Upcoming Events: August 2009

Dopapod is an experimental funk group. The band's live shows showcase their meticulously crafted compositions as well as their commanding ability to improvise as both individuals and as one unit. However, despite the band's strong musicianship, the ultimate goal each night is to keep people dancing, entertained, and intrigued. [details]

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m.—Charlie Lewis
4:45 p.m.—David Fiuczynski

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m.—Carolyn Wilkins
4:00 p.m.—Scott deOgburn
4:45 p.m.—Scott deOgburn

Billy Bragg offers a Performance Perspectives Clinic as part of the Five-Week Summer Performance Program. [details]

Listen to the sound of the 1930s swing era remade in the contemporary arrangements and compositions of the Boston-based all-star octet, Rocco and the Stompers. It's high-energy music from a group of high-quality musicians. [details]

Yuto Kanazawa presents a Jazz Composition Portfolio Concert.

Saxophonist Hiroaki Kondo presents this senior recital.

The Evolving Quartet, led by Lance Van Lenten (saxophone and flute), includes Joe Mulholland (piano), David Clark (bass), and Casey Scheuerell (drum set). The Evolving Quartet will perform original and standard jazz selections within the perspective of mainstream and contemporary approaches.

This presentation will feature traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern classical and folk tunes. Concepts of Arabic/Middle Eastern and Balkan music will be demonstrated, including microtonal modes and complex rhythmic cycles. [details]

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m.—Walter Beasley
4:00 p.m.—Bob Tamagni
4:45 p.m.—Greg Wardson

Michael Buishas presents a Jazz Composition Portfolio Concert.

Percussion major John Rodrigue presents his senior recital.

Directed by Melissa Ferrick.

Faculty member Jon Finn will present an evening of mostly original music. His band has released several full-length CDs (new one on the way) to international critical acclaim. [details]

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m.—Ron Mahdi
2:30 p.m.—Ron Mahdi
3:15 p.m.—Ron Mahdi
4:45 p.m.—Herman Hampton

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m.—Fernando Brandao
4:45 p.m.—Ken Cervenka

Hosted by Vinx.

Amarnath Hazarika presents a Jazz Composition Portfolio Concert.

Bassist Matias Alvear and his jazz quartet will play tunes that are heavily influenced by Avishai Cohen and the late Esbjorn Svensson for his senior recital.

Quintet East, featuring sax, brass, and rhythm section, will play original jazz compositions by pianist Bain Smith.

Five-Week students perform their original songs with an all-star Berklee house band!

Texas-bred guitarist and vocalist Emily Elbert fuses her lifelong passion for jazz, folk, soul, blues, pop, and music from around the world with an ability to write innovative songs and arrangements. She has toured with G Love & Special Sauce and Kaki King. WUMB radio, in Boston, named her Best New Artist of 2008. [details]

Five-Week Summer Performance Program faculty member Bobby Stanton plays and explains a variety of fingerstyle approaches. [details]

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.—Lello Molinari
3:15 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 4:45 p.m.—Skip Smith

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
1:45 p.m.—Herman Hampton
2:30 p.m.—Herman Hampton

Michael Sachs, a saxophone player, will be featuring many of his own compositions in a variety of genres. There will be chamber pieces in the classical style as well as some cool school jazz for quintet.

Directed by Mark Simos.

Phil Wilson presents the Berklee Rainbow Band featuring vocalist Aubrey Logan. Great, classic music from the history of jazz.

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
4:45 p.m.—Greg Wardson

Berklee College of Music presents back-to-back concerts of various class ensembles. Many styles and genres are represented as Berklee faculty present their ensembles' end-of-semester performances.
4:45 p.m.—Herman Hampton

Sho Sakurda’s senior recital will showcase covers from the 1960s, including the Beatles.

Directed by Mark Simos.

The Berklee Bob Marley Ensemble, directed by Mat Jenson, performs at the Charlemont Reggae Festival in Charlemont, Massachusetts. [details]

Student guitarist Mark Hopkins hits the Harbor Islands with his band, the Hotel. Hopkins cites a range of influences, from Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix to Jeff Buckley and Wayne Krantz. Hopkins's prior band, Tribe, released a disc, Vehicle, that was named album of the year by Maryland adult alternative radio station WRNR in 2004. [details]

Poignant songwriting and masterful musicianship come together in the music of Nini & Ben, a duo that accentuates its acoustic sound with gritty slide guitar and pedal steel. [details]

With a passion for poetry and song since childhood, 20-year-old student singer/songwriter and finger-style guitarist Abigail East brings her original music to Georges Island. [details]

Dopapod is an experimental four-piece funk band led by Berklee student and Philadelphia native Eli Winderman. Winderman has played Hammond organ and other keyboard instruments in a variety of bands throughout the Northeast, performing with artists such as G. Love, Melvin Sparks, Stanton Moore, and many others. [details]

Part of the City Music Festival. Learn more about this event.

