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Wellesley - Anthony Iannicelli/War Memorial Scholarship Recipient Age: 18 Wellesley High School Class: 2008 College plans: Attend Berklee College of Music in the fall. Honor: Chosen by the Wellesley Scholarship Foundation and the Board of Selectmen to receive the War Memorial Scholarship. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Israeli musician to plumb depths of jazz at Nighttown Jun 13, 2008
Her career as a professional jazz musician at a crossroads, Cohen immigrated to the United States to continue her studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. On weekends Cohen would sit in on gigs in New York. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Sky clears for grads Jun 12, 2008
Alex Muri of Sudbury plans to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston to become a teacher. And if there s an opening, he said he would return to Lincoln-Sudbury. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Ace On The Bass Jun 8, 2008
She now resides in Jersey City, N.J., but remains on the faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She was hired as an instructor by the prestigious school after her graduation two years ago, becoming the second-youngest person, after her friend Pat Metheny, to serve in that capacity. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
De-stress in 5 minutes or less Jun 8, 2008
"Many people find they have a visceral reaction to something they heard in their youth," says Suzanne Hanser, chair of the Music Therapy Department at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts. Choose anything that triggers a positive image, like your wedding-dance song or the music that played during a first date or at the first rock concert you went to as a teenager. (CNN -- Health)
L-S graduates reminisce on past, dream of future Jun 7, 2008
By Marshall Wolff/Staff photographer. Katherine Maureen Carder receives her diploma on stage during Thursday night's graduation ceremony at Featherland Park in Sudbury. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Famed journalist speaks at graduation Jun 7, 2008
The ceremony began to an upbeat, modern take on the traditional Pomp and Circumstance by the Boston Brass Ensemble, conducted by Gregory Fritze, chair of the Composition Department at Berklee College of Music, which played throughout the processional. As the graduates streamed into the amphitheatre, projections of real-time video footage of the grads waving and mouthing "Hi Mom!" were seen on two giant screens on either side of the stage. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Via Audio a band sure to 'say something' Jun 6, 2008
" Bassist David Lizmi describes it as "a green screen-based video, and we're stationary in a vehicle, sort of like the "Back to the Future" Universal Studios ride," adding that it should be released later this month. In addition to Martins, who also plays keys and guitar, and Lizmi, the band includes Tom Deison on guitar and Adam Sturtevant on drums. All four members are graduates of Boston's Berklee College of Music. Although Lizmi studied music business in college, he knows that his band's... (Athens Banner-Herald)
New staffers begin work on 2009 international music festival Jun 3, 2008
Bornia, DBIF's new vice president of marketing and communications, studied at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach and Berklee College of Music in Boston. Formerly chief executive and artistic officer at the Cultural Trust of the Palm Beaches, Bornia was named one of the country's top 25 emerging cultural leaders in 2007 by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The end of the beginning: For Keefe Tech grads, time to take next step Jun 2, 2008
The music aficionado hopes to take his guitar, bass, and drum playing ability to Berklee College of Music. He will first attend Massachusetts Bay Community College. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Spalding brings eclectic mix of music and moods to the stage May 31, 2008
Bassist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter Esperanza Spalding, 23, entered the Berklee College of Music at 16, and by the age of 20 she was the school's youngest-ever professor. As a backing musician for Joe Lovano, among others, and later as a leader of her own groups, she made a strong impression through singing along with her sinewy acoustic bass solos, almost dancing with the instrument, her Afro bobbing in time. (Boston Globe)
Saying farewell to high school May 29, 2008
" Another Provine classmate, Jamus Jamaal Wilson, 18, said he started as a nervous freshman four years ago but now he's ecstatic to graduate. His parents, he said, are proud of him. "They say it's a miracle (that he graduated)," Wilson said, smiling. He plans on studying engineering first at a community college and later at a four-year university. Kendretta Simpson and Jennifer Smith said goodbye to Forest Hill on Wednesday, but the two friends haven't seen the last of each other. "I don't think... (The Clarion-Ledger)
