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Berklee Indian Ensemble

Berklee Indian Ensemble
7:30 PM
$15.00

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"The Indian Ensemble is more than just a class at Berklee College of Music. It's home."

With members from 42 countries (till date), the Berklee Indian Ensembl e provides an open and inclusive creative space for musicians from all over the world to explore, study, interpret, and create music influenced by the rich and varied mosaic that is Indian music today.

From a Carnatic Thillana or a high adrenaline Konnakol conversation, to Indo-jazz experiments or a Quwali, the ensemble performs an expansive repertoire, with the ultimate goal of presenting concerts entirely consisting of original student compositions.

Founded in 2011 by Indian Berklee alum and current faculty member, Annette Philip, the group was the first of it's kind at the college. Starting with just 18 members the first semester, the Berklee Indian Ensemble is now one of the largest performing groups at the college, with over 40 musicians at each concert.

It is the first academic course associated with the college's Berklee India Exchange ( berklee.edu/india), a platform for cultural conversation about Indian music through artist residencies, musical collaborations, performances, and the creation of original Indian music that is historic and timeless.

The ensemble is the first academic course associated with Berklee India Exchange and provides all artistic content for the program, including collaborative works with renowned Indian vocalist, composer, and producer Clinton Cerejo in 2013; Grammy- and Oscar-winning composer A. R. Rahman in 2014; master vocal improviser Vijay Prakash in 2015; and renowned Indian classical vocalist/composer Shankar Mahadevan in 2016.

The Berklee Indian Ensemble is also the only performance class at the college to have viral music videos that have garnered over 35 million hits and counting on YouTube, with its most popular video being a cover of A. R. Rahman's "Jiya Jale," - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZy8115sNXM - with over 12 million hits to date.

Join us as we continue to evolve, and explore infinite possibilities, paving the way for a new generation of musicians to join the rich and diverse global Indian music industry.