Lois Gilbert
February-27th-2004, 02:37 PM
Week's Events Also Include Free Concerts by Piano Faculty JoAnne Brackeen, Laszlo Gardony, Bob Winter, Suzanne Davis, John Arcaro, Josh Rosen, Bob Christopherson, Bruce Katz and Dave Limina
BOSTON -- Berklee College of Music will present Piano Week 2004 from Monday, March 1, through Thursday, March 4, 2004. The annual series will feature concerts and clinics by two piano legends, Toshiko Akiyoshi '59 H'98 and Eddie Palmieri H'98, as well as Berklee's world-renowned piano faculty, and some of the college's top student pianists. All events, except the Palmieri lecture, are open to the public. All events are free except for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening concerts in the wheelchair-accessible Berklee Performance Center. All evening Berklee Performance Center events are $5, $2 for seniors. Tickets are available at the box office, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, or by calling 617-747-2261.
On Tuesday, March 2, Latin jazz and Salsa piano great Eddie Palmieri (see bio below), who received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee in 1998, makes a Visiting Artist appearance for Berklee students and faculty only from 1 to 3 p.m. in the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street. The multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning Palmieri will present an oral history of Latin, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Caribbean music and discuss their application to piano music, and will also perform during the second half of the presentation.
On Thursday, March 4, Berklee graduate and 1998 Honorary Doctor of Music recipient, pianist/composer Toshiko Akiyoshi '59 (see bio below) will present a Visiting Artist clinic at 1 p.m. in the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue. That event is free and open to the public. That evening Toshiko will perform solo and with her trio in a concert at the Berklee Performance Center. At that evening's concert, as part of Women's Month, Toshiko will be honored in a presentation by the college's Women's Network.
Berklee's Piano Week 2004 will also feature several free jazz concerts by Berklee's extraordinary Piano Department faculty. On Monday, March 1, GRAMMY-nominated Arkadia recording artist, Professor JoAnne Brackeen will perform her original compositions with her quartet at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, at 7 p.m. Other free faculty concerts that day in the David Friend Recital Hall include Assistant Professor John Arcaro with one of Berklee's top student vocalists, Christy Bluhm, at 2 p.m.; and Assistant Professor Josh Rosen at 4 p.m.
On Tuesday, March 4, there will be two free events in the David Friend Recital Hall. At 4 p.m., Piano Department Chair Stephany Tiernan and Composition Associate Professor Andrew List will present “New Piano Music.” Compositions by students William Trevaskis, Beau Kenyon and David Utzinger will be performed by students Chieko Matsunami, Beau Kenyon, Mamasi Tomihisa and Saori Furuya. And at 7 p.m. Assistant Professor Suzanne Davis will perform jazz originals with Garth Stevenson (bass) and Ziv Ravitz (drums).
Tuesday evening's 8:15 p.m. concert in the Berklee Performance Center will feature some of the Piano Department's top students: Juan Gomez Galiardo, Ian McGuire, Chris Enright and Roy Assaf.
Piano Week 2004 events on Wednesday, March 3 include three free faculty concerts in the David Friend Recital Hall. At 1 p.m. Professor Bob Winter performs original and standard jazz compositions for solo piano. At 4 p.m. Associate Professor Bruce Katz and Assistant Professor Dave Limina present a Hammond B3 Organ Festival. At 7 p.m. Professor Laszlo Gardony performs original jazz with his trio, including Associate Professor John Lockwood (bass) and Percussion Assistant Chair Yoron Israel (drums).
On Wednesday evening, at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, the Piano Department presents “All Keys Night” -- a faculty concert and accordion fiesta with Russ Hoffmann, Ross Ramsay, Bruce Thomas, Dennis Cecere, JoAnne Brackeen and Stephany Tiernan, Bob Winter and Jetro DaSilva, the Matt Jenson Trio, the Josh Rosen Trio, and others.
The final day of Piano Week 2004, Thursday, March 4, kicks off with Toshiko Akiyoshi's free Visiting Artist Clinic at 1 p.m in the Berklee Performance Center. Free events on Thursday continue in the David Friend Recital Hall with the Emmanuel Zambelli Scholarship Concert at 4 p.m., and a piano concert by Assistant Professor Bob Christopherson at 7 p.m.
