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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Tanya Maxham Alumnotes Kevin Kastning '86 Ed Littman '86 Elise Letourneau '89 Kelley Bolduc '90 Saxophonist Cleave Guyton of Brooklyn, NY, currently plays with the Count Basie Orchestra. He also released the album Introducing the C.J. Heptet. Visit www.cleaveguyton.com. numerous CDs available online. Visit www.edlittman.com. Elise Letourneau of Ottawa, Canada, has won numerous awards for her choral compositions. In addition to numerous performances of her music, the Capital Vox Jazz Choir has recorded it. Visit www.capitalvox.ca. thoughts on being a composer and about artists that have infuenced his craft. Visit http://loukingblogs. blogspot.com. 1986 Dario Saraceno of Wappingers Falls, NY, and his band Dario and the Clear released the single "Live Now" from their forthcoming CD. Ben Camp of Laguna Niguel, CA, cowrote Victoria Justice's single "Gold" with Peter Thomas, Jason Weiss '12 and Sam Shrieve '11. He also co-wrote "Mind Is Blown" for MainStreet with Shrieve and Joren van der Voort. Ethan Mentzer 04, van der Voort, and Camp have also worked with Angi3 on her upcoming EP. Zen Hardy of Lawrenceville, GA, was the bassist and coproducer on an EP with the Fortunate Few. He is fnishing coproduction and performance on Jeremy Parks's forthcoming EP. In June, Hardy launched a line of 3-D– printed bass and guitar accessories through Valley Guitar Gear. Visit www.bridgepickholder.com. Guitarist Kevin Kastning of Groton, MA, and saxophonist Carl Clements '87 released the album Nowhere, Now Here on Greydisc Records. Kastning also released Dark Sonatas with fellow guitarist Mark Wingfeld. Visit www.kevinkastning.com. Ed Littman of North Haledon, NJ, owns a mastering facility and has worked on projects for New Riders of the Purple Sage and David Fiuczynski and for the labels Daptone Records and Dopebrother Records. Littman has 40 Berklee today 1987 1988 Chris Fassbender of Grand Rapids, MI, is the house drummer at Mojo's Dueling Piano Bar in Grand Rapids, and was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in April. John J. Marrs of Houston, TX, released the e-book A Better Way: Piano Method Book 1, which is available at Apple's iTunes bookstore. 1989 Rob Disner of Winston-Salem, NC, opened Idlewild Interactive Media Services, an audio/video conversion facility. Visit www.idlewildmedia.com. Phillip DiTullio of Milford, MA, is working with Berklee's Stan Getz Library to annotate notes from composer Joseph Schillinger to restore history from the years when Berklee was known as the Schillinger House. DiTullio is a cofounder of the Schillinger Society, which recently joined the Artists Recording Collective. Visit www.schillingersociety.com. Drew Wiseman of Marietta, GA, recently released his debut solo album, Shine. Yuval Ron of Studio City, CA, composed the score for the off-Broadway theater production Murmurs & Incantations. He also wrote music for the CD Six Healing Sounds: Journey to Health & Happiness, and leads retreats, workshops, and performances. Visit www. yuvalronmusic.com. 1990 Kelley Bolduc (aka Kelley B.) of Boston, MA, and her band Hot Like Fire, released their third CD, Forward. The group was cited in the Best Caribbean Band category and received the Best Caribbean CD award at the 2013 New England Urban Music Awards. Visit www.hotlikefre.net. Avrahom (Howard) Burke of Northbrook, IL, has performed in Jerusalem with the MediterraneanGypsy band Tizmoret Amamit, featuring bassist Naor Carmi. He also has his own pop-jazz project, 310 Worlds, whose recording is available on CD Baby and iTunes. Composer Louis King of New York City writes a blog where he shares Blake Morgan of New York City released the album Diamond in the Dark. He is the founder and CEO of ECR Music Group and has been interviewed by the media about musicians' royalties and copyright issues. Veronica Petrucci of Franklin, TN, has released Made It out Alive. She and her husband, Angelo Petrucci '78, are touring to promote the album. Visit www.angeloandveronica.com. Jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel of Lucerne, Switzerland, has been touring to promote his latest album Stars of Jupiter. He was recently featured on the cover of DownBeat magazine. Visit www.kurtrosenwinkel.com. 1991 Adonis Aletras of Aglandjia, Cyprus, has had his music featured on TV shows including Duck Dynasty, America's Next Top Model, Chef Roblé and Co., Hollywood Treasure, Animal Planet, Bar Rescue, and more, including CBS promos. Libby Landy of Bellevue, WA, played with the Synergia Northwest Orchestra and a star-studded roster of artists for the Music Matters concert to raise support for after-school music lessons in Seattle's elementary schools.