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.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Israeli clarinetist and composer Itay Dayan is considered one of today’s most promising voices in klezmer music. Renowned for his virtuosic playing and genre-defying creativity, Itay seamlessly weaves together klezmer, jazz, and classical influences, crafting a sound that honors tradition while fearlessly exploring new musical frontiers. His recent album, “Hoffman’s Farewell”, […]
Jazz you can dance to, Funk you can think about. Standards, original Lonny Jarret/guitar, Jack DiNicola/drums, Fran Tokarz bass, Aeden Madden/Sax Dinner Available: 6-9PM (menu changes weekly…check out FB events page closer to event date for menu) Live Music: 7-10PM full cash bar
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 […]
Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks, rural schoolhouse stages, and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry to the present-day culture-buzz of viral videos and digital streams, Del is the living link. On primetime and late-night television […]
Every Sunday Dottie’s serves up Domingo Brunch; a mix of delicious food, live music and extraordinary drinks. This Sunday stop by to enjoy new to Dottie’s, The Brave Brothers Through the years Bruce and Dave “THE BRAVE BROTHERS” have formed a magical musical relationship. Their joy of performing is infectious, with music from bands like […]
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. “Let us advance our mortal bodies up / Where hearts and minds will go / Let’s walk, let’s roll.” So sings Madeleine Peyroux on the upbeat title track of her captivating ninth album, Let’s […]
Jazz & Classics for Change present Anat Cohen, clarinet & Marcello Gonçalves, seven-string guitar, on Saturday, May 17 at 5:00pm. “This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein Learn more at jazzandclassicsforchange.com.
The Refrigerators are a 10pc, horn fueled party band from the Capital Region of NY. Consistently a top draw for 2 decades,The Refrigerators are one of the most sought after bands in the Capital Region and beyond. Hotshot Hillbillies- Whether it’s a restaurant, a private party or a local event, the Hillbillies can be found […]
The daughter of sewing machine industrialist Isaac Merritt Singer, Winnaretta Singer-Polignac was a force of nature, hosting everyone from Leon Bakst to Jean Cocteau and Jean Giraudoux to Prokofiev, Madame Jean Lanvin, Siegfried Wagner, Arthur Rubinstein, Arnold Schoenberg, and Edith Wharton in her Paris salon. More importantly, she was responsible for developing a new genre: […]
Every Sunday Dottie’s serves up Domingo Brunch; a mix of delicious food, live music and extraordinary drinks.. This Sunday, returning to Dottie’s, K&R K&R are a New York based duo from Long Island and specialize in jazz standards and their own catchy swing arrangements of top 40 songs. This is their third summer playing all […]
ALL AGES 8pm show / 7pm doors Full bar available BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE - ALL SHOWS COST $5 MORE AT THE DOOR "I saw the Ozzy Tribute band Crazy Train at Zakk Wylde's Berzerkus Festival - Their Performance was electric, capturing the true spirit of the Prince of Darkness himself. If you ever […]
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