GLOBAL GROOVE
By Jason Camelio, Director of International Programs
Music Always Finds a Way
When a six-year-old trumpeter walked onto the stage with his fel- low bandmates, we thought it was pretty cool. When he played the melody, we smiled with surprise. When he took chorus after cho- rus on a traditional South African tune, our minds reeled imagining his potential. How was it possible that this young boy, growing up in a place with so little opportunity, has accomplished all that he has in such a short time? This was the scenario when the
Berklee team opened the clinics for the training and development
program portion of the 2012 Cape Town International Jazz Festival in the South African township of Gugulethu. Professor of Woodwinds Jim Odgren led a two-hour session that featured several groups from the township in a packed communi- ty center. We jammed with the stu- dents, they taught us a few of their tunes, and we shared some of what we know. Walking out of the build- ing, we were speechless. My guess is that Odgren was thinking what I was thinking. You can't stop the music. It will always find a way.
educational program
Berklee International Events Calendar
July 3–5
Singer/Songwriter and Vocalist Program With guest artist Paula Cole Berklee Campus, Valencia, Spain
July 6–9 Berklee Groove School Berklee Campus, Valencia, Spain
July 10–13 Art of Improvisation: Blues and Jazz Berklee Campus, Valencia, Spain
July 14–16 Retool: Music Technology in Performance and Production
The Samantha Schultz Trio performs at the Pop & Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki as part of the Close Encounters Helsinki- St. Petersburg 2012 festival. From the left: Alexander Toth, Samantha Schultz, and Charles Macias
Berklee Campus, Valencia, Spain www.berklee.edu/summer
For the international travel and events schedule visit www.berklee.edu/admissions/ general/audition_dates.html.
Professor of Woodwinds, Jim Odgren (center) jams with students from the Gugulethu township outside of Cape Town during the training and development program portion of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
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A benefit for the Presenting Sponsor Berklee City Music Program Lead Sponsor
Professor of Contemporary Writing and Production Kurt Biederwolf presents a clinic at the School of the Arts in Singapore. A Berklee team also traveled to Hong Kong to conduct clinics and auditions and interviews at alumnus Ronald Ng's Baron School of Music.
Co-lead Sponsors
The Westin Copley Place 10 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts
For reservations, call 617 747-2660. Or check our website at berklee.edu/gala.
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Jason Camelio
Jason Camelio
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