Faculty Jazz Quartet

Steve Strawley (trumpet), Tim James (piano), Jim Miller (bass) and Dave Zygmunt (drums) perform music from the great American songbook.

Florestan Recital Project: “From Goethe to the Wunderhorn: Songs of German Romanticism”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel, Wilhelm Meister’s Lehrjahre, captivated and inspired a generation of Romantic writers around the turn of the 19th century.  From Goethe to the introspective poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin, to the fantasy-filled fairy tales of Ludwig Tieck, to the folk song collection des Knaben Wunderhorn, the mystery, longing and beauty of these Romantic texts has been captured in song by composers from the 19th century to the present day.  Join Florestan Recital Project for an evening of German Lieder, featuring songs by some of Germany’s most beloved 19th century composers: Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, and Mahler, plus more contemporary settings by Hanns Eisler and Benjamin Britten.

Guest Artist Recital: Lauren Schack Clark

The program will include works by Rosey Mei-Kuei Lee, Schubert, Debussy, and Chopin.

Novus

Novus, former artists-in-residence at Rice University and winners of the International Trombone Association’s Quartet Competition, will present a concert of original music. The program will feature works by Chris Brubeck, Michael Patterson, Michael Davis and Robert Pound among others.

Common Hour: Noonday Concert

This concert is a presentation of Dickinson’s Department of Music Performance Studies faculty and students.

Jazz Ensemble & Symphonic Band Winter Concert

Dickinson College students will present an evening of music for winds, brass and percussion under the direction of Michael Clayville.

Faculty Recital: Lynn Helding, Mezzo-Soprano

Composer Dominic Argento has made a career of assembling seemingly “unmusical” texts from diaries, letters, and even newspaper columns, to create short vocal dramatic works. Mezzo-soprano Lynn Helding, joined by baritone Aaron Engebreth and pianist Alison d’Amato, present two of his finest monodramas: A Few Words About Chekov and The Diary of Virginia Woolf, for which Mr. Argento won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975.

Common Hour: Noonday Concert

This concert is a presentation of Dickinson’s Department of Music Performance Studies faculty and students.

Choir & Orchestra Concert: “Tracing the Viennese Tradition: Haydn, Beethoven, Strauss”

The Dickinson Orchestra and College Choir, under the direction of Jeremy Gill and Amy Wlodarski, present a concert dedicated to three pioneers of German music associated with the Viennese tradition; Haydn, Beethoven, and Richard Strauss. The concert features choral selections from Haydn’s Creation as well Beethoven’s Coriolanus Overture and Haydn’s Symphony No. 90.

Faculty Recital: Kimberly Buchar-Kelley, bassoon

Kimberly Buchar-Kelley will demonstrate the unique mellow tone of the bassoon, through a variety of compositions. She will be joined by Dickinson faculty pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim, oboist Jill Marchione, and guest bassoonist Truman Bullard.

Dickinson COllegium Annual Holiday Concert

A concert of seasonal choral music performed by the College’s chamber choir, the Dickinson Collegium. During the 15 years under Music Professor Blake Wilson’s direction, the Collegium has developed a reputation for polished performances of varied and demanding repertoire. Memorial Hall is decorated for the occasion, and fills quickly, while St. Paul’s church accommodates a larger crowd. A free-will offering at both events will benefit Project SHARE.