Black Music Programming / Africana Studies
Calendar of Events 2007
Thursday, February 1
8:15 p.m.
Berklee Performance Center
Black Music Matters
(concert/talk)
With Cornel West, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and the Berklee Reverance Gospel Ensemble
Cosponsored by the Office of Cultural Diversity, Academic Affairs, and Sovereign Bank
Tuesday, February 6
1:00 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
Greg Osby, Visiting Albert Professor
(lecture)
Cosponsored by the Ensemble Department
Wednesday, February 7
1:00 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
Greg Osby, Visiting Albert Professor
(lecture)
Thursday, February 8
8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Greg Osby (concert)
Tuesday, February 13
7:30 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
Walter Beasley and Friends (concert)
Beasley grooves on black music: the connections, past, present, and future
Thursday, February 15
4:00 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
When the Levees Broke, Act III: A Post-Katrina Exploration of Music and Culture
A Spike Lee HBO FILM followed by dinner and discussion (film)
Sponsored by the Office of Cultural Diversity
Thursday, February 15
8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Black Women in Music Celebrated (concert)
With the Black Student Union, directed by Gabrielle Goodman
Tuesday, February 20
1:00 p.m., Panel, David Friend Recital Hall
3:00 p.m., Panel, David Friend Recital Hall
7:30 p.m., Jam Session, David Friend Recital Hall
Success After Berklee (panel discussion/jam session)
Sponsored by the Black Student Union
Thursday, February 22
4:00 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
A Few of My Favorite Things (concert)
Ron Mahdi in concert with friends
Thursday, February 22
8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Afro-Caribbean Crosscurrents in Drum and Song (concert)
With the Steel Pan Ensemble, Afro Cuban Ensemble, and Bob Marley Ensemble, directed by Ron Reid, Ricardo Monzon, and Matt Jenson
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Sunday, February 25
8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
The Great American Songbook: The Music of Stevie Wonder (concert)
Tuesday, February 27
7:30 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
Drum Night (concert)
With Ron Savage, Ralph Peterson, Yoron Israel
Friday, February 28
6:00 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
The Business of Hip-Hop
(panel discussion)
Sponsored by the Music Business/ Management Department
Wednesday, May 2
8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Contemporary Wind Orchestra (concert)
With special guest, composer T.J. Anderson
Cosponsored by the Composition Department
Other Events of Note:
Tuesday, February 27
8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Michael Bierylo and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic (concert)
With special guest Oral Moses
March 5–9
Stanley Crouch, Visiting Professor
(lecture)
The Berklee Performance Center is located at 136 Massachusetts Avenue, in Boston’s historic Back Bay. The BPC, which is both the college’s flagship performance space and one of Boston’s most prestigious concert halls, is easily accessible by public transportation, with parking available in neighboring garages.
