30 Apr 2020 By Brian G Reetz
Schuttler, Nederhiser awarded Glenn Korff Distinguished Artist/Scholar Awards
The Glenn Korff Distinguished Undergraduate and Graduate Artist/Scholar Awards were awarded as part of the Glenn Korff School of Music Honors Day Convocation on Thursday, April 30, 2020 as part of a virtual, online celebration.
Intended to recognize and reward excellence in performance and/or scholarship in the Glenn Korff School of Music, the winners of these prestigious awards for 2020-21 are – Undergraduate: Maren Schuttler; Graduate: Rebecca Nederhiser.
Maren Schuttler is originally from Bellevue, NE. She is a junior double major in Dance and Elementary Education.
28 Apr 2020 By Brian G Reetz
UNL Jazz Singers ‘fly away’ with DownBeat Award
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Jazz Singers were recently named a winner in the 43rd annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. The Jazz Singers are winners in the Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Outstanding Performances category.
Established in 1976, the DownBeat Student Music Awards are considered the most prestigious awards in jazz education. Hundreds of musicians, music educators and music industry professionals received their first international recognition as DownBeat Student Music Award winners.
24 Apr 2020
Honors Day 2020 recipients announced
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the 2020 recipients of our Honors Day awards. While we are unable to gather in person for our annual Honors Day Dinner, we want to recognize all of these outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Note: The Glenn Korff School of Music's Vreeland Awards and Porter Award in Dance will be announced at the Korff School's virtual Honors Convocation on April 30.
Congratulations to all of this year's recipients:
22 Apr 2020
Alumni Board Awards announced
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Board has announced their alumni board awards for 2020.
Due to COVID-19, the College will not be having its annual Honors Day celebration. These awards will be recognized at a later date. Additional Honors Day awards will be announced on our website and social media @UNLArts on April 24.
21 Apr 2020 By Brian G Reetz
Barber’s love for movies and music sets his path
Stop what you are doing (we all need a break from this new normal world right now, don’t we?). Take a few minutes and do me a favor -- click on this link and watch Negative Spaces: https://vimeo.com/345214778
20 Apr 2020
COVID-19 (coronavirus) information
Lincoln, Neb.--With the information on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) developing daily in Nebraska, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is committed to staying in communication with our faculty, students and audience members, whose health and safety are always our top priority.
For continued information from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, visit covid19.unl.edu.
16 Apr 2020
Graduate student Fife wins two international online competitions
Glenn Korff School of Music graduate student Kiya Fife was recently announced as the winner of two international online competitions.
Pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance degree, Fife was searching for competitions and summer programs on YAP tracker and the Great Composers Competition came up as one of the results.
“I looked through the requirements and decided to apply for their Music of Europe conceptions,” she said. “There were two categories that I entered into -- The Music of Mediterranean Europe and The Music of Germany and Austria.”
16 Apr 2020
Barnes to perform April 24 in Lied Live Online series
Lincoln, Neb.--The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Marguerite Scribante Professor of Piano Paul Barnes will perform in the Lied Center for Performing Arts’ Lied Live Online concert series on April 24.
Barnes will present a unique, interactive program at 7:30 p.m. The event to benefit the Lied Center for Performing Arts, will be live-streamed on the Lied’s Facebook page at https://go.unl.edu/barneslied and at liedcenter.org.
10 Apr 2020 By Brian G Reetz
From halls to homes, COVID-19 causes change to student recitals
Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music are having quite a change to their student recital performances this semester due to COVID-19.