Full Calendar of Events at the Berklee Performance Center

The Harmony and Jazz Composition Department presents its 37th annual concert featuring new music by jazz composition faculty.

The Fernando Huergo Big Band will perform original compositions and arrangements as well as music from their latest CD, The Possibility of Change. 

Guitar Night: Jazz and Blues Student Showcase will feature Berklee's finest student guitarists playing a broad stylistic range of jazz and blues.

 

Join us for a tribute concert honoring the inaugural Berklee Legacy Awardees—legendary artists Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Joseph Douglass, and Carmen de Lavallade.

For years we’ve kicked off winter in true Warren Miller fashion, and this season celebrates with the 72nd annual film Winter Starts Now. 

This concert will feature a diverse blend of instruments, styles, and players from the Berklee Woodwind Department faculty and student community.

Each semester 120–180 Berklee voice students audition for the opportunity to be cast in Singers Night, one of the Voice Department's premier shows. Join us for this high-energy concert featuring the students who were chosen during this process, performing solo and in small groups.

Daymé Arocena will perform a blend of traditional Santerían chant, jazz stylings, contemporary R&B influences, and Afro-Cuban music with Berklee students. 

In celebration of Astor Piazzolla's 100th birthday, the Latin Grammy-winning Quinteto Astor Piazzolla pays tributes to the man who revolutionized tango music forever and remains one of the world’s most admired composers and musicians.

This concert will feature selected, student-led ensembles representing the best rock and pop guitarists at Berklee. 

Berklee students will perform Eilish’s music, spanning from her early Soundcloud releases to her latest album, Happier Than Ever.

Despite his young age, Julian Lage is one of the most accomplished and prominent guitarists in modern jazz and improvised music.

Nella draws from Venezuelan folk and the music of Spain’s Andalusian region to create her own contemporary, soulful songs.

Join a global cast of Berklee students for an exhilarating evening of entertainment honoring the legendary singer, songwriter, actor, and author Tina Turner.

Like a loony St. Nick for Christmas crazies, John Waters, “gutter” filmmaker, tawdry stand-up comedian, and author of many appalling books, is on tour again with a whole new bag of holiday filth.

The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra features the finest jazz instrumentalists playing refreshingly original music written by the most talented composers at Berklee. 

The Hot Sardines effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls to transform songs from past eras into pop music for the current century.

Berklee City Music Preparatory and High School Academies present their Winter Showcase concerts.

 

Internationally renowned pianist and official Steinway artist Aleph will perform, accompanied by 15 international artists, including Dia and Yasmina from the Lebanese scene and Spanish artists such as Antonio Serrano, Diego Galaz, and José Manuel Motos.

Rescheduled from October 25, 2020. Award-winning artist, composer, and producer Ólafur Arnalds is back on the road with new material. After a triumphant return to the stage in 2018, he is completing his final set of shows after nearly three years of touring.

Zucchero, one of Italy's most acclaimed artists, has performed a series of unique concerts throughout the world over the past two years.

Multi-award winning band Clannad fuses elements of traditional Irish music with more contemporary folk, new age, and rock, creating a unique and ethereal sound that combines haunting melodies and mesmerizing vocals.