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News: Award / Grant

Mwalim Daphunkee Professor Wins "Best Male Jazz" In The 2014 New England Urban Music Awards

April 28, 2014

Third win in even year cycle for 'NDN Jazz' artist. Competition particularly stiff this year. BOSTON, MA - The Hibernian Hall auditorium erupted with applause as Mwalim *7) - DaPhunkee Professor (Morgan James Peters) took to the stage to accept his “Best Male Jazz" award at the 9th Annual Urban Music Awards, followed by a performance ...

News: Education

Placido Domingo Awarded Honorary Doctorate

April 9, 2014

Renowned tenor and international conductor Placido Domingo was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree by Berklee College of Music at its campus in Valencia, Spain on Friday. The event took place at the Teatro Martín i Soler of the Palau de les Arts and was attended by local government officials and dignitaries and Berklee’s Valencia ...

News: Education

Berklee's Valencia Campus Opens Applications For Its Summer Programs And Launches New Summer Study Abroad

April 8, 2014

Berklee College of Music has opened the application process for this year’s summer programs to be held at its Valencia campus in the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Spain. This year, Berklee presents a six-week Summer Study Abroad program for the first time, giving undergraduate students from Berklee and other international music institutions the ...

News: Event

NEC Presents Special In The Mix Concert Featuring Middle Eastern, Jewish Music And American Roots Ensembles At Pierce Hall

April 7, 2014

New England Conservatory presents a special evening of three concerts featuring top student musicians on Tuesday, April 22. Performing, as part of the conservatory’s In the Mix series, are the Middle Eastern, Jewish Music and American Roots ensembles. Performances take place at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. at New England Conservatory’s Pierce Hall on the first ...

News: Award / Grant

Mwalim “Best Male Jazz” Nominee In The New England Urban Music Awards! Cast Your Vote!

April 4, 2014

The 8th Annual New England Urban Music Awards (NEUMA) are upon us, releasing this past Tuesday the list of official nominees. Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor is a nominee for the “Best Male Jazz Artist” category, for his latest album “Awakened By A Noon Day Sun” (LMMGM/ Spirit Wind Records). Cast your vote for Mwalim and other nominees ...

News: Event

New England Conservatory Presents The NEC Gospel Ensemble And NEC Jazz Composers Ensemble On Thursday, April 10 At Brown Hall

April 4, 2014

Join two exceptional NEC student ensembles – the NEC Gospel Ensemble and the NEC Jazz Composer’s Ensemble – as they perform contemporary gospel music and student compositions, plus works by Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter on Thursday, April 10 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Brown Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. The concert is free and ...

News: Event

New England Conservatory Presents György Kurtág Signs, Games & Messages On Monday, April 28 In NEC’s Jordan Hall

April 4, 2014

Join NEC Contemporary Improvisation students and faculty, led by composer/pianist Anthony Coleman in György Kurtág Signs, Games & Messages, a concert featuring performances and riffs on renowned Romanian-born composer Kurtág's music, sources, and notions. The concert takes place on Monday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. The concert ...

News: Event

New England Conservatory Presents Student Honors Ensembles Great On Paper And Choro Bastardo

March 29, 2014

Tuesday, April 1 at Jordan Hall Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Program. Two of these ensembles — Great on Paper and Choro Bastardo perform on Tuesday, April 1 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, ...

Article: Book Review

Chet Baker: The Missing Years by Artt Frank

by C. Michael Bailey
March 24, 2014

Chet Baker: The Missing Years Artt Frank 234 Pages ISBN: # 978-0-9887687-4-1 BooksEndependent 2014 Baker attracts positive and negative criticism like a celebrity black hole--the artist as hero and antihero. When considering Baker, you consider no one else. From “On The Banks of the Jabbok with Chet ...

Article: Album Review

Club d'Elf: Fire in the Brain Live at Berklee

Read "Fire in the Brain Live at Berklee" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 11, 2014

"To thine own self be true" is a reliable expression, and few band biographies are more true to their subject than the official label writeup on the marvelously twisted Club d'Elf: “Circling about bassist/composer Mike Rivard (Morphine, Either-Orchestra, Guster, Boston Pops), D'Elf is a constellation of top musicians from the jazz, DJ, rock and world music ...