As we approach the final days before this year’s Berklee High School Jazz Festival, we at the BerkleeJazz.org staff would like to present a portrait of one of the many faces you will see at this year’s HSJF: Adjudicator Charlie Lewis. A musician of the highest caliber, Charlie Lewis is also one of Berklee’s beloved [...]
HSJF Portrait: Adjudicator Charlie Lewis Part 1
January 29, 2015 | By
As we approach this year’s Berklee High School Jazz Festival, we at the BerkleeJazz.org staff would like to present a portrait of one of the many faces you will see at this year’s HSJF: Adjudicator Charlie Lewis. A musician of the highest caliber, Charlie Lewis is also one of Berklee’s beloved faculty members. Known for [...]
Master Class With a True Master
May 27, 2014 | By
Throughout my years of playing the drums, I have had the privilege of attending clinics, master classes, and workshops with greats such as Peter Erskine, Jojo Mayer, Kenny Werner, the Joshua Redman Trio, and Dave Liebman. They all gave me something completely different: Erskine spoke about his career as a musician while Werner spoke about concepts from his well-known book, Effortless Mastery, which should be read by [...]
Interview: Ned Rosenblatt
February 27, 2013 | By
Ned Rosenblatt is a former high school band director and current Berklee College of Music Associate Professor whose groups competed in the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Ned has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Music Education from the University of Connecticut at Storrs and a Master’s Degree in Jazz Pedagogy from The Boston Conservatory/Berklee [...]
Ken Pullig Farewell Concert (5/7 in Boston)
May 1, 2012 | By | Photo by Phil Farnsworth
This year, Berklee is saying goodbye to the great Ken Pullig, chair of the Jazz Composition department and faculty icon since 1985. Ken graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1967 with a degree in Music Education and from Berklee in 1974 with a degree in composition before joining the Berklee faculty in 1975. In [...]
Kendrick Scott ’03 Goes Back To School
March 21, 2012 | By | Photo by Saunder Choi
If you were paying attention, it wasn’t hard to notice that Berklee Alum Kendrick Scott had a busy and successful weekend here at Berklee College of Music.
Matthew Nicholl, Contemporary Writing and Production
July 9, 2011 | By | Photo by Phil Farnsworth
We sat down with Matthew Nicholl, department chair of Berklee’s Contemporary Writing and Production for an in-depth interview about his approach and history to Berklee’s annual High School Jazz Festival.
Larry Bethune
June 1, 2011 | By
Larry Bethune is Berklee’s Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Now Hear This: Jason Camelio
May 25, 2011 | By
Jason Camelio is Berklee’s Director of International Programs, Trombonist, composer, arranger and leader of the Big Bang Evolutionary Big Bang and Bending Dogma (octet).
Now Hear This: Greg Hopkins
May 11, 2011 | By | Photo by Phil Farnsworth
Greg Hopkins is a Berklee Professor, Jazz Composition & Brass; Director, Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra.
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