Nebraska Show Choir Camp takes over arts quad at UNL

Nebraska Show Choir Camp rehearsal
Nebraska Show Choir Camp rehearsal

Nebraska Show Choir Camp takes over arts quad at UNL

calendar icon18 Jun 2015    

The Nebraska Show Choir Camp is currently taking place at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music. More than 350 campers are currently singing, dancing and performing in many venues in the arts quad on the UNL campus. The campers come from as far away as Texas and Wisconsin.  

Show Choir Rehearsal in the Howell Theatre

“I never cease to be impressed by the dedication and energy these young men and women commit to their art,” Nebraska Show Choir Camp coordinator Scott Rieker said. “They work incredibly hard throughout the week and yet manage to have fun all the while and make friends they will have for the rest of their lives.””

The camp includes nationally renowned music clinicians such as Pete Eklund, Doran Johnson, Lester Miller, and Jen Randall as well as nationally renowned choreographers such as April James, Stephen Todd and Kevin Chase. Thirty-seven current, future, and former members of UNL’s own Big Red Singers serve as counselors, dance captains, and mentors to the campers throughout the week.  UNL Professor of Voice, Alisa Belflower, provides the unique opportunity of two master classes for each of the six ensembles, where student volunteers can perform a song for her and the group and receive coaching and feedback.  Professor Belflower also produces the Musical Theater Revue and Classical Music Revue concerts for the campers on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Kimball Recital Hall Rehearsal image

Students are also learning intense movement, staging and vocal work as well as costuming and microphone techniques, quality tone production and more new choral techniques.

The Nebraska Show Choir Camp concludes with a 3 p.m. concert in Kimball Recital Hall on Saturday. The performance is free and open to the public.

Next year’s Nebraska Show Choir Camp will take place June 12-18, 2016.
Show Choir students in rehearsal at the Studio Theatre

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