NEWS ARTICLES | PRESS HITS

PRESS HIT: Berklee Students Improvise a Hockey Program
What do music students do when they're not practicing or doing homework? Well, if you're a member of the Berklee Icecats, it's about skates, saves, slapshots, and often, winning. (Boston Globe, December 31, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Out of Berklee a Gift of Music
Berklee takes its sprit of giving to the national and international community with a compilation CD to benefit Darfur. Participants Lynette Gittens, Damien Bracken, and Susan Cattaneo explain. (Boston Globe, December 24, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Berklee Seeks to Build Tower and Theater
Read front-page coverage about Berklee's plans to construct a high-rise dorm tower and theater complex. (Boston Globe, December 5, 2006; free log-on required)

PRESS HIT: Berklee Looks Up, Out
Business page coverage of Berklee's proposed new buildings reveals that the college's campus size may double. (Boston Herald, December 5, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Jazz on Lansdowne St.
Student Meghan Stabile is promoting a cross-pollination of jazz and hip-hop on Boston's avenue of nightclub dreams, Lansdowne Street. And she's making it a success while commuting each weekend from her internship at Def Jam Recordings in New York.
(New England Cable News, October 3, 2006)

PRESS HIT: More Lansdowne Jazz
Another take on the story about a Berklee student's genre-mixing work in a Boston nightclub.
(Boston Globe, October 3, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Jazz: Not Just an American Art Form
What is jazz, anyway? Journalist Mike Zwerin recently participated in a roundtable discussion on the subject, sponsored by UNESCO. Zwerin tells us the world has embraced jazz in some surprising ways. (Bloomberg News Service, October 2, 2006)

PRESS HIT: She Leads, She Scats, She Plays a Mean Bass
Faculty member and alumna Esperanza Spalding's trio receives kudos from Times reviewer Ben Ratliff. (New York Times, September 30, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Out of Africa, a Guitarist with a Singular Voice
Read a profile of Berklee alum Lionel Loueke, who is performing at the BeanTown Jazz Festival. (Boston Globe, September 10, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Carrington Swings During the Summer
Profile on Terri Lyne Carrington focuses on her appearance at Swingin' in Mothers Rest and her work with the Summer Jazz Workshop. (Medford Transcript, August 31, 2006)

All That Jazz a Welcoming Sound
Boston's neighborhoods are used to the sound of young musicians practicing their instruments. Here's an appreciation of some joyful noise made by a couple of our entering students. (Boston Globe, August 27, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Marley's Music Inspires Ghanaians at Berklee
Listen to an NPR portrait of two students from Ghana who studied at the Five-Week program with the help of Berklee and Bob Marley's widow. (WBUR 90.9 FM, August 14, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Million Dollar Musicians
Profiles of some of the 2007 Berklee City Music Continuing Scholarship recipients. (Boston Globe, August 13, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Music Therapy Helps Develop Communication
Grammy.com runs an AP story about Berklee's Music Therapy Department, which features department chair Suzanne Hanser and graduates of the program using song as alternative therapy. (Grammy.com, August 10, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Ghanaian Music Students Come To Berklee
Listen to a report from Voice of America radio, who recently talked to two students enrolled in the Summer Performance Program and the professor who was instrumental in bringing them here. (Voice of America, August 2, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Berklee Electrifies Martha's Vineyard with Three Shows
The college's annual Vineyard Vibes series in July earned rave reviews from the Vineyard Gazette, which reviewed the Motown Singers Showcase concert, featuring Jennifer Holliday. (The Vineyard Gazette, August 1, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Back From Russia
A student group returns from a performance in St. Petersburg, and the drummer on the trip, Ayeisha Mathis, is profiled in the Boston Globe. (Boston Globe, July 30, 2006)

PRESS HIT: In the Palm of His Hand
Comparing his reverence for Berklee to being in a monastery, student Pablo Reynoso is a music technology innovator who is trying to create community through through art. Follow the link above to learn about his Technicolor Lounge. (Boston Globe, July 23, 2006)

To Russia, with Love
Berklee sweeps into St. Petersburg and offers a full-ride scholarship and the music of the Heavy Groove Ensmble (St. Petersburg Times (Russia), July 21, 2006)

Dressed and Ready to Impress
Following the fast-track travels of alumnus trumpeter Igmar Thomas. (Boston Globe, July 15, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Marley-inspired Music with a Splash of Latin Flavor
A look at the music and teachings of Bob Marley scholar and assistant professor Matt Jenson, who is having one heck of a busy summer. (Arlington Advocate, July 13, 2006)

