January
Through March 23
Legacy: Recent Acquisitions at The Trout Gallery
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition celebrates recent gifts to the museum by the Friends of The Trout Gallery and features important works ranging from vintage photographs and prints to anthropological artifacts from West Africa.
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m.
David Kim With the Dickinson Orchestra
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
David Kim, Benjamin Rush concertmaster chair of the Philadelphia Orchestra, returns to campus for a three-day residency that culminates in an all-Mozart concert featuring piano soloist Jennifer Blyth, associate professor of music, and the Dickinson Orcheatra, which includes Dickinson alumni. The program features Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Symphony No. 25 and Piano Concerto No. 24. Learn more about this event.
“Metamorphosen always glows, but here it glowed with intensity, and the concertmaster’s superb, delicate solos were gold on gold.” --Paul Griffith, The New York Times, writing of the Philadelphia Orchestra's 1999 performance of Metamorphosen with David Kim as concertmaster
Jan. 29 through Feb. 23
Ellen Durkan: Accessories for an Iron Maiden
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Reception for the Artist: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 5-7 p.m.
Blacksmith/sculptor Ellen Durkan creates fantastical two- and three-dimensional wearable constructions for women out of semiprecious metals, steel and a variety of ordinary materials. This exhibition includes her conceptual designs and final pieces—and all of the spaces between them. Learn more about this event.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m.
Dickinson College Faculty Brass Quintet: Shadowcatcher
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
The Dickinson College Faculty Brass Quintet—Steven Strawley and Vanessa Parker Shenk (trumpet), Tyler Ogilvie (horn), Ron Axsom (trombone) and Eric Henry (tuba)—join with guest-pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim to present Eric Ewazen’s concerto for brass quintet, Shadowcatcher. Listen to a performance by the brass quintet.
February
Through March 23
Legacy: Recent Acquisitions at The Trout Gallery
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition celebrates recent gifts to the museum by the Friends of The Trout Gallery and features important works ranging from vintage photographs and prints to anthropological artifacts from West Africa.
Through Feb. 23
Ellen Durkan: Accessories for an Iron Maiden
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Reception for the Artist: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 5-7 p.m.
Blacksmith/sculptor Ellen Durkan creates fantastical two- and three-dimensional wearable constructions for women out of semiprecious metals, steel and a variety of ordinary materials. This exhibition includes her conceptual designs and final pieces—and all of the spaces between them. Learn more about this event.
Sunday, Feb. 3, 4 p.m.
Innovations
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Mary Hannigan, flutist, and Barry Hannigan, pianist, perform a recital featuring Pierre Boulez’s Sonatine. The program explores ideas and techniques through the centuries with works including the Sonata Undine by Carl Reinecke and the Partita in A Minor by C.P.E. Bach. Learn more about Dickinson’s music faculty and music program.
"Some in the near-capacity audience were moved to tears." –Robert Miner
Photo Source: Happy Bark, Ceramics and Mixed MediaFeb. 4 through March 1
Sana Musasama: The Unspeakable Series
Gallery 204, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Opening Reception: Monday, February 4, 5-6 p.m.
Small, intimate and provocative, Musasama's clay and mixed-media sculptures evoke the troublesome—and often violent—communities in which we live, and investigate our connections to both the victims and the perpetrators. This exhibition of her work is co-sponsored by the departments of Africana studies and women’s & gender studies. Learn more about Dickinson’s art & art-history program.
"The power of Musasama's new sculptures arises from her forms and selection of iconic elements and the sense of reverence she achieves that make unforgettable our individual associations with the nameless and voiceless." –Natalie Jones, June Kelley Gallery
"This body of work is meant to slow us down, make us look closely, silence us for the moment. It is created in homage and honor of the Unknown/UnNamed." —Sana Musasama
Saturday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m.
