Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Collegium Musicum presented Toccata Otava, an evening of music and poetry, at 8:00pm in the Social Hall. Their program began with Orlando di Lasso's "Audite Nova!", "Im Lant zu Wirtenberg", and "Baur, Was Tregst im Sacke?". Then they presented lyric poems: "Chiare fresch' e dolci acque" and "Da bei rami scendea" by Jacques Arcadelt, "Io piango" by Luca Marenzio, and "Ohime il bel viso" by Claudio Monteverdi.

The College Chapel Choir sang at a church service at the First Reformed Church in Carlisle at 10:45am. 

The College Brass Ensemble and the College-Community Orchestra gave a concert together in College Theater in the HUB at 8:00pm. The Brass Ensemble performed the first half of the program, playing Gordon Jacobs' "Interludes for Trumpets and Trombones", Edmund Haines' "Toccata", Frank Smith's "In dir ist Freunde" and "Was Gott thut, das ist wohlgethan", Adriano Banchieri's "Fantasia in Canon" and "Fantasia in Echo", Johann Pezel's "Sonate No. 27", Houston Bright's "Legend and Canon", Burrill Phillips' "Prelude", Jean Berger's "Intrada", and Robert Sanders' "Suite: Sonatina and March".

The College Choir, under the direction of Truman Bullard, gave their spring concert in the Little Theater at 3:00pm. The group performed a program of nine pieces: Walter Piston's "Psalm and Prayer of David", Franz Peter Schubert's "Mass in G Major", three nocturnes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahams' "Nanie", and three Hungarian folk songs by Bela Bartok.  

The Chapel Choir sang "The Passion of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ According in the Gospel of Saint John", accompanied by music composed by Heinrich Schutz. Conducted by Truman Bullard, the group gave two performances of the program, one at 10:00am and another at 7:00pm, in the Little Theater in the HUB. 

Sweeney Todd, a play adapted by Brian Burton from George Dibdin Pitt's A String of Pearls, opened at 8:00pm in Mermaid Players' Theatre in the HUB. In this production, the title role of Sweeney Todd was played by Stuart Pankin. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran from February 24-28. 

The New York Brass Quintet gave a concert in the Social Hall of the Student Union at 8:00pm. The group performed a program of nine pieces.

Collegium Musicum, directed by J. Forrest Posey, gave their winter concert at 8:00pm in Little Theatre in the HUB. The first grouping of songs from their program included Orlando di Lasso's "Matona, mia cara", Carlo Gesualdo's "Moro Lasso", "E la don don, Verges Maria", Claudin de Sermisy's "Au joly bois" and "Ung jour Robin", and Henry Purcell's "In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves". The second group featured "My Mere L'Oye (Mother Goose Suite)" by Maurice Ravel, "Bailero" as arranged by Canteloube, and "Entr'acte" by Jacques Ibert.

Violinist Sidney Harth, accompanied by Brooks Smith, gave a concert at 3:00pm in the Little Theater in the HUB. Harth performed a program of four sonatas, as well as three short pieces. 

The Cultural Affairs Committee presented The National Symphony in a concert at Carlisle Senior High School at 8:00pm. 

The College Choir and Chapel Choir, accompanied by Stephen Marini, gave their annual Christmas concert at the Little Theatre in the HUB. Their program included Henry Purcell's "Rejoice in the Lord Always", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus", Johann Sebastian Bach's Jesu Meine Freude, and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "O Clap Your Hands". 

The Collegium Musicum, directed by J. Forrest Posey, gave their spring concert at 8:00pm in the College Theatre in the HUB. They performed Monteverdi's "Ecco Mormorar L'Onde" and "Lasciatemi Morire", selections from Hindemith's Six Chansons, Weelkes' "Welcome Sweet Pleasure", Henry VIII's "Green Grow'th the Holly", selections from Bach's Jesu Meine Freude, and Brahams' "Create in Me, O God" and "Grant Unto Me the Joy of thy Salvation".

Of Thee I Sing, a Gershwin musical, opened at 8:00pm in Little Theatre. George Gershwin composed the music, Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics, and George Kauffman and Morrie Ryskind wrote the book. Presented by the Department of Music and the Operetta Workshop, the show ran April 22-24. 

Edith Ho performed Johann Sebastian Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue) at 7:30pm in Allison Methodist Church. The performance was a centennial celebration of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). 

The Netherlands Chamber Choir performed a program of thirteen pieces in the College Center Social Hall at 8:00pm in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee. 

Harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick gave a concert at 3:00pm in the Little Theater. 

Paul Draper, a tap dancer, and Alirio Diaz, a classical guitarist, performed in a concert at 8:00pm in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium. Each artist performed three acts in this show sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee. 

The Concert Chorale and the College Choir performed at 3:00pm in the College Theatre in the Holland Union Building for the annual Music Department Christmas Concert. The program indluced Healey Willan's "Hodie Christus Natus Est", Marc Antoine Charpentier's "Song of the Birth of our Lord", F. A. "A Joyful Christmas Song", and Franz Joseph Hadyn's "Miss Solemnelle".

The Kroll Quartet performed a program of three string quartets in Little Theatre at 3:00pm. The concert was presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in conjunction with S. Hurok. 

Societa Corelli performed in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee. 

The Men's Glee Club performed a program of fourteen songs in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm for their annual spring concert. They sang "Good News", "Ave Maria",  "No Man is an Island", "Song of the Vagabonds", "Halls of Ivy", "Dickinson College Medley", "Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair", "How to Handle a Woman", "Hallelujah", "It's You I Had a Dream", "If I Loved You", "September Song", and "Mosquitoes".

New York Pro Musica presented an Elizabethan concert in Bosler Auditorium at 8:00pm. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee, the concert honored the four-hundredth birthday of William Shakespeare. 

Pianist Jeffrey Hollander performed in Bosler Auditorium at 8:00pm in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee. Hollander's program featured nine pieces with one intermission. 

Amahl and the Night Visitors, a one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, opened in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Department of Music, the Opera Workshop and the Concert Chorale performed the production. The show was performed twice: once at 3:00pm and again at 8:00pm. 

Tenor Walter Carringer, accompanied by Gene Featherstone on the piano, performed in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee.