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...

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 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...

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...

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";...

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 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.

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 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 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...

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...

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...