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"Doc" Woods conducts the Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble in a performance on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. Admission is free and all seating is on stage. The Jazz Ensemble will play jazz standards and new pieces written by Woods. The box office telephone number is 859-4331.

Singer Joe Williams H’88, a major participant in the establishment of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, is the subject of a documentary that will be screened on Wednesday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. at The Other Side in Utica. Monk Rowe, The Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, will present the film.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series presents The Jazz Urbane on Friday, Feb. 17, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall.  For this event, the audience will be seated on stage for a jazz club-like setting.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a weekend of jazz and chamber music on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3.  Both concerts begin at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents its annual Jazz Kick-Off Concert on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.

Hamilton’s Jazz Archive was the source for a story about Duke Ellington that appeared on NPR’s A Blog Supreme on July 18. “Duke Ellington Has His Way” tells the story of how Ellington “poached” trumpeter Clark Terry from Count Basie. The article credits the jazz archive and Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive and Lecturer in Music Performance.

The Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with its spring concert on Thursday, May 5, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Musical performances by the Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble and The College Chamber Ensembles will be featured this weekend.

The Departments of Music and Dance and Movement Studies will offer a full schedule of free performances in Wellin Hall during the College’s Family Weekend, Friday, Oct. 29, and Saturday, Oct. 30.

The Hamilton College Jazz Archive is coordinating a jazz artists in residency program sponsored by Dr. Allen Mead '88, Dr. Phil Mead '59 and Ann Mead. Saxophonist Eric Alexander and pianist Harold Mabern will be in residency on the Hamilton campus from March 30-April 1. A highlight will be a performance by the duo on Wednesday, March 31, at 8 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. Late night jazz in the pub will follow featuring guitarist Paul Kogut '88. Admission is free for both concerts.