The Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, sponsored by the Music Department, explores vocal and instrumental traditions rooted in centuries of musical practice. The group meets weekly to play repertoire that spans a wide geographic, historical, and cultural terrain including folk, classical, and popular styles from around the Middle East. Ensemble members learn maqamat (modes) and iqa’at […]
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 […]
I/O FEST 2025 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW Friday, January 17, CenterStage ’62 Center, 7:30pm, free and open to the public New Music Williams Saturday, January 18, CenterStage ‘62 Center, 7:30pm, free and open to the public New Music Williams Sunday, January 19, Clark Art Institute, 3pm, Tickets required, students free […]
The Williams College Department of Music presents Music From China on Thursday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus. This free event is open to the public. Music From China is a chamber ensemble that performs a dual repertoire of traditional and contemporary Chinese music. The group was […]
The annual Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition presents a program that includes music from various periods and genres. The competition is open to Williams College students who have completed required instrumental or vocal studies, are enrolled in qualifying courses, and have been recommended by their instrumental or vocal teachers. Each may choose a movement from […]
Williams Chamber Players opens the concert season with a concert featuring great works performed by outstanding music faculty. 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 Williams College Department of Music presents the Berkshire Symphony in concert. This exciting performance features the following works: Grace Hale – This Is Not a Dream Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 8 This event is free and open to the public. There are no reservations or ticketing. […]
The Williams College Department of Music presents Zafarán. This event is free and open to the public. Zafarán crosses time and boundaries, and incorporates musical traditions from around the Mediterranean, weaving together such diverse threads as Southern Italian chants, Sephardic love songs, Romani laments, and Turkish and Greek folk tunes. With driving rhythms, virtuosic improvisation, […]
Williams Chamber Players opens the concert season with a concert featuring great works performed by outstanding music faculty. 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 Williams College Department of Music presents Sona Jorbateh & Band on Wednesday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. This free event is open to the public. Sona Jobarteh is the first professional female Kora virtuoso to come from any of the West African Griot dynasties. Her lineage […]
The Williams College Department of Music presents Kate Liu, piano as part of the Visiting Artist Series. Pianist Kate Liu gained international acclaim after winning the Bronze Medal and Best Mazurka Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland. She was also awarded the audience favorite prize voted by the Polish public […]
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 […]
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