Performances, Films, and Exhibits

The Department of Music presented the Collegium Musicum in a concert in Rubendall Recital Hall.

Guitarist Neil Sollenberger gave a concert at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. He played H. Villa-Lobos' "Prelude I in E Minor", "Prelude II in E Major", and "Prelude IV in E Minor"; J.S. Bach's "Suite for Lute"; Gunter Braun's "Serie"; and Mauro Giuliani's "Le Rossiniane".

The Department of Music presented the Jazz Ensemble and the Chamber Choir in their third annual joint concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed J. Beckenstein's "Cockatoo", Sammy Nestico's "Fun Time", J. Oddo's "John Brown's Other Body", Diamond/Bacharach/Sager's "Heartlight", Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)", Les Brown's "Sentimental Journey", Chick Corea's "Spain", Lew Spence's "Nice 'n' Easy", Ray Noble's "I Hadn't Anyone Til You", Rube Bloom's "Give me the Simple Life", and Anita Kerr's "Goodbye Mr. Blues". 

The Department of Music presented the third Noonday Concert of the 1983-1984 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Divertimento in B-flat Major", "Serenade for Wind Trio in B-flat Major", "Il core vi dono", and "Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra"; Georg Philipp Telemann's "Quartet in D Minor for three flutes and keyboard"; Heinrich Schutz's "Verbum caro factum est"; and Henri Vieuxtemps' "Souvenir d'Amerique".

The Department of Music presented the 1983 Parents' Day Concert at 10:30am in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The Wind Ensemble, Collegium Musicum, College Choir, and College-Community Orchestra performed for the event. The program included Ralph Vaughn-Williams' "Seventeen Come Sunday", "My Bonny Boy", and "Folk Songs from Somerset"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Lobet den Herren alle Heiden"; Bela Bartok's "Wedding Song", "Song of the Hayharvesters", "Dancing Song" from Madzibrod, and "Dancing Song" from Poniky; and Ludwig van Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. 

Mezzo-soprano Brenda Smith gave a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Department of Music presented the Cumberland Big Band in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Toshiko Akiyoshi's "Tuning Up", Bricusse and Newley's "What Kind of Fool am I?", Horace Silver's "Nutville", Frank Rosolino's "Blue Daniel", Keith Jarrett's "The Raven Speaks", John Williams' "Han Solo and the Princess", J. Edmonson's "Bandstand Boogie", Bob Mintzer's "Slo-Funk", Cory and Cross' "I Left my Heart in San Francisco", Stevie Wonder's "Another Star", Maurice Ravel's "To a Sleeping Beauty", and Kahn and Fiorito's "I Never Knew". 

The Department of Music presented the Chamber Orchestra in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Tommaso Vitali's "Chaconne in G Minor", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Suite in A Minor", Antonin Dvorak's "String Quartet in F Major", Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Voi che sapete" and "Deh per questo istante solo".

The Department of Music presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1983-1984 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Cultural Affairs Committee presented the Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theater in Cosi Fan Tutte at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. 

Beth Bullard, Truman Bullard, and Caroline Cunningham, guest teacher from the Manhattan School of Music, gave a concert in Rubendall Recital Hall at 8:00pm.

The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1983-1984 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Members of the music faculty performed Warren Baker's "Fanfare, Gigue and March"; Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Sonata in G Minor"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite for Lute"; Johannes Brahms' "Wie Melodien zieht es mir", "O Wusst'ich doch", "Vorschneller Schwar", and "Trio"; and Ned Rorem's "Early in the Morning" and "O You Whom I Often and Silently Come". 

The Department of Music presented tenor David Alterman in his senior recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. 

The Gondoliers, a musical by Gilbert and Sullivan, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players and the Department of Music, the show ran April 22-3 and 25-6.

The Department of Music presented soprano Rena Ronson in a senior vocal recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. 

The Cultural Affairs Committee presented the Amado String Quartet in a concert at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. 

Soprano Janet Leyon gave a concert entitled "Evenings with Gershwin" at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Accompanied by Truman Bullard, Leyon sang to benefit the Friends of the Library. The concert was repeated at the same time on Saturday, February 19. 

The Harrisburg Civic Opera gave a concert in Rubendall Recital Hall, featuring selections from Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman and "an operatic potpourri". 

In honor of the dedication of the Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts and the Rubendall Recital Hall, Carlisle Floyd's Citizen of Paradise: A Musical Portrait of Emily Dickinson premiered at 2:30pm. 

The Department of Music presented the flute repertory class in a recital at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students played J.S. Bach's "Menuet" and "Sonata in C Major", F. Schubert's "Andante", G.P. Telemann's "Sonata in B-flat Major" and "Duet in D Minor", G.F. Handel's "Sonata in A Minor", A.B. Furstenau's "Duet in B-flat Major", G. Faure's "Sicilienne", M. Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte", and W.A. Mozart's "Concerto in G Major". 

Amnesty-International Adoption Group 132 presented Cantabile at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Violinist Hwa-sun Loh, violoncellist June Shomaker, clarinetist Ella Forsyth, and pianist Kayo Tatebe played D. Milhaud's "Suite", F. Schubert's "Sonatina No. 2", J. Brahms' "Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major", S. Prokofieff's "Sonata", and L. van Beethoven's "Trio in B-flat Major". 

The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1982-1983 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini's "Presto ma non tanto", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in C Minor", George Frederic Handel's "Sonata in A Major", Henri Eccles' "Sonata", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in A Major", Charles Gounod's "Avant de quitter ces lieux" from Faust, Dennis Slavin's "A Liz et Beth", and Franz Schubert's "Allegro ma non troppo". 

The Department of Music presented guitarist Virginia Houpt in her senior recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. She played Sylvius Leopold Weiss' "Suite", John Dowland's "Fantasie", Mauro Giuliani's "Les Folies d'Espagne", Manuel Ponce's "Twelve Preludes", Eduardo Sainz de la Maza's "Campanas del Alba", and Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Prelude No. 5 in D Major" and "Prelude No. 2 in E Major". 

The Department of Music presented pianist Jean Kuebler in a senior recital at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Kuebler played Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in D Major", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata No. 8 in C Minor", Aram Khachaturian's "Toccata", Robert Schumann's "Kinderszenen", and Frederic Chopin's "Ballade No. 2 in F Major". 

The Department of Music presented pianist Kee M. Chang in a recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Chang played J. Haydn's "Andante con Variazioni in F Minor", D. Kabalevsky's "Sonata No. 3 in F Major", F. Mendelssohn's "Variations Serieuses in D Minor", and F. Schubert's "Fantasia in C Major".