Presented by the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study Solo Recital Series
Program
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About the Performers
William Wang is a sixth-year PhD student in computer science, working with Ali Jadbabaie at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. He currently studies with David Deveau as an Emerson/Harris Fellow; his past teachers include Betty Woo and James Gard- ner, and he has participated in masterclasses with Olga Kern, Rohan de Silva, Sang Woo Kang, and Gloria Chien. William is a four-time winner of the US Open Music Competition, first place winner of the East Bay Music Festival, and audience favorite prizewinner for the Pacific Musical Society Competition. William won the UC Berkeley concerto competition and performed Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto with the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in 2017 – he would later perform the same concerto with the Boston Pops as part of the MIT Tech Night celebrations in 2021. In addition to solo repertoire, William has enjoyed playing in many group en- sembles at MIT, such as the Chamber Music Society and Jazz Combos, Middle Eastern Ensemble, and Ribotones, a musical outreach group which performs at assisted living homes. Apart from music, William enjoys cooking, baking sweets, and playing table tennis.
About the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study
Support for private musical study is available for students through the Emerson/Harris Program (E/HP), which offers merit-based financial awards for outstanding achievement on instruments or voice in classical, jazz, or world music. Each academic year, the pro- gram awards Scholarships and Fellowships to nearly seventy students who commit to a full year’s study and participate in the musical life of MIT.
Auditions for the program are held at the beginning of each academic year. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the E/HP jury heads, may include instructors from MIT staff and throughout Greater Boston.
The Emerson/Harris Program is funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941), in response to an appeal from Associate Provost Ellen T. Harris (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus of Music). The Emerson/Harris Masterclass Series is supported, in part, by the Robert L. Malster (1956) Fund.
