I caught up with Rodney Rocques and the Jazz Full Riders at the 42nd Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival. The group formed while attending last year’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program. While the band members hail from as far away as Puerto Rico, and Canada, they will join together this fall on campus where they [...]
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Final days in India—with the composer of Slumdog Millionnaire
March 2, 2010 – 2:34 pm
To round off his trip, Berklee film scoring chair met famed composer A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionnaire fame, and reports on his efforts to promote musicianship in Chennai. India Trip Conclusion (Feb. 16, 17, 18) Tuesday morning marked our second day of Mumbai auditions. (Michael and I were greatly relieved to discover that the maintenance [...]
India, days 9+10: Auditioning students in Mumbai
February 26, 2010 – 1:50 pm
Film scoring chair Dan Carlin sends his next-to-last dispatch from Berklee’s big trip to India. Greetings from Chennai, India, Instead of spending Sunday with our Valentines in and around Boston, my colleagues and I presented four clinics and a panel to interested musicians and students at the Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai (or, Bombay, as [...]
A closer look at the Vocal Summit
September 29, 2009 – 1:54 pm
Hello! My name is Brandon H. Allen. I’m a fifth-semester music business major here at Berklee with a concentration on voice. I am also a student employee here in the Office of Summer Programs. I’m blogging here to share some valuable lessons from the 2009 Vocal Summit. If you’ve never been to a Berklee summer [...]
Faith and gospel leads teen to Boston from Robert Johnson Blues Showcase
April 20, 2009 – 12:06 pm
Crystal Springs is more then 200 miles south of Clarksdale. It is 10 miles north of Hazlehurst, where Robert Johnson was born. A grandson of the most legendary Delta blues musician is Steven Johnson. He and his family make their home here. Steven’s father, Claude, Robert Johnson’s son, and his mother live close by. At [...]