Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra in a pops concert at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Gustav Holst's "Suite 1 in E-flat Major"; highlights from Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri...
Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator, performed her poetry for the final event of Dickinson's annual 'Black Arts Festival', which celebrated black and African heritage and achievement through presentations and seminars between April 15th and 18th...
An exhibit of ceramics by Andy Martin and Leslie Howell entitled "Ceramics and Dickinson College" was on display in the Holland Union Gallery from April 19th to the 30th, 1982.
Soprano Barbara Dobbs performed in her senior recital at 8:00pm in Memorial Hall. Accompanied by pianist Suzanne Polley, Dobbs sang Johannes Ciconia's "O Rosa Bella"; Guillaume Dufay's "Vergene Bella"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Un Moto di Gioja"; Franz Joseph Haydn's "And God said" and "With...
The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1981-1982 academic year in Memorial Hall. Deemed a "Special Mostly-Brass Noonday Concert", the program included Johann Sebastian Bach's "Adagio and Minuet from Sonata in C Major", Georg Philipp Telemann's "La douceur" and "La...
The Department of Music presented the Collegium Musicum in a concert of "German and English Music from the 15th and 16th Centuries" in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Ludwig Senfl's "Da Jakob nu das Kleid ansach", "Ich armes Maidlein", "Es wollt ein Maidlein", "Im Maien", "Im...
The Department of Music presented the eighth Noonday Concert of the 1981-1982 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed Thomas Morley's "Sing we and chant it" and "Now is the month of maying"; John Wilbye's "Flora gave me fairest flowers"; Franz Schubert's "Impromptu in A-...
Pianist Kevin Smith performed in his senior recital at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Accompanied by John Eaken on violin, June Shomaker on violoncello, vocalist Wendy Yazujian and the Dickinson Chamber Orchestra, Smith's program included Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Trio in B...
An exhibit of prints and drawings by Mary Steward was held in the Holland Union Gallery from September 7th to the 25th, 1982.
The Department of Music presented tenor Frederick Urrey in his debut faculty recital at 8:00pm in Memorial Hall. Accompanied by pianist Dai Uk Lee and violist Mark Pfannschmidt, Urrey sang Henri Duparc's "Phidyle", "L'Invitation au Voyage", "Serenade Florentine", and "Le Manoir de Rosemonde";...
Marshall Crenshaw and David Johansen performed at Fall Fest as some of rock's rising new talents.
The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1982-1983 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed Sigismund Neukomm's "Fanfares for Four Trumpets", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Quartet in D Minor for Two Flutes, Bassoon and Harpsichord", David Alterman's "...
The Department of Music presented the 1982 Parents' Day Concert at 11:00am in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The Wind Ensemble, Collegium Musicum, College-Community Orchestra, and College Choir performed Gustav Holst's "Second Suite for Military Band"; Guillaume Dufay's "Ave Regina caelorum...
The Importance of Being Earnest, "a trivial comedy for serious people" by Oscar Wilde, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from October 15-19.
The McLain Family Band gave a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The group performed an extensive program of traditional bluegrass music.
Magician Bill Clary performed a dazzling magic show in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Before his show, he gave a lecture on hypnosis and the power of the mind. In the lecture, he explained what hypnosis is, why it works, what it does, and how it can be done.
The Jazz Ensemble and Chamber Choir gave their second annual joint concert in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Erroll Garner's "One Good Turn"; Jay Beckenstein's "Bittersweet"; Becker/Fagen's "Black Cow"; Ralph Vaughn Williams' "The Dark Eyed Sailor", "The Springtime of the Year...
The Department of Music presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1982-1983 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed two fanfares by Irving Bush; Richard Strauss' "Serenade"; Claude Debussy's "Syrinx" and "La plus que lent"; Francis Poulenc's "Sonata for Flute and Piano...
The Department of Music presented the third Noonday Concert of the 1982-1983 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed W. Ten Have's "Allegro Brilliante", Frederic Chopin's "Etude in A-flat Major" and "Ballade No. 2 in F Major", Luigi Boccherini's "Duet for two violins in G...
The College Choir, Chamber Choir, and College-Community Orchestra gave a concert entitled "Music of the Romantic Age in Russia" at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and "Coronation Scene" from Boris...
An exhibit of ceramics, textiles, and bronzes by Toshiko Takaezu was on display in the Trout Gallery from January 28th to March 18th, 1983. While on campus, Takaezu received the Arts Award.
The Department of Music presented a faculty recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The department faculty performed on Marin Marais' "Les Folies d'Espagne", Johann Joachim Quantz's "Trio Sonata in C Major", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Fantasy in D Major", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Cantata 211...
The Department of Music presented the fourth Noonday Concert of the 1982-1983 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Andante in F Major", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Quintet in E-flat Major", Bernhard Molique's "Flute Concerto in D Minor",...
A dedicatory recital of music and poetry was given in honor of Professor Friedrich and Mary Sandels at the Emil R. Weiss Center for Music and Art. The program included a reading of German Lyric Poetry, Franz Schubert's "An die Musik" and "Wanderers Nachtlied", Robert Schumann's "Die Beiden...
Street Scene, a play by Elmer Rice, opened in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from February 10-14.
