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Performances
 

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

Upcoming Performances

Monday August 12, 2024
Kim Perlak, guitar; featuring David Tronzo, guitar;
and Francisco Mela, drums; with special guest
Wendy Jehlen, dancer
Berklee Performance Center
Free and Open to the Public
https://www.berklee.edu/BPC/events/kim-perlak

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Past Performances

2024

April 26-27, 2024

Yale Alumni Association

Board of Governors Meeting

Yale University

New Haven, CT

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

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

March 11, 2024

New Music Concert, Music of Beth Denisch

David Friend Recital Hall

Berklee College of Music

Boston, MA

February 25, 2024

Boston Classical Guitar Society

Hingham Library

Hingham, MA

February 15, 2024

Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night

David Friend Recital Hall

Berklee College of Music

Boston, MA

January 25-27, 2024

Yale Alumni Association

Board of Governors Meeting

(virtual)

Guitarists Play for Maui

Virtual Concert

December 17, 2024

4pm EST

Service of Hope and Healing

Trinity Church Boston at Copley Square

December 14, 2024

12 - 1:30pm

2023

2023

November 16-18, 2023

Yale Alumni Association Assembly

School of Music Delegate and Board of Governors

Yale University

New Haven, CT

October 13-14, 2023

Oakton Guitar Festival

Solo concert and workshop

Oakton, IL

September 22-23, 2023

Yale Alumni Association

Board of Governors Meeting

Yale University

New Haven, CT

September 21, 2023

Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night

David Friend Recital Hall

Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA

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

 

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

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

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

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

February 9-11, 2022

Berklee Online

Video Shoot for Berklee Beginning Guitar

January 25, 2022

Guitar Foundation of America

Zoom Happy Hour for Educators 

September 29, 2021

Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night 

David Friend Recital Hall

Berklee College of Music

Livestream and in-person

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

Livestream Archive

Day 3, Event 13

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

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

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

April 6, 2020

(Postponed due to Covid)

Perlak/Tronzo Duo

Spontaneous Composition Concert/Clinic

Steve Heck Room

Berklee College of Music

March 9, 2020
Perlak/Tronzo Duo
Spontaneous Composition Concert/Clinic
Steve Heck Room
Berklee College of Music

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

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

 

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

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

March 3, 2019

Fretfest 2019

Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD

https://peabody.jhu.edu/event/fret-fest/

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

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

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

March 9-10, 2018

Loudon County Guitar Festival

Solo Concert and Conducting

Loudon County, VA

March 4, 2018

Perlak/Tronzo Duo

Fretfest 2018

Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/preparatory/departments/guitar/fret_festival/

February 17-22, 2018

Berkelee Auditions and Interviews

London, England

February 11, 2018 

Perlak/Tronzo Duo

Boston Classical Guitar Society

Hingham Library, 3pm

www.bostonclassicalguitar.org

January 31, 2018 

Perlak/Tronzo Duo

Solo/Duo Faculty Guitar Night VIII

Berklee College of Music

David Friend Recital Hall, 7:30pm

www.berklee.edu/events

November 11, 2017 

Clinics and Concert: Seoul Jazz Academy

Seoul, Korea

Berklee Global Initiatives

November 2, 2017 

Clinics and masterclasses: Rhythm Alley

Taipei, Taiwan

Berklee Global Initiatives

October 1, 2017

“First Sunday Series”

Portsmouth Public Library

Portsmouth, NH

www.cityofportsmouth.com/librarypmaconline.org

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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