Kim Perlak
Calendar
Berklee Guitar Department "Coffee Talk"
Weekly podcast episodes, Nov. 2020 - present
Hosted by Kim Perlak, Sheryl Bailey, Ian Steed
Available here, and wherever you get your podcasts
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​Upcoming Events - Spring & Summer 2025​​
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April 12, 2025
Stetson University Guitar Workshop
Masterclass, Performance Clinic
DeLand, FL
https://admissions.stetson.edu/register/?id=43d3486e-233c-40ec-8ea8-031a3a87efec
April 25, 2025
Perlak/Mela Duo: "SPACES"
Sacred Black Records
Debut Record Release Date!
All Streaming Platforms
https://www.sacredblackrecords.org/albums
https://www.sacredblackrecords.org/news
April 30-May 2
Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors Meeting
New Haven, CT
May 4, 2025
Perlak/Mela Duo: "SPACES"
Record Release Concert
The Lilypad
6-8pm
Cambridge, MA
https://www.sacredblackrecords.org/news
https://www.lilypadinman.com/home/2025/5/4/perlakmela-duo
May 30, 2025
Berklee Onsite (Berklee Online)
Guitar Workshop
https://online.berklee.edu/berklee-onsite
June 22 -- July 5, 2025
Classical Guitar Workshop
BUTI Tanglewood Institute
2-week Workshop
Lenox, MA
https://www.bu.edu/cfa/tanglewood/program/classical-guitar-workshop/
July 1, 2025
BUTI Tanglewood Institute
Faculty Recital, Solo guitar
Trinity Church, Lenox MA
7pm,
Open to the Public
August 11, 2025
Berklee Guitar Sessions
Perlak/Mela Duo
Performance Clinic
Berklee Performance Center
4pm
Open to the Public
https://summer.berklee.edu/programs/guitar-sessions
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Past Events
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2025
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March 11-13, 2025
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Artist Residency
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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March 1, 2025
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
BCGS Tufts Library Series
Weymouth, MA​
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February 13, 2025
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night:
In Memory of Dan Bowden
Lee Berk Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
February 8, 2025
Yale Guitar Extravaganza
Solo Performance
Yale School of Music, Sprague Hall​​​​​​​​​​​
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January 23, 2025
Perlak/Mela Duo
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
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January 16, 2025
Careers, Life, and Yale Panel Series
Creative Careers in Music: Traditional and Innovative Paths, Present and Future
Panel Leader and Moderator
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January 14, 2025
BTOT: Berklee Teachers on Teaching
Shifting the Spotlight: Analyzing Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Panelist
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January 13, 2025
BTOT: Berklee Teachers on Teaching
Non-idiomatic Improvisation as a Teaching Tool
Panelist
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2024
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December 14, 2024
Faculty Recital: Benjamin Verdery
Ensemble Guest Player for "Ellis Island"
Yale School of Music, Sprague Hall
New Haven, CT
November 15-18, 2024
Yale Alumni Association Assembly
Yale University, New Haven, CT
November 14, 2024
Yale School of Music Guitar Studio
Clinic: Fretboard Knowledge and Creative Composition
Yale University, New Haven, CT
October 5, 2024
Recording Session with Francisco Mela, drums
Squam Sound, NH
Record release, April 2025
September 25, 2024
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night XXII
Duo with Francisco Mela, drums
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
September 18-21, 2024
Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors Meeting
Yale University, New Haven, CT
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August 12, 2024
Kim Perlak, guitar; featuring David Tronzo, guitar; and Francisco Mela, drums; with special guest Wendy Jehlen, dancer.
