21 Apr 2021
Creative Coder Ferriss presents next IGNITE
Lincoln, Neb.--Artist and creative coder Adam Ferriss will present virtually at the next IGNITE colloquium.
Ferriss’s presentation will be on Friday, April 23 at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. The presentation is free and open to the public. Access IGNITE at https://go.unl.edu/ignitespring. Ferriss will be giving attendees a tutorial on Spark AR, an augmented reality software used to make face filters for Instagram and Facebook.
19 Apr 2021
Statewide High School Invitational Exhibition is online
Lincoln, Neb.--For the past 23 years, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has celebrated the talent and creative potential of high school juniors across the state in the categories of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and emerging media arts via the annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.
19 Apr 2021
GKSOM’S ‘Mosaic’ makes its debut this week
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music is thrilled to announce the formation of “Mosaic”, a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Festival as part of a new DEI initiative developed as part of the GKSOM’s new commitment to creating a more representative and inclusive curriculum.
16 Apr 2021
UNL Jazz groups close season with ‘At the End of the Day’
The Jazz Orchestra and the Jazz Singers round out the 2020-21 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music season with “At the End of the Day”, a concert about looking back while looking forward on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. live from Kimball Recital Hall. There is no in-person audience, however the event will be live webcast at music.unl.edu.
16 Apr 2021
UNL Symphony Orchestra closes out year with ‘Articles of Faith’
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Symphony Orchestra will present “Articles of Faith” on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. from Kimball Recital Hall. No in-person audience, but the performance will be live streamed.
The program opens with Herbert Haufrecht’s festive Symphony for Brass and Timpani. Also featured is Charles Ives’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Symphony No. 3 “The Camp Meeting”, a work based on old American hymn tunes. Closing out the program is Felix Mendelssohn’s dramatic and triumphant Symphony No. 5, “Reformation.”
15 Apr 2021
Final Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture this spring features visual artist Lawrence
Lincoln, Neb.—Visual artist Annette Lawrencewill present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, April 21 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Her lecture, which is the final lecture in the spring series, is presented by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Access the lecture at https://unl.zoom.us/j/98003655443.
15 Apr 2021
UNL Dance program takes exciting step to Lied Center main stage performance
This year’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music dance program’s Evening of Dance concert will take place on the Lied Center’s Main Stage. There will be one performance only, with a live audience, on Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. The event will also be livestreamed from the Lied Center website.
14 Apr 2021
‘Get on Board’ with the UNL Symphonic Band
Please join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Symphonic Band live via webcast from Kimball Recital Hall on Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 pm for their spring concert, “Get on Board”. This is in-person only, but the webcast will be available at music.unl.edu.
14 Apr 2021
Harper hired as new Assistant Professor of Musicology
Paula Clare Harper, formerly a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the new Assistant Professor of Musicology in the Glenn Korff School of Music. She will teach courses in music history, ethnomusicology, and popular music, as well as special topics courses.
12 Apr 2021
UNL Campus Bands present ‘Precious Gems’
The UNL Campus Bands will perform a two-part concert titled, “Precious Gems”, featuring the music of Blackshaw, Boysen, Goldman, Holsinger, Thomas, Ticheli, Tschenekov, Williams, Whitacre, and others Sunday, April 25 at 2 p.m. The event will be webcast live from Kimball Recital Hall and will be available at music.unl.edu, but no in-person audience.