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calendar icon27 Oct 2014    

Visiting Artist Betsy Schneider to lecture Oct. 30

Lincoln, Neb.--Betsy Schneider, a photo-based artist and educator, will present a free public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 14. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Schneider's artistic concerns range from trying to understand time, decay and the body, to exploring childhood, culture, and relationships and looking very closely at strange visceral things such as candy, placentas and the mouth. She uses a variety of photographic tools including APS, digital, medium format and view cameras and digital and computer generated video.

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calendar icon22 Oct 2014    

Daily's composition a finalist for Van Galen Composition Prize

The composition “Brass Quintet" by Glenn Korff School of Music Lecturer Nels Drue Daily will be performed by the River Falls Brass on Oct. 26.

His composition is one of only 10 pieces chosen as Finalists out of 77 submissions from composers from eight countries for the Van Galen Composition Prize.

The Van Galen Composition Prize is unique as the audience members will vote for the winning composition after all ten pieces are performed in a public concert at Abbott Hall in River Falls. This is uncommon as usually a panel of composers vote for composition prizes.

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calendar icon22 Oct 2014    

Sturm to receive two awards from the International Rabbath Institute

Hans Sturm, associate professor of double bass and jazz studies and area head for strings, will be traveling to Paris in December to receive two international awards from the International Rabbath Institute, one for teaching and one for performing.

Sturm will receive the Prize and Diploma for Performance Excellence and the Prize and Diploma of Professor from the institute, which is founded by noted bassist François Rabbath.

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calendar icon21 Oct 2014    

Chamber Singers to perform ‘Blessings of Blue’ at Sheldon

LINCOLN, Neb.— The University Chamber Singers will present “BLESSINGS OF BLUE”, the first concert in their Sheldon Museum of Art 2014-2015 Concert Series, on November 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sheldon Great Hall.  The event is free and open to the public.

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calendar icon17 Oct 2014    

Special screening of 'My Friend Norman' Oct. 31

Lincoln, Neb.--Norman A. Geske died Sept. 6, 2014. He would have been 99 years old on Oct. 31.
 
In honor of Norman Geske and his 99th birthday, the Ross Media Arts Center will host a return performance of Laurie Richards’ film, MY FRIEND, NORMAN: THE MAN FROM ABERDEEN.
 
The Friday, Oct. 31 7 p.m. screening is free and open to the public.
 

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calendar icon14 Oct 2014    

Kirkendoll, guest artist from University of Kansas, to perform in Westbrook

LINCOLN, Neb.— Guest artist pianist Michael Kirkendoll will present a recital of emotional, innovative and exciting works from the 20th and 21st Centuries on Tuesday, October 28 in Westbrook Music Building at 7:30 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

 

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calendar icon14 Oct 2014    

Two ensembles take to Kimball stage for one amazing night

LINCOLN, Neb.— Two Glenn Korff School of Music ensembles join for one amazing night of music when the UNL Graduate Jazz5tet and the UNL Big Band take to the Kimball Recital Hall stage Tuesday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Join the UNL Graduate Jazz5tet, directed by Dr. Darryl White, for their season premiere concert. The program will feature the music of the great saxophonist and composer, Joe Henderson. Selections will include Serenity, Jinrikisha, Shade of Jade, Recorda-Me, Inner Urge and others.

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calendar icon08 Oct 2014    

Garelick's Coco Chanel biography garners good reviews

A 576-page biography of legendary French fashion designer Coco Chanel, written by UNL professor Rhonda Garelick, hit the bookstores to favorable reviews from glossy magazines and literary trade magazines.

Chanel is said to have forever transformed the way stylish women dressed, bringing into vogue the little black dresses, low-heeled shoes, costume jewelry and slim-lined suits we still see on the streets today.

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calendar icon06 Oct 2014    

High school juniors encouraged to appy for Nebraska Young Artist Awards

Lincoln, Neb.—The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking applications for the 18^th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.

      The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize 11^th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and new media. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.

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calendar icon02 Oct 2014    

October exhibition features the work of Master of Fine Arts students

Lincoln, Neb.  During October, an exhibition at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Eisentrager-Howard Gallery will feature the work of the Department of Art and Art History’s Master of Fine Arts students.
 
“UNL MFA Program” opens Friday, Oct. 10 and continues through Oct. 23 in the Eisentrager-Howard, which is located on the first floor of Richards Hall at Stadium Drive and T sts. on the UNL city campus. Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m.
 

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