Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory, an internationally recognized American comedian, social activist, critic and writer, gave a humorous yet provocative presentation before his audience in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium (ATS) on Friday night, February 12. Mixing comedy with scathing social commentary, Dick Gregory's two hour presentation covered topics ranging from the cold war, racial prejudice and the energy industry. He also turned his lens upon the audience, saying: "Waiting on the bomb--you're crazy...

Buddy Rich performed and directed a big band jazz performance at the Carlisle High School. 

Folk-Rock artist Steve Forbert played at Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  Forbert played 25 songs during his performance, which included "Goin' Down to Laurel", "Complications", and "Tonight I Feel So Far Away From Home".

Toshiko Takaezu did work in ceramics, textiles, and bronzes, as well as being a professor of ceramics at Princeton University. When the Trout Gallery first opened, an exhibit of her artwork accompanied it, and Takaezu received the twelth Dickinson College Art Award. The exhibit included her large ceramic "Moon Pots", and her "Ceramic Forest," which consisted of a group of elongated clay cylinders presented in a surrounding of woodchips.

Magician Bill Clary performed a dazzling magic show in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Before his show, he gave a lecture on hypnosis and the power of the mind. In the lecture, he explained what hypnosis is, why it works, what it does, and how it can be done.

Marshall Crenshaw and David Johansen performed at Fall Fest as some of rock's rising new talents. 

The Music Department presented a concert by the Central Pennsylvania Woodwind Quintet at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The quintet performed Eric Ewazen's "Roaring Fork Quintet," Alex Wilder's "Quintet no. 1," Alvin Etler's "Quintet no. 1," and Arne Running's "Aria and Quodlibet."

The Music Department presented "Music for Clarinet by British Composers," a recital by clarinet player Ella Forsyth, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Forsyth performed Rebecca Clarke's "Duo for clarinet and viola," Gerald Finzi's "Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano," Gordon Jacob's "Three Songs for soprano and clarinet," Malcolm Arnold's "Divertimento for flute, clarinet and oboe," and Joseph Horowitz's "Sonatina for clarinet and piano."

The Music Department presented a concert by the Orchestra and the College Choir at 4:00pm at the First Lutheran Church of Carlisle.  The ensembles performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477" and "Requiem, K. 626" and Karol Szymanowski's "Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61" (abridged.)

The Music Department presented a spring choral concert by the Dickinson Collegium and the College Choir at 4:00pm at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Carlisle.  The ensembles performed Benjamin Britten's "Choral Dances from Gloriana" and Five Flower Songs, op. 47, the Irish traditional tune "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye" (arr.

The Music Department presented a performance of Franz Schubert's Winterreise, performed by baritone Jonathan Hays and pianist Craig Ketter, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Music Department presented "An Afternoon of Choral Psalms," a concert by the College Choir and the Dickinson Collegium, at 4:00pm at the First Lutheran Church of Carlisle.

The Music Department presented a performance by the Novus Trombone Quartet at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The quartet performed Chris Brubeck's "Flight of the Four Kings," John Orfe's "Parable of the Sower," JacobTV's "Jesus is Coming," George Thatcher's "Anxiety," Eve Beglarian's "In and Out of the Game," Robert Pound's "Oedipus at Colonus," and Anton Webern's "Langsamer Satz" (arr. Mark Hetzler).

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in C, K. 521: Allegro" and "Piano Concerto no. 23 in A Major: Adagio," Leonard Bernstein's "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano," Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen, op. 15, Camille Saint-Saëns' "Oboe Sonata," and Johann Sebastian Bach's "Partita no. 2: Allemande and Courante."

The Music Department presented "Music for Carnival, Lent, & Primavera," a concert by the Dickinson Collegium, at 4:00pm in Memorial Hall.

The Music Department presented a chamber music showcase at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Henry Purcell's "Fanfare" and "A Farewell," Hora Decima's "Sonata no. 22," John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "Ob-la-la-la-la-di, Ob-la-la-la-la-da" (arr. Mark Mackinnon), Béla Bartók's "Sadness," Johann SEbastian Bach's "Invention no. 1," Alfred Uhl's "Divertimento for 3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet," Antonin Dvorak's "Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola, op. 74," Felix Mendelssohn's "Trio no. 2 in C minor, op.

The Music Department presented a senior recital by violinist Benjamin Vaughan, accompanied by pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim.  Vaughan performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, op. 24, 'Spring,'" Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata no. I in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001," and Aram Khachaturian's "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 46."

The Music Department presented a concert by the College-Community Orchestra and the College Choir at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensembles performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047," Scott Nowicki's "Friday Ladder," Maurice Ravel's "Ma mere l'oye," and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Mass in C Major, K. 317 'Coronation.'"

The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The ensemble performed Don Menza's "Groove Blues," Dave Wolpe's arrangement of "Prelude to a Kiss," Bill Byers' arrangement of "Sassy," Lennie Niehaus' arrangement of "Day dream," Bill Holman's arrangement of "Lot O' Lovin' To Do,' Phil Wilson's arrangement of "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments," and Thad Jones' arrangement of "Groove Merchant."

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Georges Guillhaud's "First Concertino," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001," Francesco Tosti's "La serenata" and "Il pescatore canta," Albert Franz Doppler's "Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise," the anonymous piece "Soccorretemi per pietá," Giovanni Sances' "Chi nel regno almo d'amore," Antonio Cifra's "Del mio sol," William Osborne's "Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet," Pablo de Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen, op. 20," Alberto Ginastera's "Sonata no.

The Music Department presented the 2006 American Vanguard Festival, featuring artists-in-residence Alarm Will Sound on Apr. 4, 5, and 7.  Alarm Will Sound performed Caleb Burhans' "Amidst Neptune," Gavin Chuck's "Seen," Payton MacDonald's "Cowboy Tabla, Cowboy Raga," Dennis DeSantis' "Traction," Solage's "Fumeux fume" (arr. John Orfe), and Stefan Freund's "Three Urban Images."

The Music Department presented a guest artist recital by pianist Barry Snyder at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Snyder performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Piano Suite no. 2 for Two Pianos," Frédéric Chopin's "Etude op. 25, no. 1 in Ab Major" and "Etude op. 10, no. 4 in C# minor," Franz Liszt's "Sposalizio," Maurice Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso," Witold Lutoslawski's "Paganini Variations," and Johannes Brahms' "Piano Quintet op. 34 in F minor."

The Music Department presented a faculty recital by violinist/violist Blanka Bednarz and pianist Jennifer Blyth at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Bednarz and Blyth performed Sergei Prokofiev's "Sonata no. 2, op. 94 in D Major," Joaquín Turina's "Sonata no. 2, op. 82," Rebecca Clarke's "Morpheus," and Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1."

The Music and Theater and Dance Departments, the Office of Education, and the Embassy of Indonesia presented a performance by the Gamelan Ensemble of the Art and Cultural Center of Indonesia at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonate op. 2, no. 1" and "Sonata op. 21, no. 2, mvmt. 1," Aram Chatschaturjan's "Concerto I for Violin," Maurice Ravel's "Pavane" and "Pour une infante défunte," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Chaconne in D minor" (trans. Ferruccio Busoni), and Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane."