Chapin Hall
Upcoming Events
November 2024
Talujon - Visiting Artist Series
The Williams College Department of Music presents Talujon Percussion Group featuring guest artists Jamie Jordan, soprano & Paula Matthusen, electronics as part of the Visiting Artist Series. This event is free and open to the public. Talujon Percussion Group is: Ian Antonio, Caitlin Cawley, David Cossin, Matthew Gold, Tom Kolor, Michael Lipsey, and Matt Ward. Talujon gives the world premiere…
Find out more »Concert Choir & Chamber Choir
Williams Concert Choir and the Williams Chamber Choir conducted by Anna Lenti present a fall concert. This event is free and open to the public. The Williams Concert and Chamber Choirs present their fall concert, entitled Lineage: Music of Politics and Identity. In recognition of this November's presidential election, this performance will feature music that both celebrates and challenges the sphere of…
Find out more »Williams Gospel Choir
The Williams Gospel Choir offers an afternoon of inspiring song open to all in Chapin Hall. For over thirty years people of all faiths have been invited to join the Gospel Choir to celebrate the tradition and move ahead into a future of joyous song. The Williams Gospel Choir continues to be a force that uplifts and empowers students and…
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »Williams Percussion and Brass Ensembles
Williams College Percussion Ensemble and New Music Williams presents a their fall concert together with the Williams Brass Ensemble. In programs featuring cutting-edge new music and important works of the twentieth-century, the Williams Percussion Ensemble (WiPE), directed by Matthew Gold, surveys a vast terrain of sound and rhythm. The Williams Brass Ensemble directed by Steve Felix and Alan Burns present…
Find out more »December 2024
MIDWEEKMUSIC
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »Sitar and Tabla Studio Recital
Join students of sitarist Veena Chandra and tabla player Devesh Chandra for a taste of Indian classical music. This studio recital takes place on the Chapin Hall stage to provide space for the sweet sounds of the many musicians under the tuition of these two master musicians.
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC Tuesday
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »January 2025
Williams Opera Workshop
The Williams Opera Workshop presents a cast and ensemble of some of Williams most gifted singers. WOW brings to life stories touching love, wicked betrayal, war, and peace from the annals of the opera world. Williams Opera Workshop is a project involving talented Williams student singers working together to prepare operatic scenes. This offers singers the opportunity to further develop…
Find out more »Williams Opera Workshop
The Williams Opera Workshop presents a cast and ensemble of some of Williams most gifted singers. WOW brings to life stories touching love, wicked betrayal, war, and peace from the annals of the opera world. Williams Opera Workshop is a project involving talented Williams student singers working together to prepare operatic scenes. This offers singers the opportunity to further develop…
Find out more »March 2025
Berkshire Symphony
The Williams College Department of Music presents the Berkshire Symphony in concert. This exciting performance features the following works: Grace Hale - This Is Not a Dream Claude Debussy - Danses sacrée et profane Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 This event is free and open to the public. There are no reservations or ticketing. The Berkshire Symphony is a 75-member symphonic…
Find out more »Zafarán - Visiting Artist Series
The Williams College Department of Music presents Zafarán. This event is free and open to the public. Zafarán crosses time and boundaries, and incorporates musical traditions from around the Mediterranean, weaving together such diverse threads as Southern Italian chants, Sephardic love songs, Romani laments, and Turkish and Greek folk tunes. With driving rhythms, virtuosic improvisation, and the powerful voice of…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »April 2025
Williams Percussion Ensemble
Williams College Percussion Ensemble and New Music Williams presents a their fall concert. 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…
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »Berkshire Symphony
The Williams College Department of Music presents the Berkshire Symphony in concert. This event is free and open to the public. There are no reservations or ticketing. 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 of composers, including Beethoven,…
Find out more »Williams Gospel Choir
The Williams Gospel Choir offers an afternoon of inspiring song open to all in Chapin Hall. For over thirty years people of all faiths have been invited to join the Gospel Choir to celebrate the tradition and move ahead into a future of joyous song. The Williams Gospel Choir continues to be a force that uplifts and empowers students and…
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »May 2025
Brass Ensemble
Williams Brass Ensemble, led by Travis Dobson and Steve Felix, 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.
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »Concert Choir & Chamber Choir
Williams Concert Choir and the Williams Chamber Choir conducted by Anna Lenti present a spring concert. This event is free and open to the public. The Friday May 9 performance will be repeated on Saturday May 10. The Williams Concert and Chamber Choirs present a staged rendition of Craig Hella Johnson's Considering Matthew Shepard. This work, composed by conductor Craig Hella…
Find out more »Concert Choir & Chamber Choir
Williams Concert Choir and the Williams Chamber Choir conducted by Anna Lenti present a spring concert. This event is free and open to the public. The Williams Concert and Chamber Choirs present a staged rendition of Craig Hella Johnson's Considering Matthew Shepard. This work, composed by conductor Craig Hella Johnson in 2018, is a musical response to the 1998 murder of…
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
Find out more »MIDWEEKMUSIC Tuesday
MIDWEEKMUSIC is a popular lunchtime series taking place at 12:15pm on selected Wednesdays. We look forward to seeing you in Chapin Hall. Students interested in performing can find more information here.
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