Berklee Performance Center
https://www.berklee.edu/BPC/events/kim-perlak
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April 26-27, 2024
Yale Alumni Association
Board of Governors Meeting
Yale University
New Haven, CT
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Friday April 26, 2024
25 Tributes: Celebrating Lee Eliot Berk
Leading the Tribute from Guitar Department
Berklee Performance Center
Ticketed Event
https://www.berklee.edu/BPC/events/lee-berk-celebration
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Monday March 25, 2024
Perlak/Tronzo Duo in Concert
Oliver Colvin Hall
Berklee College of Music
Free & Open to the Public
https://www.berklee.edu/events/perlak-tronzo-duo-in-concert
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March 11, 2024
New Music Concert, Music of Beth Denisch
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
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February 25, 2024
Boston Classical Guitar Society
Hingham Library
Hingham, MA
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February 15, 2024
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
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January 25-27, 2024
Yale Alumni Association
Board of Governors Meeting
(virtual)
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Virtual Concert
December 17, 2024
4pm EST
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Service of Hope and Healing
Trinity Church Boston at Copley Square
December 14, 2024
12 - 1:30pm
2023
2023
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November 16-18, 2023
Yale Alumni Association Assembly
School of Music Delegate and Board of Governors
Yale University
New Haven, CT
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October 13-14, 2023
Oakton Guitar Festival
Solo concert and workshop
Oakton, IL
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September 22-23, 2023
Yale Alumni Association
Board of Governors Meeting
Yale University
New Haven, CT
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September 21, 2023
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
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June 26-29, 2023
Berklee Guitar Sessions
Chair
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
June 19-24, 2023
Guitar Foundation of America Convention
Board of Trustees
New York, NY
May 1, 2023
Book Release
Berklee Guitar Theory
Berklee Essential Guitar Songbook
Berklee Press
March 31, 2023
Endorsement panel
Moderator
Career Jam
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
March 8, 2023
To DMA or Not to DMA?
Panelist
Yale School of Music
New Haven, CT
March 1, 2023
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night
In duo with David Tronzo
The Loft
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
February 17, 2023
Social Media: Use It, Don’t Abuse It
Panel Series, Moderator and Panelist
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
February 2-4, 2023
Orlando County Public Schools
All-County Guitar Orchestra
Orlando, FL
January 29, 2023
Music and Health Symposium
Military and Veterans
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
2022
December 13, 2022
Longest Night Service
Trinity Church Boston
Copley Square
Boston, MA
May 25, 2022
The Art of the Guitar Festival
Performance and Panel
LaGuardia Community College
Queens, NY
November 9, 2022
Clinic
Yale University School of Music
New Haven, CT
November 9-12, 2022
Yale Alumni Association Assembly
Delegate service for the Yale School of Music
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October 6-9, 2022
Oakton Guitar Festival
Chicago, Il
Concert and Clinic
September 29, 2022
Texas State University
Music Forum, Guest Artist
September 27, 2022
Berklee College of Music
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night XVIII
Solo performance
The Loft
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September 10, 2022
Boston Classical Guitar Society
Solo Concert
Tufts Library
Weymouth, MA
March 24, 2022
Berklee College of Music
"Women Who Lead" Panel
The Loft
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March 22, 2022
Boston Classical Guitar Society
Guitar Quartet performance, premiere of Pavel Stiedl's
"Pictures from Moravia"
March 10, 2022
Berklee Performance Center
Mick Goodrick Legacy Concert
Producer, leader
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February 9-11, 2022
Berklee Online
Video Shoot for Berklee Beginning Guitar
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January 25, 2022
Guitar Foundation of America
Zoom Happy Hour for Educators
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2021
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September 29, 2021
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
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June 24-27, 2021
Guitar Foundation of America Convention 2021
Guitar Society Roundtable: Equity in Programming in Performance and Education
with panelists Kim Perlak, John Olson, Ciyadh Wells, Kathy Acosta, Hillary Field
Day 3, Event 13
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2020
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December 13, 2020
"Liberally Speaking" Episode 2: Kim Perlak, guitarist, educator, and public servant; Robert Tudor, producer, interviewer
Podcast, available on Apple Podcasts
September 30, 2020
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night XIV
Virtual Event
September 26, 2020
63rd Monterey Jazz Festival
Presentation of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship to Berklee College of Music
Virtual Event
July 7, 2020
Webinar: Meet the Berklee Guitar Department!
