College Choir Performs for Chapel Hour

Date of Event
Thu., Dec. 18, 1947

The College Choir, under the direction of John Steckbeck, performed a carol service during Chapel Hour. They sang a program of thirteen songs: Bortiansky's "Cherubim No. 7", Leontovich's "Carol of the Bells", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "Joy to the World", Krone's "Go, Tell it on the Mountains", Palostrina's "Adoremus Te", Christiansen's "Beautiful Savior", Neildlinger's "Birth Day of a King", Lvovsky's "Hospodi Pomilui", "Silent Night", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", and Lutkin's "Sevenfold Amen".

College Music Clubs' Spring Concert

Date of Event
Wed., Apr. 30, 1947

The college music clubs combined to perform in a concert at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. The combined choirs opened the show, singing Stainer's "God So Loved the World" and Sibelius' "Onward Ye Peoples". Wayne Wolford then sang Handel's "Honor and Amen" and Bury's "There is a Ladye". The "Varsity Quartet" sang the next two songs: Hewitt's "Teach Me to Play" and Huntley's "It's Me". Then the Choral Club took the stage to sing Praetious' "Lo How a Rose Ere Blooming", Gaul's "List the Cherubic Hosts", and Christiansen's "Lost in the Night".

Dickinson Symphony Orchestra's 1941 Winter Concert

Date of Event
Thu., Jan. 16, 1941

The Dickinson Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ralph Schecter, performed a program of five pieces for their winter concert at 8:30pm in the Old Gymnasium. They began their program with Mozart's "Overture ('Impressario')", then playing Schubert's "Symphony No. 5", Shostakovich's "Satirical Dance" from The Bolt, and Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess", closing the show with Sibelius' "Finlandia". 

Dickinson Symphony Orchestra's 1940 Spring Concert

Date of Event
Fri., Apr. 12, 1940

The Dickinson Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ralph Schecter, performed a program of six pieces for their spring concert at 8:15pm in the Old Gymnasium. The musicians played Gluck's "Overture ('Iphigenia in Aulis')", Schubert's "Symphony No. 8 ('Unfinished')", Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance No. 8", Smetana's "Moldau" from Ma Vlast, Bizet's "Romance from the Opera" from Pearl Fishers, and Scott's "Power House". 

Dickinson Symphony Orchestra's 1939 Spring Concert

Date of Event
Fri., Mar. 24, 1939

The Dickinson Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ralph Schecter, performed a program of seven pieces for their spring concert at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. The featured attraction of the show was flautist Harry Houdeshell playing Bizet's "Minuet" from L'Arlesienne. In addition to Houdeshell's solo performance, the orchestra played Haydn's "Symphony No.

Women's Choral Club Performs "A Musical Vesper Service"

Date of Event
Sun., Jun. 7, 1936

The Women's Choral Club performed A Musical Vesper Service at 8:15pm in the Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church during commencement weekend. For the first part of the program, they sang Rosselli's "Adoramus Te", Thompson's "A Ballad of the Stork", Bach's "My Heart Ever Faithful", and Debussy's "Clair de Lune". Part two of the program featured "music of the colonization period of America": "Let People That on Earth Do Dwell", "Nymphs and Shepherds", "Trip a Trop", "Preguntale a las Estrallas", "Ladira", and "Evening Prayer".

1934 Commencement Concert

Date of Event
Sat., Jun. 9, 1934

The Men's Glee Club performed a program of fourteen songs for the 1934 commencement concert at 8:30pm in Bosler Hall. The concert featured the reunion of the famed 1914 Glee Club. The men sang pieces such as an old English hunting song called "John Peel", Protheroe's "De Sandman", Wolfe's "Short'nin' Bread", Dvorak's "Goin' Home", Friml's "Giannina Mia", Speaks' "Morning", Rasbach's "Trees", Romber's "Auf Wiedersehn", and the Dickinson Alma Mater.