Pianist William Kinderman gave a concert featuring pieces by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven. He was assisted by Donald Riggs on the clarinet for the Brahms piece "Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano".
The College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra presented Israel in Egypt, an opera by George Friedrich Handel, at the First Lutheran Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania at 3:00pm.
The Collegium Musicum gave a concert of music by Josquin des Pres in Mather's Theatre at 3:00pm.
The Department of Music presented a Noonday concert featuring students singing a program of nearly twenty songs: Giacomo Carissimi's "Deh, Contentatevi"; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Komm in mein Herzens Haus"; Georg Friedrich Handel's "Verdi Prati", "O Sleep, why dost thou leave me?", and "Ombra Mai fu"; Thomas Arne's "Air from 'Comus'"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Deh vieni, non tardar", "Deh vieni alla finestra", "Durch Zartlichkeit", and "Vedrai, carino"; Franz Schubert's "Die Taubenpost" and "Die Forelle"; Robert Schumann's "Seit ich ihn gesehen"; Edvard Grieg's "In the Boat"; Gabriel
Under the auspices of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, an exhibit of modern German art was on display in the YMCA room of Old West from Tuesday, May 10 to Tuesday, May 17, 1932. The exhibit, intended to acquaint American youth with contemporary German art, featured such artists as Max Lieberman, Boekstiegel, and Willi Baumeister.
The College Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Ralph Schecter, performed a concert of classical music in Bosler Hall on May 6, 1932. They performed Beethoven's "Symphony in C Major", Mendelssohn's "Capriccio Brilliante", Greig's "The Last Spring", Schubert's "Minuet in B Minor" and "Moment Musical", and Mozart's "Serenade--Eline Kleine Nachtmusik".
The Dramatic Club presented The Importance of Being Earnest on April 26, 1932, in Bosler Hall. Jack Snyder, Bruce Wagner, Jane Hoffman, and Gwendolyn Fairfar starred.
The German Club sponsored a visit to campus by Herr Max Montor, a famous actor and impersonator. Herr Montor performed selections from Faust and other works by Goethe in the March 16 chapel service in honor of the centennial of Goethe's death.
A Swedish group called the Scandinavian Bell Ringers gave a concert in a special chapel service on March 11, 1932.
The Greek Club performed scences from the life of Heracles in a Festival of Heracles held in Union Philosophical hall on February 23, 1932. The students wrote, directed, and acted in the show. A Greek picnic followed the performance.
The Dickinson players performed the play "The Letter of Introduction" and the Men's and Women's Glee Clubs performed patriotic songs in a show for the Women's Christian Temperance Union at Lemoyne High School.
The Office of the Chaplain presented The Roaring Twenties Scrapbook, "a nostalgic entertainment of music" edited by John G. Fuller, at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Proceeds from the show benefited PEER and Project Africa.
The College Choir performed a selection of Russian Liturgical music as a part of an Alfred Swan memorial concert at Haverford College at 8:30pm.
The Department of Music presented a Noonday Concert featuring performances by the College Brass Ensemble, as well as other student and faculty musicians. The Brass Ensemble played Johann Pezel's "Sonata #2" from Hora Decima, Johann Sebastian Bach's "Contra punctus #1" from The Art of the Fugue, and Ingolf Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments".
The College-Community Orchestra presented their annual winter concert at 3:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The orchestra performed Charles Ives' "Tone Roads #1", John Dowland's "Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)", Robert Schumann's "4th Movement from the Symphony #3", Igor Stravinsky's "Double Canon; Raoul Dufy, In Memoriam", Terry Riley's "In C", and Ives' "Tone Roads #3" and "Fugue in C Major: 3rd movement from the Symphony #4".
The Collegium Musicum presented "Music and Poetry Honoring St. Cecilia", the patron saint of music, on St. Cecilia's Day at 3:00pm in Mathers Theatre.
The College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra presented "An Afternoon with Franz Schubert" at 3:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The Schubert pieces selected for this program were "Stabat Mater Dolorosa", "Symphony 9 in C Major", "Mass in G Major", "Sanctus and Benedictus", and "Agnus Dei".
The College Choir, accompanied by Darby Mackenzie on the piano, performed for its annual Christmas Concert at the First Lutheran Church. The choir performed Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols", Melchior Franck's "Three Motets based upon texts from the Song of Soloman", and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Wassail Song".
The Department of Music presented a Noonday Concert featuring performances by students and faculty in a program of seven pieces: Henry Loeb's "Music for Pianist", Mozart's "In diesen Heil'gen Hallen" from Die Zauberflote and "Two Scenes from Act II, the Finale of Die Zauberflote", Purcell's "Arise ye Subterranean Winds", Michael Head's "Money, O", and Schutz's "Ich beuge meine Knie" and "Furchte dich nicht".
The College Choir presented their spring concert in Mathers Theatre at 3:00pm. The Choir sang Giovanni Gastoldi's "Three Balletti", Gabriel Faure's "Cantique de Jean Racine", Paul Hindemith's "Five Songs on Old Texts", Alfred Swan's "Song of Praise for Saint Nicholas", and Johannes Brahms' "Three Motets, Opus 110" and "Liebeslieder Walzer, Opus 52". The Chapel Choir made an appearance at the concert, singing "Five Canticles for the Russian Orthodox Church" by Swan. Two concert pianists, Pong Hi-Park and Frances Chang, performed with the choir as special guest artists.
The College-Community Orchestra presented their spring concert in the Holland Union Social Hall. The orchestra played Serge Prokofieff's "Lieutenant Kije", Edgard Varese's "Poeme Electronique", John Cage's "Concert for Piano and Orchestra", and "Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony #1".
The Collegium Musicum presented Musica Britannica, a program of British music from the 14th-16th centuries, in Mathers Theatre at 3:00pm
Students and faculty of the Music Department presented the April 7 Noonday Concert. Darby MacKenzie played Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata Opus 10 No. 1--Finale", as well as an original composition,"Arise, my love", on which he was accompanied by soprano Bonnie Schwabe. Beth Bullard and Ken Laws played "Entracte" by Jacques Ibert. Finally, Linda Cline and Joan Boytim performed Henry Purcell's "Nymphs and Shepherds", Emmanuele Astorga's "Per non Pernar", and Samuel Barber's "Sure on this Shining Light".
The Chapel Choir, under the direction of Truman Bullard, presented Ten Canticles of the Eastern Orthodox Church, compiled by Alfred Swan, at Haverford College.
The Chapel Choir sang for the 1970 "Stations of the Cross" service in the Holland Union Building.