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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Compiled by Ryan Fleming '03 Greg Fritze (left) and Sharad Gurung '97 Matt Glaser Rebecca Cline Mike Ihde Professor Greg Fritze orchestrated the new national anthem of Nepal. Sharad Gurung '97, who is the son of Amber Gurung (the anthem's composer), presented Fritze with an award. Professor Tom Stein writes for Turkey Tribune and Young Celebrity News. He was appointed to the 2013–2018 Fulbright Specialist Roster. Professor Tiger Okoshi will bring the Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble to the Berklee Performance Center on October 15. Professor Ed Saindon gave a masterclass at London's Royal Academy of Music, which was hosted by Neil Percy, the academy's head of percussion. Professor Michael Farquharson performed with Lorne Lofsky and Stan Samole at Canada's Jazz on the Mountain Festival. He also moderated a master class with Jimmy Haslip, Charnett Moffett, and Holly Cole. Music Therapy Chair Suzanne Hanser published articles on managing pain in the Journal of Urban Culture and Research and Music and Medicine: Integrative Models in the Treatment of Pain. Associate Professor Darol Anger recorded an album featuring Joe Walsh, Lukas Pool '12, Courtney Hartman '12, and Sharon Gilchrist. Assistant Professor Rebecca Cline released the book Latin Jazz Piano Improvisation: Clave, Comping, and Soloing for Berklee Press. Ensemble Professor John Pierce's quintet with Brad Hatfeld, Gaye Tolan Hatfeld, Stan Strickland, and Bob Tamagni performed in Virgin Gorda at Jazz on the Hill. He also played on the CD Eula! with Eula Lawrence, Jon Hazilla, and Tim Ray. Assistant Professor Amanda Monaco and the Queens Jazz OverGround presented a jazz festival in Queens, NY, with Berklee students and Monaco's quartet Formula One. Associate Professor Michael Johnson's song "Shelter" was commissioned for the ECHO Habitat for Humanity Choir Festival in Colorado. He also released the single "Resolve." The Berklee World Strings performed Professor Bruno Råberg's "Triloka" under Mimi Rabson's direction. Råberg also toured Finland with Jussi Reijonen as well as several alumni. He also played in Sapporo, Japan, with Tiger Okoshi, David Gilmore, and Mark Walker. 8 Berklee today Professor Julius Williams won the Trilogy Opera Company's George Walker Award. American Roots Artistic Director Matt Glaser received the American String Teachers Association's 2013 Artist Teacher Award. Professor Lauren Passarelli released the e-book Guitar Insights via Amazon. com. She also released Honeywine, her frst digital-only album. Assistant Professor Vadim Neselovskyi wrote music for the flm The Never Bell, and released the CD Music for September. Professor Wendy Rolfe performed with the Mercury Orchestra in Houston, TX; at the International Flute Festival in Quito, Ecuador; the Buzzards Bay Musicfest; the National Flute Convention in New Orleans, LA; and with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Professor Darrell Katz and the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra released the CD Stories with David Harris, Bob Pilkington, Rebecca Shrimpton, and Norman Zocher. Film Scoring Chair George S. Clinton composed and recorded the score for John McNaughton's Harvest. Professor Karen Wacks traveled to Uganda with Musicians for World Harmony. The group studied music therapy to address post-traumatic stress disorder among ex-child soldier survivors. Bob Doezema, Jeff Stout, Daryl Lowery, Jesse Williams, Al Kooper and Tom Arey '02 shared a bill with the Zombies at the Keswick Theatre outside Philadelphia. Professor Apostolos Paraskevas released the albums Tragedies, The Ritual, and Songs, Elegies and Dances. Assistant Professor Melissa Ferrick released the album The Truth Is with Darcel Wilson and Paula Cole. Professor Yumiko Matsuoka published a book of a cappella arrangements titled The Water Is Wide. Professors Neil Leonard and Joanne Brackeen were chosen by Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Red Hot organization to record with an all-star group in Havana, Cuba. Professor Mike Ihde studied Hawaiian style lap steel guitar in Oahu, HI, with Alan Akaka. Assistant Professor Catherine Bent visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and played on Rádio Nacional with Conjunto Época de Ouro. Professor Julien Kasper performed on Painting on Silence by Andrea Balestra '07, with Scott Henderson, Steve Trovato, and Carl Verheyen. Professor Kathleen Howland provides music therapy for Metrowest Homecare & Hospice Service. She has been a speaker for councils on aging and at the Guadalajara Jazz Festival. Associate Professor Ed Lucie released a CD featuring Steve Kirby. Professor Bruce Gertz appeared on the CDs The Heart of a Champion with Trio-Now and Moonlight Alley with the Nick Goumas Quartet. Through a faculty grant, Assistant Professor Ben Houge and other Berklee faculty presented the third "food opera" at Bondir Restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Enrique Gonzalez Muller was the engineer.