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Alum
Lauren Passarelli
Position
Professor
Affiliated Departments
Expertise
The Beatles
recording
songwriting
Telephone
617-747-8307
Personal Websites
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Career Highlights
- First woman to graduate from Berklee's guitar performance program (1982), first woman to join the faculty of Berklee's Guitar Department (1984), and first woman promoted to full professor in the Guitar Department (2010)
- Feather Records recording artist
- Performing songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, recording engineer, and record producer
- Lead guitarist for art-rock band Two Tru, 1987–present, signed to Warner Brother’s Myrrh/Word Records in 1989
- Toured New England as "George Harrison" in the Beatles tribute band All Together Now (formerly known as Get Back), 1995–2007
- Lead guitarist for the band Afterfab, performing the four Beatles' solo repertoires, 2014–2018
- Albums include Night Vision, Midnight Sun, Piece of Sky, Among the Ruins, Shadow Language, Back to the Bone, Playing with the Pieces, Blast of Love, Honeywine, Tender Ramble, Always and Forever, Book of Your Heart, and Just Like Earth
- Digital singles include "Sweetest Thing," "Low Tide," "Bellabye," "Time to Groove," "Mainly Distance," "Enjoy," "Thank You," "Hold on," "Great Day to Land/Happy Birthday," "All the Words," "Tell Me Your Idea," "In December," and "Lean Back into Me"
- EPs include A Parallel Sunrise, The LA Sessions, Mystery, and The Highest Moon
- Author of the Guitar Insights series and Adorable Dachshunds
- Established her own record label, production company, and publishing company: Feather Records, Wizard & Feather Brown Productions, and Cotton Moon Music, with alumna Cindy Brown in 1989
- Expert consultant for the film Beatles Stories
- Featured guest on CBS Sunday Morning, discussing the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America
- In a post sponsored by the NAMM Foundation, was named among the 10 most inspiring women music professors in the country by College Magazine.
- Recordings and performances with: Sarah Burrill, Kate Chadbourne, Jeff Song, John Mettam, Suzanna Sifter, Thaddeus Hogarth, Mike Bean, Michael Harmon, Doug Alexander, Leanne Ungar, Alizon Lissance, Kathy Burkly, Bird Mancini, Mike Bishop, Mary Douyard, Leni Stern, Danny Morris, Mark Kohler, and Tom Evans
- Studied with Greg Wells at La Fabrique, a recording studio in the Saint-Rémy de Provence region of Southern France, at Mix with the Masters in March 2019
Awards
- Berklee College of Music Recording Grant
- Recipient of the 2017 Good Song Award for "Harry"
Education
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School NameBerklee College of MusicState or ProvinceMassachusettsDegreeBachelor of Music (B.M.)Field of StudyGuitarDate Degree Received
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