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 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 Sing (Tebye poyem)"; Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov's "Golden Glow of Evening" (arr.
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. Beethoven's "Allegretto" from Symphony VII (trans. King), G. Gershwin's "A Touch of Gershwin" (arr. Broadbent), J. Williams' "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" (arr. Forster & Dye), T. Susato's "Susato Suite" (arr. Iveson), J.
The Music Department presented a concert by the College-Community Orchestra at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra performed Benjamin Britten's "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31" and Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring".
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.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Smruti Shah, accompanied by pianist and harpsichordist Kee Mann Chang, cellist Catherine Best, guitarist Cindy Gorski, and recorder player Rebecca Leyon, at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by soprano Carrie Brown and mezzo-soprano Dana Hackett, accompanied by pianist Kee Mann Chang, at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by clarinetist Beverly Butts, accompanied by pianist Jennifer Blyth, at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Butts performed Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1", Donato Lovreglio's "Fantasia on the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Op. 45", and Michael Garson's "Jazz Variations on a Theme of Paganini".
The Music Department presented "Just Some Really Nice Stuff...," a concert by the Brass Ensemble, at 4:00pm at the First United Church of Christ ion Carlisle. The ensemble performed A. Bliss' "Royal Fanfare", D. Jordan's arrangement of the traditional tune "To Banbury Cross", J. Williams' "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" (arr. Forster & Dye), L. Beethoven's "Allegretto" from Symphony VII (trans. King), S. Scheidt's "Galliard Battaglia" (ed. King), T. Susato's "Susato Suite" (arr. Iveson), J. Villanueva's "American Revolutionary War Medley", and D.
The Music Department presented "At the Corner of Dickinson and Broadway VIII," featuring the College Choir, at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The choir performed the Indigo Girls' "Joking", "If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast, "All That Jazz" from Chicago, "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic, Tiddas' "If You Build It", Adam Cohen's "Women and Children First", Jack O'Neill's "Late Shift", William Bocolm's "Graceful Ghost", James P.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Goltermann's "Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 65"; Franz Strauss' "Seaside Impressions, Op. 12"; Erik Satie's "Chanson", "Chanson Médiévale", and "Les Fleurs"; J. Muldermans' "Fantaisie Varié"; Thomas Morley's "It was a Lover and his Lasse"; John Wilson's "Take, O Take Those Lips Away"; Henry Cowell's "The Banshee"; Francis Poulenc's "Allegro Malincolico"; and Samuel Scheidt's "Galliard Battaglie" (ed. Robert King).
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by classical guitarist James Hontz, accompanied by violinist John Eaken, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hontz performed Johann Kasper Mertz's "Hardennnnklänge, Opus 13a", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Lute Suit No. 3, BWV 995", Antonio Lauro's "Suite Venezolana", Nicoló Paganini's "Cantabile", and Astor Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango".
The Eaken Piano Trio performed as parts of Fine Arts at First at the First Lutheran Chuch of Carlisle at 3:00pm. The trio performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Trio in E-flat Major, Hoboken XV: 22", Antonin Dvorak's "Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 21", and Truman Bullard's "Twelve Epitaphs: A Visit to a Country Graveyard".
The Music Department presented a junior recital by violinist Chang Hong and soprano Heather Oliver, accompanied by pianists Jennifer Blyth and Truman Bullard, at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Hong and Oliver performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Concerto No. 3 in D minor", "Vivace", "Largo, ma non tanto"; Arcangelo Corelli's "Concerto Op. 6 No. 4 in D Major", "Adagio-Allegro", "Adagio", and "Allegro"; Antonín Dvorak's "Humoreske, Op.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble, featuring guest artist trombonist John Fedchock, at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensemble performed Wyche and Watts' "Alright, Okay, You Win" (arr. Nestico); Zawinul's "Birdland" (arr. Kerchner); Ellington and Mills' "C Jam Blues" (orch. Hall); Mangione's "Children of Sanchez" (arr. Wolpe); Winding's "Denish Blue"; Fedchock's "A Drop in the Bucket", "Easy Goin'", and "Latin Import"; Silver's "Nutville" (arr. Barduhn); Zawinul's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (arr.
