Entries drawn from the college history timeline
A film of the Bolshoi Ballet's production of Prokofiev's Cinderella was shown at 8:30pm in the Holland Union Social Hall. Because the company was based in the Soviet Union, it was not possible for them to tour in the United States. Their prowess in concert dance was nonetheless admired...
The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of 1969, featuring works-in-progress by students and performances by faculty. The student compositions featured in this program were "Song" by Juliann Davidson and "Counterpoint for Voices" composed by Davidson, Jim Drake, and Stephen...
Richard III, a play by William Shakespeare, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran October 24-25 and October 30-November 1. In this show, the title role of Richard III was played by Fred Morsell.
Students and faculty of the Department of Music performed a program of five pieces for the December 2 Noonday Concert. The program began with William Rivoir and David Jenkins performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Two Arias". Robert Gasen, Beth Bullard and Truman Bullard then played a trio by...
The Collegium Musicum presented A Program of 20th-Century Miniatures for their 1969 winter concert in Memorial Hall at 3:00pm. Such composers as Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Goldstein, Britten, and Schonberg were represented in this music program.
The College Choir and Chapel Choir, accompanied by members of the College Orchestra, presented the annual Christmas concert at 3:00pm in First Lutheran Church. The choirs sang Andreas Hammerschmidt's "O Beloved Shepherds" and four English carols: Peter Warlock's "I Saw a Fair Maiden", Martin...
The Dickinson College-Community Orchestra gave their annual winter concert in the Holland Union Social Hall. The musicians played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Overture: Don Giovanni", Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question", Carl Ruggles' "Angels", and Johann Sebastian Bach's "Overture/Suite #3...
Lysistrata, a play by Aristophanes, opened at 9:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran January 30-31, including an additional matinee performance on January 31 at 2:00pm. For this show, the title role of Lysistrata was played by Juliann Davidson....
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), a play by Karel Capek, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran February 27-28 and March 6-7.
An assortment of musicians on campus collaborated to present The Music of Bela Bartok at 3:00pm in the Holland Union Social Hall. The College Choir, under the direction of Truman Bullard, performed three Hungarian folk songs and four Slovak folk songs. Joseph Sobel and Malcolm Goldstein...
The Chapel Choir sang for the 1970 "Stations of the Cross" service in the Holland Union Building.
A Thurber Carnival, a play by James Thurber, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by Project Africa and featuring members of the Dickinson faculty, the show ran March 13-14. Proceeds from the show went toward sending students to study in Africa over the summer through...
The Chapel Choir, under the direction of Truman Bullard, presented Ten Canticles of the Eastern Orthodox Church, compiled by Alfred Swan, at Haverford College.
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by K. D. Kulkarni was held in the Holland Union Building from April 4th to the 30th, 1970.
Students and faculty of the Music Department presented the April 7 Noonday Concert. Darby MacKenzie played Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata Opus 10 No. 1--Finale", as well as an original composition,"Arise, my love", on which he was accompanied by soprano Bonnie Schwabe. Beth Bullard and Ken Laws...
The Man Who Came to Dinner, a play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran from April 24-27, including an additional 2:00pm matinee performance on April 25.
The Collegium Musicum presented Musica Britannica, a program of British music from the 14th-16th centuries, in Mathers Theatre at 3:00pm
The College-Community Orchestra presented their spring concert in the Holland Union Social Hall. The orchestra played Serge Prokofieff's "Lieutenant Kije", Edgard Varese's "Poeme Electronique", John Cage's "Concert for Piano and Orchestra", and "Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony #1".
The College Choir presented their spring concert in Mathers Theatre at 3:00pm. The Choir sang Giovanni Gastoldi's "Three Balletti", Gabriel Faure's "Cantique de Jean Racine", Paul Hindemith's "Five Songs on Old Texts", Alfred Swan's "Song of Praise for Saint Nicholas", and Johannes Brahms' "...
The Department of Music presented a Noonday Concert featuring performances by students and faculty in a program of seven pieces: Henry Loeb's "Music for Pianist", Mozart's "In diesen Heil'gen Hallen" from Die Zauberflote and "Two Scenes from Act II, the Finale of Die Zauberflote"...
B. B. King, famous blues guitarist, performed in the Holland Union Building dining hall on the evening of September 25, as part of Homecoming Weekend. The concert also included Bobby Kosser.
Rings 'n' Things, a folk rock group, performed in the Social Hall on the evening of Monday, October 12, 1970.
McKendree Spring, a folk band from New York, performed at the College on Thursday, October 15, and were well received.
The College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra presented "An Afternoon with Franz Schubert" at 3:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The Schubert pieces selected for this program were "Stabat Mater Dolorosa", "Symphony 9 in C Major", "Mass in G Major", "Sanctus and Benedictus", and "Agnus Dei".
An exhibit of pictures concerning the life and work of Baudelaire, a 19th-century French author and art critic, was on display in the lobby of Bosler Hall beginning on Tuesday, October 27. The exhibit was part of a series of materials on loan from the French embassy thanks to the efforts of...
