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Charlotte Botha, instructor of music and director of choral activities, talks about the challenges of directing a chorus during a pandemic. She joined the faculty in July.
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The Fillius Jazz Archive has, among its more than 400 videotaped interviews, two with jazz great Dave Brubeck, shared here.
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Communications Office student writer Melissa (Aurelie) Kaleka ’24 recently took part in a Musical Alchemy songwriting session with professional songwriter Anne Buckle, offered by the Counseling Center. Here, she talks about the experience.
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A clawhammer banjo player and a scholar of Appalachian old-time and bluegrass music that focuses on women, Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley was the natural choice to write Unlikely Angel – The Songs of Dolly Parton.
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It took some elaborate planning and extraordinary safety measures, but the Music Department hosted a porch concert featuring Hamilton musicians and members of the College Choir at the Babbitt Pavilion on Sept. 29.
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As a high school senior, Nick Walters ’20 discovered his interest in choral music. At Hamilton, he focused that interest. His next step is a master’s degree in musicology at the University of Cambridge.
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What better way for a musician to pay tribute to her graduating friends than creating a music video? That’s what Jiin Jeong ’21 did, but she took it a step further by creating a video montage of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, with members of the Hamilton College Orchestra, faculty, and others.
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A crowd-pleasing performance of funky new tunes made Wellin Hall swing back in September. The Jazz Kick Off Concert took place on Sept. 11.
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An article by Associate Professor of Music Rob Hopkins appears in the spring issue of American Music, a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Illinois Press.
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This week’s Hamilton Encore features the Hamilton College Saxophone Ensemble performing the toe-tapping tune “Blister in the Sun,” arranged by saxophonist Tyler Boudreau ’20. The Sax Ensemble is part of the music department’s chamber ensemble program and is directed by Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive and lecturer in saxophone.
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