Jean Rohe, voice;
Sebastian Noelle, gtr;
Mark Small, bs cl;
Mariel Berger, accordion
Clarity
Mariel Berger, piano
Tear Petals
Kyklos!!:
Joe Bergen, vibes; Samuel Ryder, tenor; Sara Phillips Budde, cls; Taylor Levine, gtr; Josh Lopes bs; Mariel Berger, accordion
What I'm Afraid to Tell You
Laura Kahle, tpt.;
Beth Schenck, alto/sop;
Sara Budde, clarinet;
Amie Amis, fr. horn;
Anne Liebirwirth, bs;
Shawn Baltazor, dms;
Mariel Berger, piano/accordion
Influences
My piano students!!!!!!, everyone I love (which is everyone), dream-secrets, waterfalls, roof-top gardens, car honks, the morning breeze, stars peeking through trees, evesdropped-laughter, muddy puddles,
The Claudia Quintet, Steve Reich, Gil Evans, Jim McNeely, Maria Schneider, Keith Jarrett, Brian Blade, Igor Stravinsky, Ligeti, Guillermo Klein, Wayne Krantz, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Hollenbeck, Astor Piazolla, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter, Oliver Messiaen, Itibere Zwarg, J.S. BACH, Jim Black, Jason Moran, Chavela Vargas, Luciana Souza, Paco de Lucia, Chick Corea, Jorge Benjor, Ben Monder, Lionel Loueke, Dave Douglas, Hermeto Pascoal, Howler Monkeys, Roosters, Chocolate covered spirulina chunks, and Crickets.
Sounds Like
Reviews: Mariel's music draws on a wide variety of musical sources, offering a vast array of rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic riches. She's definitely someone to keep eyes and ears on for the future!" -Jim McNeely (Composer in Residence for the Village Vanguard Orchestra)
Mariel Berger is an amazing young musician whose compositions and arrangements are a breath of fresh air. She is an enormous talent brimming with vital energy and boundless creativity." -Gary Smulyan (bari saxophonist with the Village Vanguard Orchestra + Joe Lovano Nonet)
Mariel Berger is a sincere and thoughtful artist whose music flows with colors that swing, surprise and delight. -James Weidman (pianist w/Steve Coleman, Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Max Roach)
Mariel Berger started playing piano when she was 4 years old. In highschool she played clarinet, bassoon, and started to experiment with jazz piano. Mariel attended Indiana
University, studying jazz piano with Luke Gillespie and composition with David Baker. She then received a masters at William Paterson in composition and jazz arranging, studying with Jim McNeely. At William Paterson University, Mariel arranged charts that featured jazz legends Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett. In 2006 she was a member of the BMI jazz composers
workshop and in 2008, she had her music premiered at the Renee Weiler Concert Hall for the Women's Work Series. This past summer, she opened up for Mos Def at the Roseland Theater in Portland, OR, playing keyboard with the singer Lilla D'Mone.
Mariel currently plays accordion in the Anicha Quartet, piano in various jazz groups, and writes music upon commission.
