Berklee College of Music
Berklee
College of Music
Establishes the New Orleans
Visiting Artist Fund
By Permission
BOSTON, MA, Sept. 23, 2005 -- In an effort to directly support
musicians whose lives have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, Berklee College
of Music has created the New Orleans Visiting Artist Fund to bring musicians
from the birthplace of jazz to America’s first college of jazz for teaching
residencies and performances. Pianist Henry Butler and saxophonist Donald
Harrison are the first two recipients with arrangements being made to bring
others to campus throughout the 2005-2006 school year. Butler - blind since
birth and with a style that combines jazz, Caribbean, classical, R&B,
and blues influences – will teach Hammond organ labs and blues history
classes at Berklee on Sept. 26 – 28.
