The Percussion Department is starting the new school year without colleague Sa Davis, who passed away this summer at the early age of 56 (read the Berklee obituary). Here are some remembrances from his fellow percussion faculty, collected by Percussion Department chair John Ramsay. We welcome Sa’s other colleagues, former students, and friends to post [...]
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Bang on a drum: a percussionist’s week at Berklee
July 4, 2010 – 11:21 am
At home in Philly, Shakoor Sanders fills his days with music. Along with attending the Girard Academic Music Program magnet high school, the 17-year-old studies two nights a week at the Settlement Music School and Saturdays at the Kimmel Center Youth Jazz Ensemble and the Philadelphia Clef Club. Classically trained, he also plays and performs [...]
Pssst…PASIC Earplugs anyone?!
November 20, 2009 – 6:32 pm
Ahhh the sound of cymbals crashing, mallets dancing across marimbas, bass drums thumping and the rat a tat tat of a snare. These are the sounds the Berklee Booth was serenaded by at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC)!