The Jazz Beat: Ellingtons right arm May 28, 2008
Johnny Souza is working jazz musician and alumnus of Berklee College of Music. He was born, raised and still lives in Plymouth. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
Split personalities May 24, 2008
Twins Sean, left and Justin Richey are headed to the East Coast, Sean to the Manhattan School of Music and Justin to the Berklee College of Music in Boston ... Justin will be in Boston at the Berklee College of Music. (Fresno Bee)
Teacher can't beat having a studio in his home May 22, 2008
The graduate of Lansdowne High School (Class of 1976) earned a bachelor's degree in drumming from the Berklee College of Music in Boston then had to decide between teaching and performing. Playing meant months touring around the country; teaching would allow him to start a family and settle in the area near where he grew up. (Catonsville Times, MD)
Jazz groups gel for gala concert May 20, 2008
Ballou earned a B.M. (magna cum laude) from Berklee College of Music in 1986 and an M.A. from the University of New Hampshire in 1991. He is a familiar face around LHS as a former instructor in the after-school music program. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Events listings May 18, 2008
"Gospel and Gershwin" including "An American in Paris." With gospel choir from Berklee College of Music. 7/24: 7 p.m. Beale Estate, Adams National Historic Park, Quincy. (Boston Globe)
Step 1: Hack Vid Game Gear; Step 2: Rock May 18, 2008
With the popularity and complexity of today's video games, millions of living rooms now have gear that can compete with the expensive gadgetry of early computer-music pioneers, says Richard Boulanger, a professor of music synthesis at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Related. (ABC News)
UMA music professors work digitally released May 16, 2008
Lombardi earned his bachelor of music degree from Berklee College of Music and his master of music degree from New England Conservatory. Prior to arriving at UMA, Lombardi taught at Berklee College and performed in rock and jazz ensembles across the country on fretless electric bass. (Courier Publications, ME)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT May 16, 2008 As CEOs rock, Berkleerolls out the welcome mat May 13, 2008 Trumpeting their success May 11, 2008 Their 15 minutes May 10, 2008 In Thorp, UNC-CH has 'a complete package' May 10, 2008 Two violinists, a violist, and a cellist walk into a concert hall... May 8, 2008 Reinventing the dog biscuit: Stockton Springs company features organic local ingredients and biodegradable packaging May 8, 2008 Big Shoes to Fill in Songwriting Contest May 3, 2008 A life in between worlds May 2, 2008 AROUND TOWN: Puzos presented with Curtin Award May 2, 2008 Local teen bands and WBCN/Berklee finalists give back to Swampscott Middle School May 2, 2008 Simply smashing Apr 23, 2008 Anderson walking for suicide prevention Apr 23, 2008 Carlton's Junction Function festival Saturday Apr 23, 2008 Local musician earns scholarship Apr 22, 2008 Immigration status thwarts Cy Ridge student's college hopes Apr 18, 2008 Mr Gambus and his lute Apr 17, 2008 Expanded Facebook blurs line between boss and employee Apr 16, 2008 Summer jobs may be at risk for teens Apr 16, 2008 Around Town -- April 10 Apr 10, 2008 Andrea Parkins Apr 10, 2008 Prouty band moves on to the finals this weekend Apr 8, 2008 Berklee family gives spirited salute to Pomeroy Apr 4, 2008 SHS musicians selected for statewide ensembles Mar 30, 2008 And the beat goes on... Mar 28, 2008 Guitar maestro Jordan to play solo in Hightstown Mar 28, 2008 PG North/West: Quaker Valley enjoying the ride toward a state title game Mar 27, 2008 More than coffee Mar 27, 2008 Cape Town International Jazz Festival Mar 26, 2008 International jazz saxophonist visits SMU to share composition Mar 26, 2008 Different path to a new career Mar 25, 2008 More of this story Mar 25, 2008 Acura(R), Panasonic and Elliot Scheiner Advance Audio Performance to New High in the 2009 Acura TSX(R) Mar 21, 2008 Walter Paul, at 64; teacher aided students in his illness Mar 18, 2008 VOICE OF CHOICE Mar 18, 2008 Representing Beantown and Dublin... Mar 17, 2008 Bluegrass Star Ricky Skaggs to Receive Honorary... Mar 16, 2008 Ricky Skaggs Getting Honorary Doctorate Mar 16, 2008 Celtic performer on stage at Pistol River Mar 15, 2008 William Clemmer, 80, jazz musician Mar 5, 2008 Meet Your Neighbor Mar 2, 2008 A cure for what ails us Mar 1, 2008 Via Audio is a merry band of pop songwriters Feb 26, 2008 Last Poets 'touch the soul' Feb 25, 2008 The jazz beat: Jazz recording wins album of the year Feb 22, 2008 Coltrane goes classical at Queens College show Feb 22, 2008 Arlington Jazz scores in Boston Feb 21, 2008 How can a reader get medical records? Feb 20, 2008 Status Quo dancers chase a shot at stardom Feb 19, 2008 TALENTED TEEN Feb 19, 2008 From math to economics to