Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Music Department presented a senior recital by mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Smyth and soprano Megan Flood, accompanied by pianists Brenda Smith Barrett and David Glasgow and flutist Jennifer Meehan, at 2:30pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Smyth and Flood performed Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Danielle Capretti, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Capretti performed the traditional English melody "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"; Douglas Moore's "Under the Greenwood Tree"; Ralph...
The Music Department presented a junior recital by mezzo-soprano Laura Hodos, accompanied by pianist David Glasgow, sopranos Amy Morse and Kim Platz, and baritones Rob Burlington and David Glasgow, at 6:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hodos performed Manuel Sandoval's "Serenata Gitano";...
The Music Department presented its sixth Noonday concert of the 1990-1991 academic year at Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fantasia in D minor", David Popper's "Duet for Two Celli", Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Song Without Words, Op. 109",...
The Music Department presented a recital of singers from the sophomore class, accompanied by pianist Joan Frey Boytim, at 7:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The vocalists performed Giulio Caccini's "Amarilli, mia bella"; Vincenzo Bellini's "Vaga luna"; Franz Schubert's "Erlafsee" and "Seligkeit...
An exhibit entitled "The Afghan Folio" consisting of Luke Powell's photographs of the landscape and people of Afghanistan from 1974 to 1984 was on display in the Trout Gallery from May 7th to September 7th, 1991.
The Dickinson College Summer Chatauqua 1991 presented the Eakins String Quartet in concert at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensemble performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Quartet in D minor, K. 421", Dmitri Shostakovich's "Quartet No. 1, Op. 49", and Franz Schubert's "Quartet in A minor...
Lone Star, a play by James McLure, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Conodoguinet Company, the show ran from September 1-3. The production was funded by a grant from the Presidential Discretionary Fund, which allows faculty members to work together on summer projects...
The Music Department presented its first Noonday Concert of the 1991-1992 academic year at Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Ernst Bloch's "Two Movements from Suite Modale"; Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in E minor No. 1, Op. 38"; Claude Debussy's "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair...
An exhibit consisting of Paintings for the Century by Professor Dennis Akin and The Water's Edge by Professor Robert Cavenagh, products of the two artists' sabbaticals, were on display in the Trout Gallery from September 5th to October 18th, 1991.
The Conodoguinet Company presented a reading of excerpts from Buchanan Dying, a play by John Updike. The performance was part of the James Buchanan Bicentennial Conference. It was held on September 20 at 7:45pm in Rubendall Recital Hall in the Weiss Center for the Arts. An additional...
The Music Department presented a concert of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Vivaldi performed by the Chamber Orchestra at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The pieces performed included Mozart's "Overture to Idomeneo", Serenate for 13 winds (K. 361), "Eine Kleine...
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by cellist Nancy Baun and the Eaken Piano Trio at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Pieces performed included Paul Bazelaire's "Suite Francaise, Op. 114", Edward Lalo's "Concerto in D minor", Percy Grainger's "My Robin Is to the Greenwood...
The Music Department presented its second Noonday Concert of the 1991-1992 academic year in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Johann Pezel's "Three Pieces", Cartwright's arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Postlude", Ernst von Dohnanyi's "Sonata in B-flat, Op. 8...
Over Homecoming Weekend of 1991, a program entitled "The War That Shaped Our World" allowed the Dickinson community to remember and consider World War II. Other events held during the weekend included a memorial service for alumni veterans, a film series, an exhibit in the Weiss Center, a...
Lysistrata, a play written by Aristophanes and translated by Douglas Parker, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The title role of Lysistrata was played by Molly Gerbracht. Presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from October 18-22.
The Music Department presented a recital by the Eaken Piano Trio as part of the Residency Concert Series at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1", Bohuslav Martinu's "Bergerettes", O. Langey's "My Old Kentucky Home...
An exhibition entitled "Imagination and Enlightenment: Tibetan Tantric Art" was on display in the Trout Gallery from October 27th to December 18th as part of a program of films, musical performances and lectures celebrating the International Year of Tibet.
The Music Department presented "Aspects of Love", a faculty recital by mezzo-soprano Brenda Smith Barrett, accompanied by pianist Kee Mann Chang, at 8:15pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Pieces performed included Georg Friedrich Handel's "O didst thou know" and "As when the Dove laments";...
The Music Department presented its third Noonday Concert of the 1991-1992 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Timothy Swan's "Ye sons of men with joy record"; Claudio Monteverdi's "Ch'ami la vita mia"; Manuel de Falla's "Danse Espagnole"; Robert Schumann's "...
The Music Department presented "It's Swing Time!", a concert featuring the Jazz Ensemble and the Chamber Choir, at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles performed Gordon Goodwin's arrangement of Harry James, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, and Don George's "I'm Beginning to See the...
The annual fall dance concert, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and Dance Theatre Group, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The production ran from November 8-10, the last date being a 3:00pm matinee performance. The show presented movement in different forms such as traditional...
The Music Department presented a recital by the Eaken Piano Trio with guest artist violist Raymond Page as part of the Residency Concert Series and the Mozart Weekend Festival at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata No. 1 in A major, K. 305...
The Music Department presented an "All-Mozart Concert" featuring the Dickinson College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The pieces performed, all written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, included "Voi che sapete", "Non so più", "Un aura...
The annual Freshman Plays event, a collection of short student-directed plays with all-freshman casts, opened at 8:00pm. Named "Thriving on Chaos", the plays were performed November 22-25.
