The inauguration of Jim Lucchese, the fifth president of Berklee, was held on Thursday, October 30, at the Berklee Performance Center.
The ceremony featured performances by students, faculty, alumni, and special guests.
Watch the Inauguration Ceremony Recording
Missed the event? Watch a recording of the performances, the inaugural address, and the Berklee community's warm welcome to our fifth president.
Event Information
Order of Events
Processional
Krisha Marcano, Dean, Theater
The Berklee Inauguration All-Star Band
Welcome
Martin J. Mannion, Chair, Board of Trustees
Performance
The Fringe
Reflections
Anu Mendsaikhan, President, Student Government Association
Roger Brown, Former President, Berklee
Performance
Jim’s Radio: A Man and His Music
Administration of Oath of Office and Medallion Presentation
Martin J. Mannion, Chair, Board of Trustees
Bill Kaiser, Vice Chair, Berklee Board of Trustees
Inaugural Address
Jim Lucchese, President
Introduction
Lydia Harrell, Assistant Professor, Voice
Performance
The Berklee Inauguration All-Star Band
Recessional
Krisha Marcano, Dean, Theater
The Berklee Inauguration All-Star Band
Speakers
Martin J. Mannion, Chair, Board of Trustees
Lydia Harrell, Assistant Professor, Voice
Anu Mendsaikhan, President, Student Government Association
Performances
Processional and Recessional
“In the Stone” (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Master of Ceremonies: Krisha Marcano, Dean of Theater
Musical Director, Arranger, and Trumpet: Billy Buss, Assistant Professor, Brass Department
Lead Trumpet: Tanya Darby, Professor, Brass Department
Alto Saxophone: Tia Fuller, Professor, Ensemble Department
Tenor Saxophone: George Garzone, Professor, Woodwind Department, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
Electric Bass: Chris Loftlin, Assistant Professor, Bass Department
Drums: John Roberts, Professor, Ensemble and Percussion Departments
Baritone Saxophone: Lauren Sevian, Associate Professor, Woodwind Department
Tenor Saxophone: Walter Smith III, Chair, Woodwind Department
Trombone: Angel Subero, Assistant Professor, Brass Department
The Fringe
Drums: Terri Lyne Carrington, Artistic Director/Founder, Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
Tenor Saxophone: George Garzone, Professor, Woodwind Department, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
Acoustic Bass: John Lockwood, Associate Professor, Bass Department
Jim’s Radio: A Man and His Music
“Voodoo Child” (Jimi Hendrix)
“What They Do” (The Roots)
“La Cathédrale Engloutie” (Claude Debussy)
“Snowden’s Jig” (Thomas Snowden)
“777-9311” (Prince)
“Hey Sailor” (Ida Nielsen)
“It Was a Very Good Year” (Ervin Drake)
Announcer: Bill Miller from Sinatra at the Sands
Musical Director: Andres Gonzalez-Cardona, Senior Audio Creative Producer, PD ’18 BM ’19
Voice: Leila Bahrami, Student
Electric Drums: Miles David, Student, EPD, Performance
Actor and Voice: BJ Granville, Student, Musical Theater
Guitar: Morgan Gonce, Student
Voice: Madhi, Student
Electric Bass: Ike Moemeka, Student
Trumpet: Niccole Meza, Student
Harp: Claudia Moreno, Student, Harp Performance
Percussion: Juan Sebastian Ramirez, Student, Global Jazz Institute
Violin: Tess Reed, Student, Violin Performance
Keyboard: Omar Valenzuela, Student, Performance
