Musical Director: G. Roberts Kolb, Ph.D.

Tapestry is pleased to welcome G. Roberts Kolb as our Director of Music.

G. Roberts Kolb is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Music at Hamilton College, where he is a past holder of the Christian A. Johnson “Excellence in
Teaching” Chair. A graduate of Occidental College, his postgraduate education includes a year of study at the School of Theology at Claremont, California, a master's degree in Choral Conducting from the California State University at Fullerton, and a doctorate in Choral Music from the University of Illinois. He is a contributing author to Up Front! Becoming the Complete Choral Conductor (E. C. Schirmer) and Five Centuries of Choral Music (Pendragon Press).

Before coming to Hamilton College in 1981, Dr. Kolb taught at Smith College, where he conducted the Smith Choirs and Glee Club. Past musical director of both the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble and the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble (Ithaca, N.Y.), he is director of music at the Stone Presbyterian Church in Clinton, N.Y. Also active in the
musical theatre world, he has directed Gilbert and Sullivan productions for the
Earlville Opera House, served as musical director for the Hartford Players Youth
Theatre, and been musical director for several Summerstage productions at the
Rome Capitol Theatre. Onstage roles include Cervantes/Don Quixote (Man of La
Mancha), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd), The Lord Chancellor (Iolanthe), The
Cowardly Lion (The Wizard of Oz), Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady), Nicely-Nicely
Johnson (Guys and Dolls), and Captain Hook (Peter Pan).