Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS Bring Jazz Vocalist Diane Richardson and Friends to Roxbury’s Marcella Park for Annual Jazz at the Fort Concert, Sunday, August 4

Boston, MA, July 26, 2013 - Berklee College of Music and the ParkARTS program present the
free annual Jazz at the Fort concert featuring Berklee Voice Department
assistant chair and jazz vocalist Diane Richardson, Sunday, August 4, 5:00 p.m.
at Roxbury’s Marcella Park. Richardson will perform with pianist John
Kordalewski, drummer Yoron Israel, bassist John Lockwood, and saxophonist Lance
Bryant. In the event of rain, the concert will be held at the Mainstage Theater in the Media Arts Center at Roxbury
Community College. 

Marcella Park is located on Highland
Street, Roxbury. Folding chairs, blankets, and picnics are encouraged. The
park is wheelchair accessible. For more information visit berklee.edu/events or call 617-747-6057.

The concert is part of Berklee’s
Summer in the City series, with more than 80 free outdoor events made
possible by presenting sponsor Natixis Global Asset Management, committed to
preserving cultural experience through the power of music. 

About Diane Richardson

Richardson’s melodies and lyrics radiate
honesty and warmth. Her performance style includes a nod to jazz
traditionalists with an appreciation of such cerebral composers as Charles
Mingus, Abbey Lincoln, Wayne Shorter, and many others.  She holds a B.S. in Economics from the
University of Maryland, College Park, a B.M. in Professional Music from Berklee
College of Music, a M.M. from Boston Conservatory, and a D.M.A. in Jazz Studies
from the University of Southern California. 

About Berklee College of Music:

Berklee College of Music, for
over 65 years, has evolved to support its belief that the best way to prepare
students for careers in music is through contemporary music education. The
college was the first in the U.S. to teach jazz, the popular music of the time.
It incorporated rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s, created the world's first degree
programs in film scoring, music synthesis, and songwriting, and, in recent
years, added world music, hip-hop, electronica, and video game music to its
curriculum. With a diverse student body representing over 80 countries, a music
industry "who’s who" of alumni that have received 231 Grammy Awards,
Berklee is the world’s premier learning lab for the music of today—and
tomorrow.

About
ParkARTS

ParkARTS began as Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s
initiative to present a yearlong program of arts- and-culture related programs
and events in Boston's park system. ParkARTS, the Boston Parks and Recreation
Department's multifaceted arts program incorporates the visual, performing, and
participatory arts.  The 2013 ParkARTS performing arts program, sponsored
by Bank of America, will present concerts in Boston neighborhood
parks that range from jazz to symphonic music. 

About Natixis Global Asset
Management, S.A.

Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. (ngam.natixis.com) ranks among the world’s 15
largest asset managers.1 As a multi-affiliate company, NGAM brings
together the expertise of multiple specialized investment managers under one
umbrella with the belief that this combined expertise offers unique market
perspective. The firm spreads this same ideal in the global community by
sponsoring programs and events that help enrich the lives of individuals and
enhance and preserve the cultural experience for future generations through
music.

1  Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2012 ranked
Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. as the 13th largest asset
manager in the world based on assets under management as of December 31, 2011.