David Friend Recital Hall

The David Friend Recital Hall, located in the Genko Uchida building at 921 Boylston Street, is a semicircular performance space with a horseshoe-shaped balcony, designed by architect Shizuo Harada.

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Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Silent Echoes of Time is a solo percussion recital showcasing a diverse selection of works by composers from around the world. This performance highlights the vast expressive possibilities of percussion, featuring snare drum, multi-percussion, marimba, vibraphone, timpani, and a marimba-piano duet.


 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Students enrolled in Marimba Ensembles, Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music Ensemble, and Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab will perform compositions and arrangements featuring marimba and vibraphone. Genres will span from classical and new music to jazz and pop styles. 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Students enrolled in Marimba Ensembles, Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music Ensemble, and Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab will perform compositions and arrangements featuring marimba and vibraphone. Genres will span from classical and new music to jazz and pop styles. 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Finding the Artist Within features students of Professor Nichelle Mungo and Visiting Scholar Paula Cole. This program cultivates the whole artist within self accompanied singer-songwriters. Each student comes with uniquely extraordinary giftedness. You will hear thought provoking, soul stirring, authentically relative messages of need, hope, and healing in their songs. 
 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Join Berklee's Electronic Digital Instrument Showcase Ensemble on an electrifying journey where technology meets music, and witness the future of sonic artistry! 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Enjoy a concert of beautiful and expressive classical and contemporary classical music for piano plus other instruments. This is a great opportunity to hear something different at Berklee.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Hey Rim Jeon, professor in the piano department at Berklee College of Music, leads a solo piano concert featuring students from her course, Solo Piano Improvisations of Keith Jarrett, as well as from her private studio. Students will demonstrate Jarrett’s improvisational techniques and improvise their own piano solos.

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Award-winning Berklee College of Music Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble
 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Groovalicious, directed by Gwen Leathers, showcases the talent and musicianship of the students in the Voice Department. 

Admission
Free
Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Satellite of Qantara (qantara means arch) brings to life a vision for the unbridled fusion of world jazz, Middle Eastern, Western classical, and Latin American music to transcend the boundaries of genre and geography. The ensemble's motto is "one planet, one music."

Admission
Free

Past Events

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Alain Mallet, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents the Music of Rico Andres.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Eugene Friesen, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents the Berklee World Strings.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Christiane Karam, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents the Balkan Choir.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Christiane Karam, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents the Middle Eastern Fusion Ensemble.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

John Pierce, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents Big Band Jazz.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Winston Maccow, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents The Truth Will Always Be.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Barbara LaFitte, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble: Fahrenheit 402 New Creations.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Matt Jenson, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents the Music of Bob Marley.
 

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Edvard Lee, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents joint recitals.

Event Dates
David Friend Recital Hall (DFRH)
921 Boylston Street
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Edvard Lee, a professor in the Ensemble Department, presents joint recitals.