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The Williams College Department of Music is delighted to announce the results of the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition for 2019! The panel has selected (in alphabetic order) Sebastian Black ‘19, piano Bob Logan, collaborating pianist performing Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) Totentanz   Angela Chan ‘19, pipa Dalton Yu ’22, collaborating pianist performing 草原小姐妹 (Little Sisters of the

Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth are making headlines again, along with Judd Greenstein ’01, this time in The New Yorker… Onward and Upward with the Arts February 11, 2019 Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music From death metal to throat singing to alpine yodelling, the experimental group is changing what it means to

I/O Fest 2019 – Thursday January 10 – Sunday January 13   Read what the Berkshire Eagle has to say about I/O

Avery Sharpe,  Artist Associate in Jazz Bass, and Co-Director of Small Jazz Ensembles and Kris Allen, the Lyell B. Clay Artist in Residence in Jazz Activities/Lecturer in Music, Director of the Jazz Ensemble have release their new video performed live in Studio 275 in the Sawyer Library. The saxophone/bass duo perform The Planet Whisperer, by Avery Sharpe.

The Williams College Department of Music is delighted to announce the results of the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition for 2018! The panel has selected: Benjamin Mygatt ‘20, violin Robert Logan, collaborating pianist playing Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) – Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, op. 99 – Burlesque: Allegro con brio   Calvin Ludwig ‘18, flute

Professor of music W. Anthony Sheppard recently invited two guest musicians, Suzanne Vega, an American singer-songwriter, and Gerry Leonard, an Irish lead guitarist who has worked extensively with David Bowie, to his “History of Rock” class. more

The Williams College Department of Music is delighted to announce the results of the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition for 2017! The panel has selected: Anna DeLoi ’18, harp Reinhold Glière – Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in Eb Major, op. 74 – Allegro moderato Joyce Lee ’17, piano Camille Saint-Saens – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op.

W. Anthony Sheppard has been named Series Editor for the prestigious AMS Studies in Music book series published by Oxford University Press. Sheppard’s 5-year term as Series Editor begins immediately. AMS Studies in Music publishes outstanding and innovative musicological scholarship drawn from the widest possible range of perspectives and areas of inquiry that will appeal to

On November 5th at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society in Vancouver, Canada, W. Anthony Sheppard received the H. Colin Slim Award for his article “Puccini and the Music Boxes,” which appeared in the Journal of the Royal Musical Association in spring 2015. The H. Colin Slim Award honors each year a musicological

Musical Celebration of Life to Honor Scott Smedinghoff ’09 A “Musical Celebration of the Life of Scott Smedinghoff” will be held at the Old First Congregational Church in Old Bennington, VT, on Saturday, June 11, at 3:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Under the direction of guest organist Edwin Lawrence,

Wang Leehom, a music major from the Class of ’98, received the honorary degree Doctor of Music from the College on June 5th. On June 4th, Leehom appeared at the 62 Center in a conversation with his former teachers Andy Jaffe and W. Anthony Sheppard. Congratulations Leehom! Wang is a Chinese-American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, and film

Please click on the links below to enjoy the performances of our soloists, performing on April 21, 2016 in Chapin Hall.     Michael Chen ’18 and Stephen Ai ’18, piano Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos – Allegro ma non troppo Claire Leyden ’16, soprano J. Strauss – Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 Scott Daniel ’17, violin Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D Minor – Adagio Nathaniel

Bridge Records has released a CD of music by Zachary Wadsworth, Assistant Professor of Music. The central work on the album, a cantata titled The Far West, is a setting of words by Tim Dlugos, a poet who died of AIDS in 1990 while studying to become a priest. After discovering Dlugos’s poetry in 2006 in a self-published book

The Williams College Department of Music is delighted to announce the results of the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition for 2016! The panel has selected (left to right): Michael Chen ’18 and Stephen Ai ’18, piano Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos – Allegro ma non troppo Claire Leyden ’16, soprano J. Strauss – Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 Scott Daniel ’17, violin Sibelius – Violin Concerto

The Williams Department of Music remembers Scott Smedinghoff ’09, who passed away last week. As an undergraduate Scott spent countless hours making music with us. Our thoughts are with his family and all those he touched. As we mourn this terrible loss, we hold him in fondness and reflect on an incredible life. He is being remembered

Ephs Out Loud Ephs Out Loud is a student-led initiative, sponsored by the Williams College Department of Music and designed to promote community engagement and collaboration through music. Ephs Out Loud provides opportunities for Williams students to participate in programs including community-based performances and workshops, educational programs at local schools, and partnerships with Williams groups

  Lyell B. Clay Artist in Residence in Vocal Studies/ Director of Choral Activities Brad Wells’ vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth has been again nominated for a 2016 GRAMMY Award. Their sophomore album, Render, is up for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. Mr. Wells said: “We’re supremely honored to be nominated for a second time and we could not have