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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Jenna Clark Alumnotes Lori Cotler '93 1992 Bassist Bryan Beller of Nashville, TN, and his band the Aristocrats released Culture Clash, featuring guitarist Guthrie Govan and drummer Marco Minneman. Steve DeMott of Darien, CT, engineered the vocal and choir recording sessions for Microsoft's new Halo: Spartan Assault video game, which was released in July. Jay Jennings of Burbank, CA, was the sound designer for the flms The Hangover Part III and Gangster Squad, and was the sound designer and rerecording mixer for The Rolling Stones: Crossfre Hurricane (which was nominated by the Motion Picture Sound Editors for Best Sound Editing, Long Form Documentary). In late 2012, Paul Young of London, England, was the musical director for a pantomime production of Peter Pan. This holiday season, he will work as the musical director for Puss in Boots. 1993 Reg Bloor of New York City and her band the Paranoid Critical Revolution released Crimson Canvas on Systems Neutralizers records. She recently performed in Paris, France, and Lublin, Poland, with the Glenn Branca Ensemble. Lori Cotler (aka LOIRE) of Montclair, NJ, is starring in The News, a reality opera composed by Jacob TV. Recently 42 Berklee Today today Ben Goldberg '98 David Laborier '96 Alma Micic '99 she performed with Glen Velez and Berklee professor Eugene Friesen and toured in the Netherlands with the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble. In 2014 she will tour with the Nationale Reisopera. Visit www.loirevox.com. Sarah Sharp of Austin, TX, and her quartet the Jitterbug Vipers released the album Phoebe's Dream, and have been touring to promote the record. Visit www.jitterbugvipers.com. for the band Imagine Dragons since December 2012. The group is completing a world tour. 1994 Guitarist "Metal Mike" Chlasciak of Wayne, NJ, released the solo album The Metalworker, as well as the instructional DVD Metal for Life through Guitar World magazine. Visit www.metalmike.net. 1996 Pablo Ablanedo of Cambridge, MA, recently composed music for a collaborative work with photographer Laura Tenenbaum. It was performed by the French classical trio Meltem. Visit www.pabloablanedo.com. 1997 Sean-David McGoran of Fort Smith, AZ, released The Tuned in Musician, a creator- and community-centered approach to meditation for musicians. Visit www.thetunedinacademy.org. Joshua Craig Podolsky of Scottsdale, AZ, released the book Shredding Acoustic Guitar: Heavy Metal Meets the Acoustic Guitar through Alfred Music Publishing. He also fronts the band the Alien Blakk. Visit www. thealienblakk.com. 1998 Violinist Ernesto Briceño of Barcelona, Spain, is the leader of Cordes del Món, a 20-piece chamber orchestra that has been touring worldwide. He is also a teacher at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. Brooke Fox of Brooklyn, NY, is the director of client and artist services for Visionary Media, a nonproft that serves visually impaired musicians. Visit www.visionarymedia.com. Ben Goldberg of Brooklyn, NY, won frst place in the Susanville Symphony's Composition Competition in the American Composers Category. He recently conducted his piece Deception and has been commissioned for works by the Central Ohio Symphony and Reno Philharmonic Youth Strings Symphonia. Visit www. bengoldbergmusic.com. 1999 Ian Barkon of Monroe, CT, and Sara Roncarati '00 were married on April 27. Both are music educators in Massachusetts. Scott Eisenberg has been touring as the front-of-the house engineer Richard Furch of North Hollywood, CA, mixed albums by India.Arie and Chrisette Michele for Motown Records, as well as TGT for Atlantic Records. Visit www.richardfurch.com. Guitarist David Laborier of Luxembourg was involved with two recent projects: the trio album Three's a Crowd, and Gast Waltzing & LARGO's album Jazzed Up in New Orleans. Visit www.labojazz.com. Alma Micic of Bronx, NY, released her third album, Tonight, which is a collaboration with producer-guitarist Doug Wamble. Oli Rockberger of Brooklyn, NY, released the album Old Habits, featuring performances by several Berklee alumni. He recently performed at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York and will play in December at the Cotton Club in Tokyo, Japan, with the Will Lee Band. Visit www.olirockberger.com. Jaleel Shaw of Paterson, NJ, completed tours with Roy Haynes, Mark de Clive Lowe, and Ben Williams and recently performed in North and South America. Visit www.jaleelshaw.com. Alekos Vretos of Argolis, Greece, was included in the Athens Voice newspaper in the list "100 & 1 most infuential people in the Greek music scene." Visit www.jadeomusic.com.