Monday December 12, 2011
From The Boston Globe
Esperanza Spalding back at Berklee
By: Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein
Grammy-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding, Berklee voice coach Maggie Scott, and R&B singer Lalah Hathaway conducted a clinic for students this week. Spalding and Hathaway are former students of Scott’s, to whom they paid tribute with a concert Thursday that also included alums Antonia Bennett, Robin McKelle, and Nadia Washington. It was Spalding’s first appearance in Boston since winning best new artist Grammy last February. Pictured (from left): Hathaway, Scott, and Spalding.
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