Events

Hear fresh and inspired original jazz compositions played by some of today's most creative young performers.

The Billy Childs Ensemble will present a concert of his compositions and arrangements by a student ensemble. 

Bass performance and jazz composition major Beth McPherson will perform a set of some of the funkiest and grooviest bass features in jazz fusion. 

Peruvian saxophonist, composer, and producer Claudia Medina celebrates the culmination of her Berklee journey with an evening of jazz, Latin jazz, Afro-Peruvian tunes, and original compositions.

In the third installment of our series, Berklee's Woodwind Department Chair Walter Smith III interviews the noted alto saxophonist Charles McPherson about Charlie Parker's influence on his musical career.

In the second installment of our Charlie Parker tribute, musicologist Lewis Porter will compare and contrast Parker's solos of the 1940s with those of the '50s. He will also show video of Parker, including some little-known silent film clips.

In the first program of our Charlie Parker tribute, saxophonist, jazz historian, and author of Charlie Parker: His Music and Life Carl Woideck will give an overview of Bird's life and musical career.