Performances, Films, and Exhibits

The Music Department presented a concert by the Symphonic Band at 4:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The band performed John Philip Sousa's "Washington Post," Felix Mendelssohn's "Overture for Band," Richard Wagner's "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral," Carl Von Weber's "Concertino for clarinet, op. 26," Darius Milhaud's "Suite Française," Huffine's "Them Basses," Peter Mennin's "Canzona," Morton Gould's "American Salute," and Bob Louden's "Armed Forces Salute."

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Steve Reich's "Clapping Music," Domenico Scarlatti's "Sonata in D minor, K. 141" and "Fuga in D minor, K. 147," Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "E untes autem pastores" and "Salve, puerule, salve, tenelule," William Billings' "The Shepherd's Carol," Fray Geronimo Gonzalez's "Serenissima una noche," Fabian Ximeno's "Ay ay Galeguinos," Sammy Nestico's "Fun Time," Dee Barton's "Here's That Rainy Day," and Mark Taylor's "Blue Bossa."

The Music Department presented "Chamber Music of Nancarrow," a concert by Alarm Will Sound, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensemble performed Conlon Nancarrow's "Toccata," "Trio no. 1," "Study no. 3A for player piano," "String Quartet no. 1," "Sarabande and Scherzo," "Study no. 21 for player piano," "Trio no. 2," and "String Quartet no. 3"; Maurice Ravel's "Frontispiece"; and Johann Sebastian Bach's "Canonic Variations Von Himmel Hoch, var. 4" (arr. Elisabeth Stimpert).

The Music Department presented a recital by the Atma Trio at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The trio performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Piano Trio in C Major, no. 43, Hob. XV: 27," Arvo Pärt's "Fratres for violin and piano," Sergei Prokofiev's "Sonata op. 56 for two violins," and Johannes Brahms' "Piano Quartet in G minor, op. 25."

The Music Department presented "Bach, Blues and Beyond," a concert by violinist Diane Monroe and cellist/pianist Michal Schmidt, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Monroe and Schmidt performed Diane Monroe's "Bach, Blues and Beyond for Violin Solo," Johannes Brahms' "Sonata for violin and Piano in G Major, op. 78," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite in D minor for Cello Solo, BWV 1008," and Maurice Ravel's "Sonata for Violin and Cello."

The Music Department presented a concert by Alarm Will Sound at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensemble performed Jelly Roll Morton's "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (arr. John Orfe and Alan Pierson); Charles Ives' "Ragtime Dance no. 4"; Conlon Nancarrow's "Player Piano Study no. 2" and "Player Piano Study no. 6"; György Ligeti's "Piano Concerto"; and Richard D. Hames' "Gwerly Mernans" (arr. Kem Thomson), "Four" (arr. Jessica Johnson and Payton MacDonald), "Fingerbib" (arr. Jonathan Newman), "Jenweythek Ylow" (arr. John Orfe), and "Cock/ver 10" (arr.

The Music Department presented a Family Weekend concert featuring 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 John Philip Sousa's "Washington Post," Felix Mendelssohn's "Overture for Band," the traditional French carol "Joseph est bien marié" (arr.

The Music Department presented a piano/harpsichord/accordion recital by Jennifer Blyth and Vivian Montgomery at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Blyth and Montgomery performed John Howell Morrison's "My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road" and "Breathing Memory," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata in E minor" and "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue," Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's "Variations on Folie d'Espagne," and Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition."

The Music Department presented a faculty recital by soprano Brenda Nicole Atzinger and pianist Christopher Atzinger at 4:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle," "Ganymed," "Lied der Mignon," and "Die Männer sind mechant!"; Francis Poulenc's "La Courte Paille"; Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Twilight op. 21, no. 3," "The Answer op. 21, no.4," "The Lilacs, op. 21, no. 5," "Loneliness op. 21, no. 6," "How Fair this Spot! op. 21, no. 7," "Sorrow in Springtime op. 21, no. 12," "I Am Not a Prophet op. 21, no. 11," "Op.

The Music Department presented a recital by violinist Ben Sayevich and pianist Toni-Marie Montgomery at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Sayevich and Montgomery performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata op. 30, no. 3," Maurice Ravel's "Sonate pour Violon et Piano," and Richard Strauss' "Sonata in Eb Major for Violin and Piano, op. 18."

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Faculty performed Gordon Jacob's "Sonatina for oboe and harpsichord," Katherine Hoover's "Kokopelli," Sergei Rachmaninoff's "I am not a prophet, op. 21, no.

