This is the first of two recitals which give student musicians participating in the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition an opportunity to play their pieces for an audience before their auditions. The competition winners will appear with the Berkshire Symphony in the final regular season concert on Friday April 26 in Chapin Hall, a concert which showcases the remarkable talents of our Williams students.

Williams Chamber Players offer their third concert of the season. The music faculty group offers works by Libby Larsen, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Johannes Brahms.

This is the second of two recitals which give student musicians participating in the Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Competition an opportunity to play their pieces for an audience before their auditions. The competition winners will appear with the Berkshire Symphony in the final regular season concert on Friday April 20 in Chapin Hall, a concert which showcases the remarkable talents of our Williams students.

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…

Williams jazz faculty perform together, featuring a program including original music and inspired new arrangements from the jazz repertoire.

Members of La Voz de Tres, Chilean vocalist Natalia Bernal, keyboardist Mike Eckroth, and seven-string guitarist Jason Ennis blend the infectious rhythms and nuanced songwriting traditions of Latin America, original compositions and picks from the great American songbook into a surprising improvisational texture.

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.

Williams Chamber Players offer their final concert of the season. The music faculty group offers works by Rebecca Clarke and Ernest Chausson. The Williams Chamber Players is a faculty chamber ensemble that presents concerts for the college and community throughout the academic year. Repertoire for concerts is drawn from the standard chamber music with special attention to music of the…

Hailed by The New York Times as an “outstanding ensemble,” the Verona Quartet—winner of the 2015 Concert Artists Guild Competition—has quickly earned a stellar reputation as one of the most compelling young quartets in chamber music today for their “interpretive strength…robust characterization commanding resonance” (Calgary Herald).

3MA is the meeting of three string-instrument virtuosi, emblematic of their countries in Africa, but also of generous artists who share a musical passion, a reciprocal dialogue and a beautiful friendship. The trio, comprising Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko, Moroccan oud virtuoso Driss El Maloumi, and master Malagasy valiha player Rajery, has been together since 2006 and has performed for…

The first German artist to ever win the international Naumburg Violin Award in New York, Axel Strauss has been equally acclaimed for his virtuosity and his musical sensitivity. The Salt Lake Tribune praised his well-rounded artistry by saying, "Strauss quickly established that he is a virtuoso to be reckoned with. But amid his technical acumen, there was a genuine musician.…

Momenta: the plural of momentum – four individuals in motion towards a common goal. This is the idea behind the Momenta Quartet, whose eclectic vision encompasses contemporary music of all aesthetic backgrounds alongside great music from the recent and distant past. The New York City-based quartet has premiered over 150 works, collaborated with over 200 living composers and was praised…

Faculty members Joanna Kurkowicz, violin, and Doris Stevenson, piano offer a program of music for solo violin. Praised in Gramophone magazine for “disciplined virtuosity,” violinist Joanna Kurkowicz enjoys an active and versatile career as an award-winning soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and concertmistress. She has performed on many of the great concert stages of the world, including Weill Recital Hall at…

Kurt Rosenwinkel is an American jazz guitarist and keyboardist who came to prominence in the 1990s. With a career spanning almost twenty-five years, collaborating with dynamic peers like Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman, Chris Potter; and esteemed jazz elders like Joe Henderson, Paul Motian and Gary Burton, Rosenwinkel’s indelible mark in music is the consummation of being…

Violinist Axel Strauss and Naumburg Violin Award recipient coaches talented Williams College students in a master class.

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.

The Chinese Music Ensemble performs traditional sizhu music–music of silk and bamboo–using instruments such as pipa, erhu, dizi, zhongruan and zheng.

Brass Bash 2019 with the Williams Brass Ensemble offers a varied program of works for solo and chamber brass.

Junior Hannah Gruendemann '20, mezzo-soprano offers a concert of classical works for voice.

These exciting ensembles emphasize improvisational interplay with original compositions and arrangements by the band members.

The Williams Jazz Repertory Ensemble devotes itself to the study and presentation of significant composers and movements in jazz history.

Junior Lucca Delcompare '20, violin, offers a concert of solo works for violin.

This piano recital is the culmination of four years of piano study at Williams for Qiana Yang '19, featuring classical works.

Presenting gems of the piano repertoire, Sebastian Black '19 makes his final solo performance at Williams.

Erin Kennedy '19, soprano, offers her senior thesis recital with works for classical voice.

Students of Robert Phelps offer a final performance of jazz and blues standards for guitar.