As part of the Eastman at Dickinson Recital Series, the Prism Ensemble performed at 4:00pm in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed John Corigliano's "Three Irish Folksong Settings", Barbara Kolb's "Songs Before an Adieu", Astor Piazzolla's "L'Histoire du Tango", and Dominick Argento's "Letters from Composers".
The Music Department presented "Music for Frederick Petty, a tribute to Dickinson Professor and Orchestra Conductor," featuring the College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Overture to Egmont, Op. 84", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E flat Major, K. 217", and scenes and choruses from Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by cellist Nancy Baun at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Baun performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Divertimento" (trans. Gregor Piatigorsky), Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite in D Major for Solo Cello" and "Prelude", Gian Carlo Menotti's "Suite for Two Cellos and Piano", and David Popper's "Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66".
The Music Department presented a performance by the Eaken Piano Trio for Homecoming Weekend at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorim. The trio performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Trio no. 9 in B flat, Hob. XV, 20", Lalo Schifrin's "Hommage a Ravel", Gerald M. Shapiro's "Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano", Gunther Schuller's "Piano Trio", and Bedrich Smetana's "Trio in G, Op. 15".
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by violinist John Eaken, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, in Rubendall Recital Hall. Eaken performed Igor Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne", Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending", Bohulav Martinu's "Sonatina", Joaquin Rodrigo's "Canconeta", Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane", and Ruben Varga's "Prelude and Caprice."
The Music Department presented a concert by pianist Ward Davenny, Sr., at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Davenny performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fantasy in C minor, K. 475", Frédéric Chopin's "Mazurkas", Béla Bartók's "Suite, Op. 14" and "Bagatelles, Op. 6", Yehudi Wyner's "Three Short Fantasies", and Johannes Brahms' "Fantasises, Op. 116'.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Henri Rabaud's "Solo de Concours", Luis de Narvaez's "Canción del Emperador" and "Guárdame las Vacas", Gabriel Fauré's "Après un Rêve", Paul Hindemith's "Trauermusik", Antonio Capuzzi's "Andante Cantabile from Concerto in D", Frédéric Chopin's "Nocturne in E flat Major", Samuel Scheidt's "Galliard Battaglia", Lew Pollack's "That's A Plenty", and John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever".
The Music Department presented a duet recital featuring mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding and baritone Paul Rowe, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Helding and Rowe performed Henry Purcell's "Sound the Trumpet", "Turn then thine Eyes", and "Shepherd, Leave Decoying"; Franz Schubert's "Fahrt zum Hades", "Freiwilliges versinken", and "Memnon"; Joannes Brahms' Four Duets, Op.
The Music Department presented Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Katherine Davis' The Unmusical Impresario at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall on April 30 and May 1.
The Music Department presented the Symphonic Band's 1996 Spring Concert at 2:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The band performed Alfred Reed's arrangement of "Greensleeves", David R. Holsinger's "Havendance" and "On an American Spiritual", Henry Fillmore's "His Honor", William P. Latham's "Three Chorale Preludes", Warren Baker's "That's Entertainment!", and John Philip Sousa's "'The Untitled' March".
The Music Department presented a recital of the Brass Ensemble at Allison United Methodist Church at 3:00pm, as part of the "Music at Allison" series. The ensemble performed Henry Purcell's "Intrada and Rondo", Steve Mercier's "Coup de langue", Gustav Holst's "Song Without Words", John Stevens' "Power', Richard Proulx's "Gaudeamus!", Théodore Dubois' "Prelude—En Forme de Carillon", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" and "Nun Danket Alle Gott", Paul Dukas' "Fanfare, 'La Péri'", Sigfried Karg-Elert's "Wachet auf!
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by guitarist James Hontz, accompaned by flutist Kathy McDermott, titled "An Evening of Chamber Music" at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hontz performed Jean Baptist Loeillet's "Sonata in A minor, Op. 1, No. 1", Mauro Giuliani's "Grand Duo Concertante, Op. 85", Francis Kleynjans' "Two Arias for Flute and Guitar, Op. 92B", John Carbon's "Paseos", and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "Sonatina, Op. 205".
