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Bernhard Music Center

Bernhard Music Center contains the offices and classrooms of the Department of Music, as well as Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall (a chamber music and lecture hall seating 279), two rehearsal halls, and a MIDI Electronic Music Facility. Chapin Hall, a large concert auditorium seating 1,020, adjoins the Center. Thompson Chapel is also used for occasional organ and choral performances.

Departments or programs wishing to schedule events in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Chapin Hall, or other department facilities must do so well in advance through the Activities Office (413) 597-2546, who will then check with the music department's Facilities Manager. These requests will be accommodated if they do not disrupt the needs of the many departmental musical activities that require these same facilities.

There are twenty-six soundproof practice rooms in the basement of Chapin Hall, most of them with pianos. These are available to any faculty member.

Most concerts during the academic year are free and open to all on a non-reserved basis. A few events (Kusika, Williamstown Jazz Festival) have a modest admission charge. Information about upcoming concerts can be obtained by consulting the Department of Music's web page calendar; requesting a free fall or spring season concert brochure by calling (413) 597-2736 or emailing eclark@williams.edu; checking the main college bulletin boards; reading the music department's ad in The Advocate; referring to the At Williams calendar; or by calling the concertline (413) 597-3146, which is updated weekly throughout the academic year.

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