News: 2003

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Class Act Songwriter James Taylor pays a visit to his brother Livingston's Stage Performance Techniques class. (December 17, 2003)

Alumni and Faculty Notch 14 Grammy Nominations
Recording engineer Tony Maserati '86 leads the group, which includes Susan Tedeschi '91 and Roy Hargrove '89, with three nominations. (December 5, 2003)

Windy City Songsmith
Chicago's Jimmy Pankow provides lessons in the art of making pop that lasts. (November 16, 2003)

College Launches Berklee Shares
Berklee Media throws open the doors to its online clasrooms and starts giving away lessons for free. (November 10, 2003)

A Fall Classic
Faculty and guest artists help beat the baseball blues in the second concert of Song's Nothing Conservatory About It Concert Series. (November 7, 2003)

Berklee's Blues
Faculty members help create a list of the 30 most essential blues recordings. (October 31, 2003)

Office Harmony
Microsoft and Berklee come together to create Power Point pop and other music technology synergies. (October 24, 2003)

Beat Improvisor
Turntable maestro DJ Logic jams for students and passes around the good vibes. (October 16, 2003)

Next Generation
A look at the night six young Boston-area musicians found their way to Berklee. Check out the story and photo gallery from the 2003 City Music Blowout Concert (October 1, 2003)

Family Affair A pair of 1983 alums, Terri Lyne Carrington and Makoto Ozone welcome the Class of 2007 at Convocation 2003. (September 17, 2003)

The Award Season
Alumni and faculty fare well at the Boston Music Awards and the Latin Grammys. (September 5, 2003)

Beep and Bop
The inventor of the synthesizer, Robert Moog, talks about music technology and modernity in a recent interview. (September 3, 2003)

Berklee Sponsors Teen Song Contest
Berklee joins pop stars like Vanessa Carlton and *NSYNC in a search for new songwriting talent. (August 27, 2003)

An Italian Feast
Sonny Rollins, Bobby McFerrin, and others help make the 2003 Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics a memorable one. Check out the story and photo gallery. (August 26, 2003)

Defender of Freedom
Associate Professor and saxophonist George Garzone, one of jazz's most adventurous artists, leads students on journeys of musical self-discovery. (August 18, 2003)

Cello Traveler
A budding music therapist returns to her performance roots and joins the Berklee String Chamber Orchestra for a once-in-a-lifetime gig in New York. (July 30, 2003)

Practice, Practice, Practice
Berklee string players blaze a trail to Carnegie Hall, accompanying a jazz quartet led by bassist Charlie Haden. (July 21, 2003)

The Reel Story
Associate Professor Eric Reasoner offers students a glimpse of what the world of film score editing is really like. (June 19, 2003)

Commencement 2003 Honorees Steven Tyler and Dianne Reeves perform with students and a record number of graduates collect degrees. The commencement section offers full coverage, including interviews of the honorees and video of the concert and commencement addresses. (May 15, June 5, June 13, 2003)

Tuning Up for the Road
A Berklee faculty member lists his 50 favorite songs for the highway.
(May 29, 2003)

Sounding the Depths
Associate Professor of Voice Donna McElroy dives deep to coax out the best in her students.
(May 9, 2003)

Harmonic Convergence
A capella greats Take 6 inspire with music and grace.
(April 16, 2003)

The Good Book
Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. marks Black History Month by telling students and faculty about the long struggle to publish Encarta Africa.
(April 8, 2003)

Berklee Mourns David Azarian
The college community is stunned by the death of Assistant Professor of Piano David Azarian, a popular teacher and accomplished musician who was killed in an automobile accident in late March.
(March 31, 2003)

On Cue
Chris Young, composer of more than 70 film scores, gives a primer on surviving in Hollywood.
(March 27, 2003)

Toughing It Out
Destiny's Child manager Mathew Knowles mixes cold reality and warm optimism in a lecture on the music business.
(March 12, 2003)

Heavy Sessions Berklee's student-run record label creates a buzz with its latest release. (March 5, 2003)

Finding Sound for the Silents
Film scoring alumni dominate a competition for up-and-coming composers.
(February 27, 2003)

Producers of the Next Wave
Veteran producer Arif Mardin '61 is the man behind the hit album of the 45th Grammys. In all, eight alumni and one faculty member won awards.
(February 25, 2003)

Student and VP Go to Grammys
Student cellist Rushad Eggleston earns a nomination and multiple winner and Executive Vice President Gary Burton will present several awards at the Grammys on February 23.
(February 20, 2003)

BSO Builds Online Classroom
Berklee's neighbor opens its web-based conservatory.
(February 6, 2003)

Spinning Yarns
Pat Metheny discusses the challenges of being a six-string storyteller.
(January 28, 2003)

Improvisational Theater Guitar great Pat Metheny spends a week at Berklee and talks about creating music in the moment. (January 23, 2003)

Sound Treatment
Music Therapy Chair Suzanne Hanser makes Berklee a hub for musical healing.
(January 15, 2003)