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2019 Berklee Signature Series Ariana Grande and Micki Miller Tribute Show Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Berklee Performance Center Directed by Tia Fuller, a professor and Grammy-nominated saxophonist, Berklee’s Ariana Grande and Micki Miller ensembles will perform pop and R&B hits, including “God Is a Woman,” “Side to Side,” “Diamonds,” and more. This two-part concert will feature College and Conservatory vocalists, instrumentalists, and dancers in a fully choreographed production of the artists’ music. Students Max Nudi, Aaron Ward, and Marcus Prince will serve as musical directors for the ensembles. Berklee American Roots Music Program 10th Anniversary Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Berklee Performance Center Celebrating the rst 10 years of the Berklee American Roots Music Program, this extraordinary concert welcomes back some of the amazing musicians who passed through Berklee during the programs rst decade, as well as some of the incredible bands that got their start here. Come hear Sierra Hull ’11 and Molly Tuttle B.M. ’14, the Lonely Heartstring Band, Mile Twelve, Twisted Pine, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Jenna & Màiri (Jenna Moynihan B.M. ’13 and Màiri Chaimbeul B.M. ’16), and the Goodbye Girls, as well as Donna McElroy and the Jubilee Spirit Ensemble, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, Darol Anger, Kevin Barry, and others. The concert is produced by Matt Glaser, artistic director of the Berklee American Roots Music Program. The Checkout—Live at Berklee Luciana Souza w/ Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Red Room at Cafe 939 Grammy-winning vocalist Luciana Souza returns to her alma mater. She will be mentoring and performing with the Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors, a group of graduate students in the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. The performance will be broadcast as a part of WBGO’s the Checkout—Live at Berklee. The concert will include new and older pieces by Luciana, an artist who has always demonstrated an afnity to poetry. Career Jam 2019 Sylvia Rhone Tribute Concert Friday, April 5, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Berklee Performance Center Berklee’s Career Jam culminates in a concert celebrating Sylvia Rhone, “godmother of the music industry,” and many of the genre-spanning, world-renowned artists she has launched and worked with throughout her career. Led by musical director Rob Lewis ’94 (Christina Aguilera, New Kids on the Block, Toni Braxton), the concert will feature Berklee students performing the music of Missy Elliott, J.J. Fad, Tracy Chapman, Lil Wayne, and Camila Cabello..