Berklee Inauguration All-Star Band
“Don’t Change Horses” / “Soul Vaccination” / “What Is Hip?” (Tower of Power)
Musical Director and Trumpet: Billy Buss, Assistant Professor, Brass Department
Percussion: Eguie Castrillo, Associate Professor, Percussion Department
Electric Guitar: Tyrone Chase, Assistant Chair, Ensemble Department
Lead Trumpet: Tanya Darby, Professor, Brass Department
Alto Saxophone: Tia Fuller, Professor, Ensemble Department
Tenor Saxophone: George Garzone, Professor, Woodwind Department, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
Voice: Lydia Harrell, Assistant Professor, Voice Department, Berklee Online
Electric Bass: Chris Loftlin, Assistant Professor, Bass Department
Drums: Jim Lucchese, President
Keyboards: John Paul McGee, Assistant Chair, Piano Department
Voice: Nichelle Mungo, Associate Professor, Voice and Ensemble Department
Lead Vocals: Debo Ray, Assistant Professor, Voice Department
Baritone Saxophone: Lauren Sevian, Associate Professor, Woodwind Department
Tenor Saxophone: Walter Smith III, Chair, Woodwind Department
Trombone: Angel Subero, Assistant Professor, Brass Department
Video Testimonials
Bill Kaiser, Trustee
Ron Savage, Vice President and Executive Director, Berklee College of Music
Michael Shinn, Executive Director, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Keeme Tajudeen, Student
Krisha Marcano, Dean, Theater, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Grace Kelly BM ’12, Trustee
Kim Perlak, Chair, Guitar Department
Brooke Parrott BM ’07, Writer and Musician
Adrian Sicam, Assistant Professor, Voice Department
Music: “Doors and Distance” from Birdman by Antonio Sánchez ‘97
Board of Trustees
Jim Lucchese
President, Berklee
Martin J. Mannion
Board Chair; Senior Advisor and Former Managing Director, Summit Partners
Marina Hatsopoulos
Board Vice Chair; Board Chair, Levitronix Technologies; Entrepreneur and Writer
Bill Kaiser
Board Vice Chair; Partner Emeritus, Greylock Partners
Andy Youniss
Board Vice Chair; Executive Chairman, Rocket Software
Susan Whitehead
Board Chair Emerita; Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute
Charles Anderson
Lee Burrows
Cynthia K. Curme
Kristy Edmunds
David Friend
David Gross
Thomas M. Hagerty
Carletta Higginson
Steven Holtzman
Velina Hasu Houston
Peter Labbat
Grace Kelly BM '12
Hassell McClellan
Kristine Moyer Higgins
Robert S. Murley
Jim Pallotta
Anthony Pangaro
Jeff Patterson
Jon Platt
(Snow) Dan Qin
David Scott Sloan
Darius Sidebotham
Beth Carrillo Thomas '10
Katie (Schlosser) Vitolins BM '04
Paul D. Wachter
Tarik Ward
Marillyn Zacharis
Trustees Emeriti
Vivian C. Beard
J. Scott Benson
Patricia Casale
William M. Davis
Mike Dreese
William E. Falconer
Allan T. McLean
Craigie Zildjian
Berklee’s Presidents
Jim Lucchese
Current President
David Bogen, Interim
2023–2024
Erica Muhl
2021–2023
Roger H. Brown
2004–2021
Lee Berk
1979–2004
Lawrence Berk
1945–1979
Global Ambassadors
Herb Alpert
David Friend
Advisory Councils
Presidential Advisory Council
David Patrick '79, Chair
Daniel E. Auerbach
Vivian C. Beard
Marybeth Bisson
Arthur Black
Elizabeth Boland
Yumin Choi
Jeff Davis
Paul Deninger
John Doelp '79
Debbie Edmundson
Stefan M. Gavell
Dean Goodermote
Chris Halaby
Danroy Henry Sr.
