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Berklee’s fifth Kendall Square Concert Series continues to offer up varied lunchtime menu of music every Thursday throughout the summer and has been extended to mid-September. Performers include Berklee students and alumni playing original jazz, Latin, hip-hop, rock, folk, funk, and reggae.

The FREE concerts are held in the outdoor plaza at 300 Athenaeum Street, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, every Thursday, noon to 1:30 p.m., through September 17, except in inclement weather. The Kendall Square Concert Series is sponsored by BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. For more information, please call 617-577-7354.

September 10 – Berklee Monterey Quintet (jazz). Each fall, Berklee chooses its finest students to perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival, where they perform to standing-room-only audiences. Led by guitarist Roy Guzman, a native of Puerto Rico, the group performs in the Boston area before heading to Monterey, CA, to play at the 52nd annual edition of the festival. The members are already highly sought after, with dozens of professional credits, major awards, and concerts. The Berklee Monterey Quintet features Guzman, trumpeter Billy Buss, bassist Greg Chaplin, saxophonist Michael Sachs, and drummer Mark Whitfield, Jr.