Timeless: A Celebration of Berklee’s 75th Anniversary (Virtual Concert)

Timeless celebrates Berklee College of Music’s 75th anniversary in a late-night show format with alumni hosts Shea Rose B.M. '11 and Simone Scazzocchio B.M. '10. A chair and faculty house band featuring musical director and pianist George Russell Jr, saxophonist Tia Fuller, trumpeter Tanya Darby, bassist Danny Mo and drummer Yoron Israel will take us through the musical history of this celebrated institution with guests Roger Brown, Nichelle Mungo, Eguie Castrillo, Rosemary Dowling, Kurt Douglas, Michelle Chasse and many more. A curated student band with vocalist Esperanza Delgado, pianist Estefania Nunez Villamandos, and bassist Patricia Ligia Gomez Ferolla will be featured during the evening. Audience members are invited to attend this free virtual celebration with stories, music, and familiar faces from Berklee’s 75 years.

Hosted by
Shea Rose
Simone Scazzocchio

Groovalicious
George Russell Jr., Musical Director, Piano/Keyboards
Tanya Darby, Trumpet
Tia Fuller, Saxophone
Danny Morris, Bass
Yoron Israel, Drums

Music performed by Groovalicious:
“Better Days” - Yoron Isreal
"Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder
"Straight, No Chaser" - Thelonious Monk
“Georgia on my mind” - Stuart Gorrell arranged by George W. Russell Jr.
“Let’s Dance” - David Bowie
“Golden Lady”- Stevie Wonder arranged by Tia Fuller
“Mr. PC” John Coltrane Arranged by George W. Russell Jr.

Music and Media section
Alan Silvestri ’70, Back to the Future
Ramin Djawadi ’98, Game of Thrones
Joe Kraemer ’93, Mission: Impossible–Rogue Nation
Quincy Jones ’51, The Italian Job
Alf Clausen ’66, The Simpsons
Pinar Toprak ’00, Captain Marvel
Kazuma Jinnouchi ’02, Halo 4
Howard Shore ’69, The Silence of the Lambs
Quincy Jones ’51, Sanford and Son
Geoff Zanelli ’96, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Amie Doherty ’13, Undone
Howard Shore ’69, The Lord of the Rings
Jessica Rae Huber ’12, The Future Is Female: A Concert for Women in Film
Nobuko Toda ’03, Metal Gear Solid 4
Tanya Noel Hill ’95 , Music Editor, Spider-Man: Far from Home

“Test of Time” Contestants
Eguie Castrillo
Rosemary Dowling
Nichelle Mungo

“Let’s Dance” Contestants
Michelle Chassé
Kurt Douglas

Special Guest Appearance by
President Roger H. Brown

Mestizas
Ojalá Que Llueva Café by Juan Luis Guerra
Esperanza Delgado, Vocals
Estefania Nuñez Villamandos, Piano
Patricia Ligia, Bass

Produced by
Michael Borgida
Jeannie Greeley

Written and Directed by
Jeannie Greeley

Associate Producer
Steffan Hacker

Production Coordinator
Jonathan Foo

Video Editors
Michael Borgida
Jeannie Greeley
Steffan Hacker
Jihae Kim
Isak Kotecki
Sage Shriver-Blough

Audio Recording Engineers
Isabel Rodríguez
Andres Gonzalez-Cardona

Assistant Audio Recording Engineers
Rodrigo Martins
Georgia Parker

Playback
Rodrigo Martins

Sound Design/SFX
Andres Gonzalez-Cardona

Game Show Theme Music
Andres Gonzalez-Cardona

Audio Post-Production
Andres Gonzalez-Cardona
Rodrigo Martins
Isabel Rodríguez

Design
Steffan Hacker

Color correction & finishing
Steffan Hacker

Camera Operators
Jeannie Greeley
Steffan Hacker
Marlon Solomon
Zakriya Bashir-Hill

Jib Operator
Walter Argo

Assistant Jib Operator
Tony Argo

Special Effects
Zakriya Bashir-Hill

Berklee Performance Center Production Managers
Ed Liberatore
David Hughes
Ryan Jones

Lighting Designers
Riley Parkhurst
Abby Heiser

Stage Crew
Pedro Laet
Gabe Holmes
Gustavo Lima
Ian Epstein
Sanjin Kim
Miranda Li
Kendall Mistretta
JC Chiam

Bryan Barancik, creative consultant

Styling by Taylor Greeley

Music for technology tribute
Aaron Wolff
“How Many Sounds”
EPD Compilation 2020

Images courtesy of the Berklee Archives

Photos of Shea and Simone by Joel Benjamin

Additional images courtesy of Marian Wilson, Shea Rose, Arlene Ash

Global Shout-out by Berklee Alumni and Partners
Izhar Ben
Wambura Mitaru
Concetta Cettina Donato
Maria Fernanda Martínez
Liam Corcoran
Nella
Stephen Enos
Fernando Chávez "Fech"
Melody Diachun
Yujiro Maeda
Takafumi Kojima
Yukimasa Arimasa
Mieko Okitsu
Rika Okonogi
Li Gao
Farid Yahya
Rozhan Razman
Rie Tsuji
Aditya Balani
Niu Raza
Layth Sidiq
Alliz Espi
Guy von Gaudecker
Phil Hilfiker
Gabriel Majou

Special thanks to
Lindsay Field
Rob Hayes
Cathy Horn
Christopher Kandus-Fisher
Betsy Newman
Tom Riley
Michael Bierylo
David Mash
Phil Wilson
Jason Camelio