I had the honor and opportunity to serve as Music Director for the Berklee Black Student Union & Boston Conservatory Black Student Alliance collaboration: Soul Jam 2024. This show featured an entirely black cast, band, dancers, & production team from the Berklee & BoCo communities. This show was very special to me because I had the privilege to help represent these under-appreciated & extremely talented communities.
I want to thank Jalen, Jordan, Kammeron, Aaron, Jacob, Angel, Sam, Ely, Marc, Aja, Josh, Bianca, & Demetrius for being the best team to work with. You all trusted me to get the job done.
I have to give props to one hell of a unit for smacking the 🤬 out of this music. Jevon, Cam, Isaiah, & Cavon. You brothers are all hardworking and gifted. It really was my pleasure to work with you guys these past few weeks.
To the lead vocalists, thank you for making my job easier. You came ready to work and perform and I thank you for that. Vanessa, Sylvia, Sarah, & Nagi it was a pleasure getting to work with you ladies.
To everyone that came through and showed love, thank you. We truly did something special. I’ll never forget this show and the road we traveled to get here.
Production Team:
Jalen Ruff- Executive Producer/Creative Director
Jordan Hall- Executive Producer/Creative Director
Kammeron Frost- Producer
Harrison Joyner- Music Director/Arranger/Programmer
JP Thomas- Vocal Arranger
Aaron Newman- Vocal Arranger
Marc “Waves” Monroe- String Arranger
Angel Farrow- Social Media/Marketing
Sam Brennen- Social Media/Marketing
Josh Griffin- Choreographer/Dancer
Aja Pruitt- Choreographer/Dancer
Bianca Brown- Choreographer
Demetrius Lee- Choreographer
Kai Friendenberg- Videography
Featured Vocalists
Mia Alyssa
Keeme Tajudeen
Rich Raquel
Aliyah Khaylyn
Aniyé Music
Brooklynn
Hope Divine
Lourde Childs
Background Vocalists
Nagi
Sarai
Sylvia
Vanessa DeJean
Band
Cam Burton- Main Keys/Aux Keys
Isaiah Burke- Guitar
Jevon Garrett II- Bass
Cavon Brown- Drums
Ely Goldston- Playback