Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1986-1987 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Members of the Applied Music Faculty played John W. Jones' "Juxtaposition", Franz Liszt's "Sonetto 104 del Petrarca", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Partita in D Minor for solo violin...
The Department of Music presented the Chamber Orchestra in an all-Mozart concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played three marches, Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Serenade, and "Overture" from Cosi Fan Tutte.
An exhibit entitled "Reflections on 19th-Century Pennsylvania Landscape Photography" was on display in the Trout Gallery from September 17th to October 11th, 1986. Jay Ruby, the curator, opened the exhibit with a lecture.
James Mapes, a popular hypnotist on campus, performed a show to a full crowd in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Mapes, with a masters degree and undergraduate degree in psychology, had students dancing, falling out of chairs, and forgetting their names on stage. Outside of shows, Mapes worked...
Amadeus, a play by Peter Shaffer, was performed on September 24 at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. This performance by the National Players was sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee.
The Consortium Musicum of Pennsylvania gave a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Trio Sonata in A Minor, Johann Sebastian Bach's Trio Sonata in G Major, Jean-Baptiste Lully's Suite in C Major, and Jean-Philippe Rameau's...
The Department of Music presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1986-1987 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro" from Twelve duets for Waldhorn, "Divertimento in B-flat Major" and "Molto Allegro" from Sonata in...
The Department of Music presented the College Choir, Symphonic Band, and College-Community Orchestra in the 1986 Parents' Day Concert at 11:ooam in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The Symphonic Band opened the program and played Franz Schubert's "March Militaire I", Sammy Nestico's "...
An exhibit entitled "A Selection of Prints from the Dickinson College Collection," celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first donation of art to the College, was on display in the Trout Gallery from October 14th to December 20th, 1986. The exhibit had been displayed in the Governor's Home...
The Department of Music presented flutist Carl Adams and pianist Nicholas Mastripolito in a recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata in E-flat Major", Henri Dutilleux's "Sonatine", Franz Doppler's "Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise", Benjamin Godard's "...
The Department of Music presented violinist John Eaken in a faculty recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, he played Richard Strauss' "Sonata in E-flat Major", Bela Bartok's "Sonatine", Olivier Messiaen's "Theme and Variations", Fritz Kreisler's "...
The Department of Music presented mezzo-soprano Louise McClelland in a lecture/recital honoring Hugo Wolf at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. She sang Morike Lieder, Goethe Lieder, Spanisches Liederbuch, Alte Weisen, and Italienisches Liederbuch.
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and the Jazz Ensemble in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Gwyn Arch's "An Island Sheiling Song" and "An Eriskay Love Lilt", James Sutliffe's "Love Will Find out the Way", Ronald Huntington's "Joshua fit de Battle",...
The Department of Music presented the third Noonday Concert of the 1986-1987 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Alphonse Barthe's "Passacaille", Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Song without Words", Franz Danzi's "Qunitet in B-flat Major", Ralph Vaughan-Williams...
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and College-Community Orchestra in a concert with the Bucknell University Choir and Orchestra at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Alan Hovhaness' "Mysterious Mountain", Ernest Chausson's "Poeme pour violon et...
The Department of Music presented guitarist Nathaniel Gunod and harpsichordist Amy Rosser in a faculty recital at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Rudolf Straube's "Sonata III", William Byrd's "The Carmans Whistle", John Dowland's "Pavana Lachrymae", Richard Farnaby's "Nobodyes...
The Dance Theater Group presented "Ordered Entropy" in Mather's Theater. Organized by Christine Vilardo, assistant professor of dance, the show got its title as "entropy is a chemical term meaning chaos and disorder and order means organized", and featured ballet to jazz to tap to modern dance...
The Harrisburg Civic Opera Association presented Salute to the Stars, an opera gala, at 8:00pm in the Weiss Center for the Arts. The gala was held to raise funds for the Royal Opera Station in downtown Harrisburg. The program featured excerpts from Strauss' Die Fledermaus; ...
The Department of Music presented mezzo-soprano Lori Ann Fern and tenor Eric Park in their junior recital at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They sang Henry Purcell's "If Music be the Food of Love" and "Music for a While"; Gabriel Faure's "Nell" and "Lydia"; Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Linden Lea...
The Department of Music presented the Symphonic Band in their second annual Christmas concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Edward Elgar's "Ceremonial Processional", the traditional English song "Here We come A'Wassailing", Franz Schubert's "March Militaire I", Hershy Kay's "...
The Department of Music presented the fourth Noonday Concert of the 1986-1987 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wendy Barker's "Rondo in G Major"; Fernando Sor's "Andante II"; Mauro Giuliani's "Allegro"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Concerto in E Major"; Eric...
The Department of Music presented the fifth annual Messiah sing-along in Rubendall Recital Hall. The event was open to the public and led by the College-Community Orchestra and College Choir.
The Freshman Plays, an annual event presented by the Mermaid Players, opened in Mathers Theatre. Several student-directed one-act plays performed by all-freshman casts made up the revolving repertory which was performed December 12 and December 13.
The Art Historical Methods seminar of the fall of 1987 created an exhibit entitled "Exploring the 'Language' of Line, Value and Color: The Representation of Water in Prints". The exhibit was on display in the Trout Gallery from January 23rd to February 27th, 1987.
The Department of Music presented the Buzz Jones Big Band in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Jeff Turner's "Blue Birdland", Harry Warren's "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", Guy Wood's "My One and Only Love", Gershwin/Davis' "Eric's Blue Fog", Bryan Kidd's "Sentimental Journey...
