26 Jan 2015
Trans-Nebraska Players performance set for February 8
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Trans-Nebraska Players will perform the feature piece of their Sunday, February 8 concert in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Kimball Recital Hall at 3 p.m.: live music to the 1909 silent film, They Would Elope, starring Mary Pickford. The music was composed by Maria Newman and arranged for the Trans-Nebraska Players by Ms. Newman as well.
23 Jan 2015
Midwest Cup rocks Lied Center for Performing Arts
LINCOLN, Neb.— On Saturday, January 17, more than a thousand talented high-school musicians - singers, dancers, instrumentalists - performed for a sell-out crowd at the exquisite Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska for the Glenn Korff School of Music’s 2015 Midwest Cup Show Choir Invitational.
22 Jan 2015
Chiara to perform ‘All-American’ program in second concert of series
LINCOLN, Neb.— Lincoln, NE – On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 7:30pm, the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello) will perform the second concert of the 2014-2015 Hixson-Lied Concert Series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Kimball Recital Hall (11th and R Streets).
22 Jan 2015
UNL’s Bailey to perform standards and rarely heard flute repertoire
LINCOLN, Neb.— Glenn Korff School of Music Larson Professor of Flute, John Bailey, assisted by Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano, Mark Clinton, will give a recital of standards and rarely heard flute repertoire on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus. The performance is free and open to the public.
15 Jan 2015
UNL’s Sturm, Larson combine to perform Wildman
LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Dr. Hans Sturm’s faculty recital will feature UNL faculty jazz pianist and composer, Tom Larson on January 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Westbrook Recital Hall. They will perform the music of Dr. Joan Wildman, Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
15 Jan 2015
UNL’s Celebration of American Song to honor Kurt Weill
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music is proud to present the eleventh annual Celebration of American Song on January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. This year’s celebration honors Kurt Weill. As a composer, Weill composed hundreds of songs. His songs have been performed by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, Patti Lupone, Kristin Chenoweth, Ella Fitzgerald, and so many others including his wife, Lotte Lenya.
15 Jan 2015
McMullen preps for recital in Kimball, webcast to the world
LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Professor of Oboe William McMullen will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on January 20 in Kimball Recital Hall with the event also available via live webcast.
15 Jan 2015
Upcoming Performance Rescheduled
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Jonah Sirota performance scheduled for March 11 in Kimball Recital Hall has been moved to March 10 in Westbrook Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
For a full listing of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music events, visit music.unl.edu.
08 Jan 2015
Glenn Korff School of Music faculty combine for night of music
LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music faculty Diane Barger, Mark Clinton and Jeff McCray will combine to present a night of music in Kimball Recital Hall on January 21 at 7:30 p.m.
This recital program features two “bookends” of works originally composed for clarinet, bassoon, and piano (Hurlstone’s Variations in G minor and Douglas’s Trio #2) and two compositions written for clarinet, piano, and a string instrument (viola – Bruch’s Acht Stücke, op. 83; and cello – Muczynski’s Fantasy Trio, op. 26).
07 Jan 2015
Becker to perform world premiere at upcoming recital
LINCOLN, Neb.— Glenn Korff School of Music Professor of Cello Karen Becker and guest pianist Jay Mauchley will perform the world premiere of Laurence Sherr’s Sonata for Cello and Piano: Mir zaynen do! as part of her recital on Thursday, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.