06 Mar 2014
Moran Woodwind Quintet plans upcoming performance
The Moran Woodwind Quintet, the resident Faculty Quintet at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (John Bailey, flute; William McMullen, oboe; Diane Barger, clarinet; Jeffrey McCray, bassoon and Alan Mattingly, horn), will perform starting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students/seniors.
The four pieces (in order) include:
Rengaines, which means "old songs"--a light non-standard opener, in which a simple theme is transformed into a march, a polka, a waltz, a romance, a cadenza, etc.
04 Mar 2014
UNL Faculty Jazz Group prepares for upcoming performance
LINCOLN, Neb.— The UNL Glenn Korff School of Music Faculty Jazz Group will present its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18 in Kimball Recital Hall. The event will be featuring works by Bill Mobley, Harold Danko, UNL OTHERMER FELLOW/DMA STUDIES Fellow David Stamps and new works by Tom Larson. The cost is $5 for general admission and $3 for students/seniors.
01 Mar 2014
Paul Barnes' faculty recital honors Scribante Professorship
Marguerite Scribante Professor of Piano Paul Barnes presents a faculty recital titled “Homage: A Program of Music Inspired by Music” on Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln city campus. The performance is free and open to the public.
The program also pays homage to Scribante, who endowed his recently awarded professorship in the Glenn Korff School of Music.
01 Mar 2014
Jazz Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis to present public lecture April 14
Jazz Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis will present a free public lecture titled “Sweet Thunder: Ellington, Shakespeare and the Blues” on Monday, April 14 at 5 p.m. in Love Library Rm. 102.
Marsalis will discuss how Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn translated Shakespearean characters and works into their 1957 jazz suite “Such Sweet Thunder,” his archival research into their compositional processes and his own musical reinterpretation of the suite, released in 2011 as “Sweet Thunder: Duke and Shak.”
28 Feb 2014
The Glenn Korff School of Music presents "At The Threshold"
“AT THE THRESHOLD” is an exciting collaborative performance and community engagement project that is bringing together many artistic forces to reach out to the community in one voice and raise awareness for “Doorways to Hope”; a public art collaboration between Lincoln/Lancaster County Habitat for Humanity and Hildegard Center for the Arts. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 9, 2014, 3 p.m. at the Sheldon Museum of Art, Great Hall.
27 Feb 2014
Student Ensembles take the stage for the first half of March
The month of March is full of student ensembles at the Glenn Korff School of Music starting with the inaugural Guitar Ensemble on Sunday.
Here is a look at each of the upcoming student ensembles:
25 Feb 2014
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking Ambassadors
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is currently seeking qualified applicants to serve as Ambassadors for the 2014-2015 school year.
10 Feb 2014
Two Alumni receive spots in League of American Orchestras' Emerging Leaders Program
Michael Reichman (B.M. 2008) and Caleb Bailey (B.A. 2010) were two of seven selected nationally for the two-year program for those under age 35 who want to be a driving force in the future of America’s orchestras.
06 Feb 2014
UNL Glenn Korff School of Music opera program to present Cendrillon (Cinderella)
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music's opera program will present Jules Massenet's "Cendrillon" (Cinderella) on Feb. 21 and 23. The performances will be directed by Hixson-Lied Professor of Voice and Director of Opera William Shomos.
Performances are Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall, 11th and R sts. Tickets are $20 adults and $10 for students/seniors. They are available in advance from the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 or at the door.
06 Feb 2014
Kosch named Young Jazz Composer Award Winner
Glenn Korff School of Music Sophomore John Kosch is one of the recipients of the 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, as announced by ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams.