Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Theatre Express, a Pittsburgh-based theatre company made up of Carnegie Mellon students and alumni, performed four plays during their residency on campus, which lasted from January 24-27. Their repertoire included Killing Game, Woyzeck, Cat's Cradle, and An Evening...
Bass vocalist Jonathan Barnhart and pianist Joan Boytim gave a concert in which they performed fourteen songs: Maurizio Cazzati's "Cantata for Bass"; Antonio Vivaldi's "Piango gemo sospiro", "Pur ch'a te grata", and "Ingrata si mi svena"; Franz Peter Schubert's "Gefrorne Tranen" and "Die Post";...
The Music Department presented the fifth Noonday Concert of the 1976-1977 academic year in Allison Methodist Church. The program for this concert included Nicolaus Bruhns' "Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet", Johann Gottfried Walther's "Preludio con Fuga", Johann Sebastian Bach's "...
Pianist Benjamin Pasternack gave a concert in which he played five pieces: Mozart's "Sonata in B-flat", Prokofieff's "Sonata in B-flat", Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso", three of Chopin's Mazurkas, and Liszt's "Tarantelle di Bravura".
The Duchess of Malfi, a play by John Webster, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran February 17-19. For this show, the title role of the Duchess was played by Mary Battiata.
The Department of Music presented the sixth Noonday Concert of the 1976-1977 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed Gabriel Pierne's "Pastorale"; A. Barthe's "Passacaille"; Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in F-major"; Thomas Morley's "Sweet Nymph Come to Thy Lover", "Loe...
The Mostovoy soloists, a chamber orchestra, performed their first concert at Dickinson as part of their residency. They played "Chrisantemi," "Concerto for Two Horns," Pachelbel's Kanon, "Air Russe for Violin and Orchestra," and "Concerto No. 9."
Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by C. W. Gluck, opened at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Presented by the Mostovoy Soloists, the College-Community Orchestra, and the College Choir, the production was also performed on February 27 at 3:00pm. The title roles of Orfeo and...
The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1976-1977 academic year in Memorial Hall. The program of this concert included Johann Sebastian Bach's "Arioso", Enrique Eriquez de Valderrabano's "Se io m'accorgo", two movements Francesco Maria Veracini's "Sonata in G-major...
Soprano Ellen Phillips performed in a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. She sang a Gregorian Chant entitled "Veni Creator Spiritus"; Henry Purcell's "We Sing to Him" and "The Plaint"; Franz Schubert's "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" and "Merres Stille"; Felix Wolfes' "Auf dem...
"The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra" played in Mathers' Theatre at 8pm on March 23 and 24. This one-act comedy show was adapted from the Firesign Theater show of the same name by Paul Rubin.
A Thurber Carnival, a production by James Thurber, opened at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The proceeds from the event were to benefit PEER. The show was performed on March 25 and 26.
The Chapel Choir performed "A Program of Russian Orthodox and Folk Music". The first half of the concert featured music of the Orthodox Church, including Sergei Rachmaninov's "To Thee O Lord" and "Rejoice in the Lord, ye Righteous"; and Alfred Swan's "Stir Up the Embers Seven-fold", "Cherubic...
Pianist Edith Finton Rieber gave a concert at 2:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The concert was part of Russian Week and featured the music of Scriabin.
Violinist Mi-Young Park and pianist Pong-Hi Park gave a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Presented by the Department of Music, the concert featured such pieces as Tommaso Antonio Vitali's "Ciaccona in G-minor for solo violin", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata No. 8 in C-...
Will Stutts, a Broadway actor known for his one-man plays, performed one of these plays, A Journey Through the Mind...Edgar Allan Poe, at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The Congress of African Studies and the Department of Music presented Victor Kendall and Clifford Bowen in a recital of flute and piano at 7:00pm in Memorial Hall. Their program included Handel's "Sonata No. 1 in E-minor", Martinu's "First Sonata for Flute and Piano", Bush's "Three African...
Pianists Debbie Philo and Larry Weber gave a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The first half of the program was performed by Philo and included Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in F-minor", Frederic Chopin's "Berceuse", and George Gershwin's "Preludes for Piano". After the...
The Music Department presented Jonathan Barnhart in his senior organ recital at 3:00pm at the Second Presbyterian Church. He played Samuel Scheidt's "When on the Cross the Savior Hung", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude and Fugue", Jehan Alain's "Variations on a Theme of Clement Jannequin", Louis...
Danceteller, a modern dance company, performed at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The performance concluded the company's two-day residency during which they led workshops in modern technique, improvisation, and the relationships of voice to dance.
The Music Department presented the ninth Noonday Concert of the 1976-1977 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed such pieces as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro from Sinfonia Concertante", "Deh vieni alla finestra", and "Concerto for Flute and Harp"; and Giovanni...
The Department of Music presented its faculty recital at 8:00pm in Memorial Hall. Featuring Beth Bullard on flute and Allen Krantz on guitar, the concert included Pietro Locatelli's "Sonata in D Major for flute and guitar", Jacob van Eyck's "Doen Daphne d'over Schoon Maeght", Sylvius Leopold...
The Chamber Choir performed "A Program of Russian Music" at the University of Pittsburgh. The program included Sergei Rachmaninov's "To Thee, O Lord", and "Rejoice in the Lord"; Alfred Swan's "Stir Up the Embers Sevenfold", "Cherubic Hymn", and "Let Everything that Breathes Praise the Lord"; and...
The Department of Music presented the Collegium Musicum in Musica Britannica at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The program included the anonymously-written "Anglia tibi turbidas", "The beste songe", and "Deo gratias"; Thomas Tallis' "Lamentations of Jeremiah"; John Dowland...
The Art Historical Methods class created an exhibit using a collection of African sculpture donated to the College by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky, whose son Dan was a member of the class of 1976. The exhibit ran from April 23rd to May 17th, 1977 in the Holland Union Building.
