27 Feb 2020
Next Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Singers performance includes Guest Artist Rezek
The Glenn Korff School of Music continues the 2019-2020 jazz season with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jazz Orchestra and UNL’s Jazz Singers featuring guest artist Dave Rezek on March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. Jazz Singers will perform music by Darmon Meader and Rosana Eckert, two prolific contemporary vocal jazz arrangers. The Jazz Orchestra will feature Dave Rezek on a variety of classic and contemporary big band literature, including charts by Javier Arau, Bob Brookmeyer, and Thad Jones.
26 Feb 2020
UNL Wind Ensemble presents ‘Indispensable’
The repertoire of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Wind Ensemble’s March 11 performance focuses on the tectonic shifting of American society from the 1930s to the 1950s and its resonance among the Silent Generation. The “Indispensable” performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
26 Feb 2020 By Kathe C. Andersen
Carson School senior’s short animated film on film festival circuit
Lincoln, Neb.--“Irritable Ball Syndrome,” a five-minute advanced animated film project by film and new media senior Brady Glover, has been winning recognition at several film festivals recently.
26 Feb 2020
Arts Advocacy Day March 6
Lincoln, Neb.--The third annual Arts Advocacy Day at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will be held on Friday, March 6 from 5-8 p.m. at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at 13th and Q streets. The events are free and open to the public.
The goal of the event is to celebrate student artwork and expose the university community to statewide arts advocacy effort.
There will be an arts advocacy station, offering information on Nebraskans for the Arts and materials to help participants write letters in support of the arts to their state representatives.
26 Feb 2020 By Kathe C. Andersen
Student Advisory Boards coordinate wellness initiatives
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts undergraduate and graduate student advisory boards are coordinating a wellness initiative for students in the college.
26 Feb 2020 By Kathe C. Andersen
We Are Nebraska interns promote inclusivity
Lincoln, Neb.--A new internship program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln titled “We Are Nebraska” uses applied improv and applied theatre techniques to explore the personal stories with social impact of its 14 interns from across the campus and present them in a theatre experience to inspire, educate and entertain both the university community and local community.
26 Feb 2020 By Kathe C. Andersen
5 Emerging Media Arts students intern with branching narrative film project
Lincoln, Neb.--Five students studying Emerging Media Arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts have worked as interns on a new branching narrative film project that will debut later this spring on major platform.
Non-disclosure agreements prevent details about the project from being released yet, but the project has received backing from Hollywood insiders.
25 Feb 2020
UNL Symphonic Band presents ‘Passages’
Join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Symphonic Band for its program, Passages, on March 10 at 7:30 pm in Kimball Recital Hall.
24 Feb 2020
Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series presents three artists, scholars in March
Please note: The Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture by Kristian Bjørnard scheduled for Wednesday, March 18 has been canceled.
Lincoln, Neb.--Three artists and scholars will present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lectures during the month of March at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design.
20 Feb 2020
Paramount Pictures Futurist Schilowitz returns for IGNITE Feb. 28
Lincoln, Neb.--Ted Schilowitz, the first-ever Futurist-in-Residence for Paramount Pictures, will present the IGNITE colloquium on Friday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Rm. 101. The event is free and open to the public.
IGNITE is a weekly colloquium for all Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts students, which involve guest lectures, workshops and seminars around creative and professional development. The Center is located at 1300 Q St.