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The  Hamilton College Department  of Music presents a vocal recital with Jon Fredric West, heldentenor, and Kenneth Bowen, piano, on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m., in  Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Ryan Carter recently won the 2015 Lake George Music Festival international composition competition with “Too Many Arguments in Line 17” for string quartet and was a composer-in-residence during the August festival.

A Hamilton student, alumnus and professor with a shared interest in the “Ithaca style” of music gathered this summer in North Carolina to enjoy their craft.

Hamilton’s Department of Music is set to present an exciting semester of faculty and student events in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. All performances are free and begin at 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant and James L. Ferguson Professor of Music Samuel Pellman presented "mindMeld" for digital video and digital music in a live performance on Aug. 12 at the Kyma International Sound Symposium, at Montana State University in Bozeman.

Dean of Faculty Patrick D. Reynolds announced the appointment of nine Hamilton faculty members to endowed chairs. All were effective July 1.

Jake Meserve Blount ’17 is spending his summer pursuing a fieldwork project under the advisement of Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley titled “Fiddles in the North Country: Uncovering the Ithaca Sound.” Blount’s research is funded through an Emerson Foundation Grant.

Professor of Music Sam Pellman was honored as the 2015 Distinguished Service Award recipient by Hamilton’s Alumni Association. John Hadity ’83, president of the Alumni Association, presented the award on April 10 during the Alumni Council’s Recognition dinner.

April will bring us a reprieve from the weather and an annual celebration of an original American art form. In 2001, the Smithsonian Museum of American History designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). Schools and cultural institutions across the country host concerts and workshops to highlight our musical gift to the world. Further information about JAM can be found at www.smithsonianjazz.org. Jazz is alive and well at Hamilton College where the Fillius Jazz archive resides. We will join the JAM celebration with a number of campus events listed below.

Hamilton's Department of Music will present a Black History Month jazz concert with “Doc” Woods on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. The concert will feature “Doc” Woods, composition and bass; John Piazza, trumpet; Bob Cesari, saxophone; Tom Witkowski, piano; and guest artist Nasheet Waits, drums.