The Music Department presented a Christmas concert by the Dickinson Collegium in Memorial Hall at 8:00pm on Fri., Dec. 5 and at 4:00pm on Sun., Dec. 7.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Handel and Halvorsen's "Passacaglia for Violin and Viola", Steve Reich's "Clapping Music", Steven Mercier's "Four Photographs of France", Arthur Frackenpohl's "Licorice Licks", and Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's "Let It Snow!" (arr. Frackenpohl).
The Music Department presented "Liebeslieder Waltzes and Other Love Songs by Johannes Brahms," a concert by tenor Jeffrey Fahnestock, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Fahnestock performed Brahms' "Fünf Lieder, Op. 106", "Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 57", "Duette, Op. 28", and "Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52".
The Music Department presented "A Concert Honoring Johannes Brahms: Life, Death and Music in the Centennial Year of His Death," a concert featuring the College-Community Orchestra and the College Choir, at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80", "Nenia, Op. 82", and "Piano Concerto #1 in D minor, Op. 15".
The Music Department presented a concert by the Symphonic Band at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The band performed Frank Erickson's "Scherzo for Band", Howard Hanson's "Chorale and Alleluia", Robert W. Smith's arrangement of the traditional piece "'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime", David R. Holsinger's "On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry", Girolamo Frescobaldi's "Preambuluna an Canzona" (arr. Justin Gray), William E. Rhoads' "Puerto Alegre", and Karl L. King's "The Trombone King" (ed. John P. Paynter).
The Music Department presented "Music by Women Composers from Hildegard to Hensel," a concert by soprano Rosa Lamoreaux, piano and harpsichord player Laura Ward, and early bowed strings player Tina Chancey, at 8:15pm in Memorial Hall.
The Music Department presented "Parlour Pieces," a concert by the Dickinson College Brass Ensemble "and friends," at 7:00pm in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed Turini's "Fanfare" (arr. Wienandt), Scheidt's "Canzon" (arr. King), Palestrina's "Madrigal" (arr. Moore), Shaw's "Frippery No. 26", Willis' "Bluesleeves", Telemann's "Sonata No. 6", Frackenpohl's "Licorice Licks", Geminiani's "Allegretto", Wagner's "The Tallis Canon", Clarke's "Trumpet Voluntary", Parrish's "Jubilation", Sibelius' "Finlandia" (arr. McDunn), Buxtehude's "Fanfare" (arr.
The Music Department presented a joint concert by the College Choir and the Jazz Ensemble featuring the Octals at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Chamber Orchestra at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra performed George Frideric Handel's "Concerto Grosso No. 7, Op. 6 in B flat Major", Richard Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll", Michael P. Twomey's "Fantasia on a Theme by John Lennon", and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major, K. 364".
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by cellist Nancy Baun, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Baun performed Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in E minor, Op. 38, No. 1", "Cradle Song", and "Sonata in F Major, Op. 99, No. 2".
The Eaken Piano Trio presented "An Evening of Brahms" at 8:15pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The trio performed Johannes Brahms' "Trio in C Major, Op. 87, no. 3" and "Trio in A minor, Op. 114".
The Music Department presented a concert by the College Choir at Coolfont Resort in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia at 2:00pm. The choir performed Ralph Vaughan Williams' "O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings" and "Just As the Tide Was Flowing", Aaron Copland's "Long Time Ago" and "At the River", Cole Porter's "Do I Love You?", and George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm".
The Music Department held a celebration of the life and works of the late Fred Curtis Petty, Associate Professor Emeritus of Music, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed musical selections and commemorated Petty through words and music.
The Music Department presented "An Afternoon of Music in Pastels," a concert featuring flutist Molly Eckman, harpist Samantha Witchen, and pianist Martini Lie, as part of the Eastman at Dickinson Recital Series at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Charles Griffes' "Poem for flute and orchestra", Kazuo Fukishima's "Mei for solo flute", George Frideric Handel's "Serenade for Flute and Harp", Martini Lie's "Ballade for solo piano", and Eldin Burton's "Sonatina for flute and piano".
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by pianist Jennifer Blyth at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Blyth performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332", Alexander Scriabin's "Sonata — Fantasie no. 2", Ferrucio Busoni's "Chaconne in D minor", and Bill Dobbins' "Stylistic Variations on an Original Theme".
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in G Major" and "Sonata 2 in E minor"; Vincenzo Righini's "Affetti, non turbate" and "Pur nel sonno almen talora"; Eubie Blake's "Charleston Rag"; and Aaron Copland's "Long Ago", "At the River", and "Stomp Your Foot".
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Astor Piazzola's "III Night Club 1960"; Frédéric Chopin's "Nocturne in E flat Major" (arr. Pablo de Sarasate); Charles Ives' "The Alcotts"; Carl Maria von Weber's "Fantasia and Rondo"; Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in F Major"; François Couperin's "Pièces en Concert"; Franz Schubert's "An die Musik", "Wanderers Nachtlied", and "Geheimes"; Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady", andTruman Bullard's "A Salute to George Gershwin."
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed original compositions by students of Prof. Michael Twomey's Techniques of Composition class. These included Jason Pease's "Indifference to Synthesis", Matthew D. Coburn's "Coalesce", Brian Denis' "Silver Shadows", J. Benjamin Ryan's "Pastoral", Mary Beth Horvath's "Unseen...", and Erik D. Michael's "Ode to Sunshine (You are my...)".
The Music Department presented "Gershwin, Cohan, and Melville?", a joint concert featuring the Brass Ensemble and the Symphonic Band, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented "Johann Sebastian Bach: Music for One Wedding and a Funeral," a concert featuring the Dickinson Collegium, at 8:15pm at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Collegium performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Cantata No. 196, Der Herr Denket an Uns" and "Motet No. 3: Jesu, meine Freude".
The Choir performed Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 2 for Soprano and Contralto Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra in C minor, 'Resurrection'" with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra at 8:00pm on Sat., Apr. 26, and at 3:00pm on Sun., Apr. 27.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by baritone Michael C. Anderson, accompanied by pianist Kee Mann Chang, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by tenor Kirk Hornberger, accompanied by Kee Mann Chang on piano and harpsichord, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hornberger performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Seht, was die Liebe tut!" and "Mein Verlangen"; Claude Debussy's "Azael's recitative and aria", "C", "Air vif", and "Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons"; Francis Poulenc's "Air romantique"; Benjamin Britten's "Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac"; M.W. Balfe's "Come into the garden, Maud"; Charles Dibdin's "Tom Bowling" (arr.
The Music Department presented "Music of 20th Century Composers: Works by Samuel Barber, Donald Johnston, and Michael Twomey," a concert by the College-Community Orchestra, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra performed Michael Twomey's "Lamenting Last Tomorrow", Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24", and Donald O. Johnston's "Fourth Symphony."
The Music Department presented "All Brahms Program," a concert by pianist Joel Schoenhals and violist Eva Stern featuring mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding, as part of the Eastman at Dickinson Recital Series, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Schoenhals and Stern performed Johannes Brahms' "Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91", "Ziegeunerlieder, Op. 103", and "Sonata in F minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1".