The Hamilton College Choir will kick off tis annual Spring tour with a concert on Saturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m., at the Memorial Episcopal Church, 1407 Bolton Ave. in Baltimore. The choir will also perform in Richmond, Va., Blairsville, Ga., Chapel Hill, N.C., Washington, D.C. and Binghamton, N.Y. All performances are free and open to the public.
Under the direction of G. Roberts Kolb, professor of music and director of choral music at Hamilton since 1981, the choir and College Hill singers will present a selection of both sacred and secular works ranging from the Renaissance to the present day, including works by Victoria, Sweelinck, Lassus, Brahms, Bruckner, and Whitacre, and a selection of folksongs and spirituals.
The Hamilton College Choir boasts an uninterrupted tradition of fine choral singing that dates back for over a century. The choir travels regularly throughout the eastern half of the United States and has undertaken five concert tours in Europe over the last 18 years. This year the choir will perform six concerts in the Middle Atlantic and South, including Richmond, Washington, Georgia and Chapel Hill.
