Hamilton College Department of Music
HAMILTON COLLEGE
CHOIR
Choir Musical
Gilbert and Sullivan
Utopia Limited
Friday and Saturday, February
6 and 7, 8 pm
Sunday, February 8, 2 pm
Wellin Hall
$7 adult/$5 senior/$3 student
G. Roberts Kolb directs the
Hamilton College in the annual
choir musical. Set in the South
Sea Islands, King Paramount
of the Island of Utopia decides
that his people should adopt
all English customs and institu-
tions, but he goes a bit over-
board and decrees that the
kingdom and each of its inhab-
itants should become a "com-
pany limited" based on the
English Companies Act of 1862.
Home Tour Concert
Friday, April 3, 8 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
Italian tour.
Spring Concert
Monday, May 4, 8 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
G. Roberts Kolb conducts the
Hamilton College Choir and
College Hill Singers in music
by Johannes Brahms for chorus
and piano.
HAMILTON COLLEGE AND
COMMUNITY ORATORIO
SOCIETY AND ORCHESTRA
Spring Concert for St. Cecilia
Tuesday, April 28, 8 pm
Wellin Hall
$8 adult/$5 senior &
student/free for Hamilton
students
G. Roberts Kolb conducts the
Hamilton College and Commu-
nity Oratorio Society and
Orchestra in two pieces for St.
Cecilia, the patron saint of
music: Charles Gounod's
Messe solennelle (St. Cecilia)
and Hubert Parry’s Ode on St.
Cecilia's Day.
HAMILTON COLLEGE
ORCHESTRA
Hamilton College Brainstorm!
Concert
Conducted by
Heather Buchman
Sunday, March 8 at 3 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
Hamilton College Spring
Concert
Conducted by
Heather Buchman
Program TBA
Saturday, May 2 at 8 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
HAMILTON COLLEGE
JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Spring Concert
Friday, May 3, 3 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
The Jazz Ensemble presents
classic swing charts and origi-
nal compositions in celebration
of the unique American art
form called jazz. Excerpts from
videotaped interviews drawn
from Hamilton’s Jazz Archive
will provide a backstory to
selected arrangements. Guest
conductor Monk Rowe is the
director of the Jazz Archive.
Jazz Combo
Tuesday, April 7, 9 pm
Café Opus
Free Admission
Members of the Jazz Combo
present an informal concert of
originals, solos, improvisation,
and standards.
Chamber Ensembles
Friday, April 24, 8 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
An evening of chamber music
for strings, woodwind, and
brass.
SENIOR RECITALS
Li Qui, percussion
Sunday, April 5, 3 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
Li Qiu, percussion, presents
a recital with a repertoire span-
ning from classical composers
to contemporary artists. Qui
will be joined by Michael
Cirmo, percussion; Sar-Shalom
Strong, piano; and Tom Morrell.
Phillip Hoying
Friday, April 17, 7 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
Phillip Hoying, bass, presents
a vocal recital. Accompanied
by Sar-Shalom Strong on piano,
Hoying will perform works by
Carissimi, Schubert, Quilter
and Mozart.
Andrew Root
Saturday, April 18, 7 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
Andrew Root, electric bass,
presents a recital of original
compositions for jazz combo
and vocalist, incorporating
a variety of styles from funk
and jazz to reggae and hip-hop.
Student Soloists Concert
Saturday, May 9, 7 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
A recital of student musicians
selected by a faculty panel.
Senior Concert
Saturday, May 23, 9 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
On the eve of Commencement,
senior music students present
a final recital.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Henry Grimes
& Rashied Ali
Saturday, January 31, 8 pm
Fillius Events Barn, $5,
Free for Hamilton Students
Join us to
celebrate a
return to music
by master bassist
Henry Grimes.
Grimes was at
the top of his
game in the free
jazz movement when he disap-
peared from performing in
1967. He was presumed dead
but was rediscovered in 2002
and has made an unprecedented
comeback. Grimes, whose
amazing story has been featured
on NPR and in The New York
Times, will perform with the
legendary Rashied Ali, the
free jazz and avant-garde jazz
drummer best known for play-
ing with John Coltrane in the
last years of his life.
Presented in partnership
with Hamilton HEOP.
Bradshaw/Martín Duo,
piano four hands
Sunday, February 22, 3 pm
Wellin Hall
Free Admission
Sponsored by the Barrian Rankin Shute Memorial Fund
Christopher Bradshaw and
María José Martín have been
captivating audiences with
four hand and duo piano per-
formances since they formed
their team in 1992. This
Hamilton program will include
Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the
Flowers, Shubert's Fantasy
in F Minor and Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue among
other pieces.