Piano Week 2004 culminates in an evening concert at 8:15 p.m. in the Berklee Performance Center by Toshiko Akiyoshi, who will perform solo and with her trio, and be honored with a presentation by the college's Women's Network.
BOSTON -- Berklee College of Music will present Piano Week 2004 from Monday, March 1, through Thursday, March 4, 2004. The annual series will feature concerts and clinics by two piano legends, Toshiko Akiyoshi '59 H'98 and Eddie Palmieri H'98, as well as Berklee's world-renowned piano faculty, and some of the college's top student pianists. All events, except the Palmieri lecture, are open to the public. All events are free except for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening concerts in the wheelchair-accessible Berklee Performance Center. All evening Berklee Performance Center events are $5, $2 for seniors. Tickets are available at the box office, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, or by calling 617-747-2261.
On Tuesday, March 2, Latin jazz and Salsa piano great Eddie Palmieri (see bio below), who received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee in 1998, makes a Visiting Artist appearance for Berklee students and faculty only from 1 to 3 p.m. in the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street. The multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning Palmieri will present an oral history of Latin, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Caribbean music and discuss their application to piano music, and will also perform during the second half of the presentation.
On Thursday, March 4, Berklee graduate and 1998 Honorary Doctor of Music recipient, pianist/composer Toshiko Akiyoshi '59 (see bio below) will present a Visiting Artist clinic at 1 p.m. in the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue. That event is free and open to the public. That evening Toshiko will perform solo and with her trio in a concert at the Berklee Performance Center. At that evening's concert, as part of Women's Month, Toshiko will be honored in a presentation by the college's Women's Network.
Berklee's Piano Week 2004 will also feature several free jazz concerts by Berklee's extraordinary Piano Department faculty. On Monday, March 1, GRAMMY-nominated Arkadia recording artist, Professor JoAnne Brackeen will perform her original compositions with her quartet at the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, at 7 p.m. Other free faculty concerts that day in the David Friend Recital Hall include Assistant Professor John Arcaro with one of Berklee's top student vocalists, Christy Bluhm, at 2 p.m.; and Assistant Professor Josh Rosen at 4 p.m.
On Tuesday, March 4, there will be two free events in the David Friend Recital Hall. At 4 p.m., Piano Department Chair Stephany Tiernan and Composition Associate Professor Andrew List will present “New Piano Music.” Compositions by students William Trevaskis, Beau Kenyon and David Utzinger will be performed by students Chieko Matsunami, Beau Kenyon, Mamasi Tomihisa and Saori Furuya. And at 7 p.m. Assistant Professor Suzanne Davis will perform jazz originals with Garth Stevenson (bass) and Ziv Ravitz (drums).
Tuesday evening's 8:15 p.m. concert in the Berklee Performance Center will feature some of the Piano Department's top students: Juan Gomez Galiardo, Ian McGuire, Chris Enright and Roy Assaf.
Piano Week 2004 events on Wednesday, March 3 include three free faculty concerts in the David Friend Recital Hall. At 1 p.m. Professor Bob Winter performs original and standard jazz compositions for solo piano. At 4 p.m. Associate Professor Bruce Katz and Assistant Professor Dave Limina present a Hammond B3 Organ Festival. At 7 p.m. Professor Laszlo Gardony performs original jazz with his trio, including Associate Professor John Lockwood (bass) and Percussion Assistant Chair Yoron Israel (drums).
On Wednesday evening, at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, the Piano Department presents “All Keys Night” -- a faculty concert and accordion fiesta with Russ Hoffmann, Ross Ramsay, Bruce Thomas, Dennis Cecere, JoAnne Brackeen and Stephany Tiernan, Bob Winter and Jetro DaSilva, the Matt Jenson Trio, the Josh Rosen Trio, and others.
The final day of Piano Week 2004, Thursday, March 4, kicks off with Toshiko Akiyoshi's free Visiting Artist Clinic at 1 p.m in the Berklee Performance Center. Free events on Thursday continue in the David Friend Recital Hall with the Emmanuel Zambelli Scholarship Concert at 4 p.m., and a piano concert by Assistant Professor Bob Christopherson at 7 p.m.
Piano Week 2004 culminates in an evening concert at 8:15 p.m. in the Berklee Performance Center by Toshiko Akiyoshi, who will perform solo and with her trio, and be honored with a presentation by the college's Women's Network.