Music Department Recordings
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Title
Music Department Recordings
Description
This is a collection of Audio Recordings from music festivals, performances, and shows written, sung, and directed by Wilkes College musicians. Many of the festivals featured were part of intercollegiate band festivals and competitions, that featured Wilkes College students as well as other Pennsylvanian colleges.
One recording, Man Against the Sky, was written and co-directed by William "Bill" Crowder and Alfred S. Groh. Crowder was the first African American student to graduate from Wilkes College in 1955.
One recording, Man Against the Sky, was written and co-directed by William "Bill" Crowder and Alfred S. Groh. Crowder was the first African American student to graduate from Wilkes College in 1955.
Creator
Wilkes College
Collection Items
The Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Choral Association Festival Concert, 1967 April 2
The Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association presents the Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Festival, with conductor Gregg Smith, held at Carver Auditorium at Bloomsburg State College in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania, April 2, 1967.
Thomas Hrynkiw, pianist, senior performance at Wilkes College, 1962-1963
Audio recording of performances made by Thomas Hrynkiw during his 1962-1963 concert season at Wilkes College, featuring performances such as the Cesar Franck Symphonic Variations, the Mendelssohn Capriccio Brilliante op.22, with Ferdinand Liva…
Audio Recording of the 21st Annual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival, Held at The Chapel Auditorium at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 1968 February 4
21st Annual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival Concert with Keith Wilson as Guest Conductor, James Stoltie at Guest Soloist, and James Steffy as Host Director.
All-State Orchestra Festival, presented by Wilkes College Department of Music, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, 1961 February 11
with Richard J. Stocker as guest conductor, William Gasbarro as the Host. Located at Irem Temple, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Festival, under direction of Robert P. Fountain, 1968 April 20
Orchestral Accompaniment with Johnstown Symphony Orchestra. The Festival took place in the Penn Cambria High School Auditorium, in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Mount Aloysius Junior College with Sister Carmela Marie R.S.M. was the host.
Music for the Christmas Season: The Madrigal Singers of Wilkes College, under the direction of Richard Chapline, 1965 January 31
Recorded in the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, January 31, 1965.
Recording of Man Against the Sky, music by William Crowder and Alfred Groh, 1957 December 21
Man Against the Sky, an original one-act music drama, was written in recognition of the creative voice Wilkes College brings to Wyoming Valley, which looks to the college with increasing awareness of its vital and important contribution to the life…
Recording for the Ninth Annual Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Festival at Indiana State College, 1961
Dr. Ifor Jones, Conductor.