Hal France

10 Sep 2014    

Conductor Hal France to present MET Opera Preview Talk at Ross

Join conductor Hal France for a free talk focusing on the operas and singers featured in the upcoming Met season at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. Hal will offer sound bites and insights about the composers and their operas. The event is free and open to the public.

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The UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble performs at the Montreux International Jazz Festival. Photo by Dominique Schreckling.

05 Sep 2014    

Faculty Jazz Ensemble Concert rescheduled for November

Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform a recital featuring original works and arrangements they performed on their recent European tour on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. The concert is free and open to the public.

Their summer tour included performances at The Montreux International Jazz Festival, Jazz at Vienne Festival, Jazz at Brienz Festival and an invitational performance at the United Nations.

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Mark Clinton

04 Sep 2014    

Clinton to present ‘The Poetry and Passion of the Piano’

LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano Mark Clinton will present “The Poetry and Passion of the Piano” on September 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public and is also available via live webcast.

 

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Robert Trempe

01 Sep 2014    

Two events in College of Architecture this week

LINCOLN, NEB.--The College of Architecture has two special events on Friday, Sept. 19 that Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts faculty, students and staff are encouraged to attend.

The 2014-2015 Hyde Lecture Series kicks off Friday, Sept. 19 at 4:30 p.m. with a lecture by Robert Trempe, Hyde Chair of Excellence. The lecture will take place at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and is free and open to the public.

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University Chorale

01 Sep 2014    

Evening of Choirs takes center stage October 13

LINCOLN, Neb.— An Evening of Choirs, featuring the All-Collegiate Choir, the Varsity Men’s Chorus and the University Chorale, will take center stage at 7:30 p.m. on October 13 at Kimball Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

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Linda Luedtke

01 Sep 2014    

Luedtke retirement reception is Sept. 30

A retirement reception for Linda Luedtke, administrative assistant to the Dean for the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 30 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Sheldon Museum of Art Great Hall. The event is free and open to the public, and all faculty and staff are invited to help her celebrate.

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UNL Brass Quintet

01 Sep 2014    

20th Century Brass Music For Quintet to be performed by University of Nebraska Brass Quintet

LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska Brass Quintet will present a recital of 20th Century brass music for quintet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 29 in Kimball Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. 

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Jonah Sirota

01 Sep 2014    

Chiara’s Sirota to perform ‘New Works for Viola’ solo recital

Lincoln, NE — On Monday, September 22, 2014 at 7:30pm, violist and UNL faculty member Jonah Sirota will perform a recital featuring composer Robert Sirota’s Compendium de Lumine at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Kimball Recital Hall (11th and R Streets). The recital’s program, titled “New Works for Viola,” will also include the world premiere of Rodney Lister’s Complicated Grief and Damon Lee’s Still Untitled for Viola and Digital Tanpura.

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01 Sep 2014    

Brass faculty goes solo for upcoming performance

LINCOLN, Neb.— Members of the brass faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music will pool their efforts in an evening of solo performances for trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba on October 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.

Works by Johan Neruda, Paul Basler, Gustav Mahler, Eduardo Nogueroles and James Stephenson will be performed by Scott Quackenbush, Trumpet; K. Craig Bircher, Trumpet; Alan Mattingly, Horn; Scott Anderson, Trombone and Craig Fuller, Tuba. The soloists will be accompanied by Michael Cotton.

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Chiara String Quartet Chiara String Quartet

29 Aug 2014    

Chiara String Quartet prepares for first performance of the season

On Friday, September 12 at 7:30pm the Chiara String Quartet will perform the first concert of the 2014-2015 Hixson-Lied Concert Series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Kimball Recital Hall (11th and R Streets). The performance will include Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major, K.465, Bartok’s String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, and Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B Minor with UNL faculty artist Diane Barger – a performance that was snowed out last season.

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