Winterreise by Franz Schubert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Vocalist and faculty member Jonathan Hays and guest-pianist Craig Ketter present Winterreise, Franz Schubert’s soul-baring tale of a jilted winter traveler. Learn more about Dickinson’s music faculty and music program.
Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m.
Artists-in-Residence NOVUS Trombone Quartet
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
NOVUS, a trombone quartet dedicated to presenting new music in compelling ways, performs music by Associate Professor of Music Robert Pound; Chris Brubeck, son of jazz great Dave Brubeck; and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen, among others. The concert also includes dance, visual art and lighting by Dickinson students.
Feb. 22-April 13
Articulating an American Aesthetic: Franck von der Lancken
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 22.
This exhibition features an in-depth study of the work of Frank von der Lancken, an early 20th-century American painter and art educator. It is curated by class of 2014 art-history majors Britton Chance, Virginia Dudley, Margot Eberle, Shayna Goodman, Sarah Howard, Elizabeth Key, Jessica Moran, Marie Petersen, Lauren Sullivan, Rachel Weber, and Christina Wolf under the direction of Melinda Schlitt, professor of art & art history. Learn more about this event.
Saturday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m.
Tchaikovsky: The Violin Works
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Visiting Instructor in Music Benjamin Shute (violin) and the New School of Music’s Kai-Ching Chang (piano) perform Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo, Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, Serenade Mélancolique and Violin Concerto. Learn more about Dickinson’s music faculty and music program.
"Benjamin Shute ... played the Sibelius with wonderful aplomb and gave ... this composition his own unique interpretation—impressive." — Badische Zeitung
"As a collaborative pianist [Kai-Chang] cannot be beat." —Boston Musical Intelligencer
Thursday, Feb. 28, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance-studies program.
See video of past noonday concerts (2011 and 2010).
March
Through March 23
Legacy: Recent Acquisitions at The Trout Gallery
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition celebrates recent gifts to the museum by the Friends of The Trout Gallery and features important works ranging from vintage photographs and prints to anthropological artifacts from West Africa.
Through April 13
Articulating an American Aesthetic: Franck von der Lancken
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition features an in-depth study of the work of Frank von der Lancken, an early 20th-century American painter and art educator. It is curated by class of 2014 art-history majors Britton Chance, Virginia Dudley, Margot Eberle, Shayna Goodman, Sarah Howard, Elizabeth Key, Jessica Moran, Marie Petersen, Lauren Sullivan, Rachel Weber, and Christina Wolf under the direction of Melinda Schlitt, professor of art & art history. Learn more about this event.
Through March 23
Legacy: Recent Acquisitions at The Trout Gallery
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition celebrates recent gifts to the museum by the Friends of The Trout Gallery and features important works ranging from vintage photographs and prints to anthropological artifacts from West Africa.
Saturday, March 2, 7 p.m.
Passages: A Cabaret Evening
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Lynn Helding (voice), Tim James (piano) and Allen Roth (bass) perform the sophisticated songs of Stephen Sondheim, John Bucchino and Amanda McBroom. Learn more about Dickinson’s music faculty and music program.
March 19 through April 6
May Beattie ’12: Recent Works
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 19, 5-7 p.m.
May Beattie ’12, the art & art history department's 2012-13 post-baccalaureate artist-in-residence, exhibits her most recent sculptures. She will be on hand at the reception to discuss her works. View photos from the spring 2012 senior exhibition.
Thursday, March 21, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance-studies program. See video of past noonday concerts (2011 and 2010).
Sunday, March 24, 4 p.m.
Artists-in-Residence: The Serafin String Quartet
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
The Serafin String Quartet’s Kate Ransom (violin), Tim Schwarz (violin), Esme Allen-Creighton (viola) and Lawrence Stomberg (cello) kick off their Dickinson residency with a concert featuring Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 4 (Sunrise), Puccini’s Il Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) and Beethoven’s Op. 132. Learn more about this event.
Saturday, March 30, 7 p.m.
