Capt. Richard Viglucci. US Army Photo by Sgt. Greg Hardy.

16 Oct 2023    

Alumni Spotlight: Capt. Richard Viglucci (D.M.A. 2017)

Lincoln, Neb.--Last week, Capt. Richard Viglucci (D.M.A. 2017) became Commander of the U.S. Army School of Music.  He was previously with the United States Army Band. We caught up with him to find out about his new position.

What are your duties as Commander of the U.S. Army School of Music?

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13 Oct 2023    

College bylaw changes on the agenda for Oct. 27 meeting

Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will hold its fall faculty meeting on Friday, Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m. at Sheldon Museum of Art's auditorium. The meeting is open to the public.

Several amendments to the college bylaws are proposed for consideration at the meeting. These amendments have been reviewed and are supported by the College Executive Committee. The proposed changes are available to view at the following Sharepoint link: https://go.unl.edu/fpabylawchanges.

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Peter Flaherty’s “The Dial” will be at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Oct. 27-Dec. 1. A new form of storytelling, “The Dial” combines an interactive narrative with augmented reality and projection mapping. Courtesy photo. Peter Flaherty

13 Oct 2023    

Flaherty brings interactive ‘The Dial’ to Carson Center

Peter Flaherty, a director and interactive artist whose work has shown in more than 100 international venues, including theaters, galleries and museums, will be at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts on Oct. 27. His interactive piece, “The Dial,” will be on display at the Carson Center from Oct. 27-Dec. 1.

In addition to giving workshops to emerging media arts students, Flaherty will give a public lecture at IGNITE on Friday, Oct. 27 at 12:30 p.m. in the Carson Center. The event is free and open to the public. 

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Left to right:  Thomas Gunther, Suna Gunther and Hyerim Song.

12 Oct 2023    

Suna Gunther presents ‘This is Us’

Lincoln, Neb.--Glenn Korff School of Music Assistant Professor of Voice Suna Gunther presents a faculty recital titled “This is Us” on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s on the Campus in Lincoln. The recital is free and open to the public. Gunther will be joined on the program by Thomas Gunther, baritone, and Hyerim Song, piano.

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The Symphonic Band will pay tribute to the Goldman Band, a professional concert band in New York City from 1918-2005, at its concert on Thursday, Oct. 26.

12 Oct 2023    

Symphonic Band program to salute Goldman Band

Lincoln, Neb.--The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Symphonic Band will perform on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 130 with a simulcast in Rm. 119. The concert is free and open to the public. It will also be available for remote webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the concert for the link.

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Jamie Reimer (left) and Stacie Haneline. The duo will perform at the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) annual concert in Antwerp, Belgium, on Nov. 4. Courtesy photo.

11 Oct 2023    

Reimer selected to perform at International Alliance for Women in Music concert

Lincoln, Neb.--Jamie Reimer, the Richard H. Larson Distinguished Professor of Music (voice) in the Glenn Korff School of Music, has been selected as one of eight performers and the only singer to perform on the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) annual concert at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in Belgium on Nov. 4.

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Carleton Watkins, “Rancho San Antonio Rock Outcropping, Exhibit no. 6” (1861). Salted paper print. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, BANC PIC 19xx.096:06—ffALB.   Christine Hult-Lewis

11 Oct 2023    

Pictorial curator Hult-Lewis is next Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar

Lincoln, Neb.— Christine Hult-Lewis, the interim pictorial curator at the Bancroft Library, the special collections library at the University of California Berkeley, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. Her lecture, titled “A New Kind of Evidence: Landscape Photography in the Courtroom in the American West,” is free and open to the public.

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Vanessa Cornett

09 Oct 2023    

Cornett to offer academic anxiety, performance stress tips during guest residency

Lincoln, Neb.--Guest artist Vanessa Cornett will be in residence in the Glenn Korff School of Music Oct. 23-25 and will offer a series of presentations for faculty, advisors/mentors and the greater UNL community on managing academic anxiety and improving well-being.

Cornett is professor of piano and piano pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas and the author of the book, “The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance.” She has published widely on topics related to performance anxiety management, contemplative practices and the mental well-being of musicians.

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A still from the Speculative Devices Lab, a working prototype that shows a combination of photogrammetry, 360 video and 2D archival image within a Real-Time 3D game engine that allows the player to move around the environment with six degrees of freedom and experience in a VR headset or on a computer screen. Image courtesy of Speculative Devices Lab. Wyatt Debban, Alex Gee and Samuel Lawton from the Speculative Devices Lab drop a 360 camera into the missile silo using a fishing line. Photo by Ash Eliza Smith.

05 Oct 2023    

Interdisciplinary UNL research team re-imagines decommissioned missile silo through storytelling, emerging technologies

Lincoln, Neb.--Thanks to a Grand Challenges grant, an interdisciplinary team of student and faculty researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is re-imagining a decommissioned Atlas-F missile silo near Seward, Nebraska, into the Ice Coring and Education Silo Center. Upon its completion, the facility would be the first facility of its kind in the world.

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Lina Maria Luisa Marin-Diaz

04 Oct 2023    

Graduate student wins 4th in Colombian piano contest

Lincoln, Neb.--Lina Maria Luisa Marin-Diaz, a first year D.M.A. student in piano performance in the Glenn Korff School of Music studying with Professor of Piano Mark Clinton, won 4th prize at the 20th Concurso Nacionales De Piano (National Piano Competition) in Colombia. 

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