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The Hamilton College Department of Music presents the Hamilton College Orchestra in the annual Brainstorm! concert, conducted by Heather Buchman on Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a faculty recital for solo piano featuring Sar-Shalom Strong on Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. He will present Lesser-Mined Gems, v. 2.0, a recital of rarely performed music for piano. The concert, which is free and open to the public, includes music by Bach, Fauré, and Janácek, with informal commentary on the composers and the music.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series presents Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill in Masters of Tradition: Celebrating Irish Music on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Two events featuring Cultural Odyssey’s Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor will take place on Monday, Feb. 25, and Wednesday, Feb 27. The events are free and open to the public and no tickets are required.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series presents Café Variations by the seven-time Obie Award-winning SITI Company presents on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Hamilton College Department of Music staged the annual choir musical, Iolanthe, with book by W.S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan.  The fully staged show, performed Feb. 8-10, was directed by G. Roberts Kolb with choreography by Nancy Long and set and lighting design by William DiPaolo.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series opens its spring series with Enso String Quartet on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. The program will include Mozart’s String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, Henri Dutilleux’s String Quartet, Ainsi la nuit, and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 131.

Hamilton’s latest major building project is well under way with the construction of the theatre and studio arts building progressing on schedule. Bill Huggins, associate director of Physical Plant, says the project is on track to be finished in July, 2014. When complete the $46.8 million complex will encompass 81,000 square feet.

The Department of Music presents a concert by the Hamilton College Orchestra on Thursday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Department of Music presents an evening of chamber music with the Hamilton College Chamber Ensembles on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.