Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane" (arr. Langford), Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034", George Frideric Handel's "Oh, Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?", Ralph Vaughan Williams...
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Helding performed Dominick Argento's The Diary of Virginia Woolf; John Musto's "Recuerdo", "The Silver Swan", "Could Be", and...
The annual Freshman Plays, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Advanced Directing class, opened at 8:00 in Mathers Theatre. The show was made up of a collection of one-act plays directed by students and performed by all-freshman casts. The plays were performed November 17 and 18...
The Music Department presented "An Afternoon with Giacomo Puccini," a performance by the College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra, at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Giacomo Puccini's "Intermezzo preceding Act III", from Manon Lescaut;...
The Music Department presented the Dickinson Collegium's "A Christmas Concert: 7 Centuries of Christmas Music" at 8:00pm on Sat., Dec. 2 and at 4:00pm on Sun., Dec. 3 in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed Samuel Scheidt's "O Jesulein süss" and "In dulci jubilo"; Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria";...
The Music Department presented "The 'Romantic' Italian Baroque Violinist," a faculty recital by violinist John Eaken, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Eaken performed Arcangelo Corelli's "'La Folia' Variations" (arr. Hubert Leonard), Giuseppi Tartini's...
The fall 1995 Art Historical Methods seminar produced an exhibit entitled "Objects of Diversity: process and interpretation" featuring recent gifts to the permanent collection that was on display in the Trout Gallery from February 8th to April 13th, 1996.
Coastal Disturbances, a hit Broadway play by Tina Howe, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from February 9-13.
The Music Department presented a special Noonday Concert in honor of St. Valentine's Day in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Franz Schubert's "Ständchen", Henry Purcell's "Sweeter Than Roses", Francis Kleynjans' "Aria No. 1 in A minor, Op. 92" and "Aria No. 2 in D Major",...
The annual Fresh Works concert, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Dance Theatre Group, took place at 7:00pm on February 22 in Mathers Theatre. The show featured works-in-progress by student choreographers.
The Music Department presented "A Family Concert of Love Songs Old and New with an Audience Sing-Along as a Grand Finale!", featuring the College Choir, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The choir performed Johannes Brahms' "Four Gypsy Songs, Op. 112", Brent Pierce's "Afron Water", Edmund...
The Eaken Piano Trio presented an "Almost-Spring Pops Concert" at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Trio in D Major", Jules Massenet's "Meditation from Thais", Frank Martin's "Pasa Doble/Rumba", Ernest Bloch's "Nocture", Johann Sebastian Bach's "...
The Music Department presented the Jazz Ensemble's sixteenth annual Winter Jazz Concert at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensemble performed Sigmund Rombert and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Lover, Come Back to Me" (arr. John Berry"; Howard Rowe's "Offshore Breeze"; Duke...
The Music Department presented a lecture and a recital by pianist Gustavo A. Tolosa titled "Works for Piano and Electronics by Women Composers: 1985-Present" at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The works performed included Emma Lou Diemer's "Rite of Summer", Sarah Johnston Reid's "From Whence...
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Eugene Bozza's "Aria", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Andante in C Major (K. 315)" and "Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden", Sigmond Singer's "Orientale for Sax Quartet", Henry Purcell's "Fairest...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Anne Jennifer Nash, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Nash performed Henry Purcell's "If Music be the Food of Love", "Fairest Isle", and "Nymphs and Shepherds"; Robert Schumann's "Widmung";...
The Music Department presented a junior recital by tenor Kirk Hornberger, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein and lutist Jim Hontz, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hornberger performed John Dowland's "Say Love If Ever Thou Didst Find", "Come, Heavy Sleep", and "If My Complaints Could...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Allison Sandford, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Sandford performed John Dowland's "Come Again: Sweet Love doth now Invite", "Flow not so fast, ye fountains", and "Time Stands Still"; Henry...
An exhibit entitled "Bibliotheca Schoenbergiensis: Selections from the Manuscript Collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg" was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 31st to April 27th, 1996.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by flute and piccolo player Melissa R. White, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 1:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. White performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Andante in C Major (K. 315)" and "Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden", Ernest Bloch's...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by mezzo-soprano Lisa Plumley, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Plumley performed Henry Purcell's "Music for Awhile", "Nymphs and Shepherds", and "Sweeter than Roses"; Robert Schumann's "Widmung" and "...
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed selections from Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Alexander Goedicke's "Concert Étude, Op. 49", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro molto" and "Vedrai carino", John William Jones' "...
The Music Department presented a recital by pianist Stefan Burkhardt at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall, sponsored by the Cecil Andrew and Adeleine Ewing Fund. Johann Sebastian Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue"; Robert Schumann's "Fantasia in C Major, Op. 17"; Johannes Brahms' "Variations...
The Music Department presented a concert of works by Johannes Brahms, featuring the College-Community Orchestra, the Dickinson College Choir, and the Allison Methodist Church Choir at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed "Motet: 'Wherefore Hath the Light Been...
The Winter's Tale, a play by William Shakespeare, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The show was presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts, the Mermaid Players and the Shakespeare: Text and Performance class and ran from April 12-16. Aside from the waltzes in Act I, all of the...
