Monthly Archives: December 2009
An orchestra in Freiburg
I’m writing a profile of Berklee study-abroad student Josh Story, who toted his tuba all across Freiburg to play with a variety of groups. I got to see a particularly impressive one: the Hochschule für Musik orchestra. If you peer in, you’ll see that dash of gold in the back of the brass section. (Those [...]
버클리, 마크 오코너를 만나다 Berklee meets Mark O’Connor
12월 10일 2009년 Fiddling 과 정통 아메리칸 음악의 마스터 마크 오코너 (Mark O’ Connor)가 BPC에서 버클리 교수진인 Matt Glaser and John McGann, 그리고 버클리의 학생 블루그래스 밴드, 콘템포리 심포니 오케스트라, 재즈/월드 스트링 오케스트라 와 함께 공연을 펼쳤습니다. 오코너는 지난 8일부터 “an artist-in-residence at Berklee” 로 3일동안 버클리 학생들에게 마스터 수업들을 가르치고 저녁에는 콘서트에서 함께 공연을할 [...]
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I know, I know. I said I’d stay away and keep my next blog til after break. Then a little voice said to me: “Johnny, just because the semester is over doesn’t mean the music stops. And if the music doesn’t stop, neither will the troubleshooting.” Face it! You guys need me! Today I’m going [...]
Tel Aviv – Ramallah – Amman
Monday began with an initial meeting with the Rimon administration and faculty. We reviewed our longstanding partnership and addressed issues around curriculum transfer and student recruitment. There is apparently a surge of interest in Rimon’s songwriting program with 150 students currently enrolled. The program is taught by some of the best known songwriters in Israel [...]