BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130521T191649CEST-69747ivpf6@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130521T171649Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: 17th Annual Berklee City of Music Festival and Scho larship Concert\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/4408406 17/17th_Annual_Berklee_City_of_Music_Festival_and_Scholarship_Concert\nEve nt Date Begin: 2010-08-10\nEvent Date End: 2010-08-10\n\nBerklee College o f Music presents its 17th annual Berklee City Music Scholarship Concert on Tuesday\, August 10\, 7:30 p.m.\, at the Berklee Performance Center\, 136 Massachusetts Avenue\, Boston. Talented urban teens from the Boston area and Berklee City Music Network sites across the country will perform rock\ , pop\, jazz\, inspirational music and r&b songs. Following tradition\, st udents will only learn of their scholarship awards when their identities a re revealed from the stage at a break in the concert. Joy and tears spread quickly through the room from students and their families. In the past\, Berklee's City Music summer program has awarded an average of 10-11 schola rships at the end of the season. Due to the popularity of the concert\, a ll seats will be ticketed. Tickets are $5 in advance\, $10 at the door. St udent tickets are $1 with any student I.D. All tickets can be purchased on www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or in p erson at the Berklee Performance Center Box Office\, 136 Massachusetts Ave nue\, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Leading up to the Scholarship conce rt\, the City Music Festival from August 7-9\, presents free concerts by C ity Music students at various Berklee venues. A full schedule is below. T he City Music Scholarship Concert and the City Music Festival will feature 82 teen musicians and vocalists representing Boston\, Brookline\, Cambrid ge\, Charlestown\, Chelsea\, Dorchester\, East Boston\, Framingham\, Hyde Park\, Jamaica Plain\, Lawrence\, Lynn\, Revere\, Roslindale\, Roxbury\, S augus and Somerville. Students from City Music Network sites in California \, Delaware\, Illinois\, Georgia\, Louisiana\, New Jersey\, New York\, Ohi o\, Pennsylvania\, Puerto Rico\, Tennessee\, Virginia and Washington\, D.C . will also perform. All are attending Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performa nce Program through the City Music Summer Scholarship. Berklee City Musi c is the college's strategic educational initiative that uses contemporary music to reach underserved fourth to 12th-graders. Programming includes i nstruction by expert faculty\, individualized mentoring\, after-school cla sses\, Saturday schooling\, summer study and full-tuition scholarships to attend Berklee at no cost to the students or their families. City Music ha s provided educational and mentoring opportunities to more than 5\,000 loc al teens from urban areas since 1992. Four years ago\, Berklee's City Mus ic Network &ndash\; launched in 2001 &ndash\; expanded to include partners hips with community organizations nationwide that actively share the goal of changing teenage lives with contemporary music education. Students' exp eriences are life-changing\, from the performance and mentoring opportunit ies to the online music theory\, ear training and performance curriculum f ocusing on popular r&b\, rock\, hip-hop and jazz songs. City Music Festiv al events are free and open to the public: Saturday\, August 7 Faculty/St udent Jam Session 6:00 &ndash\; 9:00 p.m. David Friend Recital Hall\, 921 Boylston Street Sunday\, August 8 George Russell Jr. Blues Ensemble\, wit h spotlight guest City Music Choir under the direction of Nichelle Mungo 6 :00 &ndash\; 8:00 p.m. David Friend Recital Hall\, 921 Boylston Street Mo nday\, August 9 Bernardo Hernadez Latin/Jazz Ensemble and The Alonzo Harr is Hip Hop Ensemble with spotlight guest Marty Walsh Rock Ensemble 4:00 & ndash\; 6:00 p.m. David Friend Recital Hall\, 921 Boylston Street\n\nStart time: 7:30 pm DTSTART:20100810T000000 DTEND:20100810T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:17th Annual Berklee City of Music Festival and Scholarship Concert TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR