The Western Music Society (WMS) is a very active society of LSR. Specializing in acapella music, we cover several genres of music, from jazz to pop, R&B, soul and many others. Our in-house team is active in all college functions, participating in full zeal. Outside of college, WMS strives to participate in inter-college competitions. We also encourage students to participate in workshops to increase their musical knowledge and expand not just as a choir but as individual musicians as well.
Staff Advisors
Convener: Sentisungla Longchar
Co-Convener: Swatie
Society Email Address : wms.lsr@gmail.com
The Western Music Society of Lady Shri Ram College, being one of the leading teams in the Delhi University Western Music Circuit, WMS is known for its experimentation with intricate harmonies and dynamics in genres such as Gospel, R&B, Jazz, and more. The society’s mission is to promote musical endeavors within and outside the college. The year 2022-23 began with a Monsoon-themed cultural performance for NAAC on July 13, 2022, setting the tone for a year of success. On September 27, 2022, the society organized a successful vocal training workshop with Mr Sociphem Kashak. The team emerged victorious at the Delhi prelims of IIT Bombay, ‘Mood Indigo’ on October 16, 2022, and BITS Pilani on November 22, 2023.
The society successfully hosted its signature music event, ‘Hysteria,’ under Tarang 2023. For the annual production of 2022-23, WMS arranged a competitive piece that included a complex classical arrangement titled “Leonardo Dreams of Flying Machine” by Eric Whitacre, followed by “Gloves Up” by Little Mix, and an arrangement of “Judas and Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga. The society enthusiastically participated in the DU fest season from February 2023 onwards with this piece.
The Western Music Society is recognized as one of the pre-eminent teams of the Delhi University western music circuit. The group is known for introducing complex technicalities and genres such as Western Classical, Jazz, Gospel and R&B among several other genres in competitive and non-competitive levels. The society has experimented with different styles and has brought all these into the annual arrangement.
Online Events:
- Graduation: 10/07/21- Members of the core team prepared a song cover of ‘Fix you’ by Coldplay for the graduating seniors which was presented in their online graduation.
- Open-mic: 20/08/21-An online open mic was conducted where students from all departments of LSR participated and performed various songs.
- Collaboration with NMIMS: 24/10/21- The WMS core team collaborated with the music society of NMIMS College and made online covers that were uploaded on Instagram.
- New Piece: October-November- The WMS core team entirely prepared ‘Movement’ by Hozier as their new piece.
- Philosophy Department, Soundilicious: 18/11/21-Five members of the team participated in the online music event organized by the Department of Philosophy.
- KNC-LSR Humit Open-mic: 26/11/21-Five members of the team along with students of KNC participated in the Open-mic organized by Humit app.
- WMS Orientation: 13/12/21-The WMS core team conducted an online orientation for the batch of 2024 where it discussed the functioning of the society and its legacy.
- Auditions: January- Online auditions were conducted in the month of January to select members of the core team from the batch of 2024.
- Offline Events included Umang: 12/04/22- All members of the core team performed a medley of three songs; Thinkin Bout You- Frank Ocean, Settle Down- Kimbra, Lost in the world- Kanye West and Say My Name: Destiny’s Child.
- The following prizes were won in inter-college events:Swami Shraddhanand College (Second prize), Deen Dayal Upadhyay College (First prize), IIT Delhi (Third prize), Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (First prize) and Kirori Mal College (First prize).
