11 Nov 2015
Three UNL Brass Ensembles perform on one night in Westbrook
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Large Brass Ensembles within the Glenn Korff School of Music will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 23 in the Westbrook Recital Hall.
11 Nov 2015
Photographer Carol Golemboski to present lecture Nov. 19
Lincoln, Neb.--The Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Series welcomes photographer Carol Golemboski to UNL November 18-20. She will give a free public lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 19 in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
10 Nov 2015
Glenn Korff School of Music pleased to announce appointments to endowed professorships
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Glenn Korff School of Music (GKSOM) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new, endowed professors and one endowed chair effective this fall.
The appointees are:
· Dr. Glenn Nierman as the Glenn Korff Chair of Music
09 Nov 2015
UNL Guitar Ensemble performance to be live webcast
LINCOLN, Neb.— The UNL guitar ensemble will be performing selections from Béla Bartók and Jean Baptiste Lully during its performance on Sunday, November 22 at 3 p.m. in the Westbrook Recital Hall. The recital will feature Lee Heerspink’s arrangement of Bronislaw Kaper’s jazz standard, “On Green Dolphin Street,” as well as solo pieces from each ensemble member.
The members include Andrew Barrett, Mitch Krieger, Stephan Laboy, Kasten Phares and Heerspink.
09 Nov 2015
Guest artist High to perform in Westbrook
LINCOLN, Neb.— Dr. Eric High, assistant professor of music at St. Norbert College, will be performing as a guest artist in Trombone at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Westbrook Recital Hall. Prior to his appointment at St. Norbert, Eric taught public school in Gilbert, Ariz. for five years.
06 Nov 2015
UNL Solo Competition winners announced
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate and Undergraduate solo competition took place this past weekend at the Glenn Korff School of Music. The vocal, keyboard, woodwind, string, and brass/percussion areas all select finalists and the final round is adjudicated by a panel of judges from prestigious universities around the country.
Patricia Kramer, voice, was named the Graduate winner with Adriana Ceia, cello, and Adam Schweitzer, timpani, both named honorable mention.
05 Nov 2015
Moran Woodwind Quintet will perform wide range at recital
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Moran Woodwind Quintet’s upcoming faculty recital features a broad range of repertoire on Tuesday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Westbrook Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.
The program opens with a woodwind quintet standard, the Quintet in g minor of Franz Danzi, a contemporary of Beethoven and one of the fathers of the woodwind quintet.
05 Nov 2015
Bell declared winner of MTNA Young Artist Competition
LINCOLN, Neb.— Hannah Bell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Junior Bachelor of Arts in Music/Clarinet, was declared the winner of the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Young Artist Competition (Woodwind) for the State of Nebraska. In January, she will advance to the Division Level of competition where she will compete with the winners of the various states in the Division Level for MTNA. Elizabeth Johnson, Master of Music (MM) in Clarinet, placed as the Alternate Winner for this MTNA competition.
04 Nov 2015
GKSOM students have strong showing at NATS West Central Auditions
The 2015 National Association of the Teachers of Singing West Central NATS 2015 Student Auditions (which includes Privates Studios, Universities & Colleges in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming) took place recently at the University of Nebraska–Kearney. Current University of Nebraska–Lincoln voice students won 38 percent of the collegiate prizes. UNL Vocal Coach and Staff Accompanist Michael Cotton was named Collaborative Pianist of the Year.
03 Nov 2015
UNL Opera will boldly perform Mozart’s Don Giovanni
LINCOLN, Neb.— UNL Opera, under the stage direction of William Shomos, will perform Mozart’s masterpiece, Don Giovanni, one of the world’s most-performed operas, based on the legends of Don Juan, on Friday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Sunday, November 15 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
Giovanni, the young, arrogant, promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages nobility and peasantry alike, until he encounters something he cannot kill, seduce or outwit.