Performances, Films, and Exhibits

The Department of Music presented the Chamber Choir and the Jazz Ensemble in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Department of Music presented pianist Debra Seyler, violinist John Eaken, and cellist Ellen Royer in a concert at 8:00pm in Memorial Hall. They played Felix Mendelssohn's "Trio in D Minor" and Anton Arensky's "Trio in D Minor". 

The Department of Music presented the College Choir, Collegium Musicum, College-Community Orchestra, and Symphonic Band in a concert at 11:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.

The Research and Development Committee of Dickinson College presented a concert of chamber music at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The concert was funded by a Creative Arts Grant. The musicians played Johannes Brahms' "Quintet in B Minor" and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Quintet in A Major". 

The Department of Music presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1985-1986 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed a sixteenth-century Spanish piece entitled "A los banos del amor", Alessandro Scarlatti's "Quartet in F Major for three flutes and basso continuo", Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D Major for three violins and basso continuo", Arthur Honegger's "Petite Suite", two duets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Walter Piston's "Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon". 

The Department of Music presented the Chamber Orchestra in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in E Minor", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Romance in F Major", Antonio Salieri's "Concerto in C Major", Anton Arensky's "Variations of a Theme of Tchaikovsky", and Arcangelo Corelli's "Concerto Grosso in D Major". 

The Coro Stelutis, a vocal ensemble from Bologna, Italy, gave a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium as a part of their 1985 United States tour. 

The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1985-1986 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Members of the department faculty performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude to Lute Suite No. 3" and "French Suite in E-flat Major"; George Frideric Handel's "Sonata in G Major for traverso and harpischord" and "Concerto Grosso No. 4"; Johannes Brahms' "Feldeinsamkeit", "Nachtwandler", and "Vergebliches Standchen"; two caprices by Niccolo Paganini; and the anonymously-written piece "Die Bankelsangerlider". 

The Department of Music presented soprano Dana Smith in her senior vocal recital at 3:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. She sang Henry Purcell's "I attempt from Love's sickness to fly" and "If Music be the Food of Love"; Franz Schubert's "An Sylvia", "Lachen und Weinen", "Erlafsee" and "Seligkeit"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Giunse alfin il momento", "Deh Vieni, non tardar", and "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto"; Claude Debussy's "Beau Soir", "Romance", and "Fantoches"; and Ned Rorem's "I am Rose", "Early in the Morning", and "O you whom I often and silently come". 

Mezzo soprano Joan Frey Boytim and pianist Harry Goldby presented Virginia Woolf: A Portrait in Words and Music in Rubendall Recital Hall. They were joined by lecturer Joanne Trautmann Banks. The program was repeated on May 18. 

The Department of Music presented the eighth Noonday Concert of the 1984-1985 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's "Sonata in E Minor for flute, bassoon and continuo", Luigi Boccherini's "Duet in G Major", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in C Major", Samuel Barber's "Rain has Fallen" and "Sleep now", Johannes Brahms' "Sonata in C Major for violin and piano", and Robert Schumann's "Seit ich ihn gesehen" and "Er, der Herrlischste von allen". 

The Department of Music presented soprano Laurie Phillips and tenor Brook Garrett in their junior vocal recital at 3:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Department of Music presented the Symphonic Band in a concert at 1:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner", Alfred Reed's "A Festival Prelude", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in D Minor", Caesar Giovannini's "Overture in B Flat", Jean Sibelius' "Onward, Ye Peoples", Kenneth J. Alford's "Colonel Bogey", Malcom Arnold's "Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo", and John Philip Sousa's' "The Free Lance March".

The Department of Music presented the Collegium Musicum in their spring concert in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by harpsichordist Amy Rosser, they sang Jacques du Phly's "Pieces de Clavecin"; Domenico Scarlatti's "Sonata in D"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier", "Jesu, meine Freude", and "Fantasie in C"; Heinrich Isaac's "Quis dabit capiti meo aquam"; Roland de Lassus' "Im Lant zu Wirtenberg"; and Ludwig Senfl's "Ich armes Magdlein".

The Mermaid Players and the Department of Music presented Once Upon a Mattress at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Written by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller, with music by Mary Rodgers, the production ran April 19, 20, 22, and 23. 

The Chamber Choir gave a concert at 12:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.

The Department of Music presented the Buzz Jones Big Band with the Jazz Ensemble in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Sammy Nestico's "Funtime", "Color Me Warm", and "The Heat's On"; John Oddo's arrangement of "John Brown's Other Body"; Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train"; Michel Legrand's "Watch What Happens"; Jeff Holmes' "Junebug"; George Gershwin's "I've got a Crush on You" and "Strike up the Band"; Josef Zawinul's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"; Duke Ellington's "Don't get Around Much Anymore"; and Lieber/Stoller's "Kansas City". 

The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1984-1985 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Franz Anton Hoffmeister's "Trio in D Major", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Two-part Invention No. 2 in C Minor", Pable de Sarasate's "Spanish Dance No. 1", Frederic Chopin's "Waltz in B Minor" and "Waltz in D-flat Major", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Concerto in G Major", and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Exultate, Jubilate". 

The Department of Music presented violinist John Eaken in a faculty recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by Kee Mann Chang on the piano, Eaken played Fritz Kreisler's "Praeludium and Allegro", Johannes Brahms' "Sonata No. 3 in D Minor", selections from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Solo Sonatas and Partitas", Eugene Ysaye's "Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin", and Pablo de Sarasate's "Habanera". 

The College Choir and College-Community Orchestra presented parts two and three of The Messiah at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. 

The Department of Music presented the sixth Noonday Concert of the 1984-1985 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Georg Philipp Telemann's "Quartet in G Major"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Alleluia"; Frederic Chopin's "Waltz in A-flat Major" and "Waltz in C-sharp Minor"; Alban Berg's "Nacht", "Im Zimmer", and "Die Nachtigall"; Bela Bartok's "Sorrow" and "Scherzo"; Andre Jolivet's "Capers"; Igor Stravinsky's "Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet"; and Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood". 

The Department of Music presented the fifth Noonday Concert of the 1984-1985 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Vincent Persichetti's "Out of the Morning" and "I'm Nobody", Ned Rorem's "Early in the Morning" and "I am Rose", Frederic Chopin's "Waltz in A-flat Major" and "Nocturne in B Major", Josquin des Pres' "Vive le roy!", Heinrich Schutz's "O Misericordissimi Jesu", Domenico Scarlatti's "Sonata in G Minor", and George Frideric Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga". 

The Department of Music presented flutist Cindy Stopper and soprano Laura Early in their junior recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They performed Bernhard Molique's Concerto in D Minor; Robert Schumann's "Volksliedchen No. 2", "Aus den ostlichen Rosen No. 25", "Jasminenstrauch No. 4", and "Widmung No. 1"; excerpts from Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson; and Georg F. Handel's "Nell dolce del oblio". 

The Department of Music presented the Jazz Ensemble in their fifth annual winter concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The played Barry Gordy's "Hello Detroit", Errol Garner's "Misty", Josef Zawinul's "Birdland", Tommy Wolf's "Spring can Really Hang You up the Most", Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Cats", George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", Jeff Holmes' "June Bug", Moises Simons' "Peanut Vendor", John Oddo's "Theme in Search of a Movie" and "John Brown's Other Body", Chick Corea's "Crystal Silence", and Carroll de Camp's "Bluesy Basie". 

The Department of Music presented the students of the Flute Repertory class in a recital at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.