As part of the "Music at Allison" series, the Dickinson College Choir, the Allison United Methodist Senior Choir, the Dickinson Brass Ensemble, and the College-Community Orchestra performed a "Dickinson/Allison Concert" at 2:00pm at Allison United Methodist Church. The ensembles performed Gabriel Fauré's "Requiem for Soprano, Baritone, Chorus, Orchestra, and Organ, Op. 48", Johannes Brahms' "Motet: Wherefore hath the Light been Granted?, op. 74, no. 1", Antonín Dvorák's "Andante" (arr.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by mezzo-soprano Erika Haggist, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a concert of works by Johannes Brahms, featuring the College-Community Orchestra, the Dickinson College Choir, and the Allison Methodist Church Choir at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed "Motet: 'Wherefore Hath the Light Been Granted?', Op. 74, No. 1", Concerto in A minor, and Symphony no. 1.
The Music Department presented a recital by pianist Stefan Burkhardt at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall, sponsored by the Cecil Andrew and Adeleine Ewing Fund. Johann Sebastian Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue"; Robert Schumann's "Fantasia in C Major, Op. 17"; Johannes Brahms' "Variations on a Theme by Schumann in F# minor, Op. 9"; and Franz Liszt, Sigsmond Thalberg, Johann Peter Pixis, Heinrich Herz, Carl Czerny, and Frédéric Chopin's "Hexameron: Six Variations on the March from Vincenzo Bellini's I Puritani".
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed selections from Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Alexander Goedicke's "Concert Étude, Op. 49", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro molto" and "Vedrai carino", John William Jones' "Promenade and Danza", Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante défunte", Steven M. Mercier's "Coup de langue", John David Lamb's "Walking" and "Lively", Richard Hundley's "Strings in the Earth and Air", and Frédéric Chopin's "Ballade in G minor, Op. 23".
The Music Department presented a senior recital by mezzo-soprano Lisa Plumley, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by flute and piccolo player Melissa R. White, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 1:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. White performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Andante in C Major (K. 315)" and "Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden", Ernest Bloch's "Suite Modale", Alessandro Scarlatti's "Quintet", and Antonio Vivaldi's "Concerto in C Major, F. VI, n. 4".
The Music Department presented a junior recital by tenor Kirk Hornberger, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein and lutist Jim Hontz, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Allison Sandford, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Sandford performed John Dowland's "Come Again: Sweet Love doth now Invite", "Flow not so fast, ye fountains", and "Time Stands Still"; Henry Purcell's "The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Schafe können sicher weiden" and "Sich üben im Lieben"; Joseph Szulc's "Clair de Lune"; Georges Bizet's "Chanson d'Avril"; and Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915".
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Anne Jennifer Nash, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Eugene Bozza's "Aria", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Andante in C Major (K. 315)" and "Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden", Sigmond Singer's "Orientale for Sax Quartet", Henry Purcell's "Fairest Isle", Claude Debussy's "Lia's Song", David Popper's "Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.
The Music Department presented a lecture and a recital by pianist Gustavo A. Tolosa titled "Works for Piano and Electronics by Women Composers: 1985-Present" at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented the Jazz Ensemble's sixteenth annual Winter Jazz Concert at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensemble performed Sigmund Rombert and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Lover, Come Back to Me" (arr. John Berry"; Howard Rowe's "Offshore Breeze"; Duke Ellington and Irving Mills' "It Don't Mean a Thing" (arr. Jerry Nowak); Neal Hefti's "Splanky" (arr. Sammy Nestico); Russ Freeman's "Porscha" (arr. Mike Tomaro); Isham Jones and Gus Kahn's "It Had to Be You" (arr. Peter Blair); Nat Adderley's "Work Song" (arr.