Ouramdane, a French choreographer of Algerian descent, took a journey to Vietnam and Cambodia, where his father had fought in the 1950s as an Algerian conscript in the French army. The journey inspired "Far…," a work that explores the idea of being a foreigner—as a colonialist, as the colonized, and as an immigrant. His use of masks, images, sounds, and movement electrify his solo performances with an effect that “is surprisingly complex." - The New York Times.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Harpist Maeve Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She began playing piano at age 7 and soon picked up the clarsach (Celtic harp). She has played and recorded with artists including Matt Glaser, Kathy Mattea, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Jamey Haddad, and has performed around the world. Gilchrist is currently performing with bassist Andres Rotmistrofsky and percussionist Marcelo Woloski, both of Argentina. Blending Scottish roots and jazz influences with Latin American rhythms, the trio creates a unique and multicultural sound. Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Led by Kera Washington and featuring Joanna Maria, Berklee student Hinako Sato, and alumnae Rajdulari, Krystal Johnson, Joy Roster, Lexi Havlin, and Jobeth Umali, Zili Misik creates music that bridges cultures, generations, and continents. With captivating sounds that evoke the African continent, Zili retraces routes of forced exile and cultural resistance through rhythm and song. Powerful Haitian, Brazilian, and West African rhythms infuse Zili's original and traditional folk songs. Reconnecting Haitian mizik rasin, jazz, roots reggae, samba, Cuban son, and neo-soul, Zili honors its influences while creating a sound that is uniquely its own. Zili's songs are sensual, political, self-reflective, and positive, with lyrics that glide seamlessly from English to Creole to Portuguese to Spanish. Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Jelena Bracika is a native of Serbia in the former Yugoslavia. In addition to being a talented vocalist, she is an accomplished actor, and has been a member of several theaters in Belgrade. Bracika, an improvisation fan who discovered jazz in school, has performed with various bands at many of the major clubs and festivals in Belgrade and Serbia. She was awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee, where she has explored different styles including Latin music, which is her passion, and is also developing her songwriting skills. Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. The Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars, six top scholarship students at the college, came to Berklee from Puerto Rico, Israel, and the U.S., and coalesced around their love for the polyrhythm and joyful precision of the Latin jazz form. The group was named this year's Best College Jazz Band in Down Beat, under the name La Timbistica, and recently performed as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Festival in Monterey, CA. The All-Stars are led by conguero Paulo Stagnaro and include trumpeter Niv Toar, flutist Enrique Trinidad, pianist Abraham Olivo, bassist Juan Maldonado, and timbalero Marcos Lopez. They will headline the Tito Puente Latin Music Series in Boston this summer, and also perform at the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C. Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Born in Dallas, Texas, Juan Pablo Chavez began his musical studies as a violinist. He attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where he studied classical, jazz, and Afro-Cuban performance and composition, and received many awards for his talents. At Berklee he is studying with violinist Rob Thomas (Mahavishnu Project, String Trio of New York). Chavez is widely recognized for his knowledge of Afro-Cuban music and has taught many classes and workshops, including the 2004 Afro-Cuban Strings Seminar in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to leading 10-piece Latin dance band Díle, he is currently working on his first album, Salsa for Strings, and is writing a book on contemporary Afro-Cuban violin. Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Tantanakuy is led by Argentinean composers Marcelo Woloski (percussion) and Andres Rotmistrofsky (bass), and features Italian vocalist Eleonora Bianchini. Their music blends Argentinean, Brazilian, Afro Cuban, Afro Peruvian, and Uruguayan rhythms with jazz harmonies. The band's versatility has placed them in high demand on and off campus, where they have performed in numerous shows at the Berklee Performance Center, as well as at Cambridge’s Ryles and Regattabar nightclubs. Woloski's composition "Mundo Por Conocer" appeared on the 2007 Jazz Revelation Records release, The New Old School. Admission is free. Space is limited.

