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:20130524T205721CEST-2023mcRIV2@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130524T185721Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Berklee’s Spring Signature Concert Series \nEven t Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441060911/Berklees_Spring_Si gnature_Concert_Series_\nEvent Date Begin: 2010-12-20\nEvent Date End: 201 1-04-25\n\nThe 2011 Berklee College of Music Signature Series announces a spring season that features Latin\, gospel\, country\, bluegrass\, and jaz z. The series of concerts from January through April includes Jorge Drexle r (January 20)\, Songs of Richard Smallwood (February 3)\, Great American Songbook: The Sounds of Nashville (February 27)\, Kathy Mattea (March 10)\ , and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute with special guests (April 25). Ma ny of the performances will feature Berklee faculty and students. Concer ts take place at the Berklee Performance Center\, 136 Massachusetts Avenue \, Boston. Shows start at 8:15 p.m. For information on these and all other Berklee Performance Center concerts\, call 617 747-2261 or visit berklee. edu/events. The venue is wheelchair-accessible. Tickets for the spring Si gnature Series are on sale at ticketmaster.com and at the Berklee Performa nce Center box office. January 20&mdash\;Jorge Drexler Meets Berklee Osca r-winning singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler matches a world music sensibilit y with the rhythms of his native Uruguay. Artists such as Mercedes Sosa\, Shakira\, Omara Portuondo\, Maria Rita\, Ana Belé\;n\, Victor Manuel \, and Zé\;lia Duncan have recorded on his songs. Drexler released h is first album\, La Luz Que Sabe Robar in 1992\, the same year he earned a doctorate from the University of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. His al bums have received a combined total of seven Grammy and Latin Grammy award nominations\, and he's won two Spanish Music Prizes. Drexler became the f irst Uruguayan to win an Academy Award with Best Original Song 'Al Otro La do del Rí\;o\,' from the internationally acclaimed film The Motorcyc le Diaries. Drexler's recent work includes the soundtrack for James Ivory' s film The City of Your Final Destination. Jorge Drexler Meets Berklee is produced by Bass Department professor Oscar Stagnaro and arranged and cond ucted by Contemporary Writing and Production chair Matt Nicholl. February 3&mdash\;Songs of Richard Smallwood Six-time Grammy Award&ndash\;winner a nd Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee Richard Smallwood will perform with Berklee's gospel choir\, led by associate professor Dennis Montgomery III. Combining a talent for gospel with a love for r&b\, pop\, soul\, and clas sical\, Smallwood creates music that reflects his varied background as a c lassical pianist and gospel aficionado. After graduating cum laude from Ho ward University\, the pianist\, singer\, music director\, composer\, and a rranger released his first album\, Richard Smallwood Singers (1982)\, whic h spent 87 weeks on Billboard's Gospel chart. Smallwood won his first Gram my for his production on the Quincy Jones's gospel project Handel's Messia h: A Soulful Celebration. Smallwood's music has been recorded by major art ists including Destiny's Child\, Yolanda Adams\, and Karen Clark-Sheard. T he concert is part of Berklee's Warrick L. Carter Lecture Series and will honor Smallwood for his contributions to gospel music. Dr. Teresa Hairston \, publisher of Gospel Today and gospel archive donor to Berklee\, will be the guest emcee. The concert is produced by Africana Studies students and faculty\, led by Bill Banfield\, director of Africana Studies. February 27&mdash\;Great American Songbook: The Sounds of Nashville Berklee student s and faculty will tell the story of the Nashville music scene through the songs of acclaimed American country artists like Jimmie Rodgers\, Charley Pride\, Hank Williams\, Ray Charles\, Patsy Cline\, Reba McEntire\, LeAnn Rimes\, Alan Jackson\, and more. A full rhythm section with a string orch estra\, woodwinds\, and horns will accompany student and faculty vocalists . Great American Songbook: The Sounds of Nashville is produced by Berklee professor Ken Zambello. March 10&mdash\;Kathy Mattea Meets Berklee Two-ti me Grammy Award&ndash\;winning country and bluegrass singer Kathy Mattea i s best known for blending folk\, Celtic\, and traditional country sounds w ith her music. Mattea\, a repeat Country Music Association Award winner\, has recorded 17 albums and has charted more than 30 singles on the Billboa rd Hot Country Singles and Tracks charts. In 1986\, Mattea released her br eakthrough hit\, a cover of Nanci Griffith's 'Love at the Five and Dime' o ff her heavily folk-influenced album Walk the Way the Wind Blows. The same album yielded three other top-ten songs\, and Mattea went on to release a myriad of other acclaimed singles and albums. Mattea's music has been cov ered by artists including Kenny Rogers\, Wynonna Judd\, and Reba McEntire. In late 1988\, Mattea's 'Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses' became the fi rst single by a solo female to spend multiple weeks at number one on the B illboard Country Singles chart since Dolly Parton's 1979 'You're the Only One.' Kathy Mattea Meets Berklee is produced by Music Production and Engin eering Department professor Stephen Webber\, who co-hosts an annual studen t spring break trip to Nashville. April 25&mdash\;Berklee Global Jazz Ins titute First Anniversary Summit Featuring performances by Danilo Pé\ ;rez\, Joe Lovano\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, and John Patitucci The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI)\, under the artistic direction of world-reno wned pianist Danilo Pé\;rez\, is a unique focused area of study at t he college where some of the finest young jazz players in the world concen trate on creativity and musicianship while maintaining an active performan ce schedule. The April 25 concert is a musical gathering of institute stud ents and faculty to celebrate their first year\, with performances by Dani lo Perez\; saxophonist Joe Lovano\, jazz performance chair\; drummer Terri Lyne Carrington\, professor of percussion\; and Grammy Award&ndash\;winni ng double bassist and electric bassist John Patitucci.\n\nStart time: 8:15 p.m. DTSTART:20101220T000000 DTEND:20110425T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Berklee’s Spring Signature Concert Series TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR