Berk Recital Hall

This concert will showcase re-arrangements of Taiwanese classic songs in different genres, including funk, acoustic, samba, bossa nova, and folk. We aim to explore all possibilities of genre fusion and promote Taiwanese and Asian culture at Berklee.

Ambient-folk songwriter and keytarist Emi McSwain performs a set of original meditative and reflective music. She will use live-looping techniques, soundscapes, and a full band.

Abel Puerta is a songwriter, arranger, and guitar player from Peru. He will perform some of the works he has arranged and composed during his years at Berklee in a variety of styles, like progressive rock, samba, disco, hip hop, funk, and pop.

Vocalist, songwriter, and arranger Morgan Starner will perform a set of funk, pop, and gospel originals and covers alongside her band.

In this recital, Giovanni Piacentini will be performing original music and his own arrangements of memorable movie themes and standards. The performance will feature an outstanding and versatile rhythm section and incredible special guests on wind instruments.

Mexican singer-songwriter Daniela Gómez performs an English and Spanish set of original songs and covers in a combination of electroacoustic folk, pop, jazz, and live looping.

Organist Mealson Wang will take listeners on a musical journey using very wrong harmony and bad arrangements. A portion of the recital will be traditional music that might make all of your ancestors cry. Join Wang and enjoy an hour filled with humor and laughter. 

In her recital, vocalist Shan Kam examines what the space between suffering and death is.

The Esther Lee Duo presents arrangements of contemporary gospel songs.

ASEAN (Southeast Asian) is a group of jazz composers at Berklee. This performance will debut an array of original jazz compositions showcasing a cross-cultural collaboration between different Asian countries rarely seen at Berklee.