Berklee today

JUN 2017

Berklee today is the official alumni publication of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a forum for contemporary music and musicians.

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8 Berklee today Professor John Stein released the album Wood and Strings. In a duo set- ting, Stein (guitar) is accompanied by Dave Zinno (acoustic bass). Associate professor Jonathan Wyner developed the online ear-training tool Pro Audio Essentials I with a team at iZotope. It won a TEC award in the au- dio education technology category. Assistant professor Steve Heck re- cently marked his 25th year as a faculty member. Assistant professor Michael Williams published his book Pervert-Schizoid- Woman with Bleakswan Publications. Associate professor and vocalist Janie Barnett released the album You See This River. Associate professor Mark Simos and bassist Richard Hammond '96 contributed to the album. Professor Barbara LaFitte played English horn with the Boston Pops Orchestra on the soundtrack to Boston, a docu- mentary about the Boston Marathon. Professor Dan Moretti was recently inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. He is currently touring with Nile Rodgers. Assistant professor Ruth Mendelson traveled to Mongolia to record indige- nous musicians for a film she is scoring about Mongolian shamans. Composition professor Larry Thomas Bell and String Department chair David Wallace presented a retrospec- tive of the music of Vincent Persichetti at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center in March. Berklee Press reissued professor Jim Kelly's two books and audio tracks in a single package titled Berklee Guitar Style Studies by Jim Kelly. In June, Professional Education Division dean Darla Hanley will be in residency at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy in Estonia. Guitar professor Lauren Passarelli re- leased Guitar Insights, Myths and What Matters, the second ebook in her Guitar Insights Series. Don Gorder, chair of the Music Business/Management Department, gave a presentation on Paul McCartney's quest to recapture the rights to the Beatles catalog at the MEIEA Educators Summit in April. Associate professor of voice Patrice Williamson released Comes Love, with associate professor of guitar Jon Wheatley. The album celebrates the collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald and guitarist Joe Pass. Music therapy professor Suzanne Hanser published the article "Surviving Cancer with Music by Your Side" in Coping magazine. She also presented a workshop for piano teachers at M. Steinert & Sons Performance Center. Assistant professor Marshall Gilkes served as a guest conductor and solo- ist with the US Air Force Band's Airmen of Note in April. Professor Tom Stein was approved for listing on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for Serbia. He will set up a con- ference on using music as a tool for economic development. Professor Lori Landay penned the chapter "Minecraft: Transitional Objects and Transformational Experiences in an Imaginary World" for the book Revisiting Imaginary Worlds. Assistant professor Ralph Jaccodine was named to the board of directors of Right Turn, an organization helping musicians struggling with addictions. Assistant professor Manuel Kaufmann penned two arrangements for the Swiss Youth Orchestra led by Fritz Renold '87. They were played at the April Jazzaar Festival and featured Billy Cobham and Bobby Watson. Professor Mark Walker penned the composition "Walkin' the Walk" for the album Lantern by the group Oregon. Instructors Jason Anick (violin) and Jason Yeager (piano) released the al- bum United. Also heard on the album are fellow faculty members George Garzone, Jerry Leake, John Lockwood, and Jason Palmer. Professor Bruce Gertz released two solo bass albums in April. Visit openmindjazz.com/omjradio to hear his music and see his videos. Assistant professor of MP&E; Tony Carbone was inducted into the Legends of Vinyl Hall of Fame in May for his work in the dance music re- cord industry. Professor Joseph Coroniti was a visiting professor in the music depart- ment at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, for a lecture series on the film composer as dramatist. Professor Peggy Codding presented a paper entitled "Music Therapy as a Coping Strategy for Survivors of Mass Trauma," to the Madsen International Symposium for Research in Music Behavior at the University of Texas at Austin in March. Jan Donley, who became a full pro- fessor in March, signed with Emerald City Literary Agency to represent her newest manuscript for a young-adult illustrated novel. Composition Department chair Richard Carrick performed in the pre- miere of his piece "La Scéne" at the Library of Congress in February. Other works by Carrick were performed in Stockholm, New York City, and Boston. Professor Lello Molinari was cho- sen for a residency at Hearstudios Recording in Camden ME, where he recorded volume two of Lello's Italian Job with faculty members Marcello Pellitteri, Dino Govoni, and Sal DiFusco. Associate professor John Whynot was the mixer for Mychael Danna's score for The Last Tycoon and Alias Grace with a score by Mychael and Jeff Danna. Whynot also mixed the forth- coming album by Bruce Cockburn '65. Assistant professor Rishabh Rajan created Sound Design with Ableton Analog as an iBook publication. It is available through iTunes. Professor Dave Howard released the album Infinite Blu, which was copro- duced by professor Michael Johnson. The Dave Howard Initiative will tour Italy and Amsterdam this summer. Jim Kelly Janie Barnett Jonathan Wyner Natalie Haas Irene Young

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