Entries drawn from the college history timeline
You Can't Take it with You, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Moss Hart and George Kaufman, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran April 26-27 and May 2-4, including a 2:00pm matinee performance on April 27.
The College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 3:00pm. The orchestra played Georges Bizet's "L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2", Robert Schumann's "Concerto for Piano", Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question", and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "...
The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1973-1974 academic year in Memorial Hall. The program included Karl Stamitz's "Serenades", the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in C Major (KV 330)", Josquin des Pres' "El Grillo", Giacomo Meyerbeer's "...
Students Heather McGregor and Carol Kelley, accompanied by Mel Koch and Eric Fletcher respectively, performed in a joint recital in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 7:00pm. McGregor played five pieces on the flute: Michel Blavet's "La Bouget (Sonata VI)", Esteban Eitler's "Piece for Flute...
The Performer's Committee for Twentieth-Century Music gave a concert at 10am in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Entitled "A Concert of Twentieth-Century Vocal and Instrumental Music", the show began with Henry Cowell's "Tiger", "Floating", "The Tides of Manaunaun", and "Advertisement"; Anton...
The Shaliko Theatre Company performed in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:30pm as a part of the Cultural Affairs Series. The company also held a theater workshop.
The Music Department presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1974-1975 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed James Hook's "Sonata for three flutes", Franz Schubert's "Der Wanderer" and "Wanderers Nachtlied", Gustav Mahler's "Um Mitternacht", Johann Sebastian Bach's "...
God's Trombones gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:30pm as a part of the Cultural Affairs Series.
Under Milk Wood, a play by Dylan Thomas, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran October 18-19 and 24-26.
The Concord String Quartet gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:30pm as a part of the Cultural Affairs Series. The group played pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Ives and George Rochberg.
The Department of Music presented a concert for the 1974 Parents Day at 10:45am in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The program opened with a prelude played by the Brass Ensemble. Then the College Choir and College-Community Orchestra performed Franz Schubert's "Stabat Mater", Johann Sebastian...
The Music Department presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1974-1975 academic year in Memorial Hall. The concert celebrated the dedication of the restored Priestley Piano. Students and faculty played such pieces as Johann Sebastian Bach's "Two-part inventions for keyboard", Alexander...
The Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:30pm as a part of the Cultural Affairs Series. The orchestra also taught a music workshop.
The Department of Music presented the third Noonday Concert of the 1974-1975 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed Anton Reicha's "Allegro moderato from Quintet VII", Frederic Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu", Dickinson student Jonathan Means' "Piece for guitar", Franz...
The College Choir and College-Community Orchestra gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:00pm. Presented by the Department of Music, the show featured the work of Charles Ives, including "At the River", "Two Little Flowers", "Dreams", "The Last Reader", "Autumn", "There is a...
The Department of Music presented the Collegium Musicum in their winter concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Their program included Giovanni da Palestrina's "Canite tuba", Francisco Guerrero's "Oyd, oyd, una cosa", Guillaume Costeley's "Allon gay bergeres", an anonymously-...
The Music Department presented the fourth Noonday Concert of the 1974-1975 academic year in Memorial Hall. Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Fehr Booth, the program included Georg Phillipp Telemann's "Sonata in C minor"; Johannes Brahms' "Phanomen", "Die Schwestern", and "Am Strande"; Claude...
Violinist Mi-Young Park and pianist Pong-Hi Park gave a concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 8:30pm as a part of the Cultural Affairs Series.
The Music Department presented the fifth Noonday Concert of the 1974-1975 academic year in Memorial Hall. The program included Jean Marie Leclair's "Sonata III in D major", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata Opus 2, No. 1 in f minor", Claude Debussy's "Rhapsodie", Manuel de Falla's "Soneto a Cordoba...
The Music Department presented the sixth Noonday Concert of the 1974-1975 academic year in Memorial Hall. The concert presented five centuries of humor in music and included such pieces as Modeste Mussorgsky's "The Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells" from Pictures at an Exhibition,...
The College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra presented Music of Russia for their spring concert, which was held in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 3:00pm. They were joined by pianist Pong-Hi Park and the Marcia Dale Ballet. The orchestra opened the concert with P. I....
The Congress of African Students organized a screening of the film Claudine at the Carlisle Movie Theater as part of the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival.
Don L. Lee, a poet, essayist, critic, and editor/publisher of Chicago's Third World Press, gave a poetry reading in Drayer Lounge during the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. This event was organized by the Congress of African Students.
Olu Funmilayo, the African Dance Ensemble in residence, performed on Friday, April 11 during the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. The Congress of African Students organized this event.
Hamilton Bohannon, a leading musician in 1970s Disco, performed during a concert that was part of the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. The Congress for African Students organized this event.
