Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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Schambaeh Center Completed On September 22. I988. one clay before the official ribben-eutting ceremony and dedicatory concert. students and faculty were treated to the premiere concert at the Hans H. Sehambaeh Center for Music and the Performing Arts by Pinehas Zukerman and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The Schambach Center, which forms part of an are of buildings including List. MeEwen and Kirner-John- son. houses the entire music department under the same roof for the first time in Hamilton history. It also provides ensemble rooms, teaching studies. practice rooms, a music library and an electronic studio for the Hamilton cemn1unity.Although intended primarily for events in music and dance. the 700-seat Carol Wood- heuse Wellin Hall also accommodates programs in theater and public speaking- Already, the Sehambaeh Center has hosted a wide variety of artists and lecturr ers, from bath on and eff-eampus. Student groups made the most of their first perform manees in the Schambaeh Center. On November 8, student and faculty productions shared center stage. According to The Spectator. The concert showcased the diverse talents of the Chamber Orchestra, the Faculty Chamber Ensemble, the Facultyr Brass Quin- tet, the College Choir. and the Jazz Ensemble . . . Te single out any of these performances would be point- less. They were all excellent. In addition. the Choir. under the direction of Tamara Breaks. gave their fall concert on November I0. On November I9, Dan Glasge led the Jazz Ensemble to new heights in a perferr manee which featured pieces by Ellington and Gillev spie. They performed again an April 21 during Alcohol 28 Awareness Weekend. On December 3, the Orchestra held its first concert under the direction of Tamara Brooks. earning accolades from The Spectator: This was indeed a fine musical event, appealing to audi- ence and performers alike. As an encore. theyr per formed on April 19. The Oratorio Society performed on December 6 and May 2. In February and April, the Woodwind Chamber Ensemble. directed by Richard Decker. showed off their considerable talents as well. Finally. several student concerts in music and dance were great successes. On February i648. the perform- ers in the student dance concert put an a great show. with a wide range of dance styles on display. A stu- dent recital an April 30 and a concert on May T were the final student performances of IQSS-SQ. A Faculty dance concert was held on October 29 and 30, which consisted of various modern and ballet style pieces. The combination of Lauralyn Kalb. voice, and Patricia DeAngelis, piano, brought down the house in a recital in Wellin Hall two days later. Samuel Pellman presented his piece Night of a Great and Unreturning Day on February 28, in a concert featur- ing composers from New York State. On March 7 . Kazuke Tanesaki and Michael Richards treated the audience to an inspiring performance in a concert on new music from Japan and Asia. Finally. a Faculty chamber music concert on April 7 and the Hamilton College Festival of Chamber Music on April 9 brought the excellent string of performances by the Hamilton community to a close. In addition to the great Hamilton-produced perfor- mances. iQSSFSQ was the year high-quality musicians came to the Hill in droves. Bobby McFerrin performed

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President Payne has expressed deep satisfaction with his first year. He has found positive energy on cam- pus and among the many graduates he met on the road. Especially satis- fying were the deep commitment to teaching shown by the Faculty in all of the reviews; the tremendous scholarly success, witnessed in publi- cations, grants and fellowships; the Watson. Fulbright. and NSF Fellow- ships garnered by the students; the substantial progress in minority ad- missions this year; the good commu- nication between the Board of Trusts ees and the campus, especially in the planning process; the impressive sue- eess of HAVOC in stimulating 1wuznlun- teer outreach; the great creative en- ergy shown in such events as the Hunger Cleanup, the BLSLI 20th Annir versary Weekend, the marathon swim reiay, the ReotrJessup events, and the performances of the theater, dance and music programs: success- ful grant applications for starting for- mal Chinese and Japanese language eeurses, initiating relationships with tweryear colleges, and purchasing important scientific equipment; pre- gress toward significant enhance- ment of student sietiiiitiyr space. and much, much more. Payne. along with his wife Deborah and two children Samuel, IO, and Jonathan, I3, came to Hamilton from Haverford. His wife is currently working with the Higher Edueaiten Oppnrtunityr Program tHEOPi and the Quantitative Literacy Program on campus. Their children attend Clinton Central Schools. Having lived twelve years previously in the region, they are happy to be back in Central New York. Diane Lynch I.

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on September 24 to a capacity crowd of students and faculty. The Max Roach Quartet performed on Sep- tember 30, and treated the College community to the work of the legendary jazz percussionist and campus- er, Max Roach. one of the creators of be-bop. The month of October opened with performances by Double Edge, a piano due, and Women of the Cala- bash, a group devoted to Caribbean, Latin American, and African music. The musical eclectieism of the Henry Threadgill Sextet invaded Wellin Hall on Octo- ber l5. On Halloween night, East Wind. 3 jazz group from the Soviet Union. offered a taste of music from behind the iron curtain. The Music at Hamilton Artists Series TMAHAST kicked off its season with the performance by The London Brass on November l2. MAHAS also Sponsored Mitsuko Uehida. a worid-renowned Japanese pianist, The Rochester Phiiharmenic Orchestra. with David Einman conducting. and the Elmer Iseler singers. The grand finaie of the series by the Composers String Quartet and the Dorian Wind Quartet played to an appreciative audience on April 8. In November, Manning Marable began the Visiting Minority Scholars Program with a lecture on Black politics in the !805. On March ID the dance group Pilobolus invaded the College. B.F. Skinner '25 deliw ered a lecture on An Ethics for the Future on April 5- The Arthur Levitt Public Policy Program's Panel Dis- cussion on ludieial selection for the Supreme Court brought US. Senators Joseph Biden and Arlen Specter to College Hill. The Harts H. Sehambaeh Center for Music and the Performing Arts seems to be well on its way to fulfill- ing its goal of providing excellent music. dance and lectures to the entire Mohawk Valley,r community. 19