PRESS HIT: On Her Way to Musical Stardom
A profile on student drummer Ayeisha Mathis, who played at the JazzQ Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. (The Boston People's Voice, July 12, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Newton's Sultry Singer
Profile of Berklee alumna vocalist Robin McKelle, who performs as part of Berklee's outdoor jazz series, Swingin' in Mothers Rest. (MetroWest Daily News, July 6, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Melissa Speaks Out
Melissa Etheridge's commencement address is excerpted in a round-up of graduation speeches from across the country. Speakers from other schools included former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, actress Jodie Foster, and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. (New York Times, June 11, 2006)

PRESS HIT: The Natural: The Education of Esperanza Spalding
A profile on the student bassist-turned-faculty member whose talents are winning her attention everywhere she goes. (Boston Phoenix, May 31, 2006)

Berklee Students Get Plum Spot at Symphony Hall
Boston's CBS-TV affiliate catches up with Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, who had kind words for Berklee. Several student jazz musicians were featured performers before and after recent Pops concerts. (CBS-4 TV Boston, May 25, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Berklee Becomes a Bigger Community Player
Berklee takes a bigger role in the community, partnering with the Boston Pops and the BeanTown Jazz Festival. (Boston Globe, May 23, 2006)

PRESS HIT: America Catches Up With Them
Alumna Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks don't hold back on their new album, Taking the Long Way. (New York Times, May 21, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Trombones Over Copenhagen
Robynn Amy, instructor of brass, was the lone American musician in a youth all-star jazz band touring and recording in Europe in April and May. Learn about her journey through capitals and concert halls. (WBGO-FM website, May 18, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Modern Man
Berklee graduate and New Orleans native Christian Scott breaks new ground as the latest trumpet sensation from the Crescent City. (Boston Globe, May 12, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Former Idol Finalist Stevens Hits The Books at Berklee
The Boston Globe catches up with season three American Idol finalist John Stevens, who decided Berklee is the place to be although he's already toured nationally and released his debut album. (Boston Globe, May 9, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Eleven Bostonians Changing the World
Suzanne Hanser, chair of Berklee's Music Therapy Department, is named one of 11 Bostonians whose innovative work is having a world-wide influence. (Boston Globe, April 30, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Mad Professor
Avant-garde electronica artist Richard Devine visits Berklee for a week to talk about sound design, MIDI programming, and surround sound technology. (Boston Phoenix, April 28, 2006)

Dorm Sessions Volume 3
Berklee's student-run label Heavy Rotations releases its latest disc, inviting listeners to "experience the creative edge and cohesive diversity" of the new collection. (April 27, 2006)

PRESS HIT: So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Executive?
The New York Times goes behind the scenes to tell the world how Berklee's student-run Heavy Rotation Records does its work. Photography and interviews with students and faculty give the college a prominent place in this lengthy feature on college record labels. (New York Times, April 23, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Mike Tucker Breaks Through
Saxophonist Mike Tucker has played the JVC Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center, and recorded at XM Radio. Now he's about to finish his Berklee degree, and further etch his mark on the jazz world. (Boston Globe, April 14, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Back from Brazil
Faculty flutist Wendy Rolfe spent her spring break teaching children in Rio de Janeiro on a Berklee Faculty Fellowship. (Boston Globe, March 30, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Guitar Heroines
With the La Guitara compilation CD and tour, alumna Patty Larkin is joined by Sharon Isbin and Kaki King for a celebration of women's contributions to the evolution of the guitar. (Boston Globe, March 30, 2006)

PRESS HIT: A Student View of the Hip-Hop Summit
A group of students from Madison Park High School in Roxbury, MA, who are part of an after-school media literacy and journalism program, produced a video news segment on the event. (Press Pass TV, March 28, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Getting Real, His Way
Recent Berklee graduate Brian "Raydar" Ellis is profiled for a rap game that's all his own, making moves and music to the beats from his computer, not as a hustler from the streets. (Boston Globe, March 24, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Journey to Darfur
Listen to an audio clip of Linda Mason, Boston-area board member of the aid group Mercy Corps and wife of Berklee President Roger Brown, talking about her recent trip to Darfur. (WBUR, March 6, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Hip-Hop Artists Urged to Find Own Way
Berklee collaborates with ACT Roxbury on a hip-hop empowerment summit that urged young musicians to develop their own voices. (Boston Globe, February 5, 2006)

PRESS HIT: Aren't You Luis Tiant?
Saxophonist Walter Beasley '84 leads a very busy life, touring behind his chart-topping CDs and teaching at Berklee, which he's been doing for 20 years. Southborough, Massachusetts, where he's been mistaken for a Red Sox legend, is his refuge. (MetroWest Daily News, January 22, 2006)

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