Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Moving Target, a modern dance company created by Christine Vilardo, an assistant professor of dance at Dickinson, performed on March 5 and March 6, 1988. The performances focused on the intricacy of movement: one dance piece, entitled "Nestlings," had dancers act as birds would in...
The Department of Music presented soprano Sharon Lynn Schultheiss in her senior recital at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by flautist Jennifer Reed and Laura Reed on piano and harpsichord, she sang George Frideric Handel's "Quell Amor"; Robert Schumann's "Liebeslied", "So lasst...
The Westminster Choir from Westminster Choir College performed at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Missa Jam Christus", Robert Schumann's "Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74, Nos. 1, 2, 5", Johannes Brahms' "O schöne Nacht, Op. 92, No. 1", Hugo...
Dracula: The Vampire Play, was performed on March 24 at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The production was based on Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, and was dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. The National Players' performance of Dracula was...
"Barefoot in the Park" was performed at Dickinson on March 26th in Rubendall Hall. The play, which was hosted by CAB, was one of many "alternative cultural" events that CAB had been hosting. The comedic play centered on two newly weds and their initial relationship issues.
The Music Department presented a Lenten concert performed by the Dickinson Chamber Choir, the Dickinson College Choir, the College-Community Orchestra, and the Brass Ensemble at 7:30pm at Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland. They performed Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in F Minor,...
The Department of Music presented a concert by the Dickinson College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra at 2:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed three orchestral excerpts from Richard Wagner's Lohengrin and "Kyrie" and "Gloria" from Johann Sebastian...
The Department of Music presented a faculty recital by flautist Mary Hannigan, accompanied by pianist Barry Hannigran, at 8:15pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. She performed Carl Reinecke's "Ballade, Op. 288", Larry Nelson's "Music for Flute and Electronic Sounds", Eugene Bozza's "Agrestide",...
The Arts House opened their play of the semester, called "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You," on April 1st at 8 p.m. at ATS. The play also showed on April 2nd. The production, which was directed by sophomore Michael Nassar, was a farce on religion: Sister Mary Ignatius was the main...
The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in the Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Ave Maria"; Igor Stravinsky's "Ave Maria"; Benjamin Britten's "A Hymn to the Virgin"; Carl Maria von Weber's "Hunting Chorus"; Louis...
The Cultural Affairs Committee presented Agatha Christie: A One Woman Mystery on April 6 in Rubendall Recital Hall. Writer and actress Page Hedder Wilson performed the piece.
The Music Department presented "An Evening of Big Band and Jazz" performed by the Dickinson College Jazz Ensemble and the Franklin and Marshall College Jazz Ensemble at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Rob McConnell's "Can't Stop my Leg", Ellington and Tizol's "Caravan",...
Ah, Wilderness!, a play by Eugene O'Neill, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from April 8-12.
Soprano Rebecca McDonald performed a senior recital, presented by the Music Department and accompanied by pianist Laura Reed. She performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Guinse al fin il momento" and "Deh vieni non tardar"; Ernest Chausson's "Le Charme", "Nos Souvenirs", and "Les Papillons"; Ned...
The Allegheny Baroque Ensemble performed at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Georg Frideric Handel's "Overture to Solomon"; Francesco Geminiani's Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 4; Franz Joseph Haydn's Sinfonia No. 16 in B-flat Major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine...
The Cultural Affairs Committee presented a performance by the Alverthorpe Trio. They performed Joseph Haydn's Trio No. 3 in C Major, Hoboken XV, 27 and Ludwig van Beethoven's Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No 3.
The Department of Music presented cellist Nancy C. Baun in a recital at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by pianist Nozomi Takashima and violinist John Eaken, she played Camille Saint-Saens' "Le Cygne", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite in G Major for Solo Cello", Claude Debussy's "...
On April 16th, the Third-Annual Quad Rock was hosted. The event was created in 1986 and was originally hosted by the Interfraternity-Council (IFC). For the 1988 concert, the Concert Committee paid for the event to happen, due to Senate and IFC monetary conflicts. It was hosted in the Quads...
Selections of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs and drawings created by students in Dickinson's fine arts studio program were on display in the Trout Gallery from April 16th to May 5th, 1988.
The Spring Arts Festival, which was hosted on the Weiss Center's lawn, began on Saturday April 16th and continued until May 4th with the continued exhibit in the Trout Gallery of student's art-work. On April 16th, many different students' artistic talents were showcased. Students within the...
The Department of Music presented the Symphonic Band in the spring concert at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall....
The Dickinson College Opera Workshop presented a performance of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium and Douglas Moore's The Devil and Daniel Webster in the Rubendall Recital Hall at 8:00pm. The production ran April 21-22.
The annual spring dance concert, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Dance Theatre Group, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Featuring work by student and faculty choreographers, the show ran from April 22-24, the last performance being a 3:00pm matinee. The show contained 12...
The Music Department presented a student recital by soprano Daphne Peaslee and violinist Laurie Buzak at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The students were accompanied by pianist Laura Reed, horn player Frederick Petty, pianist Kee Man Chung, and violinist John Eaken. They played George...
The Department of Music presented a spring concert by the Chamber Choir at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The choir performed Hans Leo Hassler's "Cantate Domino"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Ave verum corpus"; Maurice Durufle's "Kyrie"; Herbert Howells' "Like as the Hart"; Felix Mendelssohn-...
