Performing Artists in Residence Concert
Jeewon Park (piano) and Edward Arron (cello), artistic directors of the Clark’s Performing Artists in Residence program, are joined by Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin) and Che-Yen Chen (viola) for an […]
Close Encounters With Music: L’Amour Toujours – CEWM Commissioning Program World Premiere
It’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love, courtship and the serendipity of meeting one’s intended receives its inaugural performance. […]
Close Encounters With Music: Classical Roots, Latin Soul– The Dalí String Quartet
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 […]
Close Encounters With Music: A Tale of Two Salons – Winnaretta Singer and Marcel Proust
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 […]
Close Encounters With Music: “Right of Spring” – Rachmaninoff / Stravinsky
Two monumental works, two Russian ex-pats of the same aristocratic background—and two divergent extremes. One, a master of nostalgia and a formidable pianist, follows in the footsteps of Chopin. The […]
Close Encounters With Music: Vivace Chamber Orchestra – Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Britten, Boccherini, Barber
Composed by Tchaikovsky to counter a bout of insomnia and melancholy, Serenade for Strings immediately cheered him up, and he reported “feeling well, invigorated and content”—as gratified listeners have over […]
Close Encounters With Music: Drama & Melodrama – The Schumanns
The ever-fascinating and intimate triangle—Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms—will be brought to new light with seldom-heard works that highlight the musical cross-references and spiritual bond that united them. […]
Classical Concert: Sō Percussion
For over twenty years, Sō Percussion has redefined twenty-first-century chamber music through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy” (The New Yorker). Celebrated for their diverse work, their live performances […]
Concert Choir & Chamber Choir
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.
Berkshire Symphony
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 […]