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2021 Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master of Music presentations:

Presented online via Zoom

Mar Fayos
Amb l'Herència com a Essència : Legacy and Gender Justice through Global Jazz and Interconnected Education
George Lernis
Between Two Worlds: Combating Stereotyping and Racism Through the Power of Music
Liany Mateo
The Bridge. A Musical Synthesis Between BIPOC Writers and Diasporic Music
Anastassiya Petrova
Invisible Women. Homelessness and the Dehumanization of Modern Society
Daniel Szczepanski
A Personal Journey Towards Freedom
Juan Pablo Jaramillo
Rediscovering Chilean Culture. A musical Journey Through Chilean History
Nadia Washington
Turning Within. Interlacing Analytical Psychology with the Creative Process to Heal Trans-Generational Trauma
Misaki Nakamichi
The Journey of Growing. My Life Story Through Music
Paride Pignotti
Traveler's Symphony: Bridging musical worlds in search of a new personal aesthetic
Davide Cerreta
Climate Apocalypse: Human Impact on the Environment's Equilibrium
Paul Pandit
Our Neighbors Without Shelter: Story from the houseless community
Francesca Remigi
The Human Web
Naomi Nakanishi
Hear Me Speak: Asian-American Artists Confronting Anti-Asian Sentiment Through The Radicalization Of Social Constructs
Emiel De Jaegher
Music for Creative Learning (MCL)
Sebastian Fuentes
Chilean Folkloric Rhythms and Global Jazz: The rescue of Chilean rhythms in extinction
Ciara Moser
Blind. So What?: Music and Blindness
SooJung Lee
4 for Four: My Four Seasons for Jazz Quartet (two saxophones, bass, drums)
Aretha Tillotson
#ThisIsArtSchool: Canadian post-secondary institutions and the experiences of intersectional women
Matt Gershun
A Bridge To The Past: The Origins and Evolution of Black American Music
Suwon Yim
Nature's Melody
Ricardo Guerra
A Bird, A Landscape, The Sun, My Mother, Whichever Branch
Noam Tanzer
What You See From Here
Lily Finnegan
Music and Abolition: Creating a world without policing
Hanna Noh
Metamorphosis: My process of self-discovery and introspection to connect with my multi-dimensional past

2020 Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master of Music presentations:

Presented online via Zoom

Stephen Byth
"Reparations: An Exploration of Musical Narratives in an Australian Context"
Carlos Capacho
"The Journey of the Venezuelan Cuarto. Exploring the Traditions of Venezuela in My Personal Perspective"
Anton Derevyanko
"A Note to My Mentors: Emphasizing the importance of music education through reconnection with the people that changed my life, and the lens of educational inequality in America"
Eli Heath
"Reclaiming a Stolen Future. A Musical Exploration of the Intersection of Climate Change and Racial Inequality in the Modern World"
Tyson Jackson
"The Greatest of These... Fight for Freedom"
Minnie Jordan
"Avian Voices. Inspired by Imperiled Soundscapes. Advocating for Nature's Musicians"
Kavyesh Kaviraj
"Temple Beyond Sanctuary. A Personal Journey: A Study of Carnatic Music as Combined with Jazz"
Nathan Kay
"The Power of Us. Exploring Collaboration Within Your Music Community"
Yessai Karapetian
"Resonance as an Act of Resistance"
Greg Loughman
"Connections. Creating Bonds and Building Bridges in Music and Society"
Rosina Scampino
"Ndombe. The Musical Landscape of Argentina and its African Origins"
Matthew Stubbs
"A Woman's Tragedy. My Musical Attempts to Heal, Educate and Activate"
Giacomo Tagliavia
"Sicily: The Mediterranean Melting Pot of Cultures and the Arab Connections. A Research Thesis on the influences of Traditional Sicilian Music"
Wenjun Wu
"Hiding Underneath. Our Story of Oppression, Identity and Gender"

2019 Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master of Music presentations:

Presented at the David Friend Recital Hall, June 2019

Malwina Masternak
TĘCZA NUT - An interconnective approach to early music education through jazz in Poland
Luke Norris
Character Studies: New Third Stream Music for Winds
Alonzo Ryan
The Generation of Resistance
Benjamin Jephta
Born Coloured, not Born-free
Agneiska Derlak
Polish Culture as a means of preserving nationality and identity during partition 1795-1918
Alexander Johnson
The Transformative Effects of Education
Tareq Rantisi
The Kuwaiti World Jazz Experiment to A'hazee
Jodie Michael
From There To Here: An Interpretation of Rhythm in the Lebanese (Middle Eastern) as it Pertains to the Modern Drumset
Nicolas Guerrero
Pura Bulla
Grzegorz Wlodarczyk
The Wake-Up Call: Sacred Music in a Secular World
Jacob Means
Global Mandolin Project
Jacob Jezioro
Multi-track Mind: Connections in social music, art and anarchy
Connor Kent
The Unique Perspective of Drummers in the Art of Composition
Tomer Sadot
Exploring My Identity
Jireh Calo
AHON
Faris Ishaq
Tripolarity
Jose Soto
The Ancestral Call
Noe Zagroun
Synesthesia in Music

