Upcoming Events: May 2010

Berklee students from the Advanced Theater Production Workshop and Michael Jackson Ensemble present an original play, with music and dance, about the life and death of Michael Jackson. Students perform Jackson's hits and examine his life. Features guest artist Siedah Garrett, Grammy–winning songwriter of "Man in the Mirror."

The Advanced Vocal Performance Lab showcases students singing in an array of styles including jazz, blues, rock, pop, and r&b.

A delicious mix of contemporary sounds with special guests Ilana Friedman, Casey Howard, and Pitch Slapped.

Smashing original and traditional songs and instrumentals with grooves that will make you move and a heavy metal folk aura from the cosmic dimension.

Ben Sher presents an afternoon of Brazilian guitar music.

Alto saxophone player Yoosun Nam will present her originals and standard songs with great musicians.

John Baboian’s Advanced Guitar Performance Lab performs every semester at the school and features some of Berklee’s better guitar players. The band consists of five guitars, bass, and drums, and plays unique arrangements of songs from mainstream and contemporary jazz, Latin, and funk music genres.

The Berklee Artists Series at Scullers continues with The Jazz Urban with George Russell Jr., Lenny Stallworth, Kenwood Dennard, Stan Strickland, and Bill Banfield.

The Piano Department's second-year performance majors come together for a recital featuring some of their favorite songs, led by faculty pianist Laszlo Gardony.

Kyungsoo Hwang presents jazz standards with his Fender jazz bass.

Original compositions by Chris Peterson are presented in this senior recital.

Bret's Frets features advanced performance students. A guitar ensemble with bass and drums plays Latin/jazz/odd-meter/world music.

Julian Velard is that rarest of artists, a brilliant pop songwriter who is also a storyteller. He writes instantly catchy tunes while creating indelible characters that encompass the pain, humor, and joy of life. Also appearing: Harper Blynn. [details]

Classical guitar students of Apostolos Paraskevas perform.

Ten student singers plus a rhythm section perform vocal jazz from the great groups of the 20th century including New York Voices; Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross; and the Boswell Sisters.

Mark White presents Eclectic Electrics.

Drummer Shawn Crowder presents 60 minutes of face-melting progressive fusion with some of Berklee's finest musicians.

This ensemble of student vocalists with rhythm section will be team-taught by David Scott and Janice Pendarvis. The ensemble will explore the highest level of jazz harmonization and put together a compelling performance presentation.

The Piano Department's second-year performance majors come together for a recital featuring some of their favorite songs, led by faculty pianist Laszlo Gardony.

A variety of genres performed by Casey Howard with a full rhythm section and some special guests included.

Bass player Jon Kolar leads different rhythm sections in a song set composed of tunes from his various playing experiences here in Boston.

Lucas Schneider presents his senior guitar performance recital, with selections ranging from Francisco Tárrega, Joe Satriani, Neil Young, King Crimson, and Megadeth.

Aqualung's Magnetic North is a glorious celebration of smart pop music. Led by Matt Hales's exquisite keyboard-based melodies, the album's 12 songs revel in impossibly upbeat joy. [details]

On his latest album, Charlie Mars hits a groove that does not signify any specific genre but instead is hardwired to hearts and hips. This is an album that writhes through the headphones, which will ultimately be tossed in favor of a living room dance floor. Mars has sewn together tightly crafted songs with moods and melodies that pulse with sex, wonderment, and personal destruction—all themes that may clash on paper but in music suggest mysteries that are organic to us all.