sci-fi, it all added up to a jazz career Feb 15, 2008 Dozens of masked protesters blast Scientology church Feb 12, 2008 Is it jazz? Is it rock? It hardly matters Feb 12, 2008 Wellesley High's 2 o'clock jazz band wins first in its class at Berklee College jazz festival Feb 12, 2008 Music Legend and Purple Celebrity Spokesperson Chaka Khan Wins Two Grammys(R) Feb 12, 2008 Former Berklee student now leads the Five Feb 11, 2008 'She's like this tsunami of talent' Feb 11, 2008 Music mag hosts local bands Feb 7, 2008 Campus Calendar Feb 6, 2008 Around Town Feb. 6 -- Time for a little Marshfield trivia Feb 6, 2008 Hitting a high note Feb 3, 2008 Chief homicide prosecutor is named Feb 1, 2008 Sunburst fest to dazzle music lovers Jan 30, 2008 Dream Theatre Jan 28, 2008 Local Musician Makes Splash in Politics Jan 23, 2008
Pianist Yuwen Peng (^), who received the Toshiko Akiyoshi Award for jazz composition while studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, started the group. SiZhuKong made an appearance earlier this year at Indonesias Java Jazz Festival, one of the largest jazz gatherings in the world. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gamers tinker with power chords May 16, 2008
With the popularity and complexity of today's video games, millions of living rooms now have gear that can compete with the expensive gadgetry of early computer-music pioneers, says Richard Boulanger, a professor of music synthesis at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He calls it the "controller revolution" a proliferation of cheap, sophisticated sensors that allow for more clever tinkerers to synthesize and perform digital music than ever before. (Christian Science Monitor)
Knowing that many business leaders moonlight as guitar heroes, Berklee College of Music has launched "Executive Sessions" to show off their playing. The concert series, which runs through June at the school's Cafe 939 on Boylston Street, features Boch's band on Thursday night. (Boston Globe)
Oh, yeah, there was also a text message from Berklee College of Music jazz legend Branford Marsalis. All the messages basically asked me the same thing. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Applying to Berklee College of Music doesn't just mean filling out forms ... Hoping to become the next Diana Krall or Aimee Mann, perhaps, Kidada Perrymond walked into a Berklee College of Music audition room and faced faculty members Scott deOgburn and Sean Skeete. (Boston Globe)
At 17, Thorp spent a summer at Berklee College of Music in Boston. The Rubik's Cube fad had taken hold. (News & Observer)
"String players are playing the music they like to listen to," said Mimi Rabson, an assistant professor in the string department of Berklee College of Music. Put it another way: "The violin is my vehicle," she said, "but I drive on all roads.". (Boston Globe)
Roberts grew up in the Bangor area, graduated cum laude from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and worked for a time as a recording studio engineer in Nashville. He said his parents worked in the food business and he learned to love baking. (Courier Publications, ME)
Ellis song, It Don t Come Easy has recently been identified as a top ten finalist in Essence Magazine and Berklee College of Music Take Back the Music campaign s songwriting contest. The contest searches for songwriters and lyricists ages 15-19 for a summer of free courses at Berklee s Boston campus and the chance to perform their winning song at the 2008 Peace Hip-Hop Festival. (Friendswood Journal, TX)
It was a fortuitous selection, as some of the school's professors had ties to Berklee College of Music ... A native of Benin who graduated from Berklee College of Music, Loueke blends jazz with Afropop and comes up with an original, infectious concoction on his latest. (Boston Globe)
Berklee College of Music announces that Matthew Dahan of Hingham has earned placement on the dean s list for the fall semester of the 2007 academic year. To be eligible for this honor, a full-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Both bands were finalists at the recent WBCN/Berklee College of Music and both bands won scholarships to Berklee College of Music Summer Programs. Only one band member could not be in high school, and the Jessica Prouty Band has three in ninth grade and one in seventh grade. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
She has since settled in Boston, where she studies at Berklee College of Music ... Berklee College of Music, Caf 939, 939 Boylston St. 617-747-2261. (Boston Globe)
At the time of his death, he was a student at Berklee College of Music, studying bass guitar on a merit-based scholarship. For all his talents, Charlie was remarkably humble. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
