Performances, Films, and Exhibits

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Sun., Apr. 26, 1987

The Department of Music presented flutist David Joel Metzer in his senior recital at 2:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by Truman Bullard, Beth Bullard, and Elaine Bergstresser, he played Walter Piston's "Sonata for flute and piano", Alfred J. Swan's "Trio for Piano, Flute and...

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Sun., Apr. 26, 1987

The Department of Music presented Donna Waltz in her senior recital at 4:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by Dorrie Nang, she sang George Frederich Handel's "Where'er you walk", "Come and trip it", "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?", and "Oh, had I Jubal's lyre"; George Bizet's "...

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Wed., Apr. 29, 1987

The Department of Music presented the chamber orchestra in their spring concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played George F. Handel's "Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F Major", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Concerto No. 5 in A Major for violin and orchestra", Samuel Barber's "Adagio for...

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Wed., Apr. 29, 1987

The Department of Music presented the ninth Noonday Concert of the 1986-1987 academic year in Memorial Hall. Students and faculty performed Felix Mendelssohn's "Overture for Winds", Carolyn Kidd's "Penetentia", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in C Minor" and "French Suite in D Minor...

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Thu., Apr. 30, 1987

The Department of Music presented pianist Linda Kneifel in her senior recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. 

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Sat., May 2, 1987

The Department of Music presented clarinetist Elaine Bergstresser in her senior recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. She was joined by pianists Susan Eaken and Alta Marie Jumper, cellist June Shomaker, and soprano Christine Myers in performing Claude Debussy's "Premiere Rhapsodie",...

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Thu., May 7, 1987

An exhibit consisting of the lithographs Ten and The Sunshine People by Karel Appel was on display in the Trout Gallery from May 7th to June 13th, 1987.

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Tue., May 12, 1987

The Department of Music presented violoncellist Deborah Milan and pianist Jose Caceres in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Bach/Carals-Siloti's "Organ Toccata in C Major", Beethoven's "Sonata in C Major", Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne", Washington Castro's "Three Tangos...

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Wed., Jun. 17, 1987

The Chautauqua Series presented an evening of chamber music at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Clarinetist Ella Forsyth, pianist Galen Deibler, and violoncellist Peter Brye played Robert Schumann's "Phantasiestucke", Carl Maria von Weber's "Grand duo concertant", and Johannes Brahms' "Trio in...

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Fri., Aug. 28, 1987

An exhibit entitled "The end of the conversation: an exhibit of drawings and paintings by Prof. Dennis Akin" was on display in the Trout Gallery from August 28th to October 10th, 1987.  It featured works from the period 1985-1987 that focused on "those moments when perseverance is the most...

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Wed., Sep. 2, 1987

The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Louis Couperin's "Pieces de clavecin en fa majeur"; Luigi Boccherini's "Concerto in B-flat Major"; Robert Schumann's "Aus den Ostlichen Rosen", "Seit ich ihn...

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Mon., Sep. 14, 1987

Alvin Marshall, a Navajo Native American and sculptor, came to Dickinson as the Artist-in-Residence. Marshall's works were on exhibit from September 14th to the 18th. While here, Marshall completed and donated one of his sculptures to the College. All of his works incorporated traditions and...

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Wed., Sep. 30, 1987

The Department of Music presented the Chamber Orchestra in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Franz Schubert's overture to Rosamunde; Antonio Vivaldi's "Autumn"; Hugo Wolf's "Anakreon's Grab" and "Verborgenheit"; Richard Strauss' "Zueignung"; and Anatol Liadov's...

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Wed., Oct. 7, 1987

The Department of Music presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Henry Purcell's "Let us Wander", Johannes Brahms' "A Bouquet of Waltzes", Nadia Boulanger's "Vous m'avez dit", and Richard Strauss' "Serenade in E...

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Tue., Oct. 13, 1987

The College Choir accompanied the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra in two concerts on October 13 and 14 at 8:15 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They sang excerpts from Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov

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Fri., Oct. 16, 1987

An exhibit entitled "Medieval and Renaissance Art" featured works recently loaned to the College by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  It was on display in the Trout Gallery from October 16th to December 19th, 1987.

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Fri., Oct. 16, 1987

The Royal Family, a play by George Kaufman and Edna Ferber, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from October 16-20, including a 2:30pm matinee performance on October 17.

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Tue., Oct. 27, 1987

The Department of Music presented soprano Paula Chipman, mezzo-soprano Brenda Smith, and baritone Sterling Scroggins in a concert at 8:15 in Rubendall Recital Hall. They sang Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Soave sia il vento", "Ecco quel fiero istante", and "Susanna, what's the matter"; Johannes...

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Sat., Oct. 31, 1987

The Department of Music presented the College Choir, College-Community Orchestra, and Symphonic Band in the 1987 Parents' Day Concert at 11:00am in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Czar's Bride", Truman Bullard's "All Things Bright and Beautiful",...

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Wed., Nov. 4, 1987

The Department of Music presented the third Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in Rubendall Recital  Hall. Students and faculty performed Robert Schumann's "Liebeslied", Clara Schumann's "Liebst Du um Schoenheit", Gerhard Maasz's "Kleine Lautenmusik", Harry Chalmiers' "Tattoo", Ralph...

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Fri., Nov. 6, 1987

The Department of Music presented the Chamber Choir and Jazz Ensemble in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Williametta Spencer's "Winds of May", "In the Dark Pine Wood", and "Bright Cap and Streamers"; Jerome Richardson's "The Groove Merchant"; Buddy Johnson's "If I...

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Fri., Nov. 6, 1987

The Man, Not the Myth, an original dance piece by Tamara Baker, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. A free event, the piece interpreted the musical Jesus Christ Superstar through dance.

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Sun., Nov. 8, 1987

The Follies, a musical and theatrical group, returned to Dickinson College after a four year absence on campus. Their opening performance was a musical comedy entitled Two By Two. Opening night was November 8th at 8 p.m. Other performances were held on November 9th and the 10th. 

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Tue., Nov. 10, 1987

The Department of Music presented an ensemble of Pennsylvania musicians in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played John Dowland's "Come Again Sweet Love", Alessandro Grandi's "O Fair Art Thou", Henry Purcell's "Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky", George Frederick Handel's "So...

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Sun., Nov. 15, 1987

The Department of Music presented the College Choir and College-Community Orchestra in a concert at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Sergei Prokofiev's Lt. Kije Suite, Heinrich Schutz's "O Lieber Herre Gott...

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