The Hamilton College Choir and College Hill Singers will perform on Friday, April 5, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall of the Schambach Center in an a cappella concert, featuring the repertoire performed on a recent tour of the Northeast (with concerts in Albany, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Ithaca.) Under the direction of Hamilton College Music Professor G. Roberts Kolb, the choir will perform works by Tallis, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Distler, and others, as well as several spirituals and folksongs. Tumbling After and The Richtones will also perform during this concert. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Hamilton College Choir has a history of performance dating back over a century. As part of a college committed to the liberal arts, its members represent a wide variety of academic interests and pursuits. The College Hill Singers is a chamber vocal ensemble that draws its singers from the College Choir. The choral program at Hamilton also includes the Oratorio society, an organization of communities that performs major works with orchestra, each semester.
G. Roberts Kolb is the Christian A. Johnson "Excellence in Teaching" Professor of Music and Director of Choral Music at Hamilton College. A graduate of Occidental College, his postgraduate education included study at the School of Theology at Claremont, California, a master's degree in choral conducting from the California State University at Fullerton, and a doctorate in choral music from the University of Illinois. He has been musical director of both the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble and the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble (Ithaca, NY), and is director of music at the Stone Presbyterian Church in Clinton. A member of the national research and publications committee of the American Choral Directors Association, he is a contributing author of Up Front! Becoming the Complete Choral Conductor.
