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Alumnae Violinist Finds Success in Country-Folk Duo
Violinist Carrie Rodriquez graduated from Berklee in 2000 and has kept busy since collaborating with singer/songwriter Chp Taylor. The duo is profiled in New York Times. You can access the article for free after signing up for a password.(December 21, 2003)

Sunshine Daydream
The three Berklee alumni in the pop-rock trio Apollo Sunshine receive more exposure...and more questions about their influences. Read the story in the Boston Phoenix (December 18, 2003)

Berklee Takes a Lead on Legal File Sharing
Giving away lessons online through the new Berklee Shares, the college makes a big statement about online rights and opportunities. In the Christian Science Monitor (December 16, 2003)

Student Wins Piano Competition
Nial Djuliarso, a performance major from Indonesia, wins the 2003 Horace Silver Jazz Piano Competition. There's more on ejazznews.com. (November 19, 2003)

Raves for Berklee's Grammy-Winning Administrator
Berklee Executive VP and five-time Grammy-winning vibist Gary Burton wins praise for a show with Makoto Ozone '83 in Cambridge, Mass. Reviewed in the Boston Globe (November 19, 2003)

Faculty CDs, Tour Dates Grab Attention
String Department chair Matt Glaser's group Wayfaring Strangers and faculty guitarist Giovanni Moltoni's quartet are touring behind new CDs and both groups are profiled in the Boston Globe. (November 14, 2003)

Berklee Shares
Berklee Media chief David Kusek says the college has entered the file sharing debate by giving away, for free, dozens of lessons online. Read about it in Wired or the San Francisco Chronicle, or go to the Berklee Shares website. (November 12, 2003)

Camilo and Students Cap Week with Concert
Dominican pianist Michel Camilo wraps up a week of teaching students with a BPC show. Read profiles in the Boston Globe and by United Press International. (November 7, 2003)

Gillian Welch Returns
Songwriter Gillian Welch '92 talks about the days when she and musical partner David Rawlings '92 met at Berklee. Boston Globe. (November 7, 2003)

Hogarth Steps Out
Faculty guitarist and bandleader Thaddeus Hogarth headlines at a heralded Boston fundraiser and receives praise for his new CD. Boston Phoenix. (October 30, 2003)

Jazzman Overcomes the Odds
Born blind, mentally retarded, and autistic, keyboardist Tony DeBlois, continues to play jazz and improvise with skill and fire. Read a profile of DeBlois, who studied at Berklee in the 1990s, in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. (October 26, 2003)

Song for Berk, Cockburn, Chestnut
Three stories in the Boston Globe focus on three very different members of the Berklee family. Check out news of a song written for President Lee Berk, a profile of singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn and a review of a concert given by jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut. (October 24, 2003)

Scoring the Trilogy
A writer from The New Yorker shadows film composer Howard Shore '69 as he records the score for the final chapter in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. (October 20, 2003)

A New Kind of Vibe
Berklee graduate and vibraphonist Lalo takes her instrument in new directions as she goes on the road with the "Women Rock the Road Tour." NPR's Weekend Edition has a profile. (October 12, 2003)

The Silent Sound Designer
Recent Berklee film scoring graduate Haddon Kime talks about the pressures and pleasures of making music for film and theater. He is profiled in the Boston Globe. (October 3, 2003)

Let's Get Small: A Look at the Size of Studios
Alumnus and recording artist Brian Transeau (BT) and the Berklee Laptop Purchase Program figure prominently in this story on how technology is shrinking recording equipment. Wired. (October 2, 2003)

From Graduation to Adulation
Pianist Hiromi, who graduated last spring, plays a date at Tanglewood, just another stop on a long world tour. The Boston Globe has a profile. (August 29, 2003)

Steven Tyler Praises "Berklee Kids"
On tour with Kiss this summer, lead vocalist Tyler, of Aerosmith, told the Boston Globe that when students covered Aerosmith songs at Commencement 2003, they performed beyond his "wildest dreams." (August 22, 2003)

Lee Eliot Berk Reflects on His Presidency
Berklee President Lee Berk is busy preparing for his last year at the college, but took time recently to do an interview for the cover story of School Band and Orchestra. (August 2003)

Apollo Sunshine's Good Forecast
Alt-pop trio Apollo Sunshine, whose members met at Berklee, is profiled as it readies for a tour and CD release, on the SpinArt label. Boston Globe. (July 18, 2003)

Bleu's Major Label Debut Wins Raves
Pop singer/songwriter and 1997 graduate Bleu is collecting favorable reviews of his new CD, Redhead (Columbia/Aware). Listen to a review airing on the NPR show, Fresh Air (scroll down to "Listen to Rock Critic Ken Tucker"), and read about the artist and the music in the San Francisco Examiner (July 8, 2003).

Alumni Win Attention in Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll
Several Berklee alumni placed first in an annual poll run by Boston's leading alternative newspaper and radio station. Read more about victories scored by Bleu '97, Susan Tedeschi '91, John Mayer '98, and Diana Krall '83 in the Phoenix (June 20, 2003).

