Two Track: Devon Gates Septet (Virtual Concert)

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Two Track is a music video series designed for Berklee’s YouTube and social media channels that features artists in an intimate setting with only one microphone and continuous camera takes. Each recording session will revolve around a single theme (i.e., connection, love, dreams) that can be expressed by the artist either through their track selection or through a short storytelling segment that will be recorded as part of the performance. The videos in this series will premiere at specific dates and times, but if you miss the premiere, each video will be public on the channel in continuity. 

This Two Track episode features bassist, vocalist, and composer Devon Gates performing her original song “Come Here” and her arrangements of “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” by Blind Willie Johnson and “I Had a King” by Joni Mitchell.

About the Artist

Devon Gates is a bassist, vocalist, and composer enrolled in the Harvard/Berklee dual degree program, concentrating in social anthropology and jazz performance. She has studied with Terri Lyne Carrington, Linda May Han Oh, Danilo Pérez, Claire Chase, and esperanza spalding, and has performed with Social Science, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Alexa Tarantino, Immanuel Wilkins, Susie Ibarra, Kenny Werner, and Tia Fuller.

At Harvard, she has composed two works for choruses, created interdisciplinary collaborations with the ballet company, scored a short film honoring ethnomusicologist Dr. Eileen Southern, and performed at commencement ceremonies for the class of 2021. Additionally, she has completed Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa’s M3 fellowship program, and is working with Berklee’s Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice on a multi-disciplinary project exploring jazz without patriarchy. 

Devon has appeared in Oscar-nominated producer Gabe Foxpeck’s live gospel album, Glorybound; Ganavya Doraiswamy’s project Let’s Go Out and Play at Roulette Intermedium; and Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards Library of Congress concert. In 2020, she released a solo EP available on Bandcamp, entitled Voice/Bass. Most recently, her composition “Don’t Wait” was published in Berklee Press’s New Standards book of 101 pieces by female jazz composers.

Her band consists of Queralt Giralt on cello, Angela Varo on violin, Nika Ko on keyboards, Ria Modak on guitar, Julian Miltenberger on drums, and Veronica Leahy on saxophone.