Lisa Hilton
William A. Holodnak
Nelson L. Huang
Robert Jones
Edward and Allison Johnson
Teresa Koster
Ann Kreis
Ted Kurland
James Kuster
Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee)
Bodo Liesenfeld
William J. Lynch III
Anthony (Tony) Marzulli
Allan T. McLean
Hortensia Roig
Aviva Sapers
Collin M. Stultz
Harriet (Tee) Taggart
Jack Wadsworth
Tania Zouikin
Executive Director’s Advisory Council
Teresa Koster, Chair
Anne N. Cuervo, Vice Chair
Howard H. Bengele, PhD
Marybeth Bisson
Elizabeth S. Boveroux
Davi-Ellen Chabner
Caroline McMillan Collings
Shubhlakshmi Dani
JoAnne Dickinson
Diana Dohrmann '71
Miles A. Fish, III '63
John S. Foster
Jennifer A. Fraser
Mark Friedman
Mimi Hewlett
Thomas Huber, PhD
Ricardo Lewitus, MD
Mike Memmolo
Dr. Lyle J. Micheli
Frederick T. Miller
Brendan Murphy
Christopher D. Perry
Philip J. Poinelli
Xiaohang Quan
Wanda Reindorf
Geraldine R. Ricci
Anthony Richardson
Tricia Swift
Ann Connolly Tolkoff
Rosamond B. Vaule
Peter J. Wender
Amy K. Wertheim
Edward G. Wertheim
Tania Zouikin
President's Council
Jim Lucchese *
President
David Bogen *
Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs / Provost
Paul S. Dworkis *
Executive Vice President, Administration and Finance / Chief Financial Officer
Betsy Newman *
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Rodney Alejandro
Dean, Professional Writing and Music Technology
Eileen Alviti *
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Katherine Anderson
Associate Vice President, Student Financial Services
Nick Balkin
Assistant Vice President, Communications
Krystal Banfield *
Vice President, Education Outreach and Social Entrepreneurship
Mark Barer
Vice President, Real Estate, Facilities, and Planning
Betsie Becker
Executive Director, Berklee NYC
Laurie Bishop *
General Counsel
Emilia Borkowski
Assistant Vice President of Creative and Managing Director, Berklee Open
Damien Bracken
Dean, Admissions
Jen Burke
Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
Alex Cabal
Assistant Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion
Jason Camelio
Assistant Vice President, Global Programs and Partnerships
Deborah Cavalier *
Senior Vice President of Pre-College, Online, and Professional Programs
Mark Ethier
Executive Director, Berklee Emerging Artistic Technology Lab
Maria Goldberg
Senior Director, Global Strategy and Innovation
Mike Green
Assistant Vice President, Marketing
Kim Haack
Associate Vice President of Administration, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Kevin Haden
Dean of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Lenora Helm Hammonds
Dean, Professional Education Division
Stefanie Henning
Associate Vice President, Career and Digital Strategy
Cathy Horn
Assistant Vice President, Concert Operations
Lacretia Johnson Flash *
Senior Advisor for Community, Culture, and Climate
Chris Kandus
Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Success
Jeff Klug
Assistant Vice President, Student Support Services
Phillip Knutel *
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Sharon Kramer
Dean of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Accreditation
Robert Lagueux
Vice Provost
Edward J. Lewis, III *
Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Maura Lynch
Associate Vice President, Development
Claire Machamer *
Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Jonathan Mahoney
Dean of Pre-College, Online, and Professional Programs
Krisha Marcano
Dean of Theater, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Misael Martinez
Assistant Vice President, Social Entrepreneurship and Creative Youth Development, EOSE
María Martinez Iturriaga *
Senior Vice President, Berklee Global
Allie Mitropoulos
Deputy General Counsel
Michael Moyes
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Strategy and Marketing, Berklee Online
Tommy Neblett
Dean of Dance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Sarah Onori
Assistant Vice President, Equity and Title IX
Kaitlin Passafaro *
Chief of Staff, Office of the President
Simone Pilon
Executive Director, Berklee Valencia
Dianne Plummer
Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Strategy and Operations
Emmett Price
Dean, Africana Studies
Christopher Reade
Interim Vice President, Student and Community Life
Sindhumathi Revuluri
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies
Ron Savage *
Vice President and Executive Director, Berklee College of Music
Michael Shinn *
Executive Director, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Sean Skeete
Dean, Professional Performance
Blair Stevenson
Dean, Academic Affairs, Berklee Valencia
Molly Tomlinson
Assistant Vice President of Online Technology and Innovation and CTO, Berklee Online
Pablo Vargas
Dean, Library and Learning Resources
Gail Wilson
Vice President, Finance
Darcy Winer
Associate Vice President of Business, Administration, and Student Services, Pre-College, Online, and Professional Programs