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Jessica Prouty and Cody Nilsen of the Jessica Prouty Band both won scholarships to the Berklee College of Music summer programs ... The Jessica Prouty Band was the only band to win two scholarships at the recent award ceremony at the 14th Annual WBCN/Berklee College of Music Battle of the High School Bands at Harper s Ferry. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
HOUSTON -- Going to Berklee College of Music doesn't guarantee you'll be a superstar, but the list of famous musicians who have graduated from the school in Boston is quite impressive. And it's a reason a bright student from Cy Ridge High School wants to go there. (KHOU.com, TX)
So I feel like Ive come full circle with this show, said the 44-year-old who received his music training at the Guitar Institute of Technology, California, and Berklee College of Music, Boston, the United States. And it is because of this unique combination of traditional Malay and Western music that initially piqued the interest of the DFP, who opened their doors to Farid. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Ivan Sever, a professor at Berklee College of Music, sees the issue from the other perspective: He befriends his students only when they ask. "I wait," said Sever, who uses his online page primarily to keep in touch with his 20-year-old son in Europe. (Boston Globe)
"At this point, it doesn't matter," said Hannah, an aspiring singer who wants to attend Roxbury Community College and then Berklee College of Music. "I'm just trying to get money for college.". (Boston Globe)
BERKLEE COLLEGE NEWS David Neves of Norwell has been named to the dean s list at Berklee College of Music for the 2007 fall semester. To be eligible for this honor, students must earn a 3. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
As a serious classical pianist, she studied with teachers in town but then decided to switch to jazz and shipped off to Boston's famed Berklee College of Music at the age of 17. "That led me to learning about improvisation. But the styles they were doing felt limited, because at the same time I had been listening to punk and R&B and what was local in Boston. There was a band called Busted Statues that I was in, which was connected with Mission of Burma.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The band won day two of the WBCN/Berklee College of Music Battle of the High School Bands and moving on to the finals on April 12 at Harpers Ferry ... The Jessica Prouty Band won their day of the WBCN/Berklee College of Music Battle of the Bands ... The band, which includes a member from Wilmington, won the right to move onto the finals and compete for prizes and scholarships from the Berklee College of Music with winners from two other days. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
A wonderful trumpeter, accomplished arranger, and superb band leader, Pomeroy's greatest legacy may well be the several generations of students he taught in his 40 years at the Berklee College of Music. Tuesday night, at the Berklee Performance Center, the college presented a resounding tribute to Pomeroy, featuring the 19-piece Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, a student ensemble inaugurated by Pomeroy in his early days at the school and now directed by trumpeter Greg Hopkins. (Boston Globe)
Raymond studies in the Berklee College of Music Saturday Program for high school students. Felix sings in the Kennedy School Chorus under conductor Beverly Mosby and plays trumpet in the Kennedy Band under Rosemary Sears. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Drummer John Blackwell has hardly come up for air since leaving Berklee College of Music in the early '90s. First, he joined Cameo, then Patti LaBelle's band. (Boston Globe)
Perez, the artistic adviser for the Kimmel Center's Jazz Up Close Series, has led his own group since the early 1990s, serves on the faculty at the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music and founded the Panama Jazz Festival in his homeland. CONTINUED 1. (NJ.com -- Times)
He is playing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. "I definitely felt a little pressure trying to fill his shoes," Taylor said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
The staff and students at Berklee College of Music have been dreaming about a coffee shop performance venue for years, but weren't able to make their dream a reality until this past winter. Last night's kick-off event at Cafe 939 was the fruition of months of planning. (Northeastern News, MA)
Bursting onto the scene in the late 1990s, the Berklee College of Music graduate has built up considerable following since then ... In 1999, before registering to study at the Berklee College of Music, Hiromi had a rare opportunity to play with Chick Corea. (iAfrica.com)
Bernstein was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1984. His grandfather came to Brooklyn from the Ukraine when he was only 17 years old, escaping a country that was no longer safe for Jewish people. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Harding, a 58-year-old jazz musician from Indiana who landed on Nantucket after taking saxophone classes at Berklee College of Music, started his perfume career in 1983. "The art of perfumery is making the balance," Harding said. (Boston Globe)
