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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Nov. 13, 2007 — The Williams Symphonic Winds will give a concert on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. This free event is open to the public.

This evening of music will explore the ways that composers have treated—literally, metaphorically, and symbolically—the concepts of day and night in music. The concert will juxtapose the five tableaux of Darius MilhaudÕs landmark La Creation du monde against works by Joseph Schwantner, Toru Takemitsu, Gustav Mahler and Williams Music Department Chair David Kechley. The concert will feature Theater professor Omar Sangare reciting speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr. (in Schwantner’s New Morning for the World), Peabody Conservatory professor and Williams alumnus Richard Giarusso ‘00 singing lieder by Gustav Mahler, and student soloists Scott Smedinghoff ‘09 and Augusta Caso ‘09.

The Williams Symphonic Winds is a 70-member ensemble dedicated to presenting performances of the most significant music written for the chamber and large wind ensemble mediums. Now in his eighth year as Music Director, Steven Dennis Bodner has developed the ensemble’s identity as a leading proponent of the performance of new music on campus. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered a number of works by contemporary composers, including Williams faculty and alumni. Recognized as one of the premier wind ensembles in New England, the Symphonic Winds performed at the 2006 College Band Directors National Association Eastern Division Conference.

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