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X-WR-CALNAME:BERKLEE JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 10th ANNIVERSARY BAND WITH BERKLEE
	 INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS in New York City at Blue Note - Eve
	ntful
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SUMMARY:BERKLEE JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 10th ANNIVERSARY BAND WITH BERKLEE INTE
	RNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
DESCRIPTION: FEATURING: Melissa Aldana\, tenor saxophone Jeremy Sincla
	ir\, trumpet Michael Palma\, piano Nadia Washington\, vocals Jeonglim 
	Yang\, bass Dan Pugach\, drums  Berklee Celebrates 10 Years at the Blu
	e Note Bill Pierce brings top students to play legendary New York jazz
	 club\, May 19. For the tenth straight year\, a group of Berklee's top
	 student instrumentalists and composers will play New York City's lege
	ndary Blue Note Jazz Club. Berklee's Blue Note Ensemble\, directed by 
	Bill Pierce\, chair of woodwinds\, will perform original compositions 
	and jazz standards. The band\, like the institution it hails from\, is
	 a melting pot of different music and cultures\, featuring a saxophoni
	st from Chile\, a bassist from South Korea\, a drummer from Israel\, a
	nd three players from Dallas\, TX. Bill Pierce\, saxophone: Pierce\, B
	erklee's chair of woodwinds\, has enjoyed a long and distinguished car
	eer as a music educator and performer. He has been a Berklee faculty m
	ember for more than three decades and has performed and recorded with 
	some of the indisputable masters of jazz - Freddie Hubbard\, Tony Will
	iams\, Art Farmer\, Hank Jones\, James Williams\, Art Blakey\, and Bra
	nford and Wynton Marsalis\, to name a few. Pierce's sinewy tenor and s
	oprano saxophone lines can be heard on countless albums on which he wa
	s featured as a sideman or leader. Melissa Aldana\, saxophone: A nativ
	e of Santiago\, Chile\, Aldana\, whose father and grandfather are both
	 highly regarded saxophonists\, was born into a musical family. She st
	arted playing saxophone at six\, taking lessons from her father\, and 
	by 12 she had already formed her own band. Aldana is the recipient of 
	Berklee's full-ride Presidential Scholarship and has performed with In
	grid Jensen\, Bob Mintzer\, Danilo Perez\, Joe Lovano\, and George Gar
	zone\, and has toured with Randy Brecker. Jeonglim Yang\, bass: A nati
	ve of South Korea\, Yang\, influenced by Paul Chambers and Ron Carter\
	, at 16\, decided to pursue a career as a jazz bassist. Though she had
	 little formal education in jazz\, her natural talent won her gigs wit
	h many of the finest musicians in Korea. In the fall of 2005\, she app
	lied to Berklee and was accepted on the college?s World Scholarship To
	ur. Yang is currently in her second semester at Berklee. Michael Palma
	\, piano. Originally from Dallas\, TX\, Palma has been playing profess
	ional gigs since 1998. In 2004\, he received a full\, four-year schola
	rship to Berklee\, where he is currently studying professional music. 
	Palma has performed with the college's Scholarship Ensemble\, directed
	 by Dave Santoro\, and is an active jazz and pop composer\, jingle wri
	ter\, and sound designer. Dan Pugach\, drums: Born in Raanana\, Israel
	\, Pugach began playing the drums at 11. He studied at the Rimon Schoo
	l of Jazz\, while serving three years of mandatory military service pl
	aying in the Air Force Big Band. In 2003\, he won the Rimon Jazz Conte
	st and was chosen to represent the school in the IASJ meeting in Freib
	urg\, Germany. Pugach has performed with many of the finest jazz ensem
	bles in Israel\, including The Tel-Aviv Jazz Big Band\, The Israel Kib
	butz Orchestra\, and The Holon Jazz Big Band. Jeremy Sinclair\, trumpe
	t: From Dallas\, TX\, Sinclair began playing trumpet at 11. He enrolle
	d in 2004 at Berklee where he has studied with Dave Santoro\, Hal Croo
	k\, Tiger Okoshi\, Greg Hopkins\, Ed Tomassi\, and Phil Wilson. After 
	completing his degree at Berklee\, he plans to pursue a career in perf
	ormance and education. Nadia Washington\, vocals: From Dallas\, Texas\
	, Washington is the recipient of Berklee's full-ride Presidential Scho
	larship. An accomplished vocalist\, her many awards include Best Jazz 
	Vocalist 2004 and 2005 in the National Down Beat Awards for the Perfor
	ming Arts High School Division\; NAACP/ACT-SO bronze medal in 2004 and
	 silver medal in 2005\; and Best Jazz Vocalist for the Dallas Jazz Orc
	hestra Big Band in 2004 and 2005. Washington has worked with Herb Alpe
	rt\, Destiny's Child\, and Terence Blanchard\, among others. 
LOCATION:Blue Note @ New York, United States
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