The Signature Series presents award winning vocalist, flutist, composer, and song-writer Elena Ayodele Pinderhughes leading the Elena Pinderhughes Berklee Sextet.

Matthew Stevens, assistant professor of ensemble, selected the student sextet  by audition and is rehearsing them in Pinderhughes’ chosen repertoire in preparation for the concert.

Described by The Guardian as the “most exciting and creatively assured jazz flutist to have emerged in years”, Elena Pinderhughes seamlessly blends jazz, hip-hop, and R&B influences, reflecting her diverse musical upbringing and open-minded approach to music. Besides her own projects, Pinderhughes has toured and recorded with Terrace Martin, Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Common, and more..