The Music Department presented "A Schubert Concert" featuring Dickinson College Music Faculty at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Franz Schubert's "Quintet in A Major ('Trout'), op. 114"; "Wohin?"; "Nacht und Träume"; "Gretchen am Spinnrade"; "Ständchen"; and "Octet in F Major, op. 166".
The Inaugural Concert of the "Eastman at Dickinson" recital series, in which select students of the Eastman School of Music performed at Dickinson College, was held at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students performed Oliver Messaien's "Le Merle Noir", Sergei Prokofiev's "Sonata for flute and piano", Howard Bashaw's "Hosu", Witold Lutoslawski's "Grave: Metamorphoses for Cello and Piano", and George Crumb's "Vox Ballaenae".
The Music and Dramatic Arts Departments and the Mermaid Players presented the first performance of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The musical ran February 8-12.
The Department of Music presented the twelfth 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.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wilfred Bob Roberts' arrangement of J. Pierpont's "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"; Emily Crocker's arrangement "Songs of a Starry Night"; William Lester's arrangement of the old English tune "Oh, dear! What can the matter be?"; Gordon Jacob's "Sonatina"; John Jacob Niles' "I Wonder as I Wander"; Eric Thiman's "Madonna and Child"; Johannes Brahms' "Allegro Appassionato" from "Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1"; Frédéric Chopin's "Ballade in G minor, Op.
The Music Department presented "A Christmas Concert: Renaissance and Baroque Christmas Music, and Traditional Carols" featuring the Collegium Musicum at 3:00pm in Memorial Hall. The ensemble performed Michael Praetorius' "Psallite unigenito" and "Lo, how a Rose e'er Blooming"; William Byrd's "Justorum animae" and "Pavana Bray"; Francisco Guerrero's "Pasto, quien madre virgen"; the Spanish villancico "Soberana Maria"; Orlando di Lasso's "Resonet in laudibus" (ed. J. Forrest Posey); the 15th century English song "Coventry Carol"; the anonymous English carol "Bonny Sweet Boy"; W.
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding, accompanied by pianist Kee Mann Chang, at 8:15pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Helding performed George Frideric Handel's "Presti omai", "Alma mia", and "Vo'far guerra"; Gabriel Fauré's "Aurore, Op. 39, No. 1", "Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1", "Mandoline, Op. 58, No. 1", and "Nell, Op. 18, No. 1"; Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs, Op. 29; and Leonard Bernstein's I Hate Music!
The Music Department presented a program titled "A Concert of French Music" featuring the Dickinson College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra at 3:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The ensembles performed Charles Gounod's "Ballet Music", "Salut! demeure chaste e pure", "Jewel Song", and "Il se fait tard - O nuit d'amour"; Georges Bizet's "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" and "Habañera"; Jules Massenet's "Pourquoi me reveiller", "Il est doux, il est bon", and "Meditation"; and Francis Poulenc's Gloria.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Brass Ensemble and the Symphonic Band at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Friedrich Kuhlau's "Scherzo" and "Trios I and II" from "Grand Quartet in E minor, Op. 103"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Diveritmento in B-flat Major, K. 493b" and Serenade in E-flat Major, K. 375; Gabriel Fauré's "Aurore, Op. 29, No. 1", "Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1", "Mandoline, Op. 58, No. 1", and "Nell, Op. 18, No. 1"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Allegro" from "Concerto in D minor for two violins and piano" and "Invention No. 8 in F Major"; and H.
The Music Department presented a Parents Day Concert featuring the Dickinson Brass Ensemble, the College-Community Orchestra, the Dickinson College Choir, the Dickinson Collegium, and the Dickinson Jazz Ensemble at 11:00am in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The College Choir and the Jazz Ensemble presented a program titled "Swingtime!" at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The College Choir performed four Robert Burns ballads arranged by James Mulholland, Cole Porter's "C'est Magnifique", Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia On My Mind", and Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies".
The Eaken Piano Trio presented a Homecoming Weekend Recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Trio in F # minor, Hob. XV: 25"; Gerald M. Shapiro's "Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano"; and Johannes Brahms' "Trio in B Major, Opus 8".
