
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Upcoming Events
February 2025

Recital for Berkshire Soloist Competition
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 Chapin Hall in April, a concert which showcases the remarkable talents of our Williams students.
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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…
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Recital for Berkshire Soloist Competition
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 Chapin Hall in April, a concert which showcases the remarkable talents of our Williams students.
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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 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 a movement from a concerto, a single-movement work, a concert…
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Williams Chamber Players
Williams Chamber Players features great works performed by outstanding music faculty. Opening the concert is the Concerto Grosso op. 3 No. 3 by Handel, performed by Charles Huang, oboe; Ashley Kim '26, violin concertino; Muneko Otani, Keiyu Mamiya '28, violins Ray Wang '25, viola; Julian Müller, cello; Tim Pyper, harpsichord. Next, Joanna Kurkowicz, violin, and Gregg August, bass play Duo…
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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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Piano Master Class - Kate Liu - Visiting Artist Series
The Williams College Department of Music presents Kate Liu, piano offering master classes for talented Williams music students. In this event violin students play for the Lucie Robert and receive feedback. The master class offers an opportunity to experience how these professionals pass on their knowledge of music to their students. The combination of playing, demonstration, and discussion of questions provides…
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Kate Liu, piano - Visiting Artist Series
The Williams College Department of Music presents Kate Liu, piano as part of the Visiting Artist Series. Pianist Kate Liu gained international acclaim after winning the Bronze Medal and Best Mazurka Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland. She was also awarded the audience favorite prize voted by the Polish public on the Polish National Radio. As…
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Violin Studio Recital
This recital is a chance to hear the very talented musicians in Joanna Kurkowicz’s studio as they showcase many of the finest works in the classic solo repertoire for violin.
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Jazz Nights – Combos
Jazz Nights – Combos presents talented student groups. Outstanding musicians showcase their interpretations of standards alongside premieres of original works. The first evening of a two part event, don't miss the next night of jazz with the Williams Jazz Orchestra.
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Jazz Nights – Williams Jazz Orchestra
Jazz Nights – Williams Jazz Orchestra offers a performance that mixes superb modern interpretations of old big band favorites along with new works, all featuring talented student jazz improvisors. Incredibly, the whole band manages to bunch itself onto the modestly proportioned stage of Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, recalling the days of a more intimate big band sound. Eschewing amplification, except for…
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Chamber Music Studio Recital
Discover the fascinating world of chamber music with some of our talented student groups as we offer an afternoon of string and wind music for various formations: trios, quartets, and quintets.
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Chinese Music Ensemble
The Chinese Music Ensemble performs the sizhu genre of chamber music played on such instruments as the erhu, pipa, ruan, zheng and yangqin. The ensemble is directed by Artist-in-Residence Wang Guowei.
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Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
The Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, sponsored by the Music Department, explores vocal and instrumental traditions rooted in centuries of musical practice. The group meets weekly to play repertoire that spans a wide geographic, historical, and cultural terrain including folk, classical, and popular styles from around the Middle East. Ensemble members learn maqamat (modes) and iqa'at (rhythms), the musical systems shared among musical traditions of the…
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Jazz Voice Studio Recital
Students of Samirah Evans gather together to present an afternoon of jazz and standards, backed up by a combo of talented musicians.
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Nathaniel Tunggal '25, bassoon and piano
Nathaniel Tunggal '25, bassoonist and pianist, offers an afternoon recital featuring great works from both repertoires. Piano works include Ravel's Sonatine, Rachmaninoff Prelude op. 32, No. 12. Switching to bassoon, there are a few movements from Five Sacred Trees and the Osborne Rhapsody for Solo Bassoon.
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Jessie Burdette '25, viola, fiddle, and banjo
Jessie Burdette '25, violist, fiddler, banjo player, offers an evening recital featuring viola works by Bach and Clarke followed by chamber music and selections for fiddle, and banjo.
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Clarinet Studio Recital
Clarinetists from the studio of Michael Dee present a concert of works by great composers.
Find out more »June 2025

Class Day Recital
The Williams College Department of Music presents graduating seniors from the Class of 2025 on their last full undergraduate day. This free event is open to the public. Doors will open at 10 a.m. for this very popular event. This hour long morning of music represents is the final concert of the season.
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