A few years after URI, Manchester spent a year at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied under vibraphonist Gary Burton and trumpeter Herb Pomeroy. It was just a year, but I got a tremendous amount from it, Manchester said. (Newport Daily News, RI)
He holds an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the legendary Berklee College of Music and is also the only American to be awarded the lauded Master of Sound honor from the Japan Audio Society. About Acura. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
He earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan and later studied at Berklee College of Music. "He was the kind of man who could pick up anything and excel," said his sister, Sheli Wortis of Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Marlon Saunders is a performer and a producer - he's even a professor at the famed Berklee College of Music in Boston. He's also simultaneously one of the most in-demand, under-the-radar voices in contemporary music. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Bleedin' Bleedins roll back into town to headline Great Scott tonight with Baker, the Luxury, Animal Closet, and DJ Vinny - fresh off a week at Austin's SXSW, where they played both the "Music From Ireland" and Berklee College of Music showcases, thus confirming its self-description as a "Boston-n-Dublin" quartet. Bleedins founder Barry Kelly is a native Dubliner. (Boston Globe)
Bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music. Skaggs is slated to receive the honor Tuesday during a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, putting the 53-year-old singer in the company of luminaries such as Duke Ellington, Sting, B.B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Loretta Lynn and Paul Simon. (Fox News)
Skaggs is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music ... - Bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Cortese graduated in 2001 from Boston s Berklee College of Music, where she studied fiddle. She has been featured on tour with Fraser and the San Francisco Scottish Fiddle Club. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
After the war, Mr. Clemmer studied at the Berklee College of Music and spent a few years in the 1950s teaching there. He ran a music shop, and it was there where he met his wife, Pat Goodwin, who came to buy sheet music. (Boston Globe)
After high school, he moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music to pursue his music. He graduated there after four years in business specializing in music. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
Berklee College of Music alum Jonathan Singleton (above) will conduct more than 200 voices in numbers such as "Celebrate Me Home" and "Total Praise," backed by a four-piece band. The voices will increase when the audience is invited to get into the act on "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"; they'll provide the words, you provide the soul. (Boston Globe)
Jessica Martins and the other members of Via Audio met at Berklee College of Music and are now based in New York ... The members of Via Audio met while attending Berklee College of Music in 2003. (Boston Globe)
Sol Melodiq formed at Berklee College of Music. Although the group writes some of its own songs, Sol Melodiq also covered a number of songs, including "The Light," originally by rapper Common, and "Ribbon in the Sky," originally performed by Stevie Wonder. (Northeastern News, MA)
Johnny Souza is working jazz musician and alumnus of Berklee College of Music. He was born, raised and still lives in Plymouth. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Topping off the quartet is Danish-born violinist Mads Tolling, who earned his bachelor's degree at Boston's acclaimed Berklee College of Music. Tolling has also released three records, each featuring his original compositions. (Bayside Times, NY)
Thursday 21 February, 2008. The Berklee Festival, held in Boston, is the largest High School Jazz Festival in the United States with over 200 groups participating from 12 states, including Florida, Colorado and Ohio. (MIllbrook Voice Ledger, NY)
Because of the inaction on the part of ABC, your son had to fork over 200 to be re-immunized so he could attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. We d be upset if we got that kind of runaround, too. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Currently living in Lynn, Weaver plans to enroll at Berklee College of Music next fall. He and Phillips work as dance instructors when not performing with Status Quo. (Boston Globe)