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by cellist Nancy Baun, accompanied by pianist Gloria Whitney and featuring dancer Zalika Proctor, at 8:15pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Baun performed Jean Baptiste Breval's "Allegro Giocoso in G Major"; Vows, choreographed to Jerome Kessler's "Kol Nidrei"; George Rochberg's "Ricordanza"; Dances to the Moon, choreographed to Peter Schickele's "Pastorale"; and César Franck's "Sonata in A Major".
The Music Department presented a concert of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, and Gustav Mahler featuring the Chamber Orchestra at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra performed Beethoven's "Leonore Overture No. 3 (op. 72B)", five songs from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and Robert Schumann's Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor (op. 54).
The Music Department presented a faculty recital by double bassist Douglas Yarwood, accompanied by pianist Carlos Fagundo, at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Yarwood performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1"; Dominico Dragonetti's "Concerto in G Major"; Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14"; and Serge Koussevitzky's "Concerto, Op. 3 in E".
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Faculty performed Tilman Susato's "Three Dances"; Josquin des Pres' "Royal Fanfare"; Greg Steinke's "Sonance"; Jerome Kessler's "Kol Nidrei for Solo Cello"; Francess Lantz's "Four Miniatures for Flute Alone"; "Entrata" from Ludwig van Beethoven's "Serenade, Op. 25"; "Allegro Moderato" from D.
The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Students and faculty performed the anonymously written piece "Il est de bonne heure ne"; Josquin des Pres' "El Grillo"; Antonin Dvorak's "Songs my Mother taught me"; Richard Hundley's "Come Ready and See Me"; Morton Feldman's "The Viola in My Life, I"; Luigi Boccherini's "Concerto No. 3 in G Major"; Johannes Brahms' "Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2" and "Finale" from his "Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite No. 3" and "Suite No.
The Music Department presented a concert by the Chamber Orchestra to benefit the Carlisle Theatre Project at 8:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The orchestra performed Johannes Brahms' "Concerto in D Major for violin and orchestra (op. 77)", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in D Major for horn and orchestra", Gioacchino Rossini's "Overture to Semiramide", and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Concerto no. 3 in E-flat Major for horn and orchestra".
The Music Department and the Artists-in-Residence Program presented a concert by the Eaken Piano Trio with French horn player Barry Tuckwell at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The trio performed Franz Joseph Haydn's "Divertimento a tre, Hob. IV: 5 for Horn, Violin, and Cello"; Joaquín Turina's "Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76 for Piano, Violin, and Cello"; and Johannes Brahms' "Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 for Piano, Violin, and Horn".
The Music Department presented a junior recital by mezzo-soprano Alison Hill, accompanied by pianist Brenda Smith and featuring soprano Rosalind Staib, at 6:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Hill performed Henry Purcell's "Turn then thine eyes"; Pierre Alex.
The Music Department presented a Guitar Studio Recital at 2:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Guitarists performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Chorale", "Invention No. 1, BWV 772", and "Invention No. 4, BWV 775"; Thomas Campian's "Song Tune"; Fernando Sor's "Duo for Two Guitars, Op. 55 No. 1"; and Luis Milan's "Pavana No. 1" and "Pavana No. 2".
The Music Department presented a spring chamber music concert featuring the Strings of Dickinson at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The ensemble performed "Allegro" from Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Quartet No. III in C major" and his "Duo No. III in D major"; "Allegro Moderato" from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2"; "Presto" from Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in G major"; "Allegro" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and "Larghetto" from his "Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581"; Ernest Chausson's "Piano Quartet, Op.
The Music Department presented a senior recital by flutist Jennifer Somerwitz, accompanied by pianist Kee Mann Chang, harpsichordist Allyson Ankerbrand, cellist Sarah Morelli, flutist Katherine Presnell, and clarinetist Caren Somerwitz, at 3:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall. Somerwitz performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Andante and Rondo", Edgard Varése's "Density 21.5 for flute alone", Georges Enesco's "Cantabile and Presto", Hector Villa-Lobos' "Chôros No. 2 for flute and clarinet", Michel Blavet's "Sonate in E minor", and Franz Doppler's "Andante and Rondo (op. 25)".
Music students from the Class of 1993 wrote, composed, and performed an original dramatic cantata titled "The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia", based upon the text by Samuel Johnson. The composition was performed at 8:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.