Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Music Department presented "Medieval and Appalachian Fusion," a faculty recital by Tina Chancey, featuring Hesperus members Bruce Hutton and Scott Reiss, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Chancey performed a medley of the 12th century French tune "Orientus Partibus" and the Appalachian...
The Music Department presented "Just Some Really Nice Stuff," a concert by the Brass Ensemble, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensemble performed A. Bliss' "Royal Fanfare", D. Jordan's arrangement of the traditional tune "To Banbury Cross", D. Teague's arrangement of "Cripple Creek", L...
The Music Department presented a concert of music from the Russian choral tradition and music from the English seaside featuring the College-Community Orchestra and the College Choir at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's "To Thee We...
The Music Department presented "Gershwin, Cohan, and Melville?", a joint concert featuring the Brass Ensemble and the Symphonic Band, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Dickinson College Collegium presented a spring concert at 8:00 in Rubendall Recital Hall. The Collegium perfroemd the American Shape-note hymn "New Jerusalem"; Ludwig Senfl's "Oho, so gib der Mann ein Pfennig" and "In Maien"; Thomas Ravenscroft's "Three Ravens"; John Dowland's "What if I...
The Music Department presented a concert by the Symphonic Band at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The band performed Joseph Wilcox Jenkins' "Cumberland Gap Overture", Mark Williams' "Variants on a Nautical Hymn", Vincent Persichetti's "Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star", Walter Finlayson's...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Rebecca Leyon, accompanied by pianist Kee Mann Chang, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Leyon performed Johannes Ciconia's "Gli atti col dançar", "Aler m'en veus", "Chi nel servir antico", and "Una panthera"; Edvard Grieg's "Jeg...
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Minuet in G minor" and "Minuet in G major", Manuel M. Ponce's "Prelude I", Antonio Lauro's "Registro (Preludio)", Michael Garson's "Jazz Variations on a Theme of Paganini...
An exhibit entitled "Romare Bearden in Black-and-White: Photomontage Projections 1964" was on display in the Trout Gallery from September 4th to October 31st, 1998.
The Eaken Piano Trio and Dana Ivey presented "A Birthday Toast to Gershwin" at 2:00 in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The trio performed original piano arrangements of Gershwin's works, and actress Dana Ivey read passages about Gershwin's life.
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by pianist Jennifer Blyth at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Blyth performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Sonata Op. 109", Charles Ives' "Piano Sonata No. 2, 'Concord, Mass, 1840-1860'", and Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition".
The Music Department presented a concert by the Brass Ensemble, the Collegium, and the Choir at Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland at 3:00pm. The ensembles performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "March from The Magic Flute" (arr. H. Schmidt), Johann Christoph Pezel's "Intrada...
Dickinson College presented a concert by The Fischer Duo through the Cecil Andrew & Adeleine Ewing Fund at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The duo performed Dmitri Shostakovich's "Sonata in D minor, Op. 40", Samuel Jones' "Sonata for Cello and Piano", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in A...
The Music Department presented "A Musical Homecoming Celebration," featuring the College Choir, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Octals, at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Ronald Huntington's arrangement of the African-American spiritual "Joshua fit de Battle...
The Music Department presented "Made in America: Scenes from American Life," a faculty recital by mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding and pianist Jennifer Blyth, at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Helding and Blyth performed Virgil Thomson's "Let's Take a Walk"; Charles Ives' "Two Flowers (and...
The Music Department presented "An Evening of Haunting & Hallowed Classics," a concert by the College-Community Orchestra, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra performed Camille Saint-Saëns' "Danse Macabre", Franz Liszt's "Totentanz, Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra", and...
Misalliance, a play by George Bernard Shaw, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from October 30-November 3.
Pianist Juyeon Kang performed as part of the "Eastman at Dickinson" Recital Series at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Kang performed Samuel Adler's "Thy Song Expands My Spirit", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333", Ferenc Liszt's "Round Dance of the Gnomes", Frédéric...
The Music Department presented "Parlour Pieces: Dances and Marches," a concert by the Brass Ensemble, at 3:00pm in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "March from The Magic Flute" (arr. Schmidt), John Philip Sousa's "El Capitán" (arr. Villanueva), Johann...
The Music Department presented a concert by the Symphonic Band at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The band performed Caesar Giovannini's "Allegro and Chorale", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Arioso" from Cantata No. 156 (arr. Erik Liedzen), Robert Foster's "Symphonic Celebration and Dance", Steven...
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Nocturne in G Major" and "Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3", Gabriel Fauré's "Dans les ruines d'une abbaye", Franz Schubert's "An Mignon", David Popper's "Hungarian...
The annual fall dance concert, presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Dance Theatre Group, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Featuring choreography from Dickinson faculty and guest artists performed by members of the Dance Theatre Group, the show ran from November 20-22.
The Music Department presented a concert by the College-Community Orchestra and the College Choir at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Josquin des Prez's Praeter rerum seriem (arr. Robert Wellington Pound); Richard Wagner's "Prelude, Lohegrin,...
The Freshman Plays, presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Advanced Directing class, opened at 8:00pm in the Cubiculo. Directed by students and performed by all-freshman casts, the collection of one-act plays was performed on December 4 and 5.
The Music Department presented the Dickinson Collegium's 1998 Christmas Concert at 7:0opm on Dec. 5 and at 4:00pm on Dec. 6 in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed Parker and Shaw's arrangement of the traditional English tune "Deck the Halls", Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Rorate caeli...
