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Back To The Garden: The Artistry Of Joni Mitchell, Featuring Paula Cole And Music Directed By Terri Lyne Carrington

Source: Berklee Public Relations
April 25, 2012

Berklee College of Music presents Back to the Garden: The Artistry of Joni Mitchell, a play with music and dance about the life and work of the iconic artist, written and performed by Berklee students. Back to the Garden will be performed at Berklee on May 3 with featured guest, Grammy Award-winning alumna Paula Cole, and music directed by Grammy Award-winning alumna Terri Lyne Carrington. The production is directed by Associate Professor Rebecca Perricone. Back to the Garden: The Artistry ...

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An Evening with Kirill Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue and World Premieres of Brad Mehldau and Chick Corea Pieces

Source: Berklee Public Relations
March 8, 2012

The 2012 Signature Music Series at Berklee wraps up an extraordinary season on Friday, March 30, with An Evening with Kirill Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue. The Russian-born pianist will perform the world premiere of new works by Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau, commissioned by Gerstein as part of his 2010 Gilmore Artist Award. The jazz-inspired program also features the original 1924 jazz band version of Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue" with a 25-piece ensemble that includes faculty and an 8-piece student ...

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Education

Student Songwriters Collaborate Online Through Berklee PULSE Partnership with Kompoz

Source: Berklee Public Relations
October 27, 2011

Berklee PULSE, Berklee City Music Network's web-based music education program, has formed a partnership with Kompoz, a platform for crowd-sourcing music creation, that connects students at 32 City Music Network sites across the U.S. For Berklee PULSE, Kompoz offers a creative outlet to young musicians who might not have access to other musicians in-person, and gives them an opportunity to collaborate with students across the City Music Network. Projects are currently underway involving collaborations between students at three City Music ...

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Award / Grant

Thirteen Berklee Alumni Nominated for Latin Grammy Awards

Source: Berklee Public Relations
October 3, 2011

Thirteen Berklee alumni working in one of the most vital segments of the music industry have been nominated for Latin Grammy Awards. The majority of nominees are Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) alumni, 10 in all, some of whom are competing against each other in the Record and Album of the Year categories. Others appear in the Best Engineered Album and Producer of the Year categories. Three MP&E alumni nominees are multi Latin Grammy Award winners: Benny Faccone with seven, ...

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Education

Berklee and High School Students Teach Music in Kenya, Donate Instruments and Laptops

Source: Berklee Public Relations
June 29, 2011

A group of Berklee College of Music students and alumni, and Newton North and Needham, MA, High School students are using the summer break as an educational opportunity. The students will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya (June 25-July 15) through local organization Global Youth Groove (GYG), whose mission is to transform the lives of youth through music, where they will teach, perform, study Swahili, learn about traditional Kenyan music, instruments and dance, and be immersed in Kenyan ...

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Event

Guggenheim-Winning Berklee Prof. Brings New Musical Language to NYC's Undead Jazzfest, June 23, 2011

Source: Berklee Public Relations
June 22, 2011

Boston, MA—Berklee College of Music's MicroJam Ensemble, led by guitar professor David Fiuczynski (Meshell Ndegeocello, Jack DeJohnette, John Zorn) are headed to New York to perform at the 2011 Undead Jazzfest. The concert takes place on Thursday, June 23, 8:50 p.m., at Kenny's Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street. Subway: West 4th Street. Fiuczynski was recently awarded a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship to develop his Planet MicroJam concept, a new musical language combining microtones, jazz harmonies, and new beats. “It's music that sounds ...

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Performance / Tour

Berklee World Jazz Octet to Perform at DC Jazz Festival, June 1-2

Source: Berklee Public Relations
May 23, 2011

Renowned Ensemble, Directed by Alain Mallet, Features Students from Lithuania, Israel, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. Boston, MA—Berklee College of Music's renowned World Jazz Octet is headed to the DC Jazz Festival to perform two concerts on June 1 and 2. With students hailing from from Lithuania, Israel, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S., the Octet's rich, improvised music reflects the multicultural diversity of its members. The ensemble, which is also an intensive course at Berklee taught by pianist ...

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Education

Berklee Team Build Homes in New Orleans Musicians' Village

Source: Berklee Public Relations
May 11, 2011

Continuing Berklee College of Music's commitment of giving back to the birthplace of jazz, the college's Gracenotes Volunteer Committee is sponsoring its fifth annual trip to New Orleans. A group of eight staff and faculty members will travel to Louisiana to work (May 10-14) in the New Orleans Musicians' Village, an ongoing Habitat for Humanity project to create new and affordable homes in the city's Upper Ninth Ward for musicians and other residents displaced by 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ...

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