Hosted by J. Curtis Warner, Berklee's Director of Education and Community Partnerships, Tuesday's SYSTEM-5 BLOW-OUT concert will feature Boston's most talented inner-city youth in a concert showcasing students from a cross-section of Boston public high schools.

Since 1991, "Berklee City Music" has provided deserving Boston-area high school students with a music education at no charge. This is accomplished both by the Summer Youth Scholarship for Talent and Excellence in Music (SYSTEM-5) as well as an after-school mentoring program. "City Music" began by offering a handful of young musicians the chance to study at Berklee tuition-free. Today, it is a year-round project that has provided scholarships and mentoring opportunities to more than 200 young Boston musicians.

Tuesday evening's free SYSTEM-5 BLOW-OUT concert, which begins at 7:30 pm, will feature the traditional awarding of full-tuition SYSTEM-5 Continuing Scholarships for full-time study at Berklee to three deserving students who will have successfully completed Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program.

Wednesday evening's free FIVE-WEEK BLOW-OUT concert, which begins at 8:15 pm, winds up Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program with a concert featuring some of the program's best ensembles, ranging from small groups to big bands, as well as the Five-Week Choir. Musical styles will include rock, jazz and fusion.

Founded in 1945, Berklee College of Music has been advancing careers in contemporary music for more than 50 years. The world's largest independent college of music, Berklee has a multi-cultural enrollment of more than 3,300 students, 35 percent of whom are international. The college's alumni include some of the most respected figures in contemporary music, including many multi-Grammy award winners.

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