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Torsten de Winkel '96
Joey Newman '98
Peter Kelly '99
Pascal Kaeser '00
1996
Pianist Pablo Ablanedo of Cambridge, MA, is recording the album Recontradoble with his octet, which features various Berklee alumni. Visit www.pabloablanedo. com.
Guitarist Julian Graciano of Buenos Aires, Argentina, played with jazz pia- nist Harry Waters, the son of former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters.
Vocalist Johanna Grüssner of Stockholm, Sweden, released Come Rain or Come Shine, a CD featuring a program of jazz and Latin standards. Fredrik Gille '95 played percussion on the disc. Visit www. johannagrussner.com.
Stefan Held of Brooklyn, NY, and his company Steven Hero Productions LLC released the single "We Are the Ones" featuring singer and actor Tituss Burgess.
Juancho Herrera of Long Island City, NY, produced the CD Banda featur- ing original compositions inspired by an urban, modern vision of Latin America. Visit www.juanchoherrera. com.
Singer/songwriter Markku Kietala of Helsinki, Finland, played all instru- ments for and engineered the record- ing The Poet, The Bard, The Pagan for his solo project South of the Rubicon. Visit www.sorubicon.com.
Sakae Tauchi of Tokorozawa City, Japan, is producing acrylic artwork using recycled staff notation paper. He has created CD cover art for 10 titles, including his own albums.
Guitarist Torsten de Winkel of Neu- Isenburg, Germany, is the director of Bimbache openART, a global initia- tive that hosts an annual music fes- tival in the Canary Islands. UNESCO has hailed the effort's artistic coop- eration among world cultures. De Winkel is also a member of bassist Hellmut Hattler's German jazz-elec- tronica ensemble. Visit www. bimbache.info.
1997
Bassist Erik Kutzler of Richmond, VA, played on the new album by Andy Vaughan and the Driveline, Searching for the Song. This summer the band will tour the East Coast and the Midwest. Visit www. andyvaughanmusic.com.
Sean-David McGoran of Fort Smith, AR, is writing the book The Tuned-In Musician, focusing on meditation for musicians. Visit www. thetunedinmusician.com.
Guitarist Ian McHugh of Newtown, CT, is touring the United States back- ing Javier Colon, the winner of season one of The Voice.
1998
Film composer Joey Newman of Santa Monica, CA, released the soundtrack to the 9/11 film The Space Between, which aired on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. He also wrote the score for Any Day Now, which pre- miered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.
1999
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Peter Kelly of Yonkers, NY, released the EP Forever, Again. Visit www. peterkellymusic.com.
Brian O'Connell of Jamaica Plain, MA, debuted his original and satiri- cal social-political rock opera Over the Line at Spontaneous Celebrations in Boston in February.
In April the Berklee Symphonic Winds premiered the piece "Kagemusha" by Chris Opperman of Clifton, NJ. He is also completing the EP Studio House, featuring original material, plus cov- ers of songs by Frank Zappa and Carla Bley.
2000
Bassist Pascal Kaeser of Bolligen, Switzerland, has been touring with Nilsa and backing other European artists. Visit www.p-bass.ch.
Drummer and percussionist Blake Paulson of Studio City, CA, released the books for the Drum Set
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Coordination Workbook series: All Styles (Parts One and Two), Blues & Jazz, and Afro-Cuban & Latin. Visit www.blakepaulson.com.
Saxophonist and composer Bob Reynolds of Los Angeles, CA, is fin- ishing an album featuring John Mayer '96, Aaron Parks, Eric Harland, John Shannon '02, Oli Rockberger '02, Janek Gwizdala '00, and Bashiri Johnson. Visit www. bobreynoldsmusic.com.
2001
Electronic composer Alyosha Barreiro of Mexico City, Mexico, composed and performed for the inauguration of the Mexican monument Estela de Luz in Mexico City. Visit www. alyoshabarreiro.com.
Jazz vocalist Sara Leib of Los Angeles, CA, has released her new album Secret Love on OA2 Records. Visit www.saraleib.com.
Opal Leung of Jamaica Plain, MA, is earning her Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Bentley University. Her research focuses on workers with multiple occupations.
Kristen Long of Gulf Shores, AL, cow- rote and arranged the song "Not Forgotten," which was placed in the movie Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas that aired on ION televi- sion for the 2011 holiday season.
Eric Maltz of Brooklyn, NY, worked with the production company TK