Category: Performances
February 2019
Club Zambezi Dance Party!
All are invited to dance it up and feel the heat blazing from the fire we call the Club Zambezi Dance Party! Bring yourself, bring a friend, bring the family to listen and dance to the amazing music. Inspired by traditional Zimbabwean music as well as contemporary African styles, Zambezi’s chromatic marimbas are hybrids, combining tempered tuning with a rich … Continue reading "Club Zambezi Dance Party!"
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Berkshire Symphony Soloist Competition
The annual Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition presents a program that includes music from various periods and genres. The competition is hosted by conductor of the Berkshire Symphony, Ronald Feldman. 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 … Continue reading "Berkshire Symphony Soloist Competition"
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Akram Khan Company: XENOS
The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance’s CenterSeries is excited to present, in collaboration with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Akram Khan, one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists today. Akram draws on the archives of the 20th century, and gives voice to the shell-shocked dream of a colonial soldier in the First World War. Performed to live music, XENOS reveals the … Continue reading "Akram Khan Company: XENOS"
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La Voz de Tres - Visiting Artist Series
La Voz de Tres blends infectious rhythms and nuanced songwriting traditions from Latin America, original compositions, and works from the great American songbook, creating a delightful and surprising improvisational texture. For this concert the trio of vocalist Natalia Bernal, pianist Mike Eckroth, and seven-string guitarist Jason Ennis are joined by another longtime friend, composer, improviser, and multi-genre cellist, Eugene Friesen. Natalia … Continue reading "La Voz de Tres – Visiting Artist Series"
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Pre-Concert Talk - Berkshire Symphony
Before the symphony concert you can join Ronald Feldman, conductor of the Berkshire Symphony, for a pre-concert talk in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, adjacent to Chapin Hall.
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Berkshire Symphony
Conductor Ronald Feldman and the 75-member Berkshire Symphony are joined by a guest artist for the season’s third concert. The program includes music of Felix Mendelssohn, his Symphony No. 3, Peter Maxwell Davies’ “An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise,” and Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy,” featuring guest artist Haldan Martinson, violin. On Saturday, starting at 1pm, Ephs Out Loud, a student-led initiative … Continue reading "Berkshire Symphony"
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Berkshire Symphony Family Concert
The Berkshire Symphony Family Concert with conductor Ronald Feldman p offers plenty of family fun with the student community outreach effort, “Ephs Out Loud” in partnership with Kids 4 Harmony. This day of musical fun offers activities beginning at 1:00 p.m. that include a workshop with the Williams choirs, musical games and activities, and art by local elementary school students. … Continue reading "Berkshire Symphony Family Concert"
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Master Class - Paul Lewis, piano - Visiting Artist Series
Internationally renowned concert pianist Paul Lewis holds a master class featuring the performances of talented Williams music pianists.
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MIDWEEKMUSIC
Bring a friend, bring your lunch, 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 of MIDWEEKMUSIC and they use it to workshop their pieces, try out something new, show off something that doesn’t fit in other … Continue reading "MIDWEEKMUSIC"
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Paul Lewis, piano - Visiting Artist Series
Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide, and consolidated his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire. His numerous awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of … Continue reading "Paul Lewis, piano – Visiting Artist Series"
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