2018 Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master of Music presentations:

Presented at the David Friend Recital Hall, June 25-28, 2018

Yumi Kim, Piano
Tribute to Thelonious Monk: My Dear Thelonious
Clarence Tyrone Allen, Bass
Chants of the Political Prisoner
Aaron Holthus, Bass
Tasting Notes: Coffee and Music
Aidan Lombard, Trumpet
Mind Games
Chloe Brisson, Voice
Sketches of She
Margaux Vranken, Piano
Explorations through Writing for Strings + Jazz Workshop in Belgium in 2019
Jason Yeager, Piano
New Songs of Resistance
Sam Hart, Alto sax
Two Minutes to Midnight
Henry Beal, Bass
The Composition Project
Ori Jacobson, Tenor
Bridges
Keira Harman, Trombone
Threads of Being: If All We Have Is Now
Cosimo Boni, Trumpet
Music Beyond Bars
Chase Kuesel
Rhythm and Language: Explorations in Conversation
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Farayi Malek
Color Me Joy
Liar Tzemach
"The Power of Sound"
Vlade Guigni
The Dominican Journey in the United States: A Life Story
Erini Tornesaki
Phos Project: Refugee and Migrant Journeys of Hope
Jas Kayser
Unforced Rhythm of Grace
Sebastian Kuchczynski
Polish Folk Dances
Sean Pentland
Dreams in Motion: Community Through Music Performance Initiative

2017 Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master of Music presentations:

Presented at the David Friend Recital Hall, June 26-28, 2017

Orión (Lion) Morales González, Piano
Global Jazz Suite for Education
Gregory Groover
"The Negro Spiritual Songbook Volume 1"
Jonathan Suazo
Embracing Vol.1: Afro-Dominican Music
Lee Fish
Sounds of a Starr: a Journey Through the Life and Music of Lori Starr
Nate Winn
Honoring Trailblazers in Gospel
Nzinga Banks
Contra' Verses: Jazz with the Intersectionality of Race and Politics
PJ Andersson
Exploration in Performance Therapy
Alix Goffic, Drums
Music as a Bridge between Environment and Social Issues in French Guiana
Santiago Bosch Ogly
Galactic Warrior: Soundtracks for a Non-Existent Video Game
Vasileios Kostas
The Kalesma Project (The Calling)
Lesley Mok, Drums
Part 1: Four Women
Part 2: Artists Teaching Artists
Jared Henderson, Bass
The Freedom of Wilderness
Isaac Levien
Anthropocene
Max Ridley, Bass
Max Ridley SciFi Band
Andrew McAnsh,Trumpet
Music for the Great Lakes: A Songbook for the Canadian Indigenous
Chase Morin, Piano
The Music Alliance Project
Naseem Alatrash
Bright Colors on a Dark Canvas
Seulgi Hwang
The Great Beginning
Eunjeong (EJ) Hwang, piano
Global Groovements

2016 Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master of Music presentations:

Presented at Cafe 939, June 26-29, 2016

Kesivan Naido
Combining the Worlds of Jazz, Mythology, and the Narrative of the Superhero
Neta Raanan
Echoes of Nature
Mao Sone
Expression on the Melody of Kokiriko
Gayoung Bae
Finding My Identity Through Korean Traditional Music
Kabelo Witness Matlou
South African Historic Moments
Edmar Colon Gierbolini
Borikén 1493: A Rediscovery of Puerto Rico
Hayden Farrar
Eternal Bliss: A Suite for Septet
Isaac Wilson
An Exploration of the Music of Conlon Nancarrow
Anthony Fung
Unusual Improvising Techniques for the Learning Musician: A Global Jazz Creative Proposal
Marta Roma Tort
The Colorful Recipe that Makes the World Smaller
Layth Mohammed Othman
1. Son Of Tigris
2. Amman Music Institute
Eduardo Galeano Mercuri
Eduardo Mercuri Trio
Peiyng Lee
Peiying’s First Concert
Rodrigo Ponce
Ecomusicology
Sunny Park
Original Compositions - Capturing Myself
Seungha Lee
South Korean Culture and the World
Noam Isreaeli
Andalusian Music and Music from Maghreb
Paul Eirik Melhus
The World Wanderer
Jagoba Santos
Contemporary Studied in Spanish and Flamenco Music
Jorge-Perez Albera
Original Compositions with South American Music Influences in Jazz

Symposium for Interconnected Arts and Music Performance

Held on September 21, 2019 in the David Friend Recital Hall

The polyphony of proteins
Presenter: Fiorenzo Omenetto, Dean of research, School of Engineering, Tufts University
The sugar road: how the commodity of sugar helped shape the music and culture of the Americas
Presented by Leo Blanco, assistant professor, Berklee College of Music.
The music inside Frida : the soundtrack to her pain, love, and creativity
Presented by María Luisa Parra, Spanish senior preceptor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
They don't sing as they used to: the multiplicity of music and dance on the southern plantation
Presented by Katrina Thompson Moore, associate professor, Department of History and African American Studies, Saint Louis University
Divine inspiration: the artistic trajectory of Alice Coltrane
An intimate conversation with Michelle Coltrane and musical guest Surya Botofasina