Performances, Films, and Exhibits

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Fri., Oct. 13, 1989

Lynn Tretzger, a ventriloquist, performed at Dickinson on Friday, October 13th. Her show included her and her friends (her puppets). Some students thought it was very entertaining and impressive, even if some of the jokes were a little too "cartoony."

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Sat., Oct. 14, 1989

The Music Department presented a Homecoming Concert featuring the Community-College Orchestra, the Dickinson College Choir, the Dickinson College Collegium Musicum, and the Symphonic Band at 11:00am in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The ensembles performed Richard Wagner's "Prelude to...

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Sun., Oct. 15, 1989

The show "Women of Vaudeville Revue" performed at Dickinson on Sunday, October 15th. This event was sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee at Dickinson and we funded by the Student Senate Activities Fee and a grant from the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia. 

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Mon., Oct. 23, 1989

A show entitled, "Music from Korea" performed on October 23rd. The artists Inok Paek and Keith Howard performed while wearing traditional Korean dress. As they were well versed in this genre, both artists shared the history of this music with the audience as well as played specific pieces for...

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Mon., Oct. 23, 1989

Inok Paek, playing plucked string instruments, and Keith Howard, playing drums, performed "Music from Korea" at 8:15pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included the pieces "The Drum", "Forest", "Seryongsam", "Sanjo", "Songu chip", "Kaein changgo nori", and "Ch'imhyangmu".

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Fri., Oct. 27, 1989

Kevin Spencer, a magician, performed on October 27th for Dickinson. His show, according to students, was surprisingly real and down-to-earth. Spencer, after performing a number of small tricks, began to speak of Harry Houdini, who he greatly admired. To end his show, he completed two amazing...

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Fri., Oct. 27, 1989

Kind Lady, a play by Edward Chodorov, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The play is based on a story by Hugh Walpole. Presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from October 27-31.

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Wed., Nov. 1, 1989

The Music Department presented a Chamber Orchestra concert featuring the Eaken Piano Trio at 8:00pm in the Weiss Center for the Arts.  The pieces performed included Pablo de Sarasate's "Introduction and Tarantelle (op. 43) for solo violin and orchestra", Girolamo Frescobaldi's "Toccata for solo...

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Wed., Nov. 1, 1989

The Music Department presented its third Noonday Concert of the 1989-1990 academic year in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Richard Strauss' "Morgen" and "Nacht", Franz Schubert's "Litanei", Claude Debussy's "La lune blanche luit dans les bois", Lennie Niehaus' "...

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Fri., Nov. 3, 1989

Carl Rosen, a pianist, performed in the Lumberyard on Friday, November 3rd. His music was a blend of songs by Billy Joel, Elton Joel, Paul Simon, and Rosen's own pieces. Many students were impressed by his talent and truly enjoyed their time at the show. 

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Fri., Nov. 10, 1989

The Music Department presented the Collegium Musicum's "Musical Landscapes of Italy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries" at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensemble performed Adam de Antiquis Venetus' "Lauda Spirituale: Senza te, sacra regina", Giovanni Maria Nanino's "Psalm 149:...

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Sat., Nov. 11, 1989

The Chamber Choir and the Jazz Ensemble presented a concert of vocal and instrumental jazz at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensembles performed Robert Emerson's arrangement of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies", Gregg Smith's arrangement of the traditional chantey "Shenandoah", Lawrence Lapin...

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Mon., Nov. 13, 1989

An exhibit entitled "Brucke: German Expressionist prints from the Granvil and Marcia Specks Collection" was on display in the Trout Gallery from November 13th to December 16th, 1989.  Reinhold Heller gave a lecture at the exhibit opening.

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Fri., Nov. 17, 1989

The annual fall dance concert, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Dance Theatre Group, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Featuring works in a variety of styles by student and faculty choreographers, the show ran from November 17-19, the last show being a 3:00pm matinee.

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Fri., Nov. 17, 1989

The Dance Theater Group and the Department of Dramatic Arts presented their Fall Concert show, New Attitudes. The show began on Friday, November 17th and continued until Sunday, November 19th. Each performance was held in Mathers Theater. DTG was excited to present three pieces that had...

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Sun., Nov. 19, 1989

The Music Department presented a concert performed by the College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The ensembles performed Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat.

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Tue., Nov. 28, 1989

The Music Department presented a faculty recital by violinist John Eaken, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, cellist Nancy Baun, and violist Marta Jurjevich, at 8:15pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Eaken performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 378", Johann Sebastian...

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Fri., Dec. 1, 1989

The Music Department presented a Symphonic Band concert at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The band performed Warren Barker's arrangement of "Here We Come A'Wassailing", Harold L. Walters' "The Christmas Suite", Anne McGinty's arrangement of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu",...

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Mon., Dec. 4, 1989

The Music Department presented a flute repertory class at 5:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The group performed Georg Friedrich Handel's "Menuet", "Bourrée in G Major for Baroque flute", and "Sonata in A Minor"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Minuet" and "Sonata in C Major"; Jean-Baptiste...

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Wed., Dec. 6, 1989

The Music Department presented its fourth Noonday Concert of the 1989-1990 academic year at Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Arcangelo Corelli's "Concerto VIII, Opus 6, No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro from the Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 570...

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Thu., Dec. 7, 1989

The Department of Music presented the eighth annual Messiah sing-along in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 7:30pm. The event was open to the public and led by the College-Community Orchestra and College Choir.

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Wed., Jan. 24, 1990

The Music Department presented a performance by the Renaissance City Winds at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The woodwind quintet performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue",...

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Fri., Jan. 26, 1990

The fall 1989 Art Historical Methods seminar created an exhibit entitled "Abstraction: Directions and Derivatives, 1940-1980" that was on display in the Trout Gallery from January 26th to March 3rd, 1990.

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Fri., Jan. 26, 1990

The Cultural Affairs Committee presented the Buzz Jones Big Band playing "Jazz in the 20th Century" at 8:00pm in the Weiss Center for the Arts.  The program included S. Nestico's arrangement of George Gershwin's "Strike Up The Band", D. Caffey's arrangement of Hawkins Fain & Dash's "Tuxedo...

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Tue., Feb. 6, 1990

The Eaken Piano Trio, sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Consortium Musicum, performed at 8:15pm at Rubendall Recital Hall.  The trio performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Trio in C Minor, Op.1 No.3", Zoltán Kodály's "Duo, Op. 7", and Franz Schubert's "Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99".

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