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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32 Berklee today 32 Berklee today ALUM NOTES 1992 Ivan Bodley of New York City, pur- chased his first apartment in Forest Hills. A working bassist, Bodley has played with Sam Moore, Darlene Love, Little Anthony, the Shirelles, and oth- ers, and in Broadway pit orchestras. Visit funkyboy.net. Joe Bush of Southington, CT, received two 2017 NY Emmy nominations for his role as audio technician for the New York Yankees' pre-game and post- game shows. Bassist Hans Glawischnig of New York City appears on the double album Weather or Not by Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher people. Pianist and com- poser Gibbs, drummer Alex Collins, and Glawischnig offer a new take on music by Weather Report on the first disc and jazz originals penned by Gibbs on the second. Music editor Sly West of Los Angeles, CA, is working on his second season of the Emmy-Award-winning television show Shark Tank. He has also worked as a music editor on such shows as Orange Is the New Black, BoJack Horseman, and The Mindy Project. For more information, visit slywest.com. 1994 Joe Freel of Nashville, TN, released his debut album titled All This Love. The album features jazz versions of pop and jazz standards, and one origi- nal song titled "Good Things." Visit cdbaby.com/cd/joefreel. Ingrid Jensen '89 Beto Hale '96 Trumpeter and composer Ingrid Jensen of Ossining, NY, released the album Infinitude featuring her sister Christine Jensen (saxophone), Ben Monder (gui- tar), Fraser Hollins (bass), and Jon Wikan (drums). The disc features original jazz compositions by Ingrid and Christine. Visit ingridjensen.com. 1990 Laura Siersema of Greenfield, MA, released a trio album with Billy Klock and Wim Auer titled Live at 1794 Meetinghouse. It's available at CDBaby, for digital only. Visit laurasiersema.com. 1991 Drummer Bryan Cabrera of Aliso Viejo, CA, performed on the track the "Stand Out" on the album Bass Ball, Bunny Brunel & Friends. The piece was com- posed by bassist Armand Sabal-Lecco and features bassists Bunny Brunel and Stanley Clarke, and percussionist Monette Marino. Visit facebook.com/ bryancabreratrio. Rob Macomber of Carmel, NY, received Grammy nominations for two albums he recorded and mixed. Last year, Macomber won a Latin Grammy for engineering Paquito D'Rivera's Jazz Meets the Classics. Damon Stout of Los Angeles, CA, and Brian Stout formed the band Celtic Pink Floyd and released their second album titled Live In Studio. The group is prepping for a tour this year. Visit celticpinkfloyd.com. 1995 Alfred Hochstrasser of Cos Cob, CT, is the executive producer and owner of Music Beast, a music production company in Manhattan specializing in original music for advertising. He has worked with such artists as Britney Spears, Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper, and others. Visit musicbeast.com. Dave Pelman of Los Angeles, CA, com- posed the score for Clash-A-Rama!, an original series based on characters from Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Clash-A- Rama streams on iTunes, Google Play, and Clash YouTube channels. 1996 Julián Graciano of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has released his new CD with his quartet, Graciano 4 Quarteto. It's original compositions are based on contemporary tango, jazz, and classical music. Visit graciano4quarteto.com. Beto Hale of Woodland Hills, CA, is recording a new full-length album at his studio Los Olivos in Los Angeles. Brent Fischer and Pablo Munguía '97 are coproducing it and Sal Ojeda '09 is engineering. Visit facebook.com/ losolivosrecordingstudios. Sam Hicks of Richmond, VA, recently played shows in Boston, Orleans, San Diego, Tallahassee and Orlando. Ryan Shore of Burbank, CA, scored the new children's TV series Julie's Greenroom, which premiered in March on Netflix. Guest stars include Carol Burnett, Alec Baldwin, Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Bell, and others. Visit ryanshore.com. Gilson Schachnik of Brookline, MA, just released a two-part video les- son in Portuguese about applying the Barry Harris harmonic concept to Brazilian Music. Visit mymusicmasterclass.com. 1997 Samantha Skripko of Manasquan, NJ, is the proud mother of 13-year-old twins and a 10-year-old son that are involved with songwriting, perform- ing, and music technology. Skripko is also teaching and performing music. Visit soundcloud.com/samanthakane. Sean-David McGoran of Lacey, WA, received his doctorate from Gateway Seminary in December 2016. He is currently a faculty mem- ber at the Tuned in Academy. Visit thetunedinacademy.org. 1998 Alon Farber of Kfar Saba, Israel, won the 2016 Israeli Prime Minister Award for jazz composers. Farber and Dani Benedikt '98 also released New Directions with their group the Hagiga Sextet. Visit hagiga.com. Michael Moutsopoulos of London, England, is composing in various styles, and currently has a contract with the London-based publishing company Mustard Music. Alon Farber '98 Bryan Cabrera '91