The Music Department presented a faculty recital by classical guitarist James Hontz at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Hontz performed Mauro Giuliani's "Sonata in C Major, op. 15," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata I in G minor, BWV 1001," Antonio Lauro's "Suite Venezolana," and Fernando Sor's "Variations on a Theme by Mozart, op. 9."
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by oboist Jill Marchione at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Marchione performed Antonio Pasculli's "Omaggio a Bellini for English Horn and Harp," Charles Martin Loeffler's "Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano," Alex Wilder's "Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion," and Francis Poulenc's "Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon."
The Music Society presented an international music concert titled "Diversity in Our Hands" at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included Frédéric Chopin's "Waltz no. 10," C.P.E. Bach's "Solfegietto," Béla Bartók's "Roumanian Folk Dances," Chang-jung Lim's "Soju Han-jan," Interpol's "Leif Erickson," Francis Poulenc's "Clarinet Sonata," and "Dhadak Dhadak" from the film Bunty aur Babli.
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by double bassist Devin Howell, accompanied by pianist Jennifer Blyth and violist Blanka Bednarz, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Howell performed Johann Joachim Quantz's "Sonata no. 1 in A minor," Paul Angerer's "Quicquam," Johann Matthias Sperger's "Sonata in D for viola and double bass," and Paul Hindemith's "Traüermusik" and "Sonata."
The Music Department and the Theater & Dance Department presented a performance by the Kulu Mele African American dance ensemble at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented "Voices of Freedom: Song, Speech, and the Civil Rights Movement," a concert by the College Choir in honor of Black History Month, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The choir performed Moses Hogan's arrangements of "Steal Away," "Great Day," and "Abide With Me."
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by the Helding/Blyth Duo at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The duo performed Benjamin Britten's A Charm of Lullabies op. 41, Conrad Susa's Hymns for the Amusement of Children, Charles Ives' "Tom Sails Away" and "The Greatest Man," Daron Hagen's "The Waking Father" and "Bran," William Bolcom's "Toothbrush Time," Gary Schocker's "Mama Called" and "Moving On," and Richard Hundley's "Come Ready and See Me."
Callisto, an opera-oratorio by Christopher Montgomery adapted from Ovid's Metamorphoses, opened at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. It was performed again on Sat., Feb. 4 at 8:00pm at Wesleyan University Memorial Chapel. The performances featured Dickinson artists-in-residence Alarm Will Sound.
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by organist Shirley S. King at 8:00pm at the First Lutheran Church of Carlisle. King performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 715," "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730/731," "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir, BWV 868," and "Fantasia and Fugue in F minor, BWV 542"; Felix Mendelssohn's "Sonata IV, op. 65"; Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr.'s "Hymn: Dickinson College"; Peter Hurford's "Bristol Suite"; Robert Pound's "Prelude on 'Dickinson College'"; and Jean Langlais' "Neuf Pièces."
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by flutist Mary Hannigan and pianist Barry Hannigan at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included Otar Taktakishvili's "Sonata," Jindrich Feld's "Sonata," and Sergei Prokofiev's "Sonata in D Major, op. 94."
The Music Department presented the Collegium Musicum's 2005 Christmas concert at 7:00pm on Sat., Dec. 3 and at 4:00pm on Sun., Dec. 4 in Memorial Hall.
The Music Department presented a recital by Payton MacDonald and Matt Marks titled "it's not you, it's me" at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The program was improvised.
The Music Department presented a concert by the College-Community Orchestra at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Serenade in C minor for Eight Wind Instruments, KV 388/384a" and "Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Major, KV 313," David Diamond's Rounds for String Orchestra, and Franz Joseph Haydn's "Symphony no. 93 in D Major."
The Music Department presented a concert by mezzo-soprano Lynne McMurtry and pianist Alison d'Amato at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The program included selections from the following: Don Menza's "Groovin' Hard," Sammy Nestico's "Green Onions" and "Switch in Time," Frederick Loewe's "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (arr. Steven G.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata, op. 27, no. 3, mvmt. I: 'Moonlight'" and "Violin and Piano Sonata in F Major," selections from Yvonne Desportes' "French Suite," Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash's "Speak Low," George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away from Me," Gustave Langenus' "Adagio for Two Clarinets, and Frédéric Chopin's "Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23."