Murasaki Commissions
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
The Murasaki Duo performs recent commissions by composers Jocelyn Hagen, Brooke Joyce, Maria Newman, Jerry Owen and Associate Professor of Music Robert Pound.
Learn more about this event.
April
Through April 6
May Beattie ’12: Recent Works
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
May Beattie ’12, the art & art history department's 2012-13 post-baccalaureate artist-in-residence, exhibits her most recent sculptures. View photos from the spring 2012 senior exhibition.
Through April 13
Articulating an American Aesthetic: Franck von der Lancken
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition features an in-depth study of the work of Frank von der Lancken, an early 20th-century American painter and art educator. It is curated by class of 2014 art-history majors Britton Chance, Virginia Dudley, Margot Eberle, Shayna Goodman, Sarah Howard, Elizabeth Key, Jessica Moran, Marie Petersen, Lauren Sullivan, Rachel Weber, and Christina Wolf under the direction of Melinda Schlitt, professor of art & art history. Learn more about this event.
April 9 through May 3
Rena Leinberger and Juanli Carrion: Common Contexts
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Reception and Gallery Talk: Tuesday, April 16, 5-7 p.m.
This exhibition showcases works created collaboratively by public-project and installation artists Rena Leinberger and Juanli Carrion during a monthlong residency at Dickinson (March 18-April 21). It is not a traditional exhibition: The Goodyear Gallery functions as a laboratory and incubator for conceptual installations and ongoing conversation about art in public space, and the work created on site may remain long after the artists have concluded their residency.
View photos from the 2012-13 opening reception at the Goodyear Gallery.
Friday, April 5, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 6, 8 p.m.
Monday, April 8, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 9, 8 p.m.
The Conference of the Birds
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building
Tickets: $7 or $5 for advance purchase with student ID
The Conference of the Birds transforms a 12th-century Persian fable about the search for the divine into an imaginative voyage in which the birds of the world gather to decide who will be their king. Told through fables, puppetry, music and dance, the lessons of this soaring play have resonated through the centuries. View photos of the 2012 spring production.
"The play is a flying carpet gliding us aloft into a land of mystery, splendor and ritual." —The New York Times
Thursday, April 11, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance-studies program. See video of past noonday concerts (2011 and 2010).
Friday, April 12, 8 p.m.
Weiss Prize Presentation: Emily Hughes ’13
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building
The Emil R. and Tamar Weiss Prize in the Creative Arts, established in 1986, is awarded annually to students majoring in English (creative-writing emphasis), theatre & dance, art & art history or music. This year's recipient, Emily Hughes ’13, presents a piece of original choreography inspired by her semester abroad in Italy, her experiences with the tarantella and her research on the portrayal of the female body in performance. View photos of the 2011 Weiss Prize Concert.
Friday, April 12, noon.
Saturday, April 13, 7 p.m.
Tango Vesre: Queering the All-Male Tango Practice (Parts One and Two)
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
Dickinson presents a two-part series spotlighting the 100-year evolution of all-male tango in Buenos Aires (1910-2010). Viewed from a queer perspective, the series explores issues of power negotiation, equality, marginalization, sexual identity, acceptance and rejection. This project is sponsored by the Truman and Beth Bullard Music and Culture Series; the Office of Diversity Initiatives; LGBTQ Services; the departments of music, theatre & dance, Spanish & Portuguese and Latin American, Latino & Caribbean studies (LALC) ; the President's Office of Institutional and Diversity Initiatives; Student Senate for the LALC Majors Committee; the Latin American and Caribbean Club; and Spectrum.
Part one (April 12) is a presentation of spoken word and dance by Alvin Rangel and Yebel Gallegos of Tango Verse and by members of Dickinson’s Dance Theatre Group (DTG). Part two (April 13) is a concert of tango music and dance featuring performances by by guest artists Héctor Del Curto (bandoneón), Ariadna Buonviri (violin), Donovan Stokes (bass) and faculty member Jennifer Blyth (piano). Learn more about this event.
