The Mermaid Players presented The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical by Rupert Holmes, from November 1-5 at the Mathers Theatre.
The Music Department presented "An Evening of Jazz" with Doug Cook, Matt Hochmiller, Keith Mohler, and Dave Zygmunt at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included Bud Powell's "Bouncing With Bud," Van Heusen's "Darn That Dream" (arr. Hochmiller), Kern and Hammerstein's "The Song is You," Hochmiller's "Not Alone" and "February Sunset," Adair and Dennis' "Everything Happens To Me," and Ellington's "Caravan" (arr. Hochmiller).
The Music Department presented "Ride the Chariot 2002," a concert of music by African American composers, at 12:00pm. The program included Harry T. Burleigh's "Among the Fuchias," "And As the Gull Soars," "A Jubilee," and "A New Hiding Place"; Margaret Bonds' "Minstrel Man" and "I, Too"; Robert Owens' "A House in Taos" and "Jamie"; H. Leslie Adams' "Sence She Went Away" and "Etude in A minor"; William Grand Still's "Listen to De Lambs"; and Roland Hayes' "Lit'l Boy."
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by cellist and pianist Michal Schmidt at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Schmidt performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in F Major for piano and cello, op. 5, no. 1" and "Sonata in D Major for piano and cello, op. 102, no. 2," Todd Shilhanek's "Sonata for cello solo," and Johannes Brahms' "Four Hungarian Dances."
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Modest Mussorgsky's "Great Gate of Kiev," Georg Philipp Telemann's "Fantasy in A minor," J.B. Senaille's "Allegro Spiritoso," Isaac Albeniz's "Rumores de la Caleta (Malagueña)," Howard Hanson's "Serenade, op. 35," Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in A Major, op. 100," Arcangelo Corelli's "Gavotte," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite no. 5 in C minor for Cello," and Alamiro Giampieri's "Fantasia."
The Music Department presented "Contemporary Favorites for Flute, Cello and Piano," a chamber music recital by flutist Mary Hannigan, cellist Nancy Baun, and pianist Barry Hannigan, at 7:00pm at Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Assobio a Játo," George Crumb's "Vox Balaenae," Robert Pound's "when we three met," and Norman Dello Joio's "Trio."
The Music Department presented a concert by the Collegium Musicum and the College-Community Orchestra at 4:00pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The ensembles performed Max Bruch's "Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 26," Smetana's "Ma Vlast: Vltava," and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Mass in C minor, "Great," K. 427.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensemble performed John Dilkey's "The Rufus Shuffle," William Stegmeyer's "And It Came To Brass," David Raksin's "Laura" (arr. R. Ravin), Tito Puente's "Ran Kan Kan" (arr. Michael Mossman), Irving Berlin's "How Deep Is the Ocean" (arr. Jerry Nowak), Arthur Altman's "All or Nothing At All," Jeff Taylor's "Blues Reunion," Ned Washington and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" (arr. Eric Richards) and "Combo," Victor Young's "Stella By Starlight" (arr.
The Music Department presented a spring concert by the College Choir at 4:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The choir performed John Stafford Smith and Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner," Horatio C. King's "Dickinson alma mater," selections from Arthur Sullivan and William Schwenk Gilbert's H.M.S. Pinafore, Aaron Copland and Ray Wilding-White's "At the River," Copland's "Long Time Ago" (trans. Irving Fine), Charles Ives' "They Are There," Larry L.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by pianist Caitlin Cetola at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Cetola performed Johannes Brahms' "Two Rhapsodies, op. 79," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Preludes from Well-Tempered Klavier, Book I," Franz Joseph Haydn's "Variationen: Un Piccolo Divertimento," Bela Bartok's "Selections from Mikrokosmos," and Alberto Ginastera's "Danzas Argentinas."
The Music Department presented a concert by the Brass Ensemble at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by baritone Jeff Skonier at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Skonier performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Ich habe genug, BWV 82", Arnold Schönberg's "Two Songs, op. 1", and Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe, op. 48".
