Singers Showcase: Sentimental Journey—Seven Decades, Seven Songs (Virtual Concert)

Our 75th anniversary celebrations continue with a special edition of Singers Showcase, featuring some of Berklee’s most outstanding vocalists, instrumentalists, dancers, arrangers, track producers, and engineers. To curate the concert and commemorate over seven decades of extraordinary music-making, members of the Berklee community were invited to submit their favorite songs from 1945 to 2021. The resulting repertoire traces many musical eras, genres, and artists. Join us for a retrospective and present-day glimpse into the deep and diverse well of popular music that has graced our stages, filled our practice rooms, and topped our digital playlists. Produced by Maureen McMullan ’09, the performance features a full rhythm section, horns, strings, background vocalists, and dancers. Presented in the style of a TV music special, the show opens with an instrumental version of “Sentimental Journey,” the biggest hit from 1945, the year that Lawrence Berk founded Schillinger House (now Berklee), the first college-level school in the United States where jazz was the basis of the curriculum. Enjoy music that will transport you through the decades while commentary from student host Nia Ashleigh Harris—as well as rare photos and ephemera from the Berklee Archives—highlight key elements of the College’s storied 75-year history.

BERKLEE PRESENTS PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer/Artistic Director, Maureen McMullan
Director, Tom Baskett
Musical Directors, Tsunenori (Lee) Abe & Maureen McMullan
Arranging Supervisor, Tsunenori (Lee) Abe
Production Supervisor, Claire Marie Lim
Background Vocal Coordinator, Nichelle Mungo
Technical Director, Ari Eschtruth
Recording Engineers, Davin Kingston
Hao Jen Lam
Rodrigo Martins
Ari Eschtruth
Production Asst/Score Prep, Taylor Fleming
Video Assistant, Gelin Hau
Choreographers, Josiah Fluker-McInnis & Christelle Pascal

VIDEO PRODUCTION
Video Director, Simon C.F. Yu
Videographer, Kenneth Shifman
Videographer, Jin Choi
Videography, Cast of Singers Showcase

VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION
Video Editor, Simon C.F. Yu - Sentimental Journey / Nature Boy / What’d I Say / Last Dance / Welcome To The Jungle / Waterfalls
Video Editor, Nicole Egidio - Hey Jude / One Last Time
Assistant Video Editor, Jude Kim

MIX ENGINEERS
Mark Wessel, Sentimental Journey / What’d I Say / Hey Jude
Alex Rodriguez, Last Dance / Welcome To The Jungle
Emanuel Keller (alumnus) - Nature Boy / Waterfalls
Claire Marie Lim, One Last Time

LEAD VOCAL PRODUCTION
Maureen McMullan
Tom Baskett

BACKGROUND VOCAL PRODUCTION
Nichelle Mungo

ADDITIONAL AUDIO EDITING & SUPPORT
Claire Marie Lim, Ari Eschtruth, Tsunenori (Lee) Abe, Gustavo Lima

MASTERING
Jonathan Wyner

BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER - RECORDING SESSIONS
Associate Director of Production, Ryan Jones
Multitrack Recording Engineer, Alejo Planchart
Production Manager, Ed Libertore
Videography, Video Services
Video Production Manager, Kenneth Shifman
Video Services Assistant, Jin Choi
Lighting Designer, Amanda Andrews
Lighting Designer, Riley Parkhurst

Stage Crew/Assistant Engineers
Harmeet Bhatia, JC Chiam, Kendall Mistretta, Ian Epstein, Nathan Zini, Luciana Avila, Pedro Laet, Jin Kim

Camera Operators
Victor Feliciano, Shivansh Singh, Magdalena Rębisz, Sebastian Teodoro

DAVID FRIEND RECITAL HALL RECORDING SESSION
Videographer/Green Screen, Kenneth Shifman

PROGRAM
Sentimental Journey, L. Brown, B. Homer
Arranger, Tsunenori (Lee) Abe

Nature Boy, E. Ahbez
Arranger, Gabriel de Leon
Lead Vocal, Ilija Mihailovic

What’d I Say, R. Charles
Arranger, Joseph (JP) Dewey
Lead Vocals, Dylan White

Hey Jude, Lennon-McCartney
Arranger, Tsunenori (Lee) Abe
Lead Vocals, Nishant Shekar

Last Dance, P. Jabara
Arranger, Claudia Medina Quispe
Lead Vocals, Esperanza Delgado Camacho

Welcome To The Jungle, Guns N’ Roses
Arranger, David Xu
Lead Vocals, Grace Pehrman

Waterfalls, M. Etheridge, L. Lopes, Organized Noize
Arranger, Adam Dorfman
Lead Vocals, Laura Guzman, Min A Lee, Stephanie Pourgouri
Special Guest - Keira Smith

One Last Time, D. Guetta, S. Kotecha, G. Tuinfort, R. Racoub, C. Falk
Arrangers, Baolu Chen & Claire Marie Lim
Lead Vocals, Masa Vujadinovic

LEAD VOCALISTS
Ilija Mihailovic, Belgrade, Serbia
Dylan White, Wytheville, VA
Nishant Shekar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Esperanza Delgado Camacho, Córdoba, Spain
Grace Pehrman, Laurel Springs, NJ
Laura Guzman, Salcedo, Dominican Republic
Min A Lee, Seoul, South Korea
Stephanie Pourgouri, Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Keira Smith, Atlanta, GA
Masa Vujadinovic, Podgorica, Montenegro

BACKGROUND VOCALISTS
Amber Meagher, Grapevine, TX
Miriam Kyzer, Longmont, CO
Yadan (Elaine) Zheng, Shanghai, China
Noa Angell Boon, Singapore, Singapore
Anthony DiBella, Oakdale, NY
Jack Chen, Vancouver, BC, Canada

HEY JUDE - ADDITIONAL VOICES
Adam Dorfman, Joseph (JP) Dewey, Anabel Gil Diaz, Alex Golden, Claire Marie Lim, Tsunenori (Lee) Abe, Boston Jazz Voices

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