“Ms. Rudner is one of those rare artists who embody the art form they practice: a born dancer, sensuous and infinitely expressive,” writes The New York Times. The renowned dancer/choreographer, an artist-in-residence at Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy, brings "Dancing-on-View: The ICA Variations," a new dance installation, to Boston. The work, encapsulating Rudner’s recent interests as well as her past work, celebrates dance as an ongoing activity that occurs sometimes publicly, and always in studio practice. The performers, hailing from New York and Boston, intersperse periods of silence with spoken word, unison with improvisation, and music with metronome. The layering and complexity of the work reflect the realities of learning, teaching, improvising, and creating dance that challenge and elevate performers and viewers alike. Free with museum admission. Seating is first-come, first-served.The audience is free to enter and exit throughout this four-hour event.

“Ms. Rudner is one of those rare artists who embody the art form they practice: a born dancer, sensuous and infinitely expressive,” writes The New York Times. The renowned dancer/choreographer, an artist-in-residence at Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy, brings "Dancing-on-View: The ICA Variations," a new dance installation, to Boston. The work, encapsulating Rudner’s recent interests as well as her past work, celebrates dance as an ongoing activity that occurs sometimes publicly, and always in studio practice. The performers, hailing from New York and Boston, intersperse periods of silence with spoken word, unison with improvisation, and music with metronome. The layering and complexity of the work reflect the realities of learning, teaching, improvising, and creating dance that challenge and elevate performers and viewers alike. Free with museum admission. Seating is first-come, first-served.The audience is free to enter and exit throughout this four-hour event.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Sol Melodiq aspires to create new sounds that touch, examine, and uplift the soul. Sol Melodiq is comprised of skilled musicians fluent in jazz, rock, hip-hop, funk, classic soul, and world music. The band was formed at Berklee with Stacey Wade (keyboard and organ for Al Green), James Richardson (keyboard and synthesizer), and Jamaal Moore (saxophone and percussion) making up the core of the band. Additional members include Berklee students Gabe Jones (drums/vocals), Clynton Cox (guitar/vocals), and Freddy DeBoe (tenor saxophone). The band recently performed at the Boston Urban Music Awards and is currently working on an album due this fall. Admission is free. Space is limited.

You Dance Friday is back with new styles to try. The program begins with an hour of instruction. Then put your new moves to the test with music by Russ Gershon’s Swing Vote, featuring musicians from the Either/Orchestra. Russ Gershon is a composer, saxophonist, bandleader and record company executive. He founded the ten-piece Either/Orchestra, which has been a fixture on the jazz landscape since its inception, in 1985. Free with museum admission.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. The Zach Hillyard Band, featuring vocalist/keyboardist Hillyard, bassist Wesley Cole, guitarist Niklas Karlsson, and drummer Francesco Basile, offers a unique blend of quality musicianship, songwriting, and danceable grooves. With an intermingling of pop, funk, soul, and r&b, ZHB has an appeal that stretches far and wide. The group recently won OurStage.com’s College Clash Competition, earning the title "Best College Band in New England" and a $5,000 grand prize, and took top honors in the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Competition. ZHB has performed at clubs in Boston and New York, and toured southern California last year, where they recorded their debut album with producer Michael Woodrum. The CD has gained attention with national radio airplay, and the band is planning a nationwide tour for the summer of 2008. Admission is free. Space is limited.

You Dance Friday is back with new styles to try. Start with an hour of instruction by André Carvalho and Rosangela Santiago, then test your moves with music by Brasilis. The Brasilis quartet is led by award-winning flutist and composer Fernando Brandão, who has performed in festivals and distinguished concert halls and clubs in Brazil, the U.S., and around the world. André Carvalho is a professional ballroom dancer, master teacher, and choreographer in the Samba de Gafieira and Bolero styles. Rosangela Santiago, versed in traditional rhythms such as samba-de-roda, candomblé, forró, and lambada, has performed at the Beantown Jazz Festival, the Brazilian Independence Festival, and the Lowell Folk Festival. Free with museum admission.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Cole DeGenova is a pianist, vocalist, songwriter, percussionist, and poet from Chicago. He began studying music at 4, and was working as a professional musician by 15. He studied classical, jazz, blues, Cuban, and Brazilian percussion, but was also influenced by neo-soul and hip-hop. He has performed with or opened for some of Chicago's top artists, including Kurt Elling, Patricia Barber, Jon Faddis, and Corey Wilkes. DeGenova was chosen by the Jazz Institute of Chicago to perform at the world-famous Auditorium Theatre, and, in 2005, performed with the Illinois Music Educators' Association’s All-State Honors Jazz Band. Now attending Berklee, DeGenova is spreading his music to a wider audience. He toured the Midwest with Hal Reed and the Mob, and in Switzerland with his original funk/r&b band Apollo Jones. His latest project is a funk, neo-soul, blues, and jazz group called The People's Republic. The group plans to release its debut EP this summer. Admission is free. Space is limited.

