Alumni Happenings

June 1, 2018

Left to right: Carl Beatty (Berklee’s assistant VP of artist and music industry relations) and Grammy nominees Joe Mardin ’85, Mindy Abair ’91, and Joel Goodman ’84 attended a reception for this year’s Grammy hopefuls at Power Station at BerkleeNYC on January 27.

On January 28, guitarist and music entrepreneur Steve Vai ’79 was the keynote speaker at the annual Los Angeles alumni brunch. Vai shared thoughts with a crowd of 360 attendees about being present in the moment and following your creative impulses to create your own definition of success.

Pianist Makoto Ozone ’83 (center) was honored at a February 6 reception in Tokyo marking his appearance on the cover of Berklee today magazine. Berklee staff members Ginny Fordham ’80 and Mark Small ’73 (at Ozone’s left) and faculty members Tiger Okoshi ’75 and Steve Wilkes ’80 greeted a group of international alumni who turned out for the event, which included a panel discussion with Ozone.

From the left: Karen Bell ’90 (Berklee’s senior alumni officer), Shachar Oren (president of Georgia Music Partners), Greg Crawford (mix engineer, sound designer), Jim Dellas (composer, producer), Kerren Berz (Columbus Symphony Orchestra concert master), Martina Albano ’14 (Atlanta alumni volunteer), and Prince Charles Alexander (Berklee MP&E professor) participated in a discussion at Berklee Night in Atlanta in March. The panel of music industry professionals shared information with students and alumni from Berklee and Georgia State University about how Atlanta’s tax incentives for music, film, and video gaming are promoting opportunity in the Peach State.

Left to right: Carl Beatty (Berklee’s assistant VP of artist and music industry relations) and Grammy nominees Joe Mardin ’85, Mindy Abair ’91, and Joel Goodman ’84 attended a reception for this year’s Grammy hopefuls at Power Station at BerkleeNYC on January 27.

This article appeared in our alumni magazine, Berklee Today Summer 2018. Learn more about Berklee Today.
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