Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The faculty duo of flutist Beth Bullard and guitarist Allen Krantz gave a concert at 8:00pm in Memorial Hall. They played Pietro Locatelli's "Sonata in D Major", Maurice Ravel's "Piece en forme de Habanera", Gabriel Faure's "Sicilienne", Augustin Barrios' "Choro de Saudade", Jacques Ibert's "...
Cornelius Sullivan, a member of Philadelphia Opera Company, performed a concert at Dickinson on February 22, 1979. He sung "Ich Grolle Night", "Intermezzo", and "Widmung' by Robert Schumann, "Don Qioter a Dulcineee" by Mauice Ravel, and "Silent Noon" by Vaughan Williams.
David Bromberg and his six piece band played in the dining hall on February 22nd. While most of their music was a typical blues style, they also played Irish jigs, waltzes, and funk music.
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and Chamber Choir in "An Afternoon of Love Songs" in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They sang John Wilbye's "Thus saith my Cloris bright", "Lady, your words do spight me", and "Draw on, sweet night"; Thomas Weelkes' "Hark! All ye Lovely...
The Chamber Choir gave a concert at the Cumberland Valley High School at 7:30pm. They sang Alfred Swan's "Let Thy Soul be Full of Exceeding Gladness"; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Ad te levavi oculos meos"; Ernst Bloch's "Devotion" from Sacred Service; Thomas Weelkes' "O Mortal...
Axx Studios' production of Pippin opened in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Presented through an arrangement with Music Theatre International, the production ran from March 1-3. The book is written by Roger Hirson and the music and lyrics are by Stephen Schwartz.
The Department of Music presented the fifth Noonday Concert of the 1978-1979 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty played Franz Joseph Haydn's "Quartet in C Major", Gian Carlo Menotti's "Lullaby" from The Consul, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Minuet and Trio", Robert Schumann's...
Cultural Affairs presented Robert Guralnik in a concert entitled "Chopin Lives" at 8:00pm in which he played seventeen pieces by the composer.
Senior piano student Melissa Heller gave a concert at 3:00pm in Memorial Hall. She played Johann Sebastian Bach's "Das Wohltemperirte Clavier", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight", Franz Schubert's "Impromptu in A-flat Major", Frederic Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu", Claude Debussy's "La...
Cultural Affairs presented the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The Chamber Choir gave a concert entitled "The Heritage of Music in the Roman Catholic Church" at 7:30pm at Saint Patrick's Church in Carlisle. As a tribute to the church's bicentennial, they sang Thomas Tallis' "Te lucis ante terminum", Giovanni Pierluiga da Palestrina's "Ad te levavi", Tomas...
The Deparment of Music presented the sixth Noonday Concert of the 1978-1979 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and Faculty performed George Frideric Handel's "Bourree" and "Menuet", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in E Major", Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater dolorosa" and "O...
Students of flutist Beth Bullard gave a concert in Memorial Hall. They played Georges Bizet's "Minuet No. 2" from L'Arlesienne, Carl Philip Emanuel Bach's "Sonata in E Minor", James Hook's "Sonata for three flutes in G Major", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Sonata in F Major", Friedrich...
The Mermaid Players presented Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" from April 20-24.
The Dickinson College-Community Orchestra and College Choir, along with the Gettysburg College Choir, gave a concert at 4:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They sang Felix Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides", George Frederick Handel's "Utrecht Jubilate", Jakob Handl's "Ascendit Deus", Claudio...
The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1978-1979 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed George Frideric Handel's "Affani del pensier", Giovanni Paisiello's "Chi vuol la zingarella", Felix Mendelssohn's "Venetian Boat Song No. 2", Heinrich...
The Department of Music presented the Collegium Musicum in their 1979 spring concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Josquin des Pres' "Sanctus de passione" and "Ave verum corpus"; Guillaume Dufay's "Sanctus papale"; Domenico Ferrabosco's "Io mi son giovinetta";...
Renaissance, a classical rock group, performed in the Dining Hall on April 29 as part of Spring Fest. Their most popular albums are "Ashes are Burning" and "Live at Carnegie Hall".
The Department of Music presented the eighth Noonday Concert of the 1978-1979 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty played Johann Ernst Altenburg's "Trumpet Fanfare: Bicinium"; four preludes by Manuel Maria Ponce; Diego Ortiz's "Recercada segunda"; George Frideric Handel's "Sonata...
Folk-Rock artist Steve Forbert played at Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Forbert played 25 songs during his performance, which included "Goin' Down to Laurel", "Complications", and "Tonight I Feel So Far Away From Home".
Buddy Rich performed and directed a big band jazz performance at the Carlisle High School.
The Cultural Affairs Committee presented Robert Guralnik and Sandra Jennings in Brahms and Clara at 8:00pm. The concert program featured music by Johannes Brahms and Robert and Clara Shumann.
The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1979-1980 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fantasie in C Minor", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Allegro und Menuett for zwei floten", Ivor Gurney's "Down by the Salley Garden",...
The Department of Music presented the 1979 Parents' Day Concert at 11:00am in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The Collegium Musicum, College Choir, and College-Community Orchestra performed the prelude and finale to Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger, a selection from Modeste...
The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's National Theatre of the Deaf performed The Wooden Boy: The Secret Life of Geppetto's Dummy, a play adapted by David Hays, on October 25 at 8:00pm. The performance was presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee.
