06 Mar 2017
Spend St. Patrick’s Day with cello music in Kimball Recital Hall
LINCOLN, Neb.— On March 17 at 7:30 pm in Kimball Recital Hall, Gregory Beaver will perform a mostly solo recital of cello music ranging from the 20th century masterpiece “Sonata for solo cello” by Zoltán Kodály in the 50th anniversary of his death to a Nebraska premiere.
06 Mar 2017
UNL Symphony Orchestra presents Student Soloist Night
LINCOLN, Neb.— The UNL Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Student Soloist Night on Tuesday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. The concert features winners of the 2016-17 Undergraduate and Graduate Solo Competitions.
06 Mar 2017
Nebraska Young Artist Awards/Statewide High School Invitational runs March 10-24
Lincoln, Neb.—The “Nebraska Young Artist Awards/Statewide High School Invitational” exhibition opens Friday, March 10 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
The exhibition, which is part of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts’ Nebraska Young Artist Awards’ visual arts component and sponsored by the School of Art, Art History & Design, runs March 10-24.
03 Mar 2017 By Brian G. Reetz
The sound of The Good Life
The Good Life. What does it mean to you? For some it’s about spending time with the ones they love, for others it’s a night walking on the beach and for others still it’s about just enjoying life!
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Orchestra recently released a CD, “The Good Life: Live at Kimball Hall,” that captures many different moods and feelings with powerful live performances by the group.
02 Mar 2017
Sirota viola recital includes World Premiere piece, Elegy For a Lost World
LINCOLN, Neb.— Violist Jonah Sirota’s recital with guest artist Molly Morkoski, piano, and faculty artists William McMullen, oboe, Diane Barger, clarinet, John Bailey, flute, and Karen Becker, cello will take place Wednesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
It’s a program of chamber music with viola from the time when the instrument came into its own. The night features works by Holst, Clarke, Loeffler, Bruch, Martinu, and the world premiere of Elegy For a Lost World by Robert Sirota.
02 Mar 2017
Evenings of Choirs takes to the Kimball stage Sunday night
LINCOLN, Neb.— Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music choirs will combine to perform on the same program Sunday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall for Evenings of Choirs.
27 Feb 2017
CANCELED: Designer and Entrepreneur Forbes presents Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture March 9
Please note: Due to illness, the Rob Forbes lecture scheduled for March 9 has been canceled.
Lincoln, Neb.--Designer and Entrepreneur Rob Forbes will present the next lecture of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series on Thursday, March 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
27 Feb 2017
Bachs highlight upcoming U. of Nebraska Brass Quintet recital
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska Brass Quintet will present their Spring Recital on Monday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. The program takes the listener through styles from the Renaissance, the Baroque and into the Twentieth Century. It features music by two different Bachs (both Johann Sebastian and Jan) and a rarely performed work for quintet by Edward Gregson.
27 Feb 2017
UNL Chamber Singers to present ‘Miniature Monuments’
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Steve Grives, presents “Miniature Monuments” a concert of some of the most significant masterworks composed for chamber choir on Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
24 Feb 2017
First Spring UNL performance coming up for Jazz Orchestra and Big Band
LINCOLN, Neb.— The UNL Jazz Orchestra and the UNL Big Band combine for their first performance of the Spring semester in Kimball Recital Hall on Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. The UNL Big Band, under the direction of Jesse McBee, will be performing Hay Burner, Next Season and Bye Bye Blackbird. The UNL Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Paul Haar, will then take the stage to perform Gotham City, Just Like That, The Touch of Your Lips, Tom Sails Away, Beast (by our own Andrew Janak) and Bowman Pulls the Plug (by our own Tom Larson).