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Williamstown,Massachusetts 01267
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Bachelor of Arts in Music


The Music Department offers students an exceptionally wide variety of opportunities to study music both inside and outside the classroom through performance, composition, ethnomusicology, theory, and history. The faculty is made up of devoted teachers, prominent scholars, prolific composers, and active performers. We offer numerous courses for both the major and the general student and high-level performance opportunities that are open to all students at Williams. As a large department at a small college, our majors receive a great deal of personal attention, and around a quarter of the students at Williams are actively involved in the musical life of the Department each year. The Music Department presents approximately 125 concerts each season ranging from student recitals and ensembles to visiting artists of national and international stature. As a premiere liberal arts college, Williams encourages students to explore the full range of musical studies and to seize as many opportunities as possible during their all-too-brief college years

Notable Alumni Include:

Douglas Boyce, Amy Champagne, Brian Coughlin, Anthony Cummings, Richard Giarusso, Judd Greenstein, Jason Howland, Art Lande, Paul LaRosa, James O’Leary, Carl Leafstedt, Chris Lightcap, Richard J. Miller, Jr., Jeffrey Perry, Paul Rardin




Faculty Info:

Kris Allen, Gregg August, RJ Avallone, M. Jennifer Bloxam, Corinna S. Campbell, Erin K. Casey, Devesh Chandra, Veena Chandra, Susan Cheng, Zaccai Curtis, Jacqueline DeVoe, Travis Dobson, Samirah Evans, Ronald Feldman, Steve Felix, Joana A. Genova, Matthew Gold, Ed Gollin, Paul J. Green, Wang Guowei, Marjorie Hirsch, Andrew Jaffe, David Kechley, Keith E. Kibler, Michael D. Kolodny, Joanna Kurkowicz, Paul S. La Rosa, Edwin Lawrence, Bernice Lewis, Bob Logan, Conor Meehan, Jeff A. Miller, Douglas Moore, Elizabeth Morse, Tendai Muparutsa, Jonathan C. Myers, John Nazarenko, Ah Ling Neu, Muneko O. Otani, Amanda L. Pappas, Nathaniel Parke, Ileana Perez Velazquez, Rob Phelps, Michelle Picard, Daniel E. Prindle, Kenneth Roberts, Kerry Ryer-Parke, Avery G. Sharpe, W. Anthony Sheppard, Doris Stevenson, Victor T. Sungarian, Zachary Wadsworth, Stephen Walt, Cathy Weinfield-Zell, Brad Wells, David A. Wharton, Elizabeth A. Wright, Robert V. Zimmerman.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
(3/7/19 - 3/10/19)
Williams College
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE in Broadway THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(5/3/18 - 5/5/18)
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SWEENEY TODD
(1/24/17 - 1/24/17)
WILLIAMS COLLEGE
DOGFIGHT
(4/23/15 - 4/25/15)
WILLIAMS COLLEGE
THE FANTASTICKS
(2/8/14 - 2/9/14)
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NEXT TO NORMAL
(4/18/13 - 4/20/13)
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