Global Jazz Concert Series
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Purple Ensemble features graduate students (clockwise from top left) Jason Yeager (piano), Jasmine Kayser (drums), Sean Pentland (bass), Eirini Tornesaki (voice), and Ori Jacobson (tenor saxophone).
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Silver Ensemble features graduate students (clockwise from top left) Henry Beal (bass), Cosimo Boni (trumpet), Vlade Guigni Norberto (drums), Kiera Harman (trombone), and Yumi Kim (piano).
Four Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) ensembles—two graduate ensembles and two undergraduate ensembles featuring some of Berklee's most talented improvisatory performers and composers—will feature original repertoire as well as newly-arranged standards in this concert.
The Purple Ensemble (graduate) includes Ori Jacobson (tenor saxophone), Jasmine Kayser (drums), Sean Pentland (bass), Eirini Tornesaki (voice), and Jason Yeager (piano). The Silver Ensemble (graduate) features Henry Beal (bass), Cosimo Boni (trumpet), Vladimir Guigni Norberto (drums), Keira Harman (trombone), and Yumi Kim (piano).
The Green Ensemble (undergraduate) is comprised of Yair Amster (drums), Daniel Elbert (alto saxophone), Minnie Jordan (violin), Youngchae Jeong (bass), Saerom Kim (haegeum), Anastassiya Petrova (piano), Colescott Rubin (bass), and Matt Stubbs (clarinet). The Blue Ensemble (undergraduate) features Stefano Battaglia (bass), Milena Casado (trumpet), Carlos Herrand Pou (drums), Volt Jingjit (violin), David Suleiman (tenor saxophone), and Kento Tsubosaka (piano).
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute is a performance program designed to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer Danilo Pérez as its artistic director. The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment where students are given opportunities to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical creative thinking with the natural environment.