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Student Symphony
The Williams College Student Symphony is a 50-member orchestra conducted and administered by students, with sponsorship by the Department. The Student Symphony performs three times per year--in December, February, and May--with approximately 10 rehearsals to prepare for each concert. Rehearsals take place once a week until approximately one month before the concert, when there may be two rehearsals per week.
Past repertoire has included traditional orchestral works such as Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Brahms' Tragic Overture, and Smetana's Moldau. The orchestra has also performed 20th-century American music by Ives, Copland, and Barber. In addition, award-winning composer Donald Erb visited the Symphony to supervise a rehearsal of Treasure in the Snow, a work of his which was then presented in a spring concert. The Symphony also performs works by student composers, including Celestial Episode by Judd Greenstein '01 and Gesture I by Andrea Mazzariello '00.
Everyone who plays an instrument--especially string players--is encouraged to audition. Auditions are held in September at the same time as Berkshire Symphony auditions, and it is possible to audition for both symphonies. Those interested in the Student Symphony should prepare one technical piece and one lyrical piece.
Ronald Feldman is the Faculty Sponsor.
The 2009-2010 Season will be conducted by Brian Simalchik '10 and Noah Fields '11.
