Please join the Williams Choirs in an open rehearsal with Patty Cuyler. Educated at Princeton University, Cuyler is an energetic, dynamic workshop leader and choral director and is internationally-renowned for her expertise in teaching Corsican, Georgian and South African music. She has been co-director of Village Harmony since 1995 and over the years spear-headed the expansion of the organization’s reach into the four…

Sō Percussion is a percussion-based music organization that creates and presents new collaborative works to adventurous and curious audiences and educational initiatives to engaged students, while providing meaningful service to its communities, in order to  exemplify the power of music to unite people and forge deep social bonds. Program Steve Reich - Music for Pieces of Wood Viet Cuong - Water, Wine,…

As part of the celebration Sondheim@90@Williams, alumni light up the Chapin Hall stage with a musical homecoming that features some of the great works of Stephen Sondheim, Class of 1950.

MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays in Chapin Hall. Bring your lunch and join the musicians on stage in Chapin Hall and enjoy the music! Students interested in performing can find more information here.

The Berkshire Symphony presents a program that features the key of C with Bizet — Symphony in C Major; Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 13; and Stravinsky — Symphony in C. The Berkshire Symphony is a 75-member symphonic orchestra comprising, in roughly equal proportions, Williams College music students, Williams music faculty members, and area professionals. The Symphony performs music by a range…

MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays in Chapin Hall. Bring your lunch and join the musicians on stage in Chapin Hall and enjoy the music! Students interested in performing can find more information here.

The exquisitely exuberant Maru-a-Pula Marimba Band of Gaborone, Botswana brings their joyous sound to Williamstown. This ten-piece student ensemble plays both traditional and contemporary marimba music on their North American tour. African marimba music has a long tradition at Williams, and the music department welcomes back the director Laone Thekiso, Class of 2012. Mr. Thekiso is also an alumnus of…

ll are invited to a performance by the Williams Gospel Choir. With an ever growing popularity, Williams Gospel Choir is an ensemble that weaves group singing together with talented soloists, rhythm section, horns, and strings to produce a powerful and inspiring performance. This Christian-based, student-led group worships God through song and prayer. The goal of Gospel Choir is to foster…

Williams Chamber Choir explores the exquisite acoustics of the Williams College Museum of Art under the direction of Lindsay Pope. The program is titled Looking / Seeing, with music that explores seeing a person, a place, or an experience through a new lens. The Williams Chamber Choir, directed by Lindsay S. Pope, Visiting Director of Choral/Vocal Activities, performs  a diverse…

The Berkshire Symphony Student Soloist Gala features performances by winners of the 2020 Berkshire Symphony Soloist Competition. The second half of the concert brings the season to its finale with Beethoven — Symphony No. 8. The Berkshire Symphony is a 75-member symphonic orchestra comprising, in roughly equal proportions, Williams College music students, Williams music faculty members, and area professionals. The Symphony performs…

Mokoomba mixes Zimbabwean rhythms, Afrobeat and Afrorock. Their exuberant performances are legendary for awakening audiences to the wonders of their unique and powerful sound. The name Mokoomba stems from the deep respect that the Tonga people have for the Zambezi River and for the vibrant life that it brings to their music and culture. This exciting Tonga group from Zimbabwe brings…

In programs featuring cutting-edge new music and important works of the twentieth-century, the Williams Percussion Ensemble (WiPE) surveys a vast terrain of sound and rhythm. The ensemble employs all manner of percussion instruments, found sounds, and electronics to create music that resonates across boundaries of genre and discipline. In addition to music for percussion alone the group presents works for…

MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays in Chapin Hall. Bring your lunch and join the musicians on stage in Chapin Hall and enjoy the music! Students interested in performing can find more information here.

Under the direction of Lindsay Pope, the Williams Concert Choir and Williams Chamber Choir present Sound in Motion: Exploring the Relationship between Movement and the Choral Art, featuring Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer by Johannes Brahms and Figures de danse by Lionel Daunais. Williams College has a long tradition of music performance in its choral ensembles. The choral program has much to offer students interested…

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…

The Williams Jazz Ensemble is the cornerstone of a large and vibrant community of faculty members and students. Kris Allen leads the Williams Jazz Ensemble. Every year guest artists and clinicians come to campus to work with students and to perform. Past visitors have included the Branford Marsalis Quartet, The David Sanchez Quintet, Winard Harper, The Marcus Roberts Trio, John Lamb, and…