Berklee's Roy Guzman Quintet plays Newport, the granddaddy of all jazz festivals. [details]

For this year's Jazz at the Fort, Berklee faculty member Terri Lyne Carrington headlines, leading her group. Opening: the Berklee City Music All-Stars. [details]

With featured guest the City Music Choir under the direction of Nichelle Mungo. [details]

The Bad Plus offers a Performance Perspectives Clinc as part of the Five-Week Summer Performance Program. [details]

A recital of four solo piano performance majors under the direction of Tony Germain.

With featured guest Marty Walsh Ensemble. [details]

Cuban saxophonist Carlos Averhoff Jr.—mixing jazz, funk, and music of his homeland—brings his group to the Regattabar Courtyard Series. Averhoff's long list of recording credits include Buena Vista Social Club, Roberto Fonseca, and Elmer Ferrer. [details]

This is the end-of-the-semester recital for the Advanced Techniques of Voice Production class. Singers will perform with a rhythm section and invited guests. The program consists of significant vocal material by composers Eden Ahbez, Peggy Lee, Rickie Lee Jones, Leon Russell, and Kurt Weill, among others.

Percussion major Vishal Nayak presents his senior recital.

The Five-Week Summer Performance Program winds up with this concert featuring some of the program's best vocal ensembles ranging from small groups to big band and the Five-Week choir. Musical styles will include rock, jazz, and fusion.

VR Venkataraman performs with Berklee students, including some from the International Musicians English Language Institute program. The concert will feature Indian music and explore both the relationship between Eastern and Western music and the connection between music and math.

This musical extravaganza will feature Boston's most talented inner-city youth in concert at the Berklee Performance Center. Featured performers are recipients of the Berklee City Music Summer Scholarship. Noteworthy will be the traditional awarding of full tuition SYSTEM-5 Continuing Scholarships to eight deserving students who will have successfully completed Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program. [details]

The Five-Week Summer Performance Program winds up with this concert featuring some of the program's best ensembles ranging from small groups to big band and the Five-Week choir. Musical styles will include rock, jazz, and fusion.

According to the blog Let's Call This, Emily Hulslander is "some kind of magical cross between the playfulness of Sophie Milman and the seriousness of Sonya Kitchell, two of my favorite current singer songwriters. Emily is definitely one to watch (and hear) in the Boston music scene." [details]

Pedro Gens and the Reconnected Quartet perform in this percussion recital.

Chris Troxell presents his senior guitar recital.

Kris Roche's heartfelt tunes could make you do a lot of things. Dance. Sway. Listen. Think. Just don't forget to tip the man when you see him out on the Commons... [details]

The Five-Week Summer Performance Program winds up with this concert featuring some of the program's best ensemble's ranging from small groups to big band. Musical styles will include rock, jazz, and fusion.

High-energy jazz pianist Manami Morita is featured in this special performance by the jazz/rock/funk band Animal Zoo, anchored by Berklee student guitarist Randy Runyon. [details]

Robert Godin from Godin Guitars presents a guitar-building clinic.

Gina Cimmelli is a 22-year-old singer/songwriter who creates throw-back melodies influenced by music originating from the era stretching between the 1920s and 1960s. [details]

Faculty guitarist Richie Hart performs as part of Guitar Sessions.

Faculty members perform as part of Guitar Sessions.

Guitars and Technology Clinic

Faculty guitarist Mike Williams performs as part of Guitar Sessions.

A passionate blend of youthful innocence, soulful essence, and a spiritual center, Angel Taylor is every bit as wholesome and pure as her Love Travels debut, her longing for love and lust for life colored by dashes of hope. [details]

Hailing from Minneapolis, Adrianne Lenker is an authentic and passionate singer, songwriter, and performer. According to journalist Tim Cain, Lenker is "a little like Jewel, except tougher, and a little like Liz Phair, but not quite as edgy." She is currently recording her fourth album, an alternative folk project. [details]

Clinic with Steve Leslie

A concert featuring Steve Leslie with his group as part of the Songwriting Workshop.

Ethan and Nili Brosh perform as part of Guitar Sessions.

This show ain't over until the cute girls sing. ROAR, a night of fierce female singer/songwriters, features the powerful performances of Casey Desmond, Lisa Bello, and Krysta Youngs. With style, punch, and a whole lot of prima donna power they will command the stage! [details]

Stunning in its simplicity, Bess Rogers's new EP, Travel Back, possesses immeasurable potential. Leila Broussard's career has been one of a constantly evolving cottage industry, built upon a belief that the fans are what matters most. [details]

Texas-born drummer Jovol Bell has a sound that is just as big as the state he hails from. His infectious fusion of hip-hop and straight-ahead jazz produces a unique old-school feel with a new-school sound. [details]

Come join us for an evening of eclectic collection of rock, blues, and pop featuring Mighty Tiny, Shoney Lamar and the Equal Rights, and Mrs. Danvers. [details]