Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Music Department presented a concert by the Chamber Choir and the Jazz Ensemble at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles performed Ralph Vaughan Williams' arrangements of the English folk songs "The Dark-Eyed Sailor", "The Springtime of the Year", "Just as the Tide was Flowing",...
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by cellist Nancy Baun, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Baun performed Johann Sebastian Bach and Pablo Casals' "Adagio for Cello", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude in C major for Solo Cello", Robert...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by horn player Christine D. Deardorff, accopmanied by Joan Boytim on the piano and horn, soprano Joy Stretton, and bassoonist Truman Bullard, at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Deardorff performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Concerto No. 3 in...
The Music Department presented a concert by the Dickinson College Choir, the College-Community Orchestra, and the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Chorus at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Antonin Dvorak's Symphony in E minor, Alfred Swan's "Song of Glorification and...
The freshman seminar "Conceiving Ourselves: The Human Figure in Art" culminated in this exhibit of works in the college collection. Each work on display was the focus of one seminar student's research for the semester. David Robertson led the seminar. The exhibit ran from November 29th to...
The Music Department presented a concert by the Collegium Musicum, the Recorder Society, and the Handbell Choir at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles performed Johann Christian Bach's "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein", Johann Gottfried Walther's "Machs mir mir, Gott, nach deiner...
The Music Department presented the Symphonic Band's 1990 Holiday Concert at 8:30pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The band performed John Philip Sousa's "Fairest of the Fair", Jerry Brubaker's arrangement of "Mancini Magic", Gustav Holst's "Second Suite in F", Gordon Jacob's "Concertino for...
The Music Department presented its fourth Noonday Concert of the 1990-1991 academic year at the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Frédéric Chopin's "Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1", Benjamin Britten's arrangement of the traditional County Donegal songs "Down by the...
The Department of Music presented the ninth 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.
The Music Department presented a concert of Christmas music performed by flutist Beth Bullard, pianist Truman Bullard, and soprano Janet Leyon. The pieces performed included "Ad cantum leticie" from Pie Cantiones, "On the Birthday of the Lord" from Nürnberger Gesangbuch,...
The Art Historical Methods Seminar of Fall 1990 created an exhibit from the Dickinson collection entitled "Trials and Triumphs: American Prints from the 1930s and 1940s." The exhibit was largely composed of prints donated by Mrs. Grace Linn. It was on display in the Trout Gallery from January...
The Music Department presented a concert of chamber music for the clarinet at Rubendall Recital Hall at 8:15pm. Performers played Ernst Krenek's "Trio", Aram Khachaturian's "Trio in G minor", Charles Ives' "Largo", and Bela Bartok's "Contrasts".
The Music Department presented a concert by the Winter Brass Project, conducted by Dr. Frederick Petty, at 8:00pm in the Weiss Center for the Arts. The ensemble performed Henry Purcell's Symphony from The Fairy Queen, Act II; Giovanni Gabrieli's "Canzon in Double Echo"; David Uber's "...
A Little Night Music, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players and the Department of Dramatic Arts, the production ran from February 8-12.
The Music Department presented its fifth Noonday Concert of the 1990-1991 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed "Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow", John Dowland's "Flow Not So Fast", Philip Rosseter's "When Laura Smiles", Franz Schubert's "An Den Mond" and "...
For the first time, the Department of Dramatic Arts and Dance Theatre Group presented a winter dance concert featuring new works from young choreographers. The concert was held at 8:00pm February 22-23 in Mathers Theatre and was free to the public.
The Music Department presented a concert of North Indian music by sitarist Ustad Hamid Hossain, featuring vocalist Dr. Ursha Bhargav and tabla player Enayat Hossain", at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Chamber Orchestra featuring the Renaissance City Winds at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles played Antonio Vivaldi's "Concerto in G minor for fluteand orchestra, Op.10, No. 2", "Concerto in A minor for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 45,...
The Music Department presented the Jazz Ensemble's eleventh annual Winter Jazz Concert at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensemble performed Dave Wolpe's arrangement of Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Juan Tizol's "Caravan"; Matt Harris' "Up For Air"; a medley of...
The Music Department presented a Lenten concert by the Dickinson College Choir, the Dickinson College Chamber Orchestra, the Brass Ensemble, and the Eaken Piano Trio at Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland at 4:45pm. The ensembles performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Concerto for 2...
The Music Department presented a concert by the Eaken Piano trio at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Clara Schumann's "Trio in G minor, Op. 17", Margaret Garwood's "Suite (Commissioned)", Rebecca Clarke's "Trio", Germaine Tailleferre's "Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle...
An exhibit entitled "Ceramics from the Permanent Collection" was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 6th to April 11th, 1991.
The Music Department presented a junior recital by cellist Richard Konkel, accompanied by pianist David Glasgow, at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Konkel performed Antonio Vivaldi's "Sonata in E minor, No. 5", Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Sonata in D major, Op. 58", Alexandre Glazunov's "...
The Music Department presented a senior vocal recital by mezzo-soprano Sara Lindenberg, accompanied by pianists Kee Mann Chang and Truman Bullard, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Lindenberg performed Samuel Barber's "Sure on this Shining Night" and "The Secrets of the Old"; Ned Rorem's "O...
The Music Department presented an Afternoonday Concert at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Alan Hirsch's "Elegy" and "The Gondolier", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Gigue" and "March in G major", Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in D...
