http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/teaching-awards-presented-to-three-faculty-members-at-class-charter-day-ceremony http://www.hamilton.edu/news/teaching-awards-presented-to-three-faculty-members-at-class-charter-day-ceremony Hamilton College’s highest awards for teaching were presented to three faculty members during the annual Class & Charter Day ceremony on May 13.  Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Abhishek Amar and Rob Knight, assistant professor of art, received awards. Assistant Professor of Government Ted Lehmann was named the recipient of Student Assembly’s Sidney Wertimer Award. Tue, 14 May 2013 05:30:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/kirkland-town-library-and-burke-library-awarded-neh-grant http://www.hamilton.edu/news/kirkland-town-library-and-burke-library-awarded-neh-grant The Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton’s Burke Library are joint recipients of  a $2,500 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to fund a program  “America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway.” Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:01:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/music-in-american-film-advances-idea-of-lifelong-learning http://www.hamilton.edu/news/music-in-american-film-advances-idea-of-lifelong-learning Saying goodbye to Hamilton and its people is hard enough for graduating seniors. But on top of having to separate themselves from the place they know and love, they are forced to accept the fact that Hamilton-level philosophizing simply doesn’t happen from 9-to-5 —at least, not on a daily basis. Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley found a way to keep gradautes engaged with a new online class - Hamilton's first. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:51:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/campus-engagement-a-priority-in-trustee-meeting-schedules http://www.hamilton.edu/news/campus-engagement-a-priority-in-trustee-meeting-schedules Despite a weekend full of committee meetings, members of the Hamilton Board of Trustees still found many opportunities to engage one-on-one and collectively with students, faculty and staff during the Board's quarterly meeting March 1-2 in Clinton. Here are a few occasions of those occasions. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:31:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/blugerass-legend-the-seldom-scene-to-perform http://www.hamilton.edu/news/blugerass-legend-the-seldom-scene-to-perform The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series and Kirkland Art Center join forces to present bluegrass legend The Seldom Scene on Friday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:27:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamessley-presents-at-symposium http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamessley-presents-at-symposium Lydia Hamessley, professor of music, presented a talk titled “‘Music on Which the Story Might Ride’: Music in Paul Green’s The Lost Colony (1937)” at the international symposium, Roanoke Conundrum – Fact & Fiction. The symposium was held Oct. 6-10 in Manteo, N.C., to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the outdoor pageant The Lost Colony. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:28:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamessley-presents-at-music-society-meeting http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamessley-presents-at-music-society-meeting Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley presented a paper titled “Elizabethan Music in North Carolina: Paul Green’s Symphonic Drama, The Lost Colony (1937)” at the annual meeting of the Society for American Music held March 14-18 in Charlotte, N.C.   Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/catherine-crone-13-to-compile-banjo-manual-collection-online-under-emerson-grant http://www.hamilton.edu/news/catherine-crone-13-to-compile-banjo-manual-collection-online-under-emerson-grant The banjo can reveal much about socioeconomic class, slavery and music in the 19th century. Catherine Crone ’13 certainly sees the value in this often-neglected instrument. She will spend this summer researching the banjo in order to build an Internet resource about its past and its significance. Crone will be working under an Emerson Summer Grant with Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley to create their project, “A Study of Banjo Instruction Manuals from the 19th Century.” Mon, 30 May 2011 03:14:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamessley-presents-paper-at-musicological-society-conference http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamessley-presents-paper-at-musicological-society-conference Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley presented a paper titled “Music on Which the Story Might Ride: Paul Green’s Symphonic Drama, The Lost Colony” at the American Musicological Society – New State-St. Lawrence Chapter Meeting. Sat, 07 May 2011 06:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/the-beat-of-different-drummers http://www.hamilton.edu/news/the-beat-of-different-drummers Legendary trumpeter Clark Terry once said that true musicianship can be achieved through imitation, assimilation and innovation. This summer, Tim Carman ’11 intends to tackle the “imitation” aspect; working with an Emerson grant and Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley, he will create a manual of the most important drum grooves for drummers to study. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST