Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Men's Glee Club, under the direction of William Witting, performed a "Winter Serenade" of seventeen songs in Bosler Hall at 8:15pm. Their program included "Christmas Fanfare", "The First Nowell", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "While Shepherds Watched Their Sheep", "Greensleeves", "O Holy...
Presented by the Department of Music, the College Choir gave their winter concert in the College Chapel at 8:15pm. Their program began with F. Melius Christiansen's "Beautiful Savior", William Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus", and Pietro Yon's "Gesu Bambino". For the second section, the choir sang...
The Mozart Concert-Opera Group performed Cosi Fan Tutte (Women are Like That), an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. Founded in honor of Mozart's bicentennial, the group toured the country performing the opera in English.
Societa Corelli performed a program of five pieces in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm.
Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespeare, opened at 8:00pm in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from March 5-7.
Katy Did, an original musical comedy by the Dickinson Follies, opened at 8:30pm. Based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, the show ran from March 12-14.
Professor Jack Jarrett, accompanied by Alfred Hartshorn, gave a vocal recital at 8:15pm in the Fellowship Hall of Allison Chapel. Presented by the Department of Music, his program was comprised of fourteen pieces.
The College Choir, under the direction of Jack Jarrett, gave their spring concert at 8:15pm in Bosler Auditorium. Presented by the Department of Music, the show featured a program of eleven songs: Jacobus Gallus' "Ascendit Deus", Alexandre Gretchaninoff's "Our Father", Randall Thompson's "...
Uncle Vanya, a play by Anton Chekhov, opened at 8:00pm in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran May 1-2. In this show, the title role of Uncle Vanya was played by Abraham Eisenstein.
The Department of Music presented Hansel and Gretel, a fairytale opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, at 8:30pm at the Carlisle Opera House. In addition to the cast of characters, members of the orchestra and the chorus performed in this show.
The Miser, a play by Moliere, opened at 8:00pm in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran October 29-31. There was also a special performance of the show on November 7 at 7:30pm for Homecoming Weekend.
The College Choir, Concert Chorale and Brass Ensemble performed at 8:00pm in the College Chapel for the annual Christmas concert. Part of the Music Department's Christmas Festival, the program featured eleven songs including an original piece by Professor Jack Jarrett entitled "A Psalm of...
The Department of Music presented Amahl and the Night Visitors, an opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti, at 7:30pm in Fellowship Hall. The show was a part of the Music Department's Christmas Festival.
As part of the Music Department's Christmas Festival, the annual Christmas Carol Service was given at 11:10am in the College Chapel. The Concert Chorale performed the music for the service which included Praetorius's "Lo, How a Rose Upspringing", Franz Gruber's "Silent Night", and "Lullaby, Thou...
The Men's Glee Club performed eighteen songs for their annual winter concert, "A Winter Song", at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. They sang King's "Dickinson For Aye", Bach-Wilson's "Glory to God", Ippolitof-Ivanol's "Bless The Lord O My Soul", Schubert's "Omnipotence", Genuchi's arrangement of "Go Tell...
Blithe Spirit, a play by Noel Coward, opened at 8:00pm in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from January 7-9.
Cellist Maurice Gendron and pianist Philippe Entremont gave a concert in Bosler Hall. Their program was comprised of four classical pieces.
The Roger Wagner Chorale, a group of soloists and an orchestra conducted by Roger Wagner, gave a concert in the Alumni Gymnasium.
The Juilliard String Quartet performed a concert featuring pieces by three classical composers at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.
Baritone Theodore Uppman of the Metropolitan Opera Association gave a concert of twenty songs in Bosler Hall.
The Department of Music presented the Saint Matthew Passion: Part One by Johann Sebastian Bach at 8:45pm in the College Chapel. The Concert Chorale and the College Choir performed in this show along with guest artists Richard Hartman and Joan Frey. The English translation used in this...
Major Barbara, a play by George Bernard Shaw, opened at 8:00pm in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from May 5-7. In this show, the title role of Major Barbara was played by Gina Ingoglia.
The Freshman Plays, an annual event featuring a series of student-directed one-act plays performed by all-freshman casts, opened at 8:00pm in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran May 18-19.
The College Band and Concert Chorale gave a concert in Bosler Auditorium presented by the Department of Music. The band opened the show with Lloyd Ultan's "Red Devils March". The choir then sang Randall Thompson's arrangement of "The Lark in the Morn", Arthur Warrell's arrangement of "The Keys...
Coloratura soprano Pierette Alarie and tenor Leopold Simoneau gave a joint vocal recital in Bosler Hall. Their program featured fifteen songs, some performed as duets and others as solos.
