19 Apr 2024
Honors Day Celebration is April 26
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will recognize faculty, staff, student and alumni achievement at its annual Honors Day dinner on Friday, April 26. The dinner is by invitation only.
This year’s awardees include:
• Alumni Achievement Award in Art:
Adrian Armstrong, B.F.A. 2014
19 Apr 2024
Campus Bands presents webcast concert May 5
Lincoln, Neb.--UNL Campus Bands presents a concert titled “Connections and Myths and Legends” on Sunday, May 5 at 3:30 p.m. The concert will be live webcast only with no live audience. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the concert for the link.
Doug Bush, lecturer and assistant director of bands in the Glenn Korff School of Music said the program has something to offer to everyone.
19 Apr 2024
Wind Ensemble performs ‘Sharks & Jets’ May 4
Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Wind Ensemble will perform a program titled “Sharks & Jets” on Saturday, May 4 at 3:30 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 130.
Admission is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Overflow will be in Rm. 119 with a simulcast on the big screen.
18 Apr 2024
Barnes to perform inside Richard Serra sculpture for Lincoln Calling
Lincoln, Neb.--Paul Barnes, the Marguerite Scribante Professor of Piano in the Glenn Korff School of Music, will be performing a special program of composer Philip Glass’s works inside the sculpture of Richard Serra titled “Greenpoint” on the UNL city campus on Wednesday, May 1 at noon. The performance is free and open to the public.
15 Apr 2024
Theatrix presents ‘Act a Lady’ April 18-21
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, UNL's student-led theatre company, presents “Act a Lady,” April 18-21 in the Lab Theatre, located on the third floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R streets.
Directed by senior Gage Boardman, performances are April 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are available online only at https://go.unl.edu/h4vu.
15 Apr 2024 By Kristina Jackson, University Communication and Marketing
String Project gives young musicians a head start
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Lincoln Public Schools are tuning up young new musicians through the UNL/LPS String Project.
The project provides introductory music education to elementary school students in Lincoln. The group will hold its spring performance April 17. Karen Becker, professor of cello and the program’s director, said the program helps its undergraduate instructors learn to teach as part of a team while teaching kids about working as an ensemble.
12 Apr 2024
Jazz Singers perform April 24
Lincoln, Neb.--The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Jazz Singers will perform on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. The concert is free and open to the public.
The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
10 Apr 2024
Interdisciplinary artist Fazlalizadeh will present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture April 24
Lincoln, Neb.—Interdisciplinary artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture on Wednesday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
During her visit, Fazlalizadeh will also engage in a sanctioned street art activation on April 25-26 in Lincoln.
10 Apr 2024 By Leslie Reed, University Communication and Marketing
Carson Center offers game-changing expertise to research, industry
Lincoln, Neb.--Edgeworks, a new research and service facility launched by the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is helping scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs transform cutting-edge co
09 Apr 2024
Oklahoma’s Burns presents lecture April 23
Lincoln, Neb.--Emily C. Burns, director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West and associate professor of art history at the University of Oklahoma, will deliver a guest lecture on Tuesday, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15 on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Burns’ lecture is titled “Building Black Histories and Futures Through Diorama: Architectural Models on Exhibition, 1900-1940.”