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12 upcoming concerts and performances from Berklee College of Music, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All classical in Greater Boston →

Fri Oct 30 · 1:00pm

Professional Writing and Music Technology Division Quartet in Residence: The Rhythm Method

Berklee College of Music · Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W) · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

The Rhythm Method, a New York string quartet of four performer-composers, plays contemporary music including new pieces by Berklee writing students, as part of its residency in the college’s Professional Writing and Music Technology Division. The quartet sets out to reimagine the string quartet “in a contemporary, feminist context,” using improvisation, vocalization and graphic notation, and has played Roulette, Joe’s Pub and the Met Museum.

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Wed Nov 18 · 3:00pm

Autumn Flutes, Woodwinds, and Piano

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

The Berklee Flute Choir and the Autumn Winds and Piano Ensemble play under the direction of the woodwind professor Wendy Rolfe, in a programme the school describes as running from Bach to contemporary writing and from Romantic repertoire to Latin American music.

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Thu Nov 19 · 7:30pm

Concert Choir

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Berklee’s Concert Choir, a student ensemble, sings traditional, classical and choral literature in the first of two concerts under this title this season; the second follows in April. Admission is free.

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Mon Dec 7 · 4:00pm

Berklee Marimba Concerts

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Students from the Marimba in Mixed Chamber Music Ensemble and the Marimba Transcriptions and Repertoire Lab play compositions and arrangements for marimba and vibraphone, running from contemporary classical writing into jazz and pop. Nancy Zeltsman directs. There are two performances on the day, at 4pm and 7:30pm.

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Wed Dec 9 · 1:00pm

The Ensemble Pianist

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Classical works for piano four hands share the concert with chamber music for piano and strings, in a selection that spans centuries, “from Bach to the modern age.” A second concert under the same title follows in May. Admission is free.

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Mon Feb 22 · 7:00pm

Harp Extravaganza XXV

Berklee College of Music · Berk Recital Hall (1A) · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

The twenty-fifth annual recital by Berklee's harpists, with a programme running from classical repertoire through contemporary and jazz writing to the players' own compositions. There is also an appearance by the guzheng, a Chinese zither distantly related to the harp and plucked with picks worn on the fingers.

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Tue Feb 23 · 7:00pm

Core Scores and More

Berklee College of Music · Berk Recital Hall (1A) · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Berklee faculty perform standout student projects from the college’s counterpoint and harmony courses: the Art of Counterpoint 1 and 2, Advanced Counterpoint, and Tonal Harmony and Composition 2. Admission is free.

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Tue Apr 6 · 7:00pm

Wind and Reeds

Berklee College of Music · Berk Recital Hall (1A) · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Oboe and flute students from Berklee’s Woodwind Department join two faculty members for an evening of music. Grace Shryock, oboe, plays with Boston Lyric Opera and the Albany and Springfield symphonies and was for four years acting English horn of the New York Philharmonic; Ashley Addington, flute, plays with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Sound Icon.

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Mon Apr 12 · 7:30pm

Concert Choir

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Berklee’s Concert Choir, a student ensemble, sings traditional, classical and choral literature in the second of two concerts under this title this season, after one in November. Admission is free.

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Wed Apr 14 · 3:00pm

Spring Flutes, Winds, and Piano

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

The Berklee Flute Choir and the Spring Winds and Piano Ensemble play under the direction of the woodwind professor Wendy Rolfe, in a programme the school describes as running from Bach to contemporary writing and from Romantic repertoire to Latin American music.

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Mon May 3 · 4:00pm

Berklee Marimba Concerts

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Students from the marimba ensembles play compositions and arrangements for marimba and vibraphone, running from contemporary classical writing into jazz and pop, directed by Nancy Zeltsman. Two performances on the day, at 4pm and 7:30pm. This is the second of two such concerts in the season.

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Wed May 5 · 1:00pm

The Ensemble Pianist

Berklee College of Music · David Friend Recital Hall · Berklee College of Music · Boston · Boston

Classical works for piano four hands share the programme with chamber music for piano and strings, in a selection that spans centuries, “from Bach to the modern age.” This is the second concert under the title this season, after one in December. Admission is free.

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