Back from SXSW in Austin, where Berklee hosted three events again this year. The thirteen alumni and student bands who played at Berklee’s parties made their mark among the dozens of alumni bands performing at shows and parties around Austin last week (who were in turn among 2,000 plus (!) bands playing at the 25th [...]
Author Archives: Margot Edwards
Spalding and Bieber to Collaborate?
March 23, 2011 – 11:23 am
Now that got your attention! It’s not entirely irrelevant, I swear… Arriving at SXSW on Wednesday, the day before the start of Berklee’s events – read more and watch videos here – I hit the convention center to catch a few panels before the craziness started. Looking through the SXSW Directory – which was about [...]
Kenya trip concludes with a visit to Starehe Boys Centre
July 15, 2010 – 10:37 am
The music education outreach wrapped on Monday, the team’s last day in Kenya, with a visit to Starehe Boys Centre, where the Berklee professors gave a workshop and clinic for students in the music class.
Berklee visits Haba na Haba music program in Nairobi
July 13, 2010 – 1:39 pm
On Saturday, the Berklee team visited a community music program in Nairobi’s Eastleigh slum called Haba na Haba. The project is an after school and Saturday music program that also offers opportunities for youth to participate in dance, drama, puppetry, and acrobatics. Eastleigh is one of the poorest areas of Nairobi. We knew we were [...]
Workshops at Brookhouse in Nairobi, and concert performance
July 8, 2010 – 1:56 pm
After the Independence Day party at the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya’s residence, we headed back to the Brookhouse School where professors Ron Reid and Dan Moretti gave clinics for Brookhouse students, musicians who had auditioned earlier in the week, and local musicians. Here, Reid works with an ensemble – and gets the entire class to [...]