27 Jan 2021
Korff School alumna named interim executive director of Nebraskans for the Arts
Lincoln, Neb.--Glenn Korff School of Music alumna Skyler Dykes (B.A. 2020) has been named interim executive director of Nebraskans for the Arts (NFTA). She replaces Doug Zbylut, who announced his retirement.
NFTA represents arts organizations and individual members across the state to advise policy makers, elected officials and community leaders on the importance of strong arts education in our schools, the economic impact of the arts in our communities and the benefits of pro-arts policies for Nebraska.
22 Jan 2021 By Brian G Reetz
43rd Army Band of the Nebraska National Guard includes many with GKSOM ties
The 43rd Army Band of the Nebraska National Guard will perform in concert at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31. The concert will include patriotic selections, marches and popular music performed by the 37-member concert band.
The 43rd Army Band includes numerous members who have a history with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music. Here's a list of members who have either graduated from the GKSOM, participated in ensembles at the GKSOM, or are currently attending the GKSOM:
19 Jan 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Williams creates ‘Stay Wild’ community art project
Lincoln, Neb.--Associate Professor of Art Sandra Williams worked with students last fall at Park Middle School in Lincoln to create the “Stay Wild” community art project.
“Community-based arts have always been, and always will be, part of my creative agenda,” Williams said. “Instead of a ‘top-down’ lecture, I prefer that the community explore the role arts play in creative placemaking, have the tactile experience of handling cut paper in the form of stencils and engage with the top of animals in a creative manner.”
19 Jan 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Students take watercolor course during three-week session
Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Practice in Studio Art and Foundations Coordinator Byron Anway taught Beginning Watercolor I during the January three-week session. It is a course taught infrequently in the School of Art, Art History & Design, so it has proven to be popular with 40 students enrolling.
15 Jan 2021 By Brian G Reetz
Ollerich to have another work on NET's "What If...."
In 2018, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music student Meredith Ollerich heard that NET was looking for Nebraska composers to submit their works for a new show called “What If...”. She submitted one of her old concert band works, called “Flight”, and it premiered on the first season of the show in 2019.
12 Jan 2021
Nebraska’s Carson School names Ganser as Managing Marketing Director
Lincoln, Neb.-- The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film has named Timothy Ganser as Managing Marketing Director. Ganser began his duties part time on Jan. 5 and will begin full time in March.
08 Jan 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Emerging Media Arts student organizing online concert event
Lincoln, Neb.--Sydney Peters, a sophomore emerging media arts student in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, is organizing an online music event on Jan. 26, 2021.
The Citrusfest is a live, online experience event that will showcase undiscovered musical talent from across the country, in front of an online audience of fans, record labels, producers and leaders in the entertainment industry, to help kickstart an artist’s career. The event will take place between 7-9 p.m. CT.
18 Dec 2020 By Brian G Reetz
UNLSO Beethoven Project to take place 2020 through 2027
It will be quite a monumental undertaking by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Symphony Orchestra.
What began in the Fall 2020, with the celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and continuing until Spring 2027, with the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his death, the UNL Symphony Orchestra will perform all nine symphonies in order of their composition.
18 Dec 2020 By Camille Paddock, University Communication
Husker faculty goes the extra mile for students stuck in isolation
Lincoln, Neb.--Unexpected impacts of the global pandemic led the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Steve Kolbe to adjust end-of-semester plans to provide extra supports for students.
11 Dec 2020 By Brian G Reetz
Graue’s artwork brings message of Hope to walls of Westbrook practice rooms
Over the Summer of 2020, with COVID-19 leaving all of us in search of Hope, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Sophomore Music Education Major Melissa Graue returned to her childhood hobby of painting since she had a lot of indoor, spare time on her hands.
“It didn't matter if I was good or not; it was a fun, calming, creative hobby I enjoyed,” Graue said. “And I knew that I had no use to keep all of my paintings for they would just take up space, so I was planning on giving them away to friends.”