You Dance Friday is back with new styles to try. Start with an hour of instruction by Sean Fielder, then test your moves with music by the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk & street beat brass band playing modern improvised celebratory music. Led by saxophonist Ken Field, the group can be heard regularly Sesame Street. Sean Fielder started dancing at the age of three and had his first professional show at ten. He danced in the lead role on the national tour of “Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk,” and has performed in the video for Missy Elliot’s “The Rain,” toured with Debbie Allen and Dick Clark with the American Heart Association, and has taught and performed around the world. Free with museum admission.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Pat Carroll, a saxophonist from Pleasanton, CA, has been focused on music since age 12, when he began studying with noted San Francisco musician Dann Zinn. In his junior year of high school, Carroll was awarded the Jimmy Lyons scholarship at the 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival. In 2005, he was commissioned to write and perform original music as a member of the SFJAZZ Young Composers Project, a group that rehearsed with Ravi Coltrane, Miguel Zenon, Vijay Iyer, and Maria Schneider. His composition, “Mighty Aphrodite,” appears on the new Jazz Revelation Records release, Common Ground. Admission is free. Space is limited.

You Dance Friday is back with new styles to try. Start with an hour of instruction by Johara, then put your moves to the test with music from Musaner. Musaner’s music is comprised of arrangements that use both original compositions and folk music material from the Balkans to the Near East. Musaner’s original blend features eastern instruments and a jazz horn section. Johara is a dancer, drummer, and choreographer who has over 10 years experience as a dance instructor and workshop leader. She is director and producer of Snakedance Theater, the semi-monthly dance events Serpentine Nights, and the Bellisima dance troupe. She is creator and host of the Boston Annual Bellydance Awards founded in 2004. Free with museum admission.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Each fall, Berklee chooses four of its finest students to perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival, where they perform to standing-room-only audiences. The group featured here performed at the festival in 2007. With graduation still ahead, the members of the Quartet are already highly sought after, with dozens of professional credits, major awards, and concerts. Leader Nishimura, from Tokyo, holds the coveted piano chair in the IAJE Sisters in Jazz Quintet, and was chosen to perform at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center. Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Manami Morita, a native of Saitama, Japan, started playing classical piano at 4. She loved to play but wanted more musical freedom. At 13, Morita discovered jazz and became addicted, even learning improvisation on her own. In 2004, Morita put aside thoughts of becoming a flight attendant or English teacher to follow her dream of playing jazz, when she received a scholarship to study at Berklee. She was recently awarded the Mary Jane Earnhart Endowed Scholarship. Morita appears on the latest Jazz Revelation Records CD release, Common Ground, with the track “Going Home.” Admission is free. Space is limited.

HarborWalk Sounds is the ICA's free series of outdoor concerts featuring students, faculty, and alumni from Berklee School of Music. Katie Thiroux, from Los Angeles, California, is the recipient of the Phil Ramone Presidential Scholarship to Berklee, a rare, full-ride award. She has just completed her second year at the college. Thiroux performed at the 2004 and 2005 IAJE conferences as both a bassist and vocalist. For four years in a row, she was selected to be a member of the elite Gibson/Baldwin Grammy National Honor Jazz Ensemble. She has also received fellowships to the prestigious Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, and the Vail Jazz Festival. In 2005 she was awarded the Los Angeles Jazz Society's "Shelly Manne New Talent Award," and also received the Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards for Outstanding Vocal Performance, and Outstanding Bassist, in 2006. Admission is free. Space is limited.