Boston's Berklee College Of Music will present Tony Award-winning singer/actress Jennifer Holliday and rock guitarist/alumnus Steve Vai with honorary doctor of music degrees this Friday (Sept. 8) during the school's College 2000 Entering Student Convocation.
The pair will be among those welcoming approximately 800 new students from 75 countries that will make up Berklee's entering Class of 2004. A group of current students will perform the music of both Vai and Holliday during the ceremony at the Berklee Performance Center.
Holliday's 1996 Geffen "Best Of" album peaked at No. 50 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Vai's latest, "The Ultra Zone" (Epic), peaked at No. 121 on The Billboard 200 last September.
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"4 Guys Named Jose...and Una Mujer Named Maria," produced by Enrique Iglesias and Dasha Epstein, will open Sept. 18 at New York's Blue Angel Theatre. Described as "a funny and passionate celebration of Latino song and dance," the show marks Iglesias' debut as a theatrical producer, while Epstein's resume includes the Tony Award-winning Broadway shows "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Children Of A Lesser God."
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Atlantic recording artist Tori Amos gave birth to her first child, a daughter, yesterday (Sept. 5). The name of the child, also the first for her husband, Mark Hawley, has not been released. All are said to be doing well.
In a statement, Amos remarked on feeding her daughter for the first time, saying, "an ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila."
Amos' most recent album, the half-live/half-studio "To Venus And Back," debuted at No. 12 on The Billboard 200 last October.
The pair will be among those welcoming approximately 800 new students from 75 countries that will make up Berklee's entering Class of 2004. A group of current students will perform the music of both Vai and Holliday during the ceremony at the Berklee Performance Center.
Holliday's 1996 Geffen "Best Of" album peaked at No. 50 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Vai's latest, "The Ultra Zone" (Epic), peaked at No. 121 on The Billboard 200 last September.
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"4 Guys Named Jose...and Una Mujer Named Maria," produced by Enrique Iglesias and Dasha Epstein, will open Sept. 18 at New York's Blue Angel Theatre. Described as "a funny and passionate celebration of Latino song and dance," the show marks Iglesias' debut as a theatrical producer, while Epstein's resume includes the Tony Award-winning Broadway shows "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Children Of A Lesser God."
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Atlantic recording artist Tori Amos gave birth to her first child, a daughter, yesterday (Sept. 5). The name of the child, also the first for her husband, Mark Hawley, has not been released. All are said to be doing well.
In a statement, Amos remarked on feeding her daughter for the first time, saying, "an ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila."
Amos' most recent album, the half-live/half-studio "To Venus And Back," debuted at No. 12 on The Billboard 200 last October.
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