Berklee's Bob Marley, Steel Pan, and Afro Cuban Ensembles to Perform
February 8, 2007
Berklee's Black Music Programming/Africana Studies calendar of events continues with Afro-Caribbean Crosscurrents in Drum and Song, featuring the college's Bob Marley, Steel Pan, and Afro Cuban ensembles, on Thursday, February 22, 8:15 p.m., at the Berklee Performance Center. General admission $5/seniors $2. Tickets are available at the Berklee box office. Call 617-747-2261 or visit berkleebpc.com.
The 15-member Bob Marley Ensemble, directed by Matt Jenson, assistant professor of piano, will perform Jenson's arrangements of the Jamaican icon's music, including "Could You Be Loved," "Stir It Up," and "Rastaman Chant." The ensemble is an integral part of the class The Music and Life of Bob Marley, which Jenson has taught at Berklee for 10 semesters.
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The Steel Pan Ensemble, directed by Ron Reid, associate professor of contemporary writing and production, will perform music by Reid and Trinidadian composers Ray Holman, Lennox "Boogsie" Sharpe and Earl Rodney, in a range of styles including pop, calypso and contemporary jazz. The steel pan is a pitched percussion instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad and Tobago.
The 11-piece Afro-Cuban Ensemble, directed by Ricardo Monzon, assistant professor of percussion, will perform the music of "Cachao" and other up-tempo Afro-Cuban tunes in such styles as mambo and rumba.
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