Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Leo Kottke and Jim Dawson preformed a folk guitar concert at Dickinson College. Some of the songs Kotte played were "Driving the Year Nail," "Louise," and "Doc's Guitar." Daswon played and sang songs including "Stephanie," "Good Mornin', Mornin," and "Dream, Dream, Dream."
1773: A Musical Revue opened in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The show presented the history of Dickinson and was put on by faculty to celebrate the college's Bicentennial. It ran February 22-24.
Moonchildren, a play by Michael Weller, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from March 1-5.
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra in concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 3:00pm. The groups performed a program of five pieces: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestra" and "Ave Verum Corpus", Carl Maria...
The Music Department presented the fifth Noonday Concert of the 1972-1973 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed a program featuring music such as Johannes Ockenghem's "Alma Redemptoris Mater", William Byrd's "Agnus Dei" from Missa Sine Nomine, and Johann...
Cladio Vasquez, a Latin American pianists, performed a classical music concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter. Vasquez played Scarlatti's "Sonata in E major," Haydn's "Sonatat in C major No 42," and Gianastera's "Sonata 1952."
Geoffrey Holder performed in Anita Tuvin Schlechter as part of the Black Arts Festival. He performed a mixture of dance, songs, and jokes.
An exhibit entitled "Appreciating Abstract Expressionism" was held in the Holland Union Building from April 2nd to April 20th, 1973. It displayed works on loan from the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the National Collection of Fine Arts. The artists featured were Sam...
The Music Department presented the sixth Noonday Concert of the 1972-1973 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed John Jenkins' "Ayre", "Corant", and "Sarabande", Philippe de Monte's "Canzona", Thomas Morley's "It was a Lover and his Lass", Johann Joachim Quantz, Johann...
The Bonisteel Planetarium in Tome presented "Kingdom of the Sun" from April 5 to April 8 and from April 13 to April 15. The show started with a trip to Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire, then moved to the Mayan empire, and then showed the Inca empire.
Gail Tomlinson and Mary Ruebush, students of Professor Beth Bullard and Ann Mathews respectively, gave a concert at 8:00pm in Memorial Hall.
Soprano Jane Frankel, student of Professor Ann Matthews, gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:00pm.
Soprano Anya Treash, student of Professor Ann Matthews, gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:00pm.
Pianist Darby Mackenzie and mezzo-soprano Mary Somerville performed in a joint recital at 3:30pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The Brass Ensemble, College Choir, College-Community Orchestra and Chapel Choir performed in a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:00pm. Along with some guest artists, the groups performed Gabrieli's "Canzona for Brass Instruments", Wagner's "Prelude" and "Choral Finale" from ...
The Collegium Musicum presented A Potpourri of Music from the 15th to 20th Century at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Guillaume Dufay's "Jesu Corona Virginum", Josquin Des Pres's "Missa Pange Lingua", William Byrd's "Missa Sine Nomine", Serge Rachmanioff's "...
The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1972-1973 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed a program of ten pieces: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro from Sonata in D Major", Igor Stravinsky's "Dirge Canons" from In Memoriam Dylan Thomas...
Students and faculty of the Music Department worked with composer Darius Milhaud to present the premiere of his work Promesse de Dieu. The concert took place on May 19 as part of Dickinson's Bicentennial celebration.
The Amado String Quartet gave a concert at Dickinson College, playing a program of four pieces.
An exhibit of etchings by Marc Chagall intended as illustrations for Nikolai Gogol's novel Dead Souls was on display from August 7th to August 24th, 1973. Meyer P. and Vivian Potamkin presented the prints to Dickinson.
Folk musician Gordon Bok gave a concert in Memorial Hall at 8:00pm as a part of the Midsummer Festival of American Music.
Violinist Erick Friedman gave a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:30pm.
The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1973-1974 academic year in Memorial Hall of Old West. Students and faculty played Joseph Haydn's "Flute Trio No. 3", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fantasia in D. Minor", Claude Debussy's "Syrinx", Giuseppe Verdi's "Eri tu Che...
Wheel and Chain and Omicron Delta Kappa hosted Songfest in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Thirteen acts performed and were judged by three faculty members. William Kinderman won the small group award with his performance of Chopin's Bolero in A Minor and Hillel won the large group...
An exhibit of works by Nick Ruggieri, art director of the Harrisburg Patriot News, entitled "Pennsylvania: A Commemorative Portrait" was on display from October 18th to October 22nd, 1973 as part of Dickinson's bicentennial celebrations. The exhibit featured paintings representative of...
