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.
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—spanning genres from classical new music to jazz and pop styles. Directed by Nancy Zeltsman.
Experience an electrifying evening as some of Berklee’s top electronic digital instrument (EDI) performers showcase their ensemble skills through dynamic pop arrangements—brought to life on a captivating array of custom electronic setups.
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 that transcends the boundaries of genre and geography. The ensemble's motto is "one planet, one music."
The Electronic Production and Design Senior Showcase features the work of graduating students from the Electronic Production and Design Department. Come experience their magnificent capstone projects in such diverse areas as electronic music production, sound design for games, immersive audio projects, software and hardware instruments and plugins, and so much more.
Alchemy celebrates the beautifully blurred line between classical and popular music. Vocalist Rebecca Shrimpton and pianist/composer Herman Weiss perform American art songs by jazz and classical composers, including Charles Ives, Ornette Coleman, Florence Price, and Duke Ellington, as well as new original works. These uniquely American songs bend genre boundaries by uniting masterly compositional structures with traditional hymns, spirituals, early popular tunes, blues, and jazz.
The 25th Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night features faculty from the Guitar Department in solo and duo settings. Kim Perlak and Sheryl Bailey, chair and assistant chair of the Guitar Department, will share the stage with colleagues who perform in the classical, jazz, fingerstyle, folk, funk, slide, modern improvisation, and blues styles.
Al "Al Kapeezy" Kapone is a multi-talented, multi-platinum rapper, award-winning songwriter, accomplished producer, dedicated mentor, and community service advocate. He serves as the music consultant for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and TV Commission and was the first-ever hip-hop artist to be named president of the Memphis chapter of the Recording Academy (the Grammys) from 2007 to 2009.
Join us for an exclusive hip-hop A&R listening session presented by the Music Business/Management Department at Berklee College of Music. A distinguished panel will provide face-to-face professional feedback to Berklee artists, songwriters, beatmakers, and producers. This session offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights from leading voices in the industry.
Acclaimed composer Missy Mazzoli is interviewed about her creative process by Richard Carrick, chair of the Composition Department, followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Mazzoli appears as part of the Edmundson Family Visiting Artist in Composition Program.
Led by voice faculty Elena Koleva and her jazz quintet, Jazz Seasons presents a powerful set of contemporary original arrangements representing odd meters and instrumentation of the Balkans.
The Latin Vocal Series is a concert produced by Berklee alumna and Voice Faculty Gaby Cotter showcasing the work of 10 talented vocalists selected through an audition process. The concert will present their original compositions and personal arrangements of music from Latin America. A Berklee house band will accompany the performers.
The MT Project is set to perform with a special guest—world-class pianist, composer, and author Kenny Werner.
The MT Project is an innovative electric quintet that uniquely combines the sounds of a string quartet and percussion. Led by saxophonist Michael Tkachenko, they recently completed a successful tour in Israel with two sold-out concerts.
Welcome to our annual Fall Brass Showcase, a department-wide competition featuring three of the top bands selected from a pool of audition submissions. These exceptional ensembles will compete in tonight’s concert for the chance to be featured alongside our special guest at the Spring Brass Showcase.
