed by Berklee faculty member Lenny Stallworth
Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, Third Level
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Drum Clinic
Featuring John Blackwell, Drummer for Patti LaBelle, Prince, and Justin Timberlake.
Rising Star Club, Ballroom C, Third Level
4:00 p.m–5:00 p.m. Berklee Tower of Power Ensemble
Directed by Berklee faculty member Wayne Naus
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Second Level
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Awards Presentation
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Second Level
7:00 p.m–9:00 p.m. Winners Showcase Concert
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Second Level

Please note: Due to construction at the Hynes Convention Center this year, several of our usual locations and rooms have changed. The Festival will be taking place on the second and third levels of the Hynes Convention Center as well as the second level of the Sheraton Hotel. The Sheraton is easily accessible from the Hynes: simply exit the Hynes through the South Lobby on the first level into the Prudential Center mall, and then make an immediate right into the Sheraton Hotel.

Notable room changes this year:

  • Registration Desk, Information Table, and Storage Area are located in the second floor hallway of the Hynes Convention Center
  • Director and Parent Hospitality Lounge is located in room 200 of the Hynes Convention Center
  • Berklee Bookstore is located in the Veteran's Memorial Lobby on the second level of the Hynes Convention Center
  • Rising Star Club/Jam Room is located in Ballroom C on the third level of the Hynes Convention Center
  • Berklee Showcase Room is located in Ballroom A on the third level of the Hynes Convention Center
  • Class SD is located in Independence Ballrooms East and West of the Sheraton Hotel
  • Class VJE1 is located in Back Bay Ballrooms A and B of the Sheraton Hotel
  • Class VJE2 is located in Back Bay Ballrooms C and D of the Sheraton Hotel




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