World-renowned tenor William Joyner '84 returned to his alma mater last week to host the class and perform with the William & Mary Symphony Orchestra.
2011 Music News Archive
Professor Anne Rasmussen was awarded the Alan Merriam Prize Honorable Mention for her book Women, the Recited Qur’an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia, published by the University of California Press in 2010.
Ensembles bring the sounds of Java to Williamsburg.
The W&M Gamelan Ensemble was featured in a recent article in The Flat Hat
Dr. Paul Bhasin, W&M Director of Bands, will be making a presentation at the largest band clinic in North America this December.
A new world of sound has arrived at William & Mary, thanks to the College's new Music of India Ensemble.
Both the W&M Chamber Winds and the W&M Jazz Ensemble will be presenting concerts in November.
With fanfare and grateful appreciation, the College celebrates the establishment of a fully funded, endowed professorship in Middle East studies.
The College becomes just the third in the United States, 16th in the world, to receive this fully funded, endowed professorship.
William & Mary a capella group The Gentlemen of the College will perform in New York City over Columbus Day weekend, with one performance expected to air on live TV.
The U.S. Marine Band will premiere a new work by William & Mary's director of bands in Washington D.C. this week.
Tomas Lozano will be the first performer for the 2011-2012 Ewell Concert Series. The performance will be on Saturday, October 15 at 4:30pm in the Ewell Recital Hall
Virginia Symphony Orchestra will kick off a series of classical performances at Phi Beta Kappa Hall on Oct. 6.
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, which includes members of William & Mary's applied music faculty, presented a free concert under the stars at the lakeside venue on Thursday, sponsored by the City of Williamsburg and the College.
The senior from New Jersey aims to lead the Tribe deep into the NCAA playoffs this season.
The Music Department is excited to welcome Swem's first Arts Librarian.
Katherine Preston recently took the helm of the Society for American Music. But overseeing a national scholarly organization with close to 1,000 members isn’t the only thing keeping the musicology professor busy this year.
W&M's artists-in-residence cap the academic year by performing Martin Feldman's six-hour, non-stop marathon, the String Quartet #2.
W&M's artists-in-residence won't take a break during rarely performed String Quartet #2.
Economics Professor and Williamsburg Mayor Clyde A. Haulman is the 2011 winner of the Prentis Award.
The book, "Philip the Chancellor: Motets and Prosulas" is a new edition of works by Philip the Chancellor edited by Music Department Chair Thomas Payne.
As part of her senior music project, Tidaback is spending her final semester as an undergraduate working at the school in a new partnership between it and the William & Mary music department.
William & Mary artist-in-residence and award-winning writer, composer, performer and director Rinde Eckert will perform "An Idiot Divine" at the College on March 30.
Flutist Eugenia Zuckerman, along with pianist Milana Strezeva, will present "Music of the Romantic Era" on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 8:00pm in the Williamsburg Library Theatre.
The Virginia Gazette recently printed a review of two events related to the Music Department: The Ewell Concert Series Relâche concert and the Williamsburg Music Club's fund raiser featuring W&M adjunct faculty Christine Neihaus and Harris Simon.
Eymen Gürtan and Ensemble present Sufi and Classical Music of Istanbul. Co-sponsored by the Reves Center for International Studies. Workshops to be announced. Free admission.
Rinde Eckert, an international pioneer in multimedia performance, will visit the College of William and Mary as Helene Stein Vogt Artist-in-Residence in the Music Department.
The Ewell Concert Series presents Relâche-Contemporary classical ensemble. They will perform on 2/18/11 at 8pm at the Williamsburg Library Theatre.
William & Mary voice teacher and jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian will present a tribute to jazz great Billie Holiday in the next event of the Department of Music's Ewell Concert Series.
The Appalachian Music Ensemble preserves and teaches the art of Appalachian music.
Neal Cary, performing artist faculty of cello and chamber music at the College of William and Mary, has released a video performance of the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 2.
W&M Associate Professor Anne Rasmussen's new book, "Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia" is featured in an article in Ideation Magazine.
Jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian will present "Billie Remembered," a Tribute to Billie Holiday, with the Hod O'Brien Trio. The performance will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 8:00pm at the Williamsburg Library Theatre. Free admission.
