SIGNATURE SERIES Great American Songbook: Carole King-The 50th Anniversary of Tapestry (Virtual Concert) The 2021 Great American Songbook concert will pay tribute to Carole King’s monumental and universally beloved album Tapestry, which turns 50 this year. Produced by Maureen McMullan ’09, the virtual concert will feature some of Berklee’s most outstanding vocalists, instrumentalists, arrangers, dancers, track producers, engineers, and a very special guest. Often described as timeless-due to its sincere and intimate lyrical expressions of human emotions, love, interconnectedness, affirmation, yearning, and hope-Tapestry is considered one of the greatest singer-songwriter albums of all time. With over 25 million copies sold, it was also a commercial and critical success, staying at no. 1 for 15 straight weeks and winning four Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Song of the Year (“You’ve Got a Friend”), Record of the Year (“It’s Too Late”), and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Tapestry made King a star in 1971, but she had already been a hugely successful staff songwriter for more than a decade, during the famed Brill Building era, with her former husband, Gerry Goffin. At only 28 years old, King wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on Tapestry, several of which had already been hits for other artists, such as the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” and James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend.” Tapestry became a soundtrack to many people’s lives while helping to launch the singer-songwriter movement of the early ’70s, inspiring and influencing a generation of writers, then and now. SPECIAL THANKS Carole King Sherry Kondor Roger H. Brown, President, Berklee Larry Simpson, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost Betsy Newman, Senior Vice President for Student Enrollment and Engagement Tom Riley, Vice President for External Affairs Jay Kennedy, Vice President for Academic Affairs/Vice Provost Christopher Kandus-Fisher, Cathy Horn, Assistant Vice President, Concert OperationsVice President of Student Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion Michael Borgida, Director for Marketing and External Affairs Efi Georgiou, Creative Director, Design Services Reggie Lofton, Director, Video Services Nick Balkin, Director of Editorial Services Tiger Okoshi, Professor, Brass Álvaro Kapaz, Guitarist, Producer, Entrepreneur Eugene Ahn, Publicist BPC - RECORDING SESSIONS Associate Director of Production, Ryan Jones Production Manager, Ed Liberatore Video Production Manager/Director, Kenneth Shifman Lighting Designer, Riley Parkhurst Stage Crew, Gustavo Lima, Abby Heiser.
This is great! I was 15 when I first heard and at the same time saw the cover. That was the Hippie I wanted to be. I have been a fan ever since. Then I found out she had written many of my favorite songs well before Tapestry. Bravo 🙌🏻 ! Encore! Standing Ovation!
SIGNATURE SERIES
Great American Songbook: Carole King-The 50th Anniversary of Tapestry (Virtual Concert)
The 2021 Great American Songbook concert will pay tribute to Carole King’s monumental and universally beloved album Tapestry, which turns 50 this year. Produced by Maureen McMullan ’09, the virtual concert will feature some of Berklee’s most outstanding vocalists, instrumentalists, arrangers, dancers, track producers, engineers, and a very special guest. Often described as timeless-due to its sincere and intimate lyrical expressions of human emotions, love, interconnectedness, affirmation, yearning, and hope-Tapestry is considered one of the greatest singer-songwriter albums of all time. With over 25 million copies sold, it was also a commercial and critical success, staying at no. 1 for 15 straight weeks and winning four Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Song of the Year (“You’ve Got a Friend”), Record of the Year (“It’s Too Late”), and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.
Tapestry made King a star in 1971, but she had already been a hugely successful staff songwriter for more than a decade, during the famed Brill Building era, with her former husband, Gerry Goffin. At only 28 years old, King wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on Tapestry, several of which had already been hits for other artists, such as the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” and James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend.” Tapestry became a soundtrack to many people’s lives while helping to launch the singer-songwriter movement of the early ’70s, inspiring and influencing a generation of writers, then and now.
SPECIAL THANKS
Carole King
Sherry Kondor
Roger H. Brown, President, Berklee
Larry Simpson, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost
Betsy Newman, Senior Vice President for Student Enrollment and Engagement
Tom Riley, Vice President for External Affairs
Jay Kennedy, Vice President for Academic Affairs/Vice Provost
Christopher Kandus-Fisher,
Cathy Horn, Assistant Vice President, Concert OperationsVice President of Student Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion
Michael Borgida, Director for Marketing and External Affairs
Efi Georgiou, Creative Director, Design Services
Reggie Lofton, Director, Video Services
Nick Balkin, Director of Editorial Services
Tiger Okoshi, Professor, Brass
Álvaro Kapaz, Guitarist, Producer, Entrepreneur
Eugene Ahn, Publicist
BPC - RECORDING SESSIONS
Associate Director of Production, Ryan Jones
Production Manager, Ed Liberatore
Video Production Manager/Director, Kenneth Shifman
Lighting Designer, Riley Parkhurst
Stage Crew, Gustavo Lima, Abby Heiser.
Carole King herself pointed this out to her fans on Facebook. This is so cool. Thank you so much for doing this. What a timeless masterpiece!🎵👌
I loved this show!! Great job everyone!!!! GO BERKLEE!
Amazing performances! What a great showcase of talent across Berklee. Loved this!
absolutely amazing!! Bravo!
I too am enjoying the visuals. What I'm hearing is great but so is what I'm seeing too.
This is great! I was 15 when I first heard and at the same time saw the cover. That was the Hippie I wanted to be.
I have been a fan ever since.
Then I found out she had written many of my favorite songs well before Tapestry.
Bravo 🙌🏻 ! Encore! Standing Ovation!
Absolutely amazing, wonderful, kudos!
A great tribute to a superb album.
Great! Menea 🎶🎸🎼
Great work!
Amazing work guys!! Well done ✨👏🏻♥️
Lots of love from India💓💓
¡Qué bello homenaje! I love Tapestry.
Very nice 👌
❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻
Livingston Taylor teaches there. He has a brother,what's his name? Sweet Baby something.....