The Music Department presented "C'est l'heure exquise," the 2004 Weiss Prize presentation featuring baritone Christopher Vastine and pianists Amy Zheng and Dana La Rosa, in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Gabriel Fauré's "En prière," "Les berceaux," and "En Sourdine"; Henri Duparc's "L'invitation au voyage," "Le manoir de Rosemonde," and "Phidylé"; Francis Poulenc's "Les Banalités," and Maurice Ravel's "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée." 

The Music Department presented "Passion, Privation, and Patriotism," a senior vocal recital by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bell, accompanied by pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Music Department presented a senior recital by violinist Blythe Beall at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Beall performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata no. 21 in E minor, K. 304," Igor Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata no. 5 in F Major, op. 24," and Edouard Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnol in D minor, op. 21."

The Music Department presented a senior recital by violinist Blythe Beall at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Beall performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata no. 21 in E minor, K. 304," Igor Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata no. 5 in F Major, op. 24," and Edouard Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnol in D minor, op. 21."

The Music Department presented a chamber music fest at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Antonín Dvorák's "Prelude from Czech Suite, op. 39" (arr. Bruce Ronkin), Rudy Wiedoeft's "Valse Erica" (arr. Bruce Ronkin), Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's "It Might As Well Be Spring" (arr. Young), Elliot Del Borgo's "Irish Suite," Darius Milhaud's "Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano," Witold Lutoslawski's "4 Silesian Melodies for Four Violins," Jae-hyung Shim's "The Spring Sunrise," and Grazyna Bacewicz's "Quartet for Four Violins."

The Music Department presented a junior recital by pianist Jamie Greenberg at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Greenberg performed Alexander Scriabin's "Etude in D# minor, op. 8, no. 12," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata op. 2, no. 1, movt. IV," and Dmitri Shostakovich's "Concerto op. 102, no. 2, movt. II, I."

The Music Department presented "Madrigal!", a performance by the Dickinson Collegium, at 4:00pm in Memorial Hall.  The ensemble performed Thomas Morley's "Fyer, fyer!", Philippe Verdelot's "Madonna'l tuo bel viso," D.M.

The Music Department presented a senior recital by pianist Dana La Rosa at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  La Rosa performed Erik Satie's "Trois Gymnopédies" and "Sonatine bureaucratique," Maurice Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin," Muzio Clementi's "Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 1," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in D minor, op. 31, no. 2, 'The Tempest,'" and Claude Debussy's "L'Isle joyeuse."

The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The ensemble performed Bob Curnow's "Northwest Riff," Gerry Mulligan's "All The Things You Are," Lennie Niehaus' "On the Street Where You Live," Jeff Jarvis' "Critical Mass," Bob Parson's "Sammy's Groove," Roger Pemberton's "Marshal," Victor Lopez's "You Lika' Da Juice?", Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train," Neal Hefti's "Cute," Sammy Nestico's "Fun Time," and David Berger's "Pots and Pans."

The Music Department presented a concert by the Amelia Piano Trio in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The trio performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Trio in Bb, op. 11," Ned Rorem's "Spring Music for violin, cello, and piano," and Felix Mendelssohn's "Trio in D minor, op. 49."

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Stephen Sondheim's "By the Sea," Leonard Bernstein's "I Am Easily Assimilated," Béla Bartók's "A Bulgarian Dance," Francis Poulenc's "Les Banalités," Claude Debussy's "L'Isle Joyeuse," George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away," Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner's "Here I'll Stay," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata no. 5, mvt.

The Music Department presented a concert by the Symphonic Band at 4:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The band performed Joseph Willcox Jenkins' "American Overture for Band," Leroy Anderson's "Belle of the Ball" and "Bugler's Holiday"," Cesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" (arr. D.W. Stauffer), Frank Ticheli's "Shenandoah," Alexander Arutiunian's "Concerto for trumpet and band" (ed. Burrucker), Donald Phillips' "Trumpet Fiesta" (arr. Steven G. Strawley), and Howard Shore's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (arr. Jerry Brubaker).

The Music Department presented a concert by Trio Encantar at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The trio performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Divertimento in Bb Major, K. 240," Francis Poulenc's "Trio pour piano, hautbois, et basson," Madeleine Dring's "Trio," and Théophile Lalliet's "Terzetto op. 22."

The Music Department presented a repeat performance of "This is my Letter to the World," a concert by the Helding/Blyth Duo with guest actress Karen Lordi, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.