DESCRIPTION:
Aloe Blacc sings Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" as arranged, conducted, and improvised on by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson with Berklee College of Music students live at the Berklee Performance Center. The concert was produced by Revive Music founder Meghan Stabile ‘06.

VULNERABLE: A Marvin Gaye Tribute December 4, 2014
Produced by Meghan Stabile ‘06, Revive Music

What’s Going On (A. Cleveland/M. Gaye/R. Benson)
Aloe Blacc

The Berklee Neo Soul Ensemble and
The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra
Arranged, conducted, violin solo by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Music supervisor Alvin Foster '09

The Berklee Neo Soul Ensemble

Musical director/bass
Jamahl Smith, Atlanta, Georgia

Vocals
Bryson Camper, Dallas, Texas
Cedric Jackson II, Dallas, Texas
J. Scott Martin, Nashville, Tennessee
Alexis Newman, Yonkers, New York
Chelsea Pedano, Woodbury, New Jersey
Christine Smit, Sacramento, CA

Trumpet
Arnetta Johnson, Camden, New Jersey
VanDarrel Woods, Cleveland, Ohio

Alto saxophone
Timothy Hall, Detroit, Michigan

Keyboards
Adrian Forbes, Atlanta, Georgia
Nikko Ielasi, Lacco Ameno, Italy

Guitar
Sheldon Ferguson, Columbia, South Carolina
Juan Andrés Carreño Ariza, Bogotá, Colombia

Steel pan
Richarde’ Bereaux, San Fernando, Trinidad

Percussion
Munir Zakee Richard, Atlanta, Georgia

Drums
Macston Maccow, Boston, Massachusetts

Guests

Bass
Tabari Lake, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Trumpet
Joel Schnaper, Anchorage, Alaska

Trombone
Dorsey Minns, Miami, Florida

The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra

Violin 1
Carlos Silva, concertmaster, Caracas, Venezuela
Antoine Beux, Paris, France
Kailey Zercher, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Yeonsong Kim, Jeju City, South Korea

Violin 2
Miranda Hervey, principal, Cleveland, Ohio
Thomas Krumm, Plymouth Meeting, Pennslvania
Luther Keufner, Lafayette, California
Mona Seked Bolorforosh, Lake Forest, Illinois

Viola
Brendan Klippel, principal, Queensbury, New York
Sandra Choephel, Detroit, Michigan
Robert Connelly, Needham, Massachusetts

Cello
Keizo Yoshioka, principal, Hopedale, Massachusetts
Roman Soto, Houston, Texas

Flute/piccolo
Nicole M. Giermasinski, principal, Hopewell, New Jersey
Juan Rosales, Masaya, Nicaragua

Oboe
Rebecca Tseng, principal, Taiwan, China

French horn
Braden Williams, principal, Daytona Beach, Florida
Mackenzie Oprean, Buffalo, New York

Trombone
George Vu, principal, Los Angeles, California
Cameron Thrower, Los Angeles, California

Bass trombone
Sean Callahan, Collinsville, Illinois

Percussion
Grace Herzog, Eden prairie, Minnesota
Ross Alexander, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Audio
Steve Nicholas, house audio
Alex Rodriguez, mixed audio

Berklee Performance Center Staff
Cathy Horn, senior director of Concert Operations
Brad Berger, director of production
Ryan Jones, associate director of production
Jeffrey Mason, associate director of special events
Reggie Lofton, video services director
Lindsay Yost, house manager
Ed Liberatore, production manager
Alejo Planchart, production manager
Stephanie Planchart, stage manager
Krystal Pegram, manager of ticket operations and patron services Oscar Coen, lighting designer
Mitchell Cohen, stage crew
Steven Langenhorst, stage crew
Wayne Redden, stage crew
Tiffany Roman Louk, stage crew