The Music Department presented a performance by the Eaken Piano Trio at 8:15pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The trio performed William Boyce and John Dickinson's "The Liberty Song", Franz Joseph Haydn's "Trio in E flat Major, Hoboken XV: 22", Antonín Dvorak's "Trio in B flat Major, Op. 21", and Truman Bullard's "Twelve Epitaphs: A Visit to a Country Graveyard".
The Music Department presented "Music of Dickinson's Four Centuries," a concert by the College Choir, the Collegium, and the College-Community Orchestra, at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Izaak Walton's "New Jerusalem" and "Babylon is Fallen", George Whitefield Chadwick's "Symphonic Sketch: Jubilee", Michael Twomey's "Celebration Variations for Orchestra", Robert Convery and Langston Hughes' "Search", Michael Twomey and Marvin Bell's "An American Anthem", Steven Mercier's "Catharsis", and a Dickinson College song medley.
The Music Department presented "Di-Va Construction: A Performance and Exploration" by soprano Kristin Norderval at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Norderval performed Judith Weir's "Harald's aria, Act I"; Anne LeBaron's "Eurydice's Death", "Strange Skies...Unreal Light and Sound", and "Baby I'm Yours"; Kristin Norderval's "bitch@work", "HexenHammering", and "Goddess"; Annea Lockwood's "I give you back"; Eve Beglarian's "Touch Tone Tony" and "My Feelings Now"; and Sorrel Hays' "Ecstatic Plain" and "Everybody Is".
The Music Department presented "Through a Musical Kaleidoscope: Composers Interpret Dickinson and Carlisle, 1773-1998", the 1998 Emil R. and Tamar Weiss Prize for the Creative Arts presentation, in Rubendall Recital Hall at 8:00pm on Fri., Feb. 13 and at 3:00pm on Sat., Feb. 14. The program included Heather Marie Hirsch's "Theme and Variations on The Liberty Song", a presentation on the American Civil War by Michele Marie Tourney, Matthew Dennis Coburn's "Have You Heard the Muse?", Steven Michael Mercier's "Journey Eternal", and Mary Beth Horvath's "The Establishment".
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Ernest Chausson's "Sérénade, Op. 13, No. 2", "Amour d'Antan, Op. 8, No. 2", "Les Papillons, Op. 2, No. 3", and "Le Temps des Lilas, from Op. 19"; Giovanni Battista Viotti's "Duo Concertante"; Antonín Dvorak's "Humoresque"; Amilcare Ponchielli's "Il Convegno"; Andrew Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer's "Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie" (arr. Warren Haeger); Richard Weeks and Ade Olayenka's "I Wonder Why" (arr. Roger Emerson); and Sonny Rollins' "Sonnymoon for Two" (arr.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Timaeus Ensemble as part of the "Eastman at Dickinson" Recital Series at 9:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensemble performed Patrick Long's "Canticle" and "Astronomer", André Previn's "Three Songs", and George Crumb's "Vox Balaenae".
The Music Department presented "The Salon Violinist," a faculty recital by violinist John Eaken, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Eaken performed Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance #2"; August Wilhelmj's "Bach's Air for the G String"; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Melody"; Jules Massnet's "Meditation from 'Thais'" and "Elegie"; Frantisek Drdla's "Souvenir"; "Chopin Nocturne in E flat Major" (arr.
The Music Department presented Ukrainian pianist Vitalij Kuprij performing works by Chopin, Liszt, Clementi, and Rameau at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Kuprij performed Franz Liszt's "Sonata in B minor, in one movement", Muzio Clementi's "Sonata No. 3, Op. 40", selections from Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Pièces de claveçin", and Frédéric Chopin's "Sonata No. 3, Op. 58".
The Music Department presented "Winter Words," a faculty recital by tenor Jeffrey Fahnestock, accompanied by pianist Michael Matsinko, at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Fahnestock performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98"; Benjamin Britten's "Winter Words, Op. 52"; Ernest Chausson's "Sérénade, Op. 13 No. 2", "Amour d'Antan, Op. 8 No. 2", "Les Papillons, Op. 2 No. 3", and "Le Temps des Lilas, from Op. 19"; and Joaquin Turina's "Poema en forma de canciones".
The Department of Music presented the fifteenth annual Messiah sing-along in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at 7:30pm. The event was open to the public and led by the College-Community Orchestra and College Choir.