On December 5th 2019, Berklee staged its annual Singers’ Showcase, and the theme this year was A Night at the Opera—The Music of Queen. As a lifelong fan, I was honored to be asked to write the program notes for the evening’s performance.
Each song entry features a reference to the original Queen recording, and the official video embedded, plus a description of the approach the students took for the Berklee version. Selected excerpts from the show itself will appear online sometime in the future, but for now you can get a great behind-the-scenes flavour of the quality of the performance by watching Marshall Lilly’s terrific drumcam footage.
- Concert producer: Maureen McMullan
- Words: Joe Bennett
- Photography: Kelly Davidson Studio
- Drumcam video: Marshall Lilly

Photograph: Kelly Davidson Studio
Drumcam video: Marshall Tilly
Introduction: “I see a miniature libretto from a fan”
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