Staff


Kim Carroll

Academic Office Assistant
kmcarrol@hamilton.edu 315-859-4261

She received her Bachelor of Business/Public Management from SUNYIT. She is responsible for providing a broad range of administrative support for departmental and adjunct faculty. She hires and oversees the department student workers and is responsible for recruiting, scheduling, and maintaining the Applied Music and Solo Performance program.

Michelle Reiser-Memmer

Performing Arts Administrator
mreiserm@hamilton.edu 315-859-4350

She received a B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill and an M.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. She is responsible for programming the Performing Arts at Hamilton Series and Department of Music events in Wellin Hall. She also manages the box office and schedules Wellin Hall.

Sar-Shalom Strong

Lecturer in Piano and Coordinator of Staff Pianists
sstrong@hamilton.edu

He received his Bachelor of Music magna cum laude from Knox College and Master of Music in piano from Syracuse University. He administers the program for student and professional pianists who accompany students pursuing private music study. In addition to his teaching and administrative duties, Mr. Strong performs extensively, both as soloist and collaborative artist, and for nearly ten years, played orchestral keyboard with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. His recordings of Hugo Wolf songs with soprano Janet Brown and music of Sidney Hodkinson and Malcolm Lewis with the Society for New Music have received critical acclaim.

Stephen Best

Coordinator of Individual Performance Study and of the Musicale/Student Concert program
sbest@hamilton.edu 315-859-4359

He is responsible for organizing and supervising the performing opportunities for students enrolled in Solo Performance or Applied Music. Also adjunct instructor in organ and basic keyboard, he holds A.B. (Music) and M.Mus. degrees in organ performance from Syracuse University and is Minister of Music at Utica’s First Presbyterian Church. He is also Dean of the Central New York Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and a published composer.

Contact Information


Lydia Hamessley, John and Anne Fischer Professor in the Fine Arts in Music

Department Chair
Office: List 204
315-859-4354 lhamessl@hamilton.edu
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