The Music Department presented a concert by the Orchestra and the Symphonic Band at 4:00pm in the Carlisle Theatre. The ensembles performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b," Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46," Steve Barton's "For the New Day Arisen," Ralph Vaughan Williams' "English Folk Song Suite," Stephen Mellilo's "By Love Compelled...In the Hour of Shadows," and John Zdechlik's "Chorale and Shaker Dance."
The Music Department presented a concert by the College Choir at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The choir performed Felix Mendelssohn's "Grand Us Peace," "Lieder ohne Wörter. op. 30, no. 6," "Lieder ohne Wörter, op. 19, no. 2," "Lieder ohne Wörter, op. 62, no. 1," ""Behold, God the Lord Passed By!", "Holy Holy Holy," and "O For the Wings of a Dove"; Fanny Mendelssohn's "Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen?"; and George and Ira Gershwin's "Embraceable You" (arr. D. Glasgow).
The Music Department presented a performance by Nordic Voices at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensemble performed Henrik Hellsteinus' "Fragment no. 1," "Fragment no. 2," Fragment no. 3," and "Fragment no.
The Music Department presented a Family Weekend 2005 concert featuring the College Choir, the Symphonic Band, the Collegium Musicum, the Jazz Ensemble, and the College-Community Orchestra at 11:00am in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Serenade in C minor, K. 388," Franz Biebel's "Ave Maria," Francisco Guerrero's "A un niño llorando," Don Menza's "Groovin' Hard," Bill Potts' arrangement of "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way," Felix Mendelssohn's "Grant Us Peace," and Gustav Holst's "Second Suite in F for Military Band."
The Music Department presented "Clarinet Chic: Music by Living Composers," a concert by clarinet and bass clarinet player Elisabeth Stimpert, pianist John Christian Orfe, and violist Caleb Burhans, at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included David Lang's "Press Release," Dennis DeSantis' "Make It. Stop.", John Christian Orfe's "Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano," Caleb Burhans' "As Desperation Sets In," and Robert Muczynski's "Time Pieces, op. 43."
The Music Department presented "Chamber Music for Clarinet and Friends," a concert by clarinet player Deborah Andrus, pianist Eun Ae-Baik-Kim, violinist Blanka Bednarz, and cellist Michal Schmidt at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included Carl Maria von Weber's "Grand Du oConcertante for Clarinet and Piano, op. 48," Béla Bartók's "Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano," and Johannes Brahms' "Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, op. 112."
The Music Department and the German Department presented "The People United Will Never Be Defeated," a faculty recital by pianist Jennifer Blyth, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Blyth performed Frederic Rzewski's "The Gods are Strange," "Dreadful Memories," "Twelve Variations on 'The People United Shall Never Be Defeated," and "What a Wonderful Beginning"; Bach/Busoni's "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," "In dir ist Freude," and "Ich ruf zu dir"; Charles Ives' "The Alcotts"; Pat Long's "Sonata with Words"; and Richard Wagner's "Isolde's Liebestod" (arr. Franz Liszt).
The Music Department presented a debut concert by the Faculty Woodwind Quartet and the Faculty Brass Quartet at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The quartets performed A. Barthe's "Passacaille," György Ligeti's "Six Bagatelles," T. Scott Nowicki's "F(our) S(even)," Malcolm Arnold's "Three Shanties," Percy Grainger's "Shepherd's Hey" (arr. Michael Allen), Victor Ewald's "Ewald Symphony for Brass Choir," Tomaso Albinoni's "Sonata, 'St. Mark'" (arr. David Hickman), George Simon's "That's a Plenty" (arr. Cooper), and Julius Fucik's "Florentiner March" (arr. Jari Villanueva).
The Music Department presented a concert by Alarm Will Sound at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensemble performed Edgar Varèse's "Intégrales," Frank Zappa's "Dog Breath/Uncle Meat Variations," selections from John Cale's Kiss (arr. Dennis DeSantis), Conlon Nancarrow's "Player Piano Study no. 3A" (arr. Derek Bermel), Bernard Woma's "Gyil Nyog Me Na," and John Adams' "Chamber Symphony."