Performing Alumni to Include Susan Tedeschi & Dennis Montgomery III

Alumna Lalah Hathaway to Sing Original Song "Boston" during Live Videocast from Los Angeles

BOSTON, November 18, 2003 — Some of Berklee's best-ever singers and instrumentalists, both students and alumni, will be under one roof on Thursday, December 11, for Singers' Showcase. That night the Berklee classic will mark its 20th year of belting, cooing, hollering and scatting — a true showcase from the center of the contemporary vocal universe.

This is the fourth concert of Song's Nothing Conservatory About It Concert Series, presented by Song™, Delta Air Lines' new low-fare subsidiary, and Berklee College of Music. Adding to the festivities at Singers' Showcase 20th Anniversary, a pair of roundtrip airline tickets from Song will be drawn for one lucky concertgoer.

Press: to inquire about photo availability and usage, please e-mail us. Performers at last year's Singers' Showcase take a bow. Farnsworth Blalock Photo

The alumni artists on this show honed their performance skills while Berklee students in Singers' Showcases, on the very stage on which they will be performing. Alumni vocalists will include Susan Tedeschi, Lalah Hathaway, Dennis Montgomery III, Robin McElhatten, Jeff Ramsey, Darcel Wilson, Trina Hamlin, Sherma Andrews, Ellen O'Brien, and Deanna DellaCioppa.

Hathaway will be performing with fellow Berklee alumni in The Screening Theater, Dolby Labs, Los Angeles, and her performance will be presented in Boston onstage via live videocast. Appropriately, she will be singing her song "Boston," an original from an upcoming CD.

Each semester, 90 to 100 student vocalists audition for the chance to perform onstage in the Berklee Performance Center in Singers' Showcase, which is traditionally presented in the fall and in the spring. Of this pool of talent, eight have been chosen to perform on this show: Dan McClain, Kamaria Ousley, Natalie Stovall, Lisa Goolsby, Katie Locke, Stacy Baker, Christy Bluhm, and Jeremy Ragsdale.

The night's entertainment will also feature a rocking 13-piece band, background vocals, dancing, lights, and three camera video with rear projection. Musical styles will include pop, r&b, Latin, blues, jazz, and country. There will be both originals and standards.

To quote Singers' Showcase producer Rob Rose, "We are delighted that these alumni have taken time out of their busy schedules to come back to the college for this show. This promises to be an incredible performance of established and emerging talent."

Song's Nothing Conservatory About It
Song's Nothing Conservatory About It Concert Series debuted in October and continues through the spring of 2004.

All concerts begin at 8:15 p.m. and will be held in the Berklee Performance Center. Individual tickets may be purchased to all shows, except the Pat Metheny concert on April 30. Admission to the Metheny show is available to season ticket holders only. Season ticket packages may be purchased at the Berklee Performance Center Box Office and are on sale now. Season tickets to the entire eight-concert series (five remaining) are $100 for general admission, $150 for preferred seating. Tickets for individual shows will go on sale two weeks prior to the performance. For more information on the entire series, please visit Song's Nothing Conservatory About It Concert Series on the web.

About Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and practice of contemporary music. For over half a century, the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance majors, a diverse and talented student body representing 70 plus countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today and tomorrow.

Song is an innovative low-fare service, which will provide non-stop flights between the Northeast and key Florida leisure destinations, plus Atlanta, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Juan, with over 142 daily flights on 36 Boeing 757 aircraft. All Song flights are operated by Delta Airlines. Song airline tickets can be purchased by visiting: www.flysong.com


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