Clark Art to Host Musician, Williams College Alumnus Oct. 15

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Oct. 15, jazz trumpeter and Williams College alumnus Jonathan Dely returns to the Clark to perform in concert with his band.

Dely’s performance takes place at 7 p.m. in the Clark’s auditorium. The program features an exciting lineup of jazz, pop, and selections from the American Songbook.

Dely is an award-winning trumpet soloist from Long Island, New York. Named a finalist in the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, the National Trumpet Competition, and the Yamaha Performing Artist Competition. Dely graduated with Latin honors from Williams College in 2015, where he served as the college’s teaching assistant in jazz and, upon graduation, was awarded the prestigious Arthur Judson Prize in music.

In New York, Dely has become a performer at venues including Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Blue Note NYC, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Django, Highline Ballroom, and the Princeton Club of New York, where he serves as Artist in Residence. He earned a master’s degree in jazz trumpet performance at the Manhattan School of Music in 2017.

Tickets are $28 ($25 members, $20 students with valid ID, $8 children 10 and under). For more information and to purchase tickets, visit clarkart.edu/events or call 413 458 0524.

Williams Grads Reminded of Community that Got Them to Graduation

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:14PM / Sunday, June 02, 2024

The graduates heard from two speakers — Phi Betta Kappa speaker Milo Chang and class speaker Jahnavi Nayar Kirtane. The keynote speaker, Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was unable to attend and recorded his speech for playback. See more photos here.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College said goodbye Sunday to its graduating seniors.

 

And a representative of the class of 2024 took the time to say goodbye to everyone in the community who made students' journey possible.

 

Milo Chang, the Phi Beta Kappa speaker for the class and one of two students to speak at Sunday's 235th commencement exercises, explained that the term "Williams community" applies to more than those who get to list the school on their resumes.

 

"It includes everyone who has shaped our experiences here, from loved ones back home to the dedicated staff members who make campus their second home," Chang told his classmates. "During my time at Williams, we've seen this community step up in remarkable ways to support us."

 

Chang talked about the faculty and staff who gave their time to operate the COVID-19 testing centers and who greeted students before they could take their first classroom tests in the fall of 2020, and the dining services personnel who kept the students fed and somehow understood their orders through the masks everyone was wearing when this class arrived on campus.

 

And he shared a personal story that brought the message home.

 

"We often underestimate the power of community until we experience a taste of its absence," Chang said. "I remember staying on campus after our first Thanksgiving at Williams, after most students went home to finish the semester remotely. I remember the long hours sitting in empty common rooms. I remember the days you could walk through campus without seeing another student.