Student Recitals

This summer showcase, organized by LABS (the Latin American Association of Berklee Students), will feature students playing top hits of today’s Latin music industry, with arrangements written by the LABS team. 

Sincere Engineer is an emo/pop/punk project fronted by Deanna Belos. Covey is the heartfelt indie project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tom Freeman.

Acclaimed gospel icon Kurt Carr will lead a show-stopping performance by students, showcasing their musical talent and performing repertoire they’ve been rehearsing in faculty-led ensembles and master classes taught by Carr.

Anand Wilder’s reputation as a talented multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter emerged in the Brooklyn indie rock scene of the late 2000s, where he joined his bandmates in painting on the eclectic palette of synths, strings, and harmonies that defined Yeasayer’s acclaimed psychedelic worldbeat and swerving electro-pop experiments.

Mark Lettieri is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer, and producer based in Fort Worth, Texas. Proficient in a multitude of styles, he records and performs in virtually every genre of popular music with both independent and major label artists. He also composes and produces original instrumental music under his own name.

Having gained attention from the likes of Quincy Jones, Justin Timberlake, Jessie J, Tracy Chapman, Lennon Stella, the Paper Kites, and many other notable names worldwide, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, arranger, and composer MARO is undoubtedly one to watch.

Weaving together inspiration from bands such as STRFKR, Youth Lagoon, and Panda Bear, Jaguar Sun creates dreamy, pop-centric soundscapes with experimental flair. Husbands is a landlocked beach-pop band that sidequests Krautrock, garage rock, and tropicália.

Acclaimed by Billboard, OnesToWatch.com, and more, Anna Clendening’s debut EP, Waves, generated over 150 million streams in under six months.

Ivan & Alyosha are known for their sweet, Beatles-esque melodies, jangly guitars, heartfelt songwriting, and energetic live performances. They have toured with and supported the likes of NEEDTOBREATHE, the Head and the Heart, Delta Spirit, Aimee Mann, and Brandi Carlile.

Dylan LeBlanc is engaging and soft-spoken in person, yet his striking new album, Renegade, reflects the power of his live show—one that he simply describes as “rock ’n’ roll.”

When this Kentucky native released her debut album, Old Time Feeling, she was rightly coined an "untamed rock 'n' roll truth-teller" by Rolling Stone. The roots-inflected record saw S.G. Goodman lending her gritty, haunting vocals to narrate the dual perspectives of her upbringing as the daughter of a crop farmer and a queer woman coming out in a rural town. 

Born and raised in London, Canada, Ken Yates has gained a reputation as one of his country’s brightest rising singer-songwriters.

Over the last two decades, Kentuckian Ben Sollee has distinguished himself as a multi-faceted creative, blurring the lines between music, tech, and experiential design. As a cellist, songwriter, and storyteller, he has toured the globe—sometimes by bicycle—performing his original music.

Layto (aka Paul Catalano) was born and raised in Boston. Being the youngest of five, in the midst of family turmoil and dysfunction, music became an escape.

Having amassed a legion of fans and followers ahead of her freshman year at Tufts University, Ella Jane entered one of the most exciting periods of her life confined to her dorm room as a result of the ongoing pandemic—an experience which would eventually become her debut project, THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

Having amassed a legion of fans and followers ahead of her freshman year at Tufts University, Ella Jane entered one of the most exciting periods of her life confined to her dorm room as a result of the ongoing pandemic—an experience which would eventually become her debut project, THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

Ghostly Kisses is the dreamy pop music of singer-songwriter Margaux Sauvé. The name Ghostly Kisses was inspired by William Faulkner’s poem “Une ballade des dames perdues,” and seemed like the perfect reflection of Sauvé’s ethereal voice.

Nashville-based ​Madi Diaz ​marks a full restart of her artistic career with ​“Man in Me,” ​her poignant debut single/video for ​ANTI-. 

The Paranoyds have the kind of connection people only dream of: as non-biological sisters who’ve known each other longer than they haven’t and speak a language that no one else can understand.

Field Medic is the lo-fi folk project of Kevin Patrick Sullivan. At 18, he discovered the music of Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, who changed his perspective on what a song could be and led him to develop his own style, which he describes as “freak folk/post country with an emphasis on fingerstyle guitar and lyrics.”