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"Quintet for the Philosophy of Time and Space: 25"

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Channel: Williams College · 2011 · Music

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Williams Reunion Weekend has a particular soundtrack for its participants: the delightful cries of reunited friends, the joyous chatter among former roommates, and perhaps a few corks popping from bottles of wine. Tara Kazak '86 wanted to take the sounds of her 25th reunion a few steps further, so she approached classmate and composer Lisa Mazzotte to commission a classical piece.

"Quintet for the Philosophy of Time and Space 25," is the result. Here Tim Harbold '86 directs classmates Kazak on flute, Carl Leafstedt on viola, Valerie Anastasio and Richard Miller on vocals. Pianist Elizabeth Wright is a Williams studio instructor of piano.

Mazzotte says that the piece was born from the thoughts she and her classmates entertain around reunion time. "Many of us probably look at all of the changes we've seen in our lives personally over those years, and in the changes in society... As the number [of reunions] increases, most of us wonder how we will be using the rest of our time, where we will be, how we will make do in the spaces and environments we are confronted with every day."

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