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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: 2012 Signature Series at Berklee\nEvent Url: http:/
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 e\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-02-16\nEvent Date End: 2012-03-30\n\nBoston\, MA
  &ndash\; The 2012 Signature Music Series at Berklee continues an extraord
 inary season with jazz\, funk\, and Middle Eastern music\, and selections 
 from the Great American Songbook. Performers include a cross-section of Be
 rklee students\, faculty\, and alumni\, and world-renowned\, award-winning
  musicians. The concerts feature a wide range of sounds: George Clinton Me
 ets Berklee (2/16)\, the Great American Songbook: The Music of Hoagy Carmi
 chael and Johnny Mercer (2/26)\, Middle Eastern Music Festival (3/12)\, an
 d An Evening with Kirill Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue\, with special guests 
 Gary Burton and Anat Cohen (3/30).      The Signature Series at Berklee ta
 kes place at the Berklee Performance Center (BPC)\, 136 Massachusetts Aven
 ue\, Boston. Purchase tickets at berkleebpc.com\, call 617-747-2261\, or v
 isit the BPC Box Office. The entire BPC spring concert season goes on sale
  December 13. Visit berkleebpc.com for a full list of events. Become a mem
 ber for exclusive offers on select Berklee events. The BPC is wheelchair a
 ccessible.   February 16 - George Clinton Meets Berklee  The Berklee P-Fun
 k Ensemble has been a popular ensemble since the 1990s. George Clinton mad
 e a surprise visit and directed the group for an MTV special a few years b
 ack. Now\, one of the foremost innovators of funk music returns to Berklee
  for a four-day residency and a concert covering his career from Parliamen
 t in the 1960s to Funkadelic\, and his amazing solo career. The concert is
  produced by faculty member Lenny Stallworth and Africana Studies. 8:15 p.
 m. $20\, $15\, reserved seating.    February 26 - The Great American Songb
 ook: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer  Individually\, Hoagy
  Carmichael and Johnny Mercer composed some of the greatest tunes in the A
 merican songbook. Together\, they wrote time-tested standards as &ldquo\;S
 tardust&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;In the Cool\, Cool\, Cool of the Evening.&rdqu
 o\; At the annual celebration of the American Songbook\, student and facul
 ty vocalists backed by a full orchestra interpret the individual and colla
 borative songs of these American masters. 7:30 p.m. $15\, $10 reserved sea
 ting.    March 12 - Middle Eastern Music Festival  The Middle Eastern Musi
 c Festival is a celebrated annual event that joins gifted artists from the
  Middle East and the Balkans with students from all over the world to perf
 orm traditional and inspiring music from these homelands. The concert is p
 roduced by Christiane Karam\, assistant professor of voice\, and Javier Li
 mon\, artistic director\, Berklee Valencia's Mediterranean Music Institute
 . 8:15 p.m. $15\, $10 reserved seating.    March 30 - An Evening with Kiri
 ll Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue With special guests Gary Burton and Anat Coh
 en  Since completing his studies at Berklee\, Kirill Gerstein has devoted 
 his career to classical repertoire.  In 2010\, he was awarded the coveted 
 Gilmore Artist Award\, which is presented every four years to recognize ex
 traordinary artistry. Gerstein returns to Berklee with a program that incl
 udes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in the original 1924 arrangement. Special
  guests include Grammy-winning vibraphonist Gary Burton\, and clarinetist 
 and Berklee alumna Anat Cohen. The concert is produced by Kirill Gerstein\
 , and directed by professor Phil Wilson. 8:15 p.m. $25\, $20\, $17.50 rese
 rved seating.\n\nStart time: 7:30 or 8:15pm
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