Entries drawn from the college history timeline
New York Pro Musica presented an Elizabethan concert in Bosler Auditorium at 8:00pm. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee, the concert honored the four-hundredth birthday of William Shakespeare.
The Mikado, a musical by William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, opened at 8:00pm in Lamberton Auditorium. Presented by the Department of Music and the Opera Workshop, the production ran April 24-25.
The Merry Wives of Windsor, 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 May 7-9, including an additional matinee performance at 2:30pm on May 9.
The Men's Glee Club performed a program of fourteen songs in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm for their annual spring concert. They sang "Good News", "Ave Maria", "No Man is an Island", "Song of the Vagabonds", "Halls of Ivy", "Dickinson College Medley", "Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair", "How...
Societa Corelli performed in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee.
Our Town, a play by Thornton Wilder, opened at 8:00pm in the Mermaid Players' Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from November 5-7.
The Kroll Quartet performed a program of three string quartets in Little Theatre at 3:00pm. The concert was presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in conjunction with S. Hurok.
The Concert Chorale and the College Choir performed at 3:00pm in the College Theatre in the Holland Union Building for the annual Music Department Christmas Concert. The program indluced Healey Willan's "Hodie Christus Natus Est", Marc Antoine Charpentier's "Song of the Birth of our Lord", F. A...
The Freshman Plays, an annual event featuring a series of student-directed one-act plays performed by all-freshman casts, opened at 7:30pm. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran January 8 and 9.
Sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts, 29 works by Sunil Madhav Sen, a top-ranking artist from India, went on display in the Social Room until the end of February. Born in West Bengal and educated at Calcutta University, Sen's work experiments with different mediums, such as oils on glass.
Paul Draper, a tap dancer, and Alirio Diaz, a classical guitarist, performed in a concert at 8:00pm in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium. Each artist performed three acts in this show sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee.
Mary Wells, who had just returned from a European tour with the Beatles, performed at an all-college dance held in the Social Hall that ran from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dance music was provided by Johnny and the Holidays and C.D. and the Naturals.
Harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick gave a concert at 3:00pm in the Little Theater.
The Devil's Disciple, a play by George Bernard Shaw, opened at 8:00pm in the Mermaid Players' Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from March 3-8.
The Netherlands Chamber Choir performed a program of thirteen pieces in the College Center Social Hall at 8:00pm in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee.
The Fine Arts Festival was a two week program featuring drama, music, literature, visual arts, and dance performed by faculty members and students, in addition to visiting notable speakers and performers...
Of Thee I Sing, a Gershwin musical, opened at 8:00pm in Little Theatre. George Gershwin composed the music, Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics, and George Kauffman and Morrie Ryskind wrote the book. Presented by the Department of Music and the Operetta Workshop, the show ran April 22-24.
The Collegium Musicum, directed by J. Forrest Posey, gave their spring concert at 8:00pm in the College Theatre in the HUB. They performed Monteverdi's "Ecco Mormorar L'Onde" and "Lasciatemi Morire", selections from Hindemith's Six Chansons, Weelkes' "Welcome Sweet Pleasure", Henry VIII...
The Mermaid Players' spring production featured two short plays: Endgame by Samuel Beckett and The Tragedy of Tragedies by Henry Fielding. The production opened on May 6 at 8:00pm in the Mermaid Players' Theatre and ran through May 10, including an additional matinee show on...
Performed on the Friday and Saturday of Parent's Weekend, the members of Aquacade take the audience on a tour around Europe with pieces relating to different European countries. The show began with a Denmark inspired piece, then moved on to Holland, Germany, Austria, the Swiss Alps, Italy, Spain...
The Wild Duck, a play by Henrik Ibsen, opened at 8:00pm in the Mermaid Players' Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from November 11-13.
The Cultural Affairs Committee presented The National Symphony in a concert at Carlisle Senior High School at 8:00pm.
Violinist Sidney Harth, accompanied by Brooks Smith, gave a concert at 3:00pm in the Little Theater in the HUB. Harth performed a program of four sonatas, as well as three short pieces.
The College Choir and Chapel Choir, accompanied by Stephen Marini, gave their annual Christmas concert at the Little Theatre in the HUB. Their program included Henry Purcell's "Rejoice in the Lord Always", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus", Johann Sebastian Bach's Jesu Meine...
Collegium Musicum, directed by J. Forrest Posey, gave their winter concert at 8:00pm in Little Theatre in the HUB. The first grouping of songs from their program included Orlando di Lasso's "Matona, mia cara", Carlo Gesualdo's "Moro Lasso", "E la don don, Verges Maria", Claudin de Sermisy's "Au...
