Berklee on Tour

Berklee isn’t just in Boston. Students and faculty travel around the world for auditions, festivals, and more. Read their postcards about the music they make and meet, from Austin to Accra.

코리안 띤 가이 박상현의 쇼케이스- Korean Thin Guy, Sang Hyun Park’s Showcase

“데이빗 푸췬스키는 내가 무대에서 선글라스를 착용하는것을 안좋아한다..

그럴때 난 소심하게나마 카메라에라도 잡히게 그것을 살포시 신디위에 올려놓는다..

근데 사진보니 자기도 꼈었으면서..언젠가는 ‘나 선글라스 안끼면 연주안해’라는

날이 있겠지뭐..근데 아직은 아닌가보다. 빛도 못발하고 없어지는 내 신상들….”

-박상현님의 페이스북 노트에서

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BGJIQ at The Toronto Jazz Fest

Toronto, Canada.  Home to seven major league sports, the CN tower, a zoo, film festivals, and the Toronto Jazz Festival.  My name is Michael Borgida, and I am here road managing the Berklee Globe Jazz Institute Quartet (BGJIQ) featuring Joe Manzoli on guitar,  Caili O’Doherty on piano, Shin Sakaino on bass and Isaac Haselkorn on drums (from left).

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Way Out West – The Hailey Niswanger Quartet – Hawaii 2 (#6)

Rob Hayes, VP of external affairs, reports from the HNQ’s recording session.

The time has flown by here.  The band has been recording at the Steelgrass Farm Studio, and has eight to ten strong tracks in the can.  Producer and Berklee Professor Stephen Webber is thrilled with the band’s sound, and how fast and unerringly they work.  They’ve been having a great time.  They’ve even snuck out for an ocean swim a few times!

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Berklee guitarist felt the souls of Mississippi blues pioneers

Noe Socha turned 20 on his trip to Mississippi, though his birthday was the dimmest of the highlights from his trip. Noe is a deep devote of the blues and the Mississippi musicians whose music has transcended generations and oceans to influence a kid from Capri, Italy, who started out playing classical music on his guitar. This was his first trip down South and every time he stepped out of the van to explore another historic landmark, he tapped into something spiritual coming up from the grounds where Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Honey Boy Edwards, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Albert King once roamed with their guitars.

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Berklee in Haiti: Gerye Jwa Recording

Here we are in the first phase of the recording process here in Boston.  Will Wells is here directing the rhythm section… when he is not playing keys/ organ.

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