
Student Symphony
Sat, December 6th, 2014
8:00 pm
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The Williams College Department of Music presents the Williams Student Symphony in concert on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. The orchestra presents a concert titled The Calm of the Evening. This performance is free and open to the public.
The program includes Stillhunting by Dan Kohane ’12, Chanson de nuit by Edward Elgar, and Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel. Student conductors Jasmine Thomasian ‘15 and Ben Kaufman ‘16 lead the group.
The Williams Student Symphony continues a tradition of presenting new works by celebrating the world premiere of Daniel Kohane’s Stillhunting. According to the composer the term was “coined by Ed Bieber, the beloved founder and leader of The Nature Place, a day camp at which I have spent most of the summers I can remember. The word refers to a meditative act of silently, motionlessly, deliberately observing the natural world. Each movement in my piece is a kind of journal entry about an experience I have had with The Nature Place. Overnight trips with the camp have taken me to the Delaware River (bald eagles), throughout New York’s Harriman State Park (West Mountain Shelter, rattlesnakes), and to the caves of Upstate New York. These trips have become some of my fondest memories. These five movements originated as piano pieces, and were part of a larger set of thirteen. My style in Stillhunting is direct and uncomplicated–perhaps reflecting a child’s early relationship with nature–while also hinting at the struggles, dangers, and excitement inherent in living outdoors.”
The Williams Student Symphony is conducted and administered by students with sponsorship by the music department. The orchestra encourages original programming and inspired performance.