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Berklee's Annual Great American Songbook Concert Celebrates Great Women Songwriters
The Signature Series at Berklee continues with The Great
American Songbook: Great Women Songwriters
featuring the music of Aretha Franklin, Dorothy Fields,
Bessie Smith, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Billie Holiday, Laura Nyro,
Lillian Armstrong, Dianne Warren, Brenda Russell, a Dolly Parton medley, a blues medley, and more.
Featured performers include faculty vocalists Donna McElroy,
Lisa Thorson, Chantel Hampton, Nichelle Mungo, and Andrea Capozzoli, and
Berklee students Tickwanya Jones, Natalia Sulca, Callie Benjamin, Jen Hoyt,
Gaby Carillo, Mark Joseph, and Robert Gould. The concert is produced by Rob
Rose and directed by Ken Zambello with McElroy serving as vocal
coordinator.
The Great American Songbook: Great Women Songwriters takes place
on Sunday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center
(BPC), 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Tickets are $8 in advance, $12 day of show, and are available at berkleebpc.com, by calling 617-747-2261,
or at the BPC box office. The venue is wheelchair accessible.
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Previous Great American Songbook concerts have celebrated the
music of Nashville, Motown, Broadway, Quincy Jones, George Gershwin, Burt
Bacharach, Hoagy Carmichael, and Johnny Mercer.
