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This concert explores the theme of “Fun,” featuring music from diverse composers, cultures, and backgrounds. While music certainly has the ability to heal, inspire, comfort, and educate, it also has the ability to bring joy to both the listener and the performer alike. The choirs will seek to bring this joy and fun through the music of Bach, Esmail, Hogan, Monk, Whitacre, and others.

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.

MIDWEEKMUSIC TUESDAY breaks the mold a little as it comes a day earlier than usual. Exams begin on Wednesday which brings a halt to our concertizing. Don’t miss this opportunity to have one last listen before the beginning of next semester.

Williams Chamber Players first offers Turina’s Piano Quartet in A Minor, op. 67 performed by Joanna Kurkowicz, violin, Ah Ling Neu, viola, Julian Müller, cello, and Doris Stevenson, piano.

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, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and Wagner. Students are paired with their teachers and mentors throughout the rehearsal period and throughout the performance season. Seated this way, the students are exposed to a level of professionalism and discipline that is rare in an educational setting. At the same time, the students’ infectious enthusiasm contributes to the Berkshire Symphony’s remarkable energy and rich sound. Four concerts are presented each season. The goal is to expose students to a broad range of symphonic repertory, while maintaining a commitment to perform music by living and American composers.

As a composer, Aucoin is committed to expanding the possibilities of opera as a genre. His own operas, which include Eurydice and Crossing, have been produced at the Metropolitan Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Boston Lyric Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Canadian Opera Company, among others. The Metropolitan Opera’s recording of Eurydice was nominated for a Grammy in 2023.

This faculty recital for wind instruments features Jacqueline DeVoe, flute; Michael Dee, clarinet; Charles Huang, oboe; Susan Daves, bassoon, and Victor Sungarian, horn.

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 award-winning Italian singer Carmen Marsico, Zafarán bridges languages and cultures with their own eclectic blend of musical styles, combining deep traditions with original songs and ideas.

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.

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 a fascinating window into the world of musicians. This event is free and open to the public.