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“The Sound of Silent Film: A Two-Part Benshi Event,” the second 2014 F.I.L.M. Series program, offered a packed house a multi-faceted event featuring a unique musical collaboration between international artists from Japan, France and Canada on Sunday, Sept. 28. The audience, which included numerous local Utica community members, were treated to a world premiere of a Western-style composition with traditional Japanese instruments brought together for the purpose of accompanying Japanese silent movies.

Hamilton College Performing Arts continues the fall series with the Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir on Friday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a Faculty Recital with Allan Kolsky, clarinet, accompanied by Sar-Shalom Strong, piano, and Michael Bull, snare drum, on Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Andrew Holland premiered his designs for the new dance piece, "Secrets and Seawalls," at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, in Garden City, N.Y., on Sept. 13.

Hamilton will name its 175-seat theatre in the new Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts for F. Eugene Romano ’49 in recognition of his lifetime giving which includes a $2.5 million donation for the center’s theatre. Romano and his wife, Loretta, together with their family, have dedicated much of their lives to improving the Mohawk Valley through their Utica-based businesses and their philanthropy to numerous local non-profit organizations.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts season opens with the chamber orchestra A Far Cry on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a variety of performances by faculty and students during the fall 2014 semester in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free of charge, unless otherwise noted.

Hamilton College Performing Arts announces an exciting season of music, theater, and dance for the 2014-15 season in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Although the school year has ended, the campus is still bustling with activity. In particular, it’s hard to miss the some 120 people working on the new Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts, which will be opening its doors this fall. The building is in its final stages of construction, representing over 13 years of planning and millions of dollars in donations and serving as a beacon for the arts on the Hill. The Kennedy Center, positioned directly  across College Hill Road from the Wellin Art Museum, will offer students and faculty incredible spaces in which to create, teach and  perform.

Hamilton College Performing Arts presents the Schambach Center 25th Anniversary  Concert with pianist André Watts concert on Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m, in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center.  The program includes Scarlatti’s Three Sonatas, Beethoven’s Sonata in D, and Chopin’s Three Etudes, among other work.