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Hamilton College Choir

Choir Musical
Lady in the Dark
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by Moss Hart
Directed by G. Roberts Kolb
Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, 8 pm
Sunday, February 5, 2 pm
Wellin Hall, $8/$6/$3

Set in New York City in 1940, successful fashion
magazine editor Liza Elliot seeks psychoanalysis
as she is unsettled by confused and fantastic
dreams. Ultimately, it is the memory of a haunting
childhood song that she has been unable to
recall that sets her free.

Spring Break Tour Home Concert
Friday, March 30, 7:30 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

Conducted by G. Roberts Kolb, the Hamilton
College Choir and College Hill Singers present
the home concert of their recently completed
Midwestern Spring Break Tour.

Hamilton College and Community Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra

Hamilton College Choir and College Hill Singers Tuesday, May 1, 8 pm
Wellin Hall $8/$6/$3

The Masterworks Chorale and College Choir
combine to perform Brahms Requiem.

Hamilton College Orchestra

Brainstorm: Symphonic Crosstalk
Sunday, March 4, 3 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

Heather Buchman conducts Brainstorm: Symphonic Crosstalk. This year's theme explores the musical connections between two symphonies of Brahms
and Dvorák.

Spring Concert
Friday, April 27, 8 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

The Hamilton College Orchestra, led by Heather
Buchman, will perform Kodaly's Dances of Galanta
and Dvorák's Symphony No. 6 in D Major.

Hamilton College Jazz

Jazz Combo
Tuesday, April 10, 9 pm
Café Opus, Free Admission

The Hamilton College Jazz Combo
puts on an informal concert in Café Opus.

Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, May 3, 8 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

"Doc" Woods leads the Hamilton College Jazz
Ensemble in their final concert of the semester.



Student Concerts

Junior Recital - Catherine Crone, piano
Saturday, April 14, 7 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

Catherine Crone '13 presents a piano recital
featuring works by Mozart, Chopin, and Ginastera.

Chamber Ensembles
Friday, April 20, 8 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

A concert for wind, string, and brass ensembles.

Student Soloists Concert
Saturday, May 5, 6 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

A recital of student soloists.

Senior Concert
Saturday, May 19, 9 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

Senior music students perform on the eve
of Commencement.

Special Film Event


Way Down East (1920)
Saturday, April 21, 8 pm
Wellin Hall, Free Admission

Heather Buchman conducts a seven-piece
orchestra in Philip Rothman's score to the iconic
silent film Way Down East, starring Lillian Gish
and directed by D.W. Griffith: a naïve country
girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a rich
womanizer and must then rebuild her life after
bearing a child out of wedlock.