Alumna Luciana Souza goes North and South
Souza, a 1992 alumna who was a member of the Berklee faculty for five years, releases a new CD and talks about it in a profile in the Boston Globe. (June 6, 2003)

Pat Metheny Residency
A National Public Radio program visits during a week of Berklee clinics, classes, and concerts with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. Listen to the ten-minute story on the Here & Now website. (May 29, 2003)

Berklee President Lee Eliot Berk Announces Retirement
Lee Eliot Berk, the college's president since 1979, tells journalists at Boston's two major newspapers that he plans to retire in 2004. Read more about President Berk in articles in the Boston Globe (May 18, 2003) and the Boston Herald. (May 11, 2003)

Graduate Already Making a Name
Well before graduation this May, pianist Hiromi Uehara had already toured for and recorded her debut CD, a wide-ranging effort steeped in jazz and produced by jazz great Ahmad Jamal and Berklee Professor Richard Evans. Read more in the the Boston Herald. (May 2, 2003). You can also read a review of a recent concert in the Boston Globe. (May 9, 2003)

Berklee Student Attracts Attention with a Song for a Soldier
Rachel Loy, a 19-year-old vocalist and songwriter from Texas, wrote a song for a Marine friend who is serving in the Persian Gulf. Epic Records released the song, "The Same Man," and it has been receiving airplay and press coverage around the country. Read about her and the song in an Associated Press story published on the CNN website. Loy was also profiled on Boston's WHDH-TV (see link above). (April 25, 2003)

Journey to Jazz
Alumnus Steve Smith '76, who was the drummer for the rock band Journey, is on tour with his jazz-rock group, Vital Information. Read a profile in the The Boston Globe. (May 9, 2003)

The Impact of Nina Simone
A National Public Radio Program, On Point, focuses on the life and music of Nina Simone, who died in April. One of the guests is Berklee Voice Department faculty member Gabrielle Goodman. (April 25, 2003)

The Medicine of Music
Student Mohan Sunderaraj hasn't yet graduated but is already giving workshops in his chosen field of Music Therapy. It's not so surprising when you consider that the 24-year-old had received a medical degree before he even enrolled at Berklee. Read more about Sunderaraj in the Indian newspaper, The Hindu. (April 22, 2003)

Gary Burton Talks about the Greats of the Vibes
In an interview with the Boston Herald, Executive Vice President Gary Burton explains how Lionel Hampton and others have inspired him. Read more in this preview of Berklee's Four by Four concert. (April 4, 2003)

Berklee's Online Education Effort
Musicians hone their chops and find collaborators through Berkleemusic.com, the college's new online music school. Learn more from an Associated Press story published in the Baltimore Sun. (April 2, 2003)

Alumnus and Teacher Takes High School Band on the Road
A 30-year veteran of jazz education, Bob Sinicrope '73 prepares to take his young jazz students on a tour of South Africa. Read all about it in the Boston Globe. (March 11, 2003)

Former Berklee Student Joins The Dead
Guitarist Jimmy Herring, who studied at Berklee's summer session in 1979, has taken over the spot once held by the legendary Jerry Garcia. The surviving members of the Grateful Dead now perform as The Dead, with Herring on guitar. Read a profile of him in the New York Times. You can access the article for free after signing up for a password.(March 5, 2003)

Patty Larkin on NPR's Morning Edition
Larkin, a 1974 alumna, sits down for a chat with NPR host Bob Edwards to talk about her new record, Red=Luck. (March 3, 2003)

Into the Future at Turntable U?
The New York Times looks at all sides of the issue over whether or not Berklee should teach D.J. technique. Interviews are conducted with Executive V.P. Gary Burton and Music Production and Engineering Professor Steve Webber. You can access the article for free after signing up for a password.(February 11, 2003)

Alum Rock Group Makes Top Band List
Guitarist and singer/songwriter Megan Toohey '98 and her band the So & So's are named one of the five "Bands to Watch" by the Boston Globe. (January 16, 2003)

Wayfaring Strangers Impress in NYC
Strings Department Chair Matt Glaser and his group, Wayfaring Strangers, featuring piano faculty member Laszlo Gardony and alumna Tracy Bonham, received a positive review from critic Jon Pareles in the New York Times. You can access the article for free after signing up for a password. (January 15, 2003)

Alumna Creates Program to Stop Youth Violence
Recent graduate Juri Shigeta Jones organizes a music education program for students at a high school in Washington. Please read about her work in the Skagit Valley Herald. (January 11, 2003)

Berklee Board Member and Cymbal Giant Armand Zildjian Passes Away
Berklee lost one of its close friends and greatest champions when Armand Zildjian, head of Avedis Zildjian Company, died December 26, 2002, at the age of 81. While heading his family's company, Zildjian also served for years as a member of Berklee's Board of Trustees and, in recent years, as a member of the Board of Overseers. Please read his full obituary in the Boston Globe. (December 30, 2002)

Saxophonist Alumna Makes Her Debut
Laura MacDonald talks about her Berklee days and her rise on the Scottish and the international jazz scenes in an interview with Jazz Views. (January 2003)

Alum Abe Laboriel Jr. and His Big Breaks
Drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. '93 is riding a wave of success after playing gigs with Paul McCartney, Sting, Melissa Etheridge. He is featured in a cover story in Modern Drummer magazine. (January, 2003)

Special Coverage

Watch Slow | Fast		Continental Airlines Global Trends June-September, 2003 Continental Airlines' in-flight news magazine, "Global Trends," is spotlighting Berklee College of Music. The 3-minute video, which profiles Berklee's leadership in contemporary music education, will be shown on Continental flights from June through September, 2003.
Watch Slow | Fast		H. Scott Salinas '01 Turner Classic Movies TCM Young Film Composers Competition 2/26/03 For the second consecutive year, a graduate of Berklee's Film Scoring Department is grand prize winner of the annual Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Young Film Composers Competition (see the full story, Finding Sound for the Silents). H. Scott Salinas '01 was selected from more than 450 contestants by a panel of film industry experts. This 4-minute video documents Scott's experience, and also provides insights into the process of film scoring.

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