I’m writing from the Panama Canal Zone, where the educational portion of  the Panama Jazz Festival just took place. My Name is Billy Herron, marketing manager for off-campus projects, and I traveled for Berklee  to work from Panama (my country of origin) on the announcement of the first group of students of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), a new initiative by Berklee which consists of a performance program to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Perez serving as its artistic director.

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