Signature Series

The Signature Series at Berklee brings Berklee students, faculty, alumni, and world-renowned, award-winning musicians to the Berklee Performance Center stage. From jazz to funk to Middle Eastern music, the concerts represent a wide range of genres for every listener.

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Past Events Highlights

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Thursday / July 2, 2020 / 4:00 pm
Venue
Virtual Event

In this video rewind from 2018, the Bruno Mars Ensemble, composed of outstanding student singers, musicians, and dancers, performs popular hits by Mars, including "Uptown Funk," "Runaway Baby," and "24K Magic." The ensemble is handpicked and directed by Professor Tia Fuller, a former member of Beyoncé’s band.

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Thursday / June 25, 2020 / 4:00 pm
Venue
Virtual Event

In this video rewind from February 2019, you can join a global cast of students, alumni, faculty, and an array of special guests for an unforgettable evening filled with Dolly Parton’s greatest hits and deep cuts. 

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Tuesday / April 28, 2020 / 8:00 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Berklee Middle Eastern Festival is a celebrated annual event that brings together guest artists from the region, as well as community musicians, students, visual artists, and dancers from all over the world to celebrate the music of the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Mediterranean.

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Thursday / April 9, 2020 / 8:00 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

While fans eagerly await the release of No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond movie, prepare to be shaken and stirred as Berklee’s most outstanding lead vocalists pay tribute to novelist Ian Fleming’s immortal and debonair Secret Intelligence Service agent, 007.

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Thursday / March 5, 2020 / 8:00 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

The Show is a pop music spectacle, an electrifying live production of world-renowned hits by today’s biggest stars, reimagined by a superband of top-notch singers, rappers, and instrumentalists from Berklee College of Music.

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Thursday / February 27, 2020 / 7:30 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

This musical narrative features excerpts with Daniel Black from his book The Coming, along with compositions from Tia Fuller’s Grammy-nominated album, Diamond Cut, and performances by the Rainbow All-Stars Ensemble on the rich traditions and more contemporary portrayals of the African diaspora, firmly depicting the unrighteous capture and journey of the transatlantic slave trade. 

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Sunday / February 23, 2020 / 7:30 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

Inspired by the retro-hip joie de vivre of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox and its “gramophone music in a smartphone world” philosophy, join an eclectic and global cast of Berklee’s finest vocalists, instrumentalists, arrangers, and dancers as they reimagine modern-day pop songs in jazz and retro styles from a bygone era.

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Friday / December 13, 2019 / 8:00 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

For one night only, the Berklee Global Jazz Institute celebrates Charlie Parker's centennial, presenting new arrangements and music from Bird's repertoire.

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Thursday / December 5, 2019 / 8:00 pm
Venue
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
MA
02115
United States

In celebration of the enduring appeal of Queen, one of rock’s most influential bands, prepare for a glittering night of stomping, fearlessly eclectic rock anthems and harmony-steeped, melodramatic piano ballads. 

Presented By
Berklee Signature Series
Event Dates
Friday / November 22, 2019 / 7:30 pm
Venue
Klarman Hall
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
MA
02163
United States

Berklee College of Music honors the life and music of Ustad Zakir Hussain, the prolific Grammy-winning tabla virtuoso. This concert is produced by Berklee India Exchange.