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Heather Buchman, the Carolyn and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, was recently elected to serve a three-year term on the International Trombone Association Board of Advisors.

Heather Buchman is the Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Professor of Music and director of the Hamilton College Orchestra and the Chamber Music program. But it was through her other role — guest conductor for Symphoria, Syracuse’s professional orchestra — that she received a recent distinction.

Heather Buchman, the Carolyn and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music and Director of College Orchestra & Chamber Music, and Lecturer in Music Ubaldo Valli were recently selected as semifinalists in The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts.

An interview with Heather Buchman, the Carolyn and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music and Director of College Orchestra & Chamber Music, will air at noon today on “Classical Companion” on WCNY-FM.

Next in Hamilton’s Encore series of student performances is a May, 2019, concert by the Hamilton College Orchestra.

From questioning whether a coup should ever be labeled “good” to protesting recent immigration policies, opinions expressed by faculty appeared in major national publications via essays and letters to the editor throughout the year.

Often with musicals, the lights are on the actors, focusing on the stories they tell and the songs they sing. We don’t get a glimpse of the musicians below the stage that help create the magic that pulls you into the production.

The classic American musical receives an update with the Theatre Department’s production. Set in 2018 Bronx, New York, five months after hurricane Maria, this timeless musical tells a story of love, of otherness and street gangs.

Hamilton College President David Wippman announced the promotion of four faculty members to the rank of professor.  Heather Buchman, music; Stephen Ellingson, sociology; Ella Gant, art; and Chaise LaDousa, anthropology, were promoted effective July 1.