Category: Performances
January 2025
I/O Festival 2025 - The Music of Now - 3 Day Program
I/O FEST 2025 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW DAY ONE FRIDAY January 17, 7:30 PM ‘62 Center, CenterStage I/O Ensemble, featuring guest artists Sky Macklay (composer) and Ben Richter (composer and accordion) Gabriella Smith: Maré (2017) Phil Acimovic: Five Poems for Piano (2025)* Sky Mackley: Harmonifriends (2022) Rein Vaska ‘25: Crush (2024)* Ben Richter: Portent of … Continue reading "I/O Festival 2025 – The Music of Now – 3 Day Program"
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I/O Festival 2025 - Balinese Gamelan Workshop
I/O FEST 2025 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW DAY TWO WORKSHOP SATURDAY, January 18, 1 PM ‘62 Center, CenterStage Hands-on workshop in Balinese Gamelan with members of Gamelan Yowana Sari. Open to all, no experience necessary.
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I/O Festival 2025 - I/O Ensemble
I/O FEST 2025 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW DAY TWO SATURDAY January 18, 7:30 PM ‘62 Center, CenterStage I/O Ensemble and guest artists from Gamelan Yowana Sari Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (gamelan version) Zach Houlton ‘25: Kaleidoscope (2024)* Douglas Boyce ‘92: Floruit Egregiis (2011/19) Barton McLean: Remembering Steven (2024)* Morton Feldman: Durations II … Continue reading "I/O Festival 2025 – I/O Ensemble"
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I/O Festival 2025 - Gamelan Yowana Sari
I/O FEST 2025 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW DAY THREE SUNDAY January 19, 3:00 PM The Clark, Auditorium Gamelan Yowana Sari New Music for Balinese Gamelan Pendet Penyambutan Traditional Stones are the flowers (2022) Kyle Miller Kreasi Mekanik Mainan (2012) Vivian Fung Sea Salt (2024) Michael Gordon Tari Pengendag (2021) Ida Bagus Made Widnyana Aeriform Kite … Continue reading "I/O Festival 2025 – Gamelan Yowana Sari"
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Music From China - Visiting Artist Series
A part of the Visiting Artist Series 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 … Continue reading "Music From China – Visiting Artist Series"
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Wind Faculty Recital
This faculty recital for wind instruments features Jacqueline DeVoe, flute; Michael Dee, clarinet; Charles Huang, oboe; Susan Daves, bassoon, and Victor Sungarian, horn.
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Sona Jorbateh & Band - Visiting Artist Series
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 carries a formidable reputation for renowned … Continue reading "Sona Jorbateh & Band – Visiting Artist Series"
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MIDWEEKMUSIC in the Chapel
This Midweekmusic takes place in Thompson Memorial Chapel and features works performed by the organists of Williams, and other talented Williams music students. Bring a friend and enjoy our popular midday and midweek concert series. A musical sampler, every week offers up a mixture of traditional fare, with exciting accents of the unexpected. Williams student musicians value the informal atmosphere … Continue reading "MIDWEEKMUSIC in the Chapel"
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Brass Ensemble
Williams Brass Ensemble, led by Neil Freeburn and Alan Burns, features soloists and brass groups presenting the best in chamber brass music. The directors are also the principle arrangers for the group. The flexibility their arranging offers a huge range of possibilities, far beyond the limited stock material available to brass groups.
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