“Berklee in LA" Kicks Off its Thirteenth Year.
BOSTON, June 28, 2002 From over 400 applicants, 250 young musicians have been selected to participate in Berklee College of Music's Summer Performance Program in Los Angeles, an intense week of instrumental/vocal instruction, ensemble work, improvisation and harmony classes, performance opportunities, and faculty clinics. “Berklee in LA" takes place on the Claremont McKenna College campus in Claremont, California, from July 21 through 27. To be accepted in the program, students must be at least 15 years of age and have a minimum of six months of musical training.
Up-and-coming Berklee alumni who have come through the “Berklee in LA" program include tenor saxophonist Teodross Avery '95, who made his recording debut as a leader on the GRP label just a few days before his 21st birthday. Kendrick Oliver '95, who wowed the “Berklee in LA" faculty by playing Charlie Parker riffs on his tuba, formed the New Life Orchestra while he was still a Berklee student, and his big band has performed at clubs and jazz festivals all over the country. Drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. '93, seen on television recently in the bands of Sting and Paul McCartney, attended Berklee's 5-Week Summer Program on scholarship before enrolling as a full-time student.
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