Williams Chamber Players

The Williams Chamber Players present a program that highlights the group’s sweeping range. The first selection: Gabriella Smith – Anthozoa featuring Joanna Kurkowicz, violin; Julian Müller, cello; Benjamin Wien ’28, piano; and Matthew Gold, percussion. Next comes Henk de Vlieger’s 2008 arrangement of Hector Berlioz – Le Nuits d’Été, (1841) six songs based on poems by Théophile Gautier performed by Erin Casey, soprano; Jacqueline DeVoe, flute; Charles Huang, oboe; Machael Dee, clarinet; Susan Daves, bassoon; and Victor Sungarian, horn.

The second half of the concert begins with a composition by Ileana Perez Velazquez – Vitrales, performed by Doris Stevenson, piano. The finishing piece is another great work by Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Minor, op. 101 with Joanna Kurkowicz, violin; Julian Müller, cello; and Doris Stevenson, piano.

The Williams Chamber Players is a faculty chamber ensemble that presents concerts for the college and community throughout the academic year. Repertoire for concerts is drawn from the standard chamber music with special attention to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and to music by Williams composers. Musicians are normally drawn from the ranks of artists in residence, artist associates, and other faculty members and visiting artists at Williams.

The Williams Chamber Players was founded in 1999 and is coordinated by Doris Stevenson.

Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall`