BTOT Brochure 2004 - Berklee College of Music

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Darcel Wilson
Vocalist Darcel Wilson is an instructor in Berklee’s Ear Training
Department and has also taught in the college's City Music
Program and Five-Week Summer Performance Program. Wilson
has worked with such artists as Branford Marsalis, Paul Simon,
Mark Wahlberg, Walter Beasley, Brad Delp, and Armsted
Christian. She also served as the lead session singer and vocal
arranger for the Broadway show Brooklyn the Musical. Her voice
can be heard on various radio and TV jingles.
Event Producer
Matt Glaser
Matt Glaser is the artistic director of the American Roots Music
Program at Berklee College of Music. Prior to this appointment,
he served as the chairman of the String Department at Berklee
for 28 years. He has performed widely in a variety of idioms
ranging from jazz to bluegrass to early music. He has published
four books on contemporary violin styles including Jazz Violin
coauthored with the late Stephane Grappelli. He has written for
many newspapers and music magazines including the Village Voice, Strings, and
Acoustic Musician. He has performed with Stephane Grappelli, David Grisman, Lee
Konitz, Bob Dylan, J. Geils, Leo Kottke, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker,
Kenny Werner, Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, the Waverly Consort, Fiddle Fever, and
most recently with Wayfaring Strangers, a band that fuses jazz and folk music. The
Boston Herald called him “possibly America’s most versatile violinist.” Glaser served
on the board of advisors of the Ken Burns documentary Jazz, and appears in the
film as an expert. He served on the board of directors of Chamber Music America
and the American String Teachers Association. He has performed at the White
House and Carnegie Hall.
Panelists
Bill Banfield
Bill Banfield currently serves as professor of Africana Studies/
Music and Society and as director of Africana Studies programs
at Berklee College of Music. Banfield’s works have been
commissioned, performed, and recorded by orchestras including
the National, Atlanta, Dallas, Akron, Detroit, New York Virtuoso,
Grand Rapids, Akron, Richmond, Toledo, Savannah, Indianapolis,
Sacramento, and San Diego symphonies. In 2002, he served as a
W.E.B. Dubois fellow at Harvard and was invited by Toni Morrison to serve as visiting
Atelier Artist 2003. His music has been performed and/or recorded by; Bobby
McFerrin, Patrice Rushen, Don Byron, Leon Bates, Najee, Ron Carter, Delfeayo