11 Sep 2018
Alum May returns for guest artist performance
LINCOLN, Neb.— Saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer/arranger Nicholas May has been recognized as an outstanding musician from a young age, picking up the saxophone at age 10 and soon performing with honor groups. May will perform as a guest artist on Tuesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Recital Hall.
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11 Sep 2018
Sculptor Baskin presents the next HIxson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture Sept. 26
Lincoln, Neb.—Sculptor David Baskin will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students.
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10 Sep 2018
Added date for Campus Orchestra performance in Spring 2019
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music has added a Campus Orchestra performance to the Spring 2019 schedule. The performance will take place on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 general admission and $3 for students/seniors.
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10 Sep 2018
Marks to present ‘American Organ Symphonies’
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Christopher Marks organ performance on Sunday, September 23 at 4 p.m. at First-Plymouth Church (2000 D Street) presents two major organ symphonies by American composers—the second symphony of Edward Shippen Barnes (1887-1958) and the landmark Symphony in G by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968).
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10 Sep 2018
Theatrix opens season with 'Gloria'
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, the student-run theatre company within the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, opens its 2018-2019 season with Gloria, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by University of Nebraska–Lincoln student Tatianna Nicholle Davis.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20-22 and 2 p.m. on Sept. 23. All performances take place in the Lab Theatre in the Temple Building at 12th and R streets. Gloria contains mature content and violent themes that may not be suitable for all audiences.
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07 Sep 2018 By Kathe C. Andersen
Creating art in nature: Art at Cedar Point offers unique art class experience
Registration for the summer 2019 Art at Cedar Point course, "Working with Watercolor: For Journaling on Nature" with Professor Aaron Holz will begin in November. See the link below the story for more information.
Lincoln, Neb.--Their art classroom for two weeks is located approximately 280 miles from either Richards Hall or Woods Art Building on campus in Lincoln. It is located in western Nebraska near the city of Ogallala and Lake McConaughy.
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06 Sep 2018
Reimer, Haneline present ‘She Persisted’
LINCOLN, Neb.— Glenn Korff School of Music Soprano Jamie Reimer and pianist Stacie Haneline present “She Persisted,” a recital of art songs and spirituals by living American female composers on Thursday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
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05 Sep 2018
Johnny Manhattan Orchestra opens its season Sept. 14
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Manhattan Orchestra opens its season on Friday, Sept. 14. The orchestra was founded in 2016 to celebrate the great music of the Swing Era and to support the Glenn Korff School of Music's Jazz Studies program. This year’s Johnny Manhattan Orchestra includes 10 jazz studies students (5 doctoral students and 5 undergrads), six professional instrumental musicians and three professional vocalists.
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04 Sep 2018
Guest Artist Chapman presents new works for drumset and electronics
LINCOLN, Neb.— Renowned percussionist, drummer, composer, and filmmaker Evan Chapman will present a recital of new works for drumset and electronics on Wednesday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. The guest artist’s program includes works commissioned by Chapman from composers including Anna Meadors, Robert Honstein, Ian Chang, Molly Joyce, Alicia Walter, Alexis Lamb, Molly Joyce, and Edward Babcock. It’s free and open to the public.
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04 Sep 2018
Stanford University's Trimble to present AIA Lecture Sept. 13
Lincoln, Neb.—Jennifer Trimble, associate professor of classics at Stanford University, will present a lecture titled “Seeing Roman Slaves” on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The lecture is part of a series for the Lincoln-Omaha Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America and co-sponsored by the Convocations Committee and the Research Council at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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