Bennington's Senior Concert Week in Music, Senior Music Fest, was held May 4-7, 2021. Congratulations to all participants on this vibrant series of live-streamed events, sound installations, album releases, and virtual concerts.

Seniors presented their artistic work ranging from jazz quartets to audiovisual pieces to Mariachi-influenced singer-songwriter compositions to documentary screenings. Some of these works were performed live at the “Music Tent” outside of Jennings (campus community only - also streaming on Twitch), and some were broadcast on B-Rad, Bennington's student-led radio station. Please join us in collectively experiencing these compelling works of Bennington students.

Many of the events are available for re-streaming for 14 days.

SENIOR Music fest 2021

TUESDAY, MAY 4

Daniel O'Connor
7:00pm - DCB Outdoor Stage
Long Black Veil: composition for vibraphone and piano trio, featuring Nat Parke, Allen Shawn, and Kaori Washiyama
Re-stream here until 5/18

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5

Izzy Ioffreda
6:00pm - B-Rad Broadcast
Album of 8 original songs arranged and composed through remote collaboration. Featuring Annabelle McLennan, Doreé Gordon, Joe Ippolito, Elmina David, Amayi Anders, Bart Lawson, and Dexter Wadsworth.

Gabriella Yadegari
6:30pm - B-Rad Broadcast

Brooks Hope
7:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
Brooks Hope's senior show will be a collection of various vocal pieces he has worked on during his time at Bennington College, as well as several jazz standards and one original piece performed with a small band. Featuring Chris Rose and Yoshiko Sato, piano; Joe Larse, drums; Ben Watson, bass.
Re-stream here until 5/19

Daniel O'Connor
8:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
Percussion performance, with works by Alvin Lucier, JS Bach, Iannis Xenakis,
and Linda Catlin Smith. Featuring Nat Parke, cello.
Re-stream here until 5/19

Alli von Hirschberg
9:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
Mini live set comprising 4 songs. One classical piece and 3 of my own songs.
Featuring Phoenix Malanga, drums, and Luke Taylor, bass.
Re-stream here until 5/19

THURSDAY, MAY 6

Joshua Goldberg
12:00pm - B-Rad Broadcast
a preview of original musical theatre compositions.
full filmed revue will be available late May at joshuadgoldberg.com

Ben Watson
4:00pm - B-Rad Broadcast
a couple songs from my soon-to-be-released album of originals

Michael Barajas
5:30pm - B-Rad Broadcast
an album consisting of covers and originals

Gabby Cortese
7:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
a multicultural live performance that amplifies the unheard voices from across the globe through field compositions, vocal repertoire, and original music.
Featuring John Kirk and Yoshiko Sato.
Re-stream here until 5/20
(pdf program)

Soumya Shailendra
8:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
a staged reading of an English translation of Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug
Re-stream here until 5/20
(pdf program)

Colin Jones
9:30pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
a structured audiovisual improvisation for guitar, prepared guitar and synthesizer, with live projections. Featuring Annabelle McLennan and Rezzie Yildirim. Note: there will be flashing/strobing lights.
Re-stream here until 5/20

FRIDAY, MAY 7

Ako Shergazy
12:00pm - B-Rad Broadcast
a sound map of my work-in-progress installation

Jann Moreno
1:00pm - B-Rad Broadcast
SAD JUAN is a Salvadoran-American musician, Jann Carlos Moreno, who expresses his identity and culture through his constantly evolving music. He combines aspects of Latin Rock with his psychedelic guitar playing and doesn't shy away from submerging himself in different genres and styles. The result is an excitingly fresh take on the traditional. Bésame will be SAD JUAN's debut album and introduction into the music world. It will combine all that he's learned from growing up in Houston, Texas to studying music in Vermont.

Amy Anders
4:30pm - B-Rad Broadcast
a ten track demo album of original songs
(Bandcamp)

Liam Shannon
5:00pm - B-Rad Broadcast
A recital featuring a variety of classical vocal works in addition to the contemporary song cycle For A Look Or A Touch by American composer, Jake Heggie. Accompanied by pianist Yoshiko Sato.

Elmina David
7:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
I will be singing two classical pieces with Yoshiko Sato, two jazz pieces with Chris Rose, Luke Taylor, and Ben Watson as my band, and then I will be performing and conducting a choral composition of mine with a choir of 11 other people.
Re-stream here until 5/21

Kenia Torres-Dominguez
8:00pm - Jennings Outdoor Stage
A Mariachi piece based on a legend from Chiapas, Mexico
combined with an arrangement of La Llorona by Chavela Vargas
(pdf program)
Re-stream here until 5/21

Tamar Gilligashvili
8:30pm - Twitch Stream
A Very Happy Woman: A documentary on marriage by abduction and its inter-generational effects on a Georgian family.
Re-stream here until 5/21

Annabelle McLennan
9:05pm - Twitch Stream
Pieces played and edited in conjunction with live video
Re-stream here until 5/21

Martha Bennett
9:30pm - Twitch Stream
Three songs. Featuring Chris Rose, piano.
Re-stream here until 5/21

This page is under development. Please send issues/questions to Gina Deibel, Music Program Coordinator, ginadeibel@bennington.edu