Berkleemusic News

Berkleemusic band The Volunteers “laid down some NYC-style rocking that was impossible to ignore” at Berklee College of Music’s 4th Annual SXSW Party on March 20th. Along with eight other bands in four-and-a-half hours, the Berkleemusic band energized the crowd at Friends.

The group’s manager, online music business student Richard Zack, was thrilled by the band’s performance. “I had a blast at SXSW, and the Berkleemusic party ROCKED!” Richard said. “People flowed inside to see the bands when they heard the music out on 6th street.”

Read a full review of the Berklee party here. And check out The Volunteers on MySpace.

Among the hundreds of showcases and thousands of attendees at SXSW, a handful of Berkleemusic students connected outside of the online classroom for the first time. Richard Zack and Dave Smith from The Volunteers, Ihor Gowda (manager of Suzanna Choffel), Keri Bender, and singer/songwriter Kate Shutt met with Berkleemusic instructor Mike King and other staff members at Paradise on March 19th.

Clockwise from Right: Mike King, Richard Zack, Pat Raymond, Jessie Cappuccilli, Keri Bender, Kate Schutt, Ihor Gowda, and Dave Smith.