Recorded for subsequent viewing
Please contact Berklee Admissions for the link: admissions@berklee.edu
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June 30, 2020
Tertulia: Conversations with Scholars, Boston University, National University of Mexico, Berklee College of Music
“Guitar in Cultures”
*Video/Virtual Broadcast release TBA
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May 3o, 2020
International Association for Music and Medicine (IAMM) Virtual Conference
Broadcast Interview and Performance Video with David Tronzo
Evening Concert
All Sessions recorded for subsequent viewing: www.music-medicine.net
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April 6, 2020
(Postponed due to Covid)
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Spontaneous Composition Concert/Clinic
Steve Heck Room
Berklee College of Music
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March 9, 2020
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Spontaneous Composition Concert/Clinic
Steve Heck Room
Berklee College of Music
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February 22 & 23, 2020
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
FretFest 2020
Peabody Institute
Baltimore, MD
https://www.dininarts.com/zane-sched/2020/2/22/baltimore-md-peabody-fretfest
February 7, 2020
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night X
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
https://www.berklee.edu/events/soloduo-faculty-guitar-night-x​
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January 22, 2020
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night XII
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
https://www.berklee.edu/events/soloduo-faculty-guitar-night-xii
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2019
November 18, 2019
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Spontaneous Composition Concert/Clinic
Steve Heck Room
Berklee College of Music
November 7, 2019
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Birmingham Southern Residency
The Hugh & Barbara Thomas Master Class Series
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham, AL
https://www.bsc.edu/academics/art/artscalendar.html
October 14, 2019
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Spontaneous Composition Concert/Clinic
Steve Heck Room
Berklee College of Music
October 10, 2019
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night XI
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
https://www.berklee.edu/events/soloduo-faculty-guitar-night-xi
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September 13 & 14, 2019
Oakton Guitar Festival 2019
Des Plaines, IL
https://www.oakton.edu/about/thearts/performing_arts_center/current_season/index.php
August 14, 2019
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Guitar Sessions: Concert/Clinic
Berklee Performance Center
Berklee College of Music
https://www.berklee.edu/events/guitar-sessions-perlaktronzo-duo-0
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March 3, 2019
Fretfest 2019
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD
https://peabody.jhu.edu/event/fret-fest/
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2018
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October 31, 2018
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night XI
“A Tribute to John Marasco”
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music
https://www.berklee.edu/events/soloduo-faculty-guitar-night-ix
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September 14 & 15, 2018
Oakton Guitar Festival 2018
Des Plaines, IL
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/enjoy-workshops-concerts-oakton-s-guitar-festival-sept-14-15
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August 14, 2018
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Guitar Sessions: Concert/Clinic
Berklee Performance Center
Berklee College of Music
https://www.berklee.edu/events/guitar-sessions-perlaktronzo-duo
April 5, 2018
CD Release Concert: Perlak/Tronzo Duo
David Friend Recital Hall
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
https://www.berklee.edu/events/perlaktronzo
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March 9-10, 2018
Loudon County Guitar Festival
Solo Concert and Conducting
Loudon County, VA
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March 4, 2018
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Fretfest 2018
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD
http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/preparatory/departments/guitar/fret_festival/
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February 17-22, 2018
Berkelee Auditions and Interviews
London, England
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February 11, 2018
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Boston Classical Guitar Society
Hingham Library, 3pm
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January 31, 2018
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night VIII
Berklee College of Music
David Friend Recital Hall, 7:30pm
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2017
November 11, 2017
Clinics and Concert: Seoul Jazz Academy
Seoul, Korea
Berklee Global Initiatives
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November 2, 2017
Clinics and masterclasses: Rhythm Alley
Taipei, Taiwan
Berklee Global Initiatives
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October 1, 2017
“First Sunday Series”
Portsmouth Public Library
Portsmouth, NH
www.cityofportsmouth.com/librarypmaconline.org
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September 19, 2017
Faculty Concert: “Solo/Duo Guitar Night VII”
Berklee College of Music
David Friend Recital Hall
www.berklee.edu/events
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