Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning Ala Jojatu and Sophie Wang, violins Mary Ferrillo, viola Will Chow, cello MOZART String Quartet No. 19 in C, K.465, Dissonance WEINER String Trio in G minor, Op. 6
Williams College Percussion Ensemble and New Music Williams presents a their fall concert. In programs featuring cutting-edge new music and important works of the twentieth-century, the Williams Percussion Ensemble (WiPE) surveys a vast terrain of sound and rhythm. The ensemble employs all manner of percussion instruments, found sounds, and electronics to create music that resonates […]
The Williams College Department of Music presents the Berkshire Symphony in concert. This event is free and open to the public. There are no reservations or ticketing. The Berkshire Symphony is a 75-member symphonic orchestra comprising, in roughly equal proportions, Williams College music students, Williams music faculty members, and area professionals. The Symphony performs music […]
The Williams Gospel Choir offers an afternoon of inspiring song open to all in Chapin Hall. For over thirty years people of all faiths have been invited to join the Gospel Choir to celebrate the tradition and move ahead into a future of joyous song. The Williams Gospel Choir continues to be a force that […]
Alongside Beethoven’s Quartet No. 1 Op. 18 and Mendelssohn’s Op. 80 Quartet, this program is infused with striking Latin repertoire: Sonia Morales-Matos’ Divertimento Caribeño No. 3 (dance suites of Caribbean merengue sandwiched around a Cuban bolero) and Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Ballet, a work that paints pictures through rhythms and melodies. The Dalí Quartet is Chamber […]
Feminist icon, Grammy winner, Broadway star, best-selling memoirist, and children’s book author Ani DiFranco is the mother of the DIY movement, being one of the first artists to create her own label in 1990 (the aptly named Righteous Babe Records). While she has been known as the “Little Folksinger,” her music has embraced punk, funk, […]
Jazz Nights – Combos presents talented student groups. Outstanding musicians showcase their interpretations of standards alongside premieres of original works. The first evening of a two part event, don’t miss the next night of jazz with the Williams Jazz Orchestra. In Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.
Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning Isaiah J. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz of the American Pianists Association. Originally from West Orange, New Jersey, the pianist, bandleader, and composer began studying at the Calderone School of Music from an early age. […]
Jazz Nights – Williams Jazz Orchestra offers a performance that mixes superb modern interpretations of old big band favorites along with new works, all featuring talented student jazz improvisors. Incredibly, the whole band manages to bunch itself onto the modestly proportioned stage of Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, recalling the days of a more intimate big band […]
Williams Brass Ensemble, led by Travis Dobson and Steve Felix, features soloists and brass groups presenting the best in chamber brass music. The directors are also the principle arrangers for the group. The flexibility their arranging offers a huge range of possibilities, far beyond the limited stock material available to brass groups. In Chapin Hall.
Williams Concert Choir and the Williams Chamber Choir conducted by Anna Lenti present a spring concert. This event is free and open to the public. In Chapin Hall.
Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning Recently described by the New York Times as “the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,” musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator Claire Chase presents a concert of works from her 24-year commissioning initiative, Density 2036, part of the Density Arts family of programs. Performing selections of new […]
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