Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Music Department presented a Christmas concert by the Collegium Musicum at 7:00pm on Dec. 4 and at 4:00pm on Dec. 5 in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed Ralph Vaughan Williams' arrangement of "Wassail Song', Gustav Holst's "In the Bleak Midwinter" (arr. A. Parker), Josquin des Prez's "...
A dedication ceremony was held for the donation by Fay Chandler and Grace Hartigan of "Music Box," a painting by Hartigan, to the College. The event featured a champagne reception in the Weiss Center and live jazz-accompanied dinner in the Goodyear Building art studios.
The Friends of the Trout Gallery presented "Music Box: An Evening with Grace Hartigan," beginning in the Rubendall Recital Hall at 5:00pm. Mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding and pianist Jennifer Blyth performed a concert of American songs, including Ernst Bacon's "It's All I Have to Bring", Charles...
Cellist Erin Bowers and pianist Teresa Bowers presented a concert at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The concert featured Arcangelo Corelli's "Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 8", Stephen De'ak's "Allegro for solo cello", Max Bruch's "Kol Nidre, Op. 47", and Gabriel Fauré's "Elegie, Op. 24".
The fall 1999 Art Historical Methods seminar created an exhibit simply entitled "Vessels" featuring objects from the permanent collection that was displayed in the Trout Gallery from January 21st to February 26th, 2000.
Mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding and pianist Jennifer Blyth presented "An Evening of French Song" at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Helding and Blyth performed Gabriel Fauré's La Bonne Chanson, Maurice Ravel's Chansons Madécasses, and Francis Poulenc's Banalités.
Hamlet, a play by William Shakespeare, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from February 24-29, including a 2:00pm matinee performance on February 27. The title role of Hamlet was portrayed by...
The College Choir performed with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra at The Forum at 8:00pm on Sat., Feb. 26 and at 3:00pm on Sun., Feb. 27. The choir performed Emmanuel Chabrier's "Fête Polonaise from 'Le Roi malgré lui'".
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Darius Milhaud's "Pastorale"; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Concerto in g minor, Movement 1" and "Centerpiece No. 1 in f minor Op. 113"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Bie Mannern", "Pa-...
An exhibit entitled "East Meets West: The Art of Sozan Matsuba and Rene Boll" was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 3rd to April 8th, 2000.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensemble performed Sammy Nestico's "Fun Time"; Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, and Jimmy Sherman's "Lover Man"; Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing"; Rodgers and Hart's "My...
The Music Department presented a senior recital by pianist Stephanie Heriger at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Heriger performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5" and "Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in B-flat Major, K...
The Music Department presented a concert by the College-Community Orchestra and the Dickinson Collegium at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles performed George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and "O Praise ye the Lord with One Consent, HWV 254", Richard...
The Music Department presented a recital and vocal master class by tenor Richard Kennedy of the Pennsylvania State University School of Music at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Kennedy performed George Frideric Handel's "Comfort Ye My People" and "Ev'ry Valley Shall be Exalted", Franz...
The annual Freshworks concert, presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Dance Theatre Group, was performed on March 9 at 7:00pm in the Cubiculo. It was an informal showing of dance works-in-progress by student choreographers.
Blue Room, a play by David Hare, opened in the Cubiculo. Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from March 30-April 1.
The Music Department presented the Symphonic Band's 2000 Spring Concert at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The band performed John Barnes Chance's "Variations on a Korean Folk Song"; Samuel Barber's "Adagio" (arr. Calvin Custer); "A Leroy Anderson Portrait," an arrangement of Leroy Anderson's...
The Music Department presented "A Musical Salute to Truman Bullard," featuring the College Choir, the College-Community Orchestra, and the Brass Ensemble, at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed William Byrd's "The Earle of Oxford's March", Wolfgang Amadeus...
The annual spring dance concert, presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Dance Theatre Group, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Featuring new work by student choreographers, the show ran from April 14-16, the final show being a 3:00pm matinee performance.
The Music Department, Market Square Concerts, and Bard Music Festival presented "Tchaikovsky Symposium: A Tribute to Truman Bullard" at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The concert featured Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Sonata in g minor, Op. 19" and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Piano Trio in a minor...
The Music Department presented "Metal Allies II," a concert featuring the Brass Ensemble and the Handbell Choir, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensembles performed William Byrd's "The Earle of Oxford's March" (arr. Howarth), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "Alleluia Tulerunt" (...
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by classical guitarist James Hontz, accompanied by pianist Jennifer Blyth, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hontz performed Fernando Sor's "Fantasie, Op. 30", Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Cinq Preludes", and Mauro Giuliana's "Concerto in A Major, Op...
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Béla Bartók's "Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No. 6"; Georg Philipp Telemann's "Quartet for Three Flutes and Continuo"; Henry Purcell's "No, Resistance is but Vain"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "...
The Music Department presented a junior recital by cellist Catherine Best, accompanied by pianist Michal Schmidt, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Best performed Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Song Without Words, Op. 109", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite No. 1", Gabriel Fauré's "Elégie, Op....
The Music Department presented "Chamber Music for Winds and Strings" at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The program included Rebecca Clarke's "Duo for viola and clarinet", Rezso Kokai's "Quartettino", and Alfredo Casella's "Serenata".
