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Hiromi Suda '08
Ivonne Hernandez of Brookline, MA,
and her group the Fretless, won in
the Instrumental Group of the Year
and Ensemble of the Year categories
at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Joshua Turner of Snohomish, WA,
leads the project Eyes to Earth, which
released the Digital Love EP in 2012.
2010
KTG Sang Hyun Park released the
self-titled album KTG Sang Hyun
Park in September 2012. It features
faculty members David Fiuczynski
and Mark Walker, plus many alumni
performers.
Wayne Potash of Easton, MA,
released the album Yes!, featuring
Berklee Associate Professor Alizon
Lissance and Len Rabinowitz '77.
Visit www.waynepotash.com.
Neara Russell of Hollywood, CA, is
a keyboardist/backup vocalist with
Bridgit Mendler and played piano in
the soundtrack for the independent
film Mr. Christmas, scored by Jim
Briggs '05.
Ayumi Ueda of Tokyo, Japan, Giorgia
Renosto '09, Annette Philip '09, and
others are part of the vocal group
Women Of The World. They recently
toured Japan and performed at the
2012 BeanTown Jazz Festival. In the
summer of 2013, they will tour Europe
and return to tour Japan. For a full list
of alumnae in the group, visit www.
womenoftheworldmusic.com.
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Alexandra Hampton '09
2011
Bryan Laurier of Turner, ME, produced and mixed Bryan Laurier &
the Lost Acres: Bought & Sold, featuring a number of alumni serving
as engineers and performers. Visit
www.bryanlaurier.com.
Guitarist Sam Moss of Brattleboro,
VT, won a MacDowell Colony fellowship where he composed music
for the solo album The Tempest
May Howl. He curated the compilation album Imaginational Anthem
Bryan Laurier '11
Volume Five. He has also toured and
recorded with the Howling Kettles,
who released two albums in 2012.
Trombonist Brian Paulding of
Jamaica Plain, MA, recorded with
Akhil Gopal '12 and Leon Cotter on
the album People Hear What They
See by Oddisee. Visit www.
brianpaulding.com.
Sam Moss '11
2012
Luiz Fernando Costa e Silva (aka
Nando Costa) of Juiz de Fora,
Brazil, is head engineer for the
Versão Acústica Studio in São João
Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The studio launched the label
Versão Acústica in partnership with
Sony Music Brazil. Visit www.
estudioversaoacustica.com.br.
Nick Suda of Renton, WA, released
the album Mixed Metaphors under
the artist name Cloud Canvas. Visit
www.nicksuda.com.
USA Songwriting Competition Winners
Established in 1995, the USA
Songwriting Competition selects winners from 15 different song categories
including pop, rock, country, r&b;, jazz,
world, folk, and more.
The results of the 17th Annual
USA Songwriting Competition were
recently announced and members
of the Berklee community made an
impressive showing.
• Mike Schmid '01 contest overall
first-prize winner and first prize,
children's music category
• Colin McCaffrey '90 first-prize winner, jazz category
• Wendy Jill Cohen '92 finalist, children's music category
• Gernot Wolfgang '89 finalist,
instrumental music category
• Catie Offerman (current student)
finalist, country music category
• Leni Stern '80 honorable mention,
world music category
• Andy Bianco '88 honorable mention, jazz category
Mike Schmidt '01