Randi K. Bernier, a 17-year-old senior at Palmer High School, has been accepted by live audition to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. Berklee College of Music is the world s largest independent music college and the premier institution for the study of contemporary music. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Though he obtained top-notch training at Berklee College of Music and at DePaul University in Chicago, Mahanthappa, having grown up outside the jazz world, had to adjust to the culture surrounding the music. In Chicago, he says, being neither black nor white made him an unknown and potentially suspect quantity in the local jazz circles. (Boston Globe)
One protester, Netanel Ganian, a 24-year-old student at Berklee College of Music, said he did not like some of Scientology's practices and defended Anonymous. "It's a bunch of people. It's a convenient bubble to form under. There's no leader," he said. (Boston Globe)
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Benevento is something of an iconoclast on the piano. He knows his Monk and his Basie, but he prefers to play like a rock star, bashing power chords into the ivories and hooking up with others who straddle the rock-jazz line. (Boston Globe)
On Saturday, Feb. 9 the Wellesley High School Two O Clock Jazz Band took top honors in the 40th Annual Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival. Each year, Berklee hosts its High School Jazz Festival at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
With one of the most distinctive voices in music history, Chaka Khans unforgettable hits, top awards and creative pinnacles, which now include ten Grammy Awards, three certified Platinum albums, seven certified Gold albums, BETs Lifetime Achievement Award, Soul Trains Career Achievement Award, The World Music Awards Life Achievement Award and an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music. For more information. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The band, in its original incarnation, started at Berklee College of Music in 2004, where four of the five band members went to school. By the end of the next year, the group had a record deal, and by the following June, the group's first single, "Just the Girl," had hit No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. (Northeastern News, MA)
Attending Boston's Berklee College of Music has proven inspirational to musicians as varied as John Mayer, Melissa Etheridge and Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks. But it only took a two-day visit to Berklee last fall for San Diego's Anna Troy to gain new inspiration for her craft. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
All three bands are made up of Berklee College of Music students. The first band to hit the stage was the newly formed folk-rock band, Adrien, which consists of five members, including a violinist. (Northeastern News, MA)
At the 40th anniversary Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival, 3,000 students and 200 bands - most of them high school hopefuls - compete at the Hynes Convention Center for $175,000 in music scholarships to Berklee's Summer Performance Program. Performances by Berklee student groups will be sprinkled throughout the day, and drum clinics will showcase John Blackwell, drummer for Prince and Justin Timberlake, and Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer for Herbie Hancock. (Boston Globe)
A student at Berklee College of Music, Cassie is this year's Kaplan Scholarship recipient. (The Robert Barnett Kaplan Scholarship is administered by the Ventress Library Board of Trustees. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Parker takes the guitar seriously, enough so to apply at Berklee College of Music in Boston. First, he ll have to audition in March like the rest of the hopeful freshman musicians. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Berklee may open sister campus in Spain Berklee College of Music is in discussions with the government of Valencia, Spain, to open a sister campus in the coastal city on the Mediterranean. The school would focus on contemporary music and music technology and would build on the college's international scope and reputation, officials said. (Boston Globe)
Funky style: Clinton dancing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, in a March 2, 2006, file photo. Reuters. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
It was only after visiting musician clinics in Australia in recent years that the two former Berklee College of Music buddies realised the huge following their 23-year-old band commands here. Which plays to many people's perception of this kind of music: that it's primarily about punishing instrumental virtuosity, with heart and soul negligible. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Driscoll said she is on a student scholarship for song writing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She said she plans to continue writing and performing music, and has several shows booked this spring in Boston, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. (WKRC.com, OH)
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