Newsletter of Monday, April 18, 2022
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Berkshire Symphony Soloists Featured!
The Williams College Department of Music presents Student Symphony Soloists from two competitions: 2020 and 2022 After a two year hiatus the Berkshire Symphony, directed by Ronald Feldman, offers a gala concert featuring music students from two solo competitions. In February 2020 judges chose the year’s soloists. Less than a… Continue reading »
Newsletter of Monday, April 11, 2022
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Berkshire Symphony performs Ukrainian National Anthem
Berkshire Symphony performance of Ukrainian National Anthem: YouTube Link To see and hear the entire Berkshire Symphony performance, go to Youtube and search using the phrase “Berkshire Symphony – March 2022”. … Continue reading »
‘Sondheim in Our Time and His’ – Now available from Oxford University Press.
Stephen Sondheim, Class of 1950 Based on the Sondheim@90@Williams symposium held in the Williams College Department of Music in March 2020, Sondheim in Our Time and His has just been released in paperback and hardcover by Oxford University Press. The book was edited by Prof. W. Anthony Sheppard, who also… Continue reading »
3/4/22 4pm – I/O New Music Livestream from WCMA
The I/O New Music Ensemble, directed by Matthew Gold, Artist in Residence in Percussion and Contemporary Music Performance at Williams College, will perform in conjunction with “Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints.” I/O New Music Ensemble presents a one-hour program for instruments and voices in conjunction with the Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt… Continue reading »
2022 Berkshire Symphony Student Soloists Announced
The Williams College Department of Music is delighted to announce the results of the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition for 2022! Hanbin Koo ’22, flute Dalton Yu ’22, collaborating pianist performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Flute Concerto No.2 in D Major, K.314,… Continue reading »
Alexander Technique Workshop with Prof. Tim Pyper 1/25&26
Alexander Technique Workshop with Professor Tim Pyper Both sessions on the Chapin Hall stage, 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm January 25th Introduction to the Alexander Technique January 26th Applying the technique to musical performance Sign up HERE (limited to Williams College students, faculty, staff) The Alexander Technique teaches us how to move with maximum… Continue reading »
Brad Wells and his Sound Art/Public Music class host ‘Unsilent Night’
Brad Wells and his Sound Art/Public Music class host Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night – an outdoor holiday stroll for everyone! EVENT LINK Phil Kline’s walking symphony experience, Unsilent Night returns to Williams on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 6pm.. This free community event starts at the ‘62 Center on the… Continue reading »
Ronald Feldman, Artist in Residence, cellist – helps premiere a lost work of Bernstein
Ronald Feldman, Artist in Residence in Orchestral and Instrumental Activities/Lecturer in Music, Director of the Berkshire Symphony, and former cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will take part in a historic public premiere: as a member of a string quartet composed of other BSO members and alums playing Leonard… Continue reading »
Emeritus Professor David Kechley releases new CD!
Emeritus Professor David Kechley has released a new CD of his compositions,featuring Williams faculty musicians Joanna Kurkowicz, Doris Stevenson, and former Artist Associate Nathaniel Parke. At the Dragons Gate is available from Innova Recordings. LINK… Continue reading »
Brett L. Wery awarded Grand Prize Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition
Visiting Artist in Residence in Winds and Director of the Wind Ensemble, Brett L. Wery awarded Grand Prize Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition. Brett L. Wery has been announced as the Grand Prize winner in the Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition for his String… Continue reading »
Williams Choir posts Spring ’21 video
Members of the Williams Choir led by Guanghao Yu ‘21 and Matthew Williamson ‘22 have posted their spring 2021 video on our Youtube channel. Enjoy the performance! LINK “Afternoon on a Hill” – Eric Barnum (b. 1979) – Performed virtually by full choir. Conducted by Guanghao Yu ’21. Continue reading »
Prof. Sheppard receives the 2021 Irving Lowens Book Award from the Society for American Music
Prof. W. Anthony Sheppard received the Irving Lowens Book Award from the Society for American Music on June 11, 2021 for his book Extreme Exoticism: Japan in the American Musical Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2019). Since 1983, the Society has annually awarded this prize, one of its most prestigious… Continue reading »
New End of Year Student Video Releases!
Talented Williams music students, especially seniors, have been hard at work to present their final performances. Scroll down to find our newest videos as they are posted. Jazz students of Zaccai Curtis present their final video project. VIDEOLINK Jazz students of Kris Allen present their final video project. Continue reading »
Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Performance Here!
Wang Guowei – Artist in Residence in Chinese Music Performance and Director of the Williams Chinese Music Ensemble and Susan Cheng – Artist Associate in Chinese String Instruments, lead the group in a celebration of spring with their pre-recorded concert, available to all on Youtube. Please click on the links… Continue reading »
Recent Performance Videos / Student Recordings!
Recitals have taken on a whole new meaning. Talented Williams music students are taking to their studios to record and share their music with their studio instructors, friends, family and you! Want to share your video link with us? SUBMISSION FORM [make sure you are signed into your Williams… Continue reading »
New World Symphony presents work of Ileana Perez Velazquez
On a program titled Percussion Perspectives: Latin Grooves, New World Symphony conducted by Michael Linville, presents Prof. Ileana Perez Velazquez’s work, Un ser encantado, aguas saladas, y piedras infinitas. The broadcast is scheduled for Sat. April 10, 2021 at 7:30pm EST. More information about joining this event… Continue reading »
Emergent System – Missy Mazzoli and Joshua Frankel ’02
Acclaimed composer Missy Mazzoli and visual artist Joshua Frankel ‘02 will present and speak about their collaboration, EMERGENT SYSTEM, an experimental short animated film synchronized to music by Mazzoli, performed on six grand pianos. Sponsored by the Williams College Computer Science Department and the Williams College Department of Music. Zoom,… Continue reading »
Ileana Perez Velazquez: “Moon Tides” in Finland
Moon Tides, a composition by Ileana Perez Velazquez, is being performed on March 23, 2021 by the chamber ensemble of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. https://www.myhelsinki.fi/en/see-and-do/events/kamarimusiikkikonsertti-%E2%80%93-helsinki-philharmonic-orchestra… Continue reading »