The Music Department presented "Giving Voice: A Recital on the Theme of Social Justice," a recital by mezzo-soprano Audrey Rose, accompanied by pianist Dana La Rosa, and a junior recital by pianist Dana La Rosa at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Dickinson College Arts Award was awarded to Milton Babbitt in 2002. As part of the award celebrations, a concert was held in the Rubendall Recital Hall, featuring Babbitt's "None but the Lonely Flute," "Sheer Pluck," "Play It Again, Sam," "Homily," "Beaten Paths," "Phonemena," and "Philomel."
The Music Department presented a spring concert by the Symphonic Band at 4:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The band performed J.J. Richards' "Golden Bear March," Gustav Holst's "Second Suite in F," Glen Osser's "Beguine for Band," Norman Dello Joio's "Fantasies on a theme by Haydn," Henry Fillmore's "The Klaxon," Vincent Persichetti's "Psalm for Band," and Claude-Michel Schönberg's "Les Misérables."
The Music Department presented a junior recital by pianist Jonathan Fegely, accompanied by cellist Michal Schmidt and violinist Ayree Koh. Fegely performed Dmitri Shostakovich's "Prelude and Fugue, no. 24 in D minor," Aaron Copland's "Piano Variations," and Felix Mendelssohn's "Trio no. 1, op. 49 in D minor."
The Music Department presented a junior recital by clarinet player Amanda D'Avria and pianist Laura Keller, accompanied by pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim and soprano Megan Powers, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. D'Avria and Keller performed Franz Schubert's "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Op. 129," Robert Schumann's "Fantasiestücke, Op. 73" and "Kinderszenen, Op. 15," Gabriel Grovlez's "Concertino," Franz Joseph Haydn's "Sonata in C Major, Hoboken XVI: 50," and Aaron Copland's "Concerto."
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Ludwig van BEethoven's "Cavatina from STring Quartet, op. 130," Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe," Franz Schubert's "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen," Charles C. Converse's "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (arr. John Standefer), Kurt Weill's "What good would the moon be?" (lyrics by Langston Hughes), Marc Blitzstein's "What will it be?", Arthur Altman's "All or Nothing At All" (arr. Jerry Nowak), and Tito Puente's "Ran Kan Kan" (arr. Michael Mossman).
The Music Department presented a lecture-concert titled "Claude Debussy: Painter of Music" studying Debussy's Preludes, Book I, with Professor Richard Shuster of Ithaca College at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
Dickinson College in France and the American Consulate of Toulouse presented "Un Soirée de musique américaine," featuring mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding, pianist Jennifer Blyth, and Marc Mastrangelo, at 8:00pm at the Fondation Bemberg de Toulouse in the Hõtel d'Assézat. The program included Robert Pound's The Orbit of the Soul; Frederic Rzewski's De Profundis; Aaron Copland's "Simple Gifts"; and Jake Heggie's arrangements of "He's Gone Away," "The Leather-Winged Bat," and "Danny Boy."
The Music Department presented a concert by the Brno Chamber Orchestra at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The concert included Karel Kohout's "Sinfonia in G Major," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Concerto in F Major, K. 413," Ottorino Respighi's "Antique Dances and Arias, Suite No. 3," and Dmitri Shostakovich's "Chamber Symphony in G Major, Op. 110a."
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Franz Schubert's "Impromptu, op. 50, D. 899"; Henry Purcell's "My Dearest, My Fairest" and "What Can We Poor Females Do?"; Henry Cowell's "Aeolian Harp," "The Lilt of the Reel," and "The Banshee"; Arnold Schoenberg's "Dank, op. 1"; Marc Blitzstein's "The Rose Song" and "In the Clear"; Johann Joachim Quantz's "Concerto in G Major"; and Franz Joseph Haydn's "String Quartet in C Major, op. 33, no. 3".
The Music Department presented the College Choir's 2002 At the Corner of Dickinson and Broadway concert at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Corigliano Quartet and composer Samuel Adler at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included Ludwig van Beethoven's "String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1", Samuel Adler's "String Quartet No. 5", and Antonin Dvorak's "String Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 51".
The Music Department presented "This is my Letter to the World," a concert by the Helding/Blyth Duo with guest actress Karen Lordi, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.