October 7, 2024
W&L Presents Faculty Recital with William McCorkle
W&L Presents Faculty Recital with William McCorkle McCorkle will perform a selection of works on the harpsichord on May 6 in Wilson Concert Hall.
Washington and Lee University will present a faculty recital by organist and W&L lecturer William McCorkle on the harpsichord on May 6 at 8 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall in the Lenfest Center for the Arts.
The performance is free and open to the public and no tickets are required.
The program is titled “Elegance and Eloquence” and will feature a selection of 17th-century harpsichord music from across Europe, including compositions by Orlando Gibbons (England), Girolamo Frescobaldi (Italy), George Böhm (Germany) and Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (France).
A versatile keyboard artist, McCorkle has performed as organist, harpsichordist and pianist in solo and ensemble performances throughout the eastern United States and Europe. His research has centered on 17th- and 18th-century French and Italian vocal and keyboard styles, and he is well known for his expertise in keyboard realization.
McCorkle is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Amherst College and holds graduate degrees from Yale University, where he worked with organist Charles Krigbaum, harpsichordist Albert Fuller and tenor Blake Stern. As an Edward Poole Lay Fellow, he studied in Paris with master musicians Nadia Boulanger, Annette Dieudonné and William Christie.
For a full list of events, visit the Department of Music’s website.
The Lenfest Center for the Arts, home of the Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies and the Department of Music and Department of Art and Art History is a multi-use facility designed and equipped to accommodate a broad spectrum of the performing arts, including theater, musical theater, opera and operetta, choral and band music, dance and performance art in one energizing complex.
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