* member of the President’s Cabinet
Berklee Global Partners
George Abufhele
Dean, Projazz Instituto Profesional
Leonidas Arniakos
Managing Director, Philippos Nakas Conservatory
Marcelo Braga
Vice President and General Director, Escuela de Música Contemporánea
Luciano Braga
Student Affairs, Escuela de Música Contemporánea
Alejandro Cajiao
Chief Financial Officer, Escuela de Música, Media, Arte y Tecnología
Fernando Chavez
Associate Director, REC Música Centro de Estudios Musicales
Esteban Molina Cordovez
Founder, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito
Cristiane Cunha
Public Relations, Faculdade de Música Souza Lima
Federico Carlos Dannemann Brunet
Jazz and Label Director, Projazz Instituto Profesional
Antonio Mario de Silva Cunha
Director, Faculdade de Música Souza Lima
Ignacio Diaz Lahsen
Academic Vice Provost, Projazz Instituto Profesional
Camilo Donado
Director, Online and International Relations, Escuela de Música, Media, Arte y Tecnologia
Paola Gonzalez
Director, National Conservatory of Music, Dominican Republic
Hyunwoo Han
Chair, SJA Music Institute
Jaeho Lim
Education Manager, SJA Music Institute
Cormac O'Brien
Program Chair, Jazz and Contemporary Music, Dublin City University
Keisuke Okai
Director of International Affairs, Koyo School of Music and Dance
Sebastian Otero
Academic Director, REC Música Centro de Estudios Musicales
Adolfo Quinteros Cerpa
General Secretary, Projazz Instituto Profesional
Lupa Santiago
Academic Dean, Faculdade de Música Souza Lima
Irene Savaree
President and CEO, International College of Music
Izhar Schejter
Assistant Managing Director, Rimon School of Music
Soi Shin
Voice Faculty, SJA Music Institute
Daniel Toledo
Performance Chair, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito
Giulia Truffarelli
Administrative Secretary Manager, Fondazione Umbria Jazz
Francisco Javier Vargas Heredia
Folkloric and Popular Music Coordinator, Conservatorio Nacional de Musica de Santo Domingo
Higher Education Delegates
Joseph Aoun
President, Northeastern University
James Canniff
Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, Bunker Hill Community College
Nicholas Covino
President, William James College
Jenifer Cushman
President, University of Maine at Augusta
Mahesh Daas
President, Boston Architectural College
Andrea Kalyn
President, New England Conservatory
Alejandro Madrid
Delegate for Alan Garber, Harvard University President
Brenda Molife
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Cecilia O’Keefe
Delegate for Danielle Holley, Mount Holyoke College President
Steven Perlman
Delegate for Linda Mills, New York University President
Lynn Reichenbach
Trustee and Alum, Smith College
John Richmond
Dean of the College of Music, University of North Texas
Sergio Salvatore
Co-Chair, Arts and Sciences Advisory Board, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Alex Speir
Delegate for Sarah Suponski, Amherst College
Paul Tringale
Secretary of the Corporation, Tufts University
Harvey Young
Dean of College of Fine Arts, Boston University
Inauguration Team
Production Team
Producer: Michael Borgida, Director, Concert and Video Production
Stage Design: Bryan Barancik
Videographer: David Perez Caviedes
Video Production Assistant: Peter Chen, Student
Videographer: William Chi, Student
Audio Playback: Miguel Chipana, Student
Audio Playback: Belle Cirino, Student
Videographer: Nick Czerula
Video Production: Jeannie Greeley, Associate Director, Multimedia and Creative Production
Video Technical Director: Kevin Greene BM ’13
Music Consultant: Gregory Groover, Interim Managing Director of Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Assistant Chair of Ensemble
Front of House: Elizabeth Guptill, Senior House Manager, Berklee Performance Center
Lighting Programmer: Zach Hendrix
Video Graphics: Pamela Hersch, Multimedia Producer
Production Manager: Ryan Jones, Director of Production, Berklee Performance Center
Video Production Assistant: Siwon Kim, Student
Videographer: Izabella Martinez, Student
Videographer: Camilo Barrios Pacheco, Student
Audio Stream: Alex Rodriguez, Professor, Music Production and Engineering, Berklee Online
Videographer: Sage Shriver-Blough BM ’23, Alumna
Planning Committee
Amanda Bulger, Director of Operations and Executive Assistant, Office of the President
Gregory Cahill, Administrative Coordinator/Project Assistant, Office of the President
Lindsey Chinni, Director, Engagement and Outreach, Institutional Advancement
Margot Edwards, Associate Director of Communications, Office of the President
Claire Machamer, Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Wayne Malloy, Senior Project Manager, Office of the President
Kaitlin Passafaro, Chief of Staff, Office of the President
Madeline Perett, Administrative and Project Manager, Event Planning
Christina Quarles, Director of Event Operations, Event Planning
Sarah Riggs, Senior Director of Communications, Communications and Marketing