Sunday, April 14, 4 p.m.
Pop Goes the Music
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
The Dickinson Improvisation and Collaboration Ensemble (DICE) and the Dickinson College Jazz Ensemble explore the intersection of popular and art genres, performing works by Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Elliott Sharp and others.
Friday, April 19, 7 p.m.
Augural Years in Music: 1813, 1913
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of High and Bedford streets
This year marks several important musical anniversaries: the bicentennial of the births of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the centennial of the birth of Benjamin Britten and the centennial of the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. In celebration, the Dickinson Orchestra performs works by these composers. This concert also showcases the winner of the annual student-concerto competition.
Learn more about Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (PBS).
Sunday, April 21, 4 p.m.
Dickinson College Choir and Collegium Concert
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of High and Bedford streets
Under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Dana Gorzelany-Mostak and Professor of Music Blake Wilson, the Dickinson College Choir and Dickinson Collegium perform a choral concert of American and European folksong settings.
View video of the Dickinson Orchestra's performance of Bach’s Symphony in C, Op. 3, No. 2.
Thursday, April 25, noon
Noonday Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students in Dickinson’s performance-studies program. See video of past noonday concerts (2011 and 2010).
Friday, April 26, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 27, 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m.
DTG Spring Dance Concert
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building Tickets: $7 or $5 for advance purchase with student ID
Student choreographers team with the Dance Theatre Group (DTG) to present an evening of new choreographic research. Presented by Sarah Skaggs, director of dance, this year's show promises to be personal, political, poetic and profound.
View photos of the spring 2011 DTG concert.
April 26-May 19
Senior Studio-Art Majors Exhibition
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This year's exhibition features thesis projects by Christopher Barsanti, Kalie Garrett, Yixue Ge, Shawn Gessay, Sarah Gray, Laura McCauley, Melissa Smith, Caroline Stephenson, Lauren Sullivan and Tingxiao Zhang, under the direction of Barbara Diduk and with support from Todd Arsenault, Andrew Bale, Anthony Cervino and Ward Davenny.
Tuesday, April 30, 7 p.m.
Dickinson College Chamber Music Concert
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
This concert features students who perform in one or more of the college’s chamber ensembles.
May
Through May 3
Rena Leinberger and Juanli Carrion: Common Contexts
Goodyear Gallery, Goodyear Building (Cedar Street entrance)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
Reception and Gallery Talk: Tuesday, April 16, 5-7 p.m.
This exhibition showcases works created collaboratively by public-project and installation artists Rena Leinberger and Juanli Carrion during a monthlong residency at Dickinson (March 18-April 21). It is not a traditional exhibition: The Goodyear Gallery functions as a laboratory and incubator for conceptual installations and ongoing conversation about art in public space, and the work created on site may remain long after the artists have concluded their residency.
Through May 19
Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Features thesis projects by seniors Christopher Barsanti, Ashley Codd, Jennifer Crowley, Allyson Garrett, Yixue Ge, Shawn Gessay, Sarah Gray, Laura McCauley, Megan Moody, Melissa Smith and Tingxiao Zhang, under the direction of professors Barbara Diduk and Todd Arsenault, with support from Andrew Bale, Anthony Cervino and Ward Davenny.
Sunday, May 5, 4 p.m.
Showcasing the King of Instruments
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of High and Bedford streets
An organ recital by Shirley King, dean of academic advising and adjunct instructor of organ and harpsichord, featuring solo works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger, Persichetti and Messiaen.
Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m.
Alumnus Piano Recital: George Bowerman '12
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts
George Bowerman, a 2012 graduate in piano performance, presents
Haydn's Sonata No. 46 in E major, Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Debussy's L'isle joyeuse, and Liszt's 'Dante'
Sonata. Learn more about Bowerman's studies at Dickinson.