19 Feb 2019
UNL Chamber Singers bring ‘Miracles’ to campus
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Chamber Singers will present a concert featuring living composers on Sunday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s on the Campus. The concert is titled “Miracles,” text by Walt Whitman, after the song composed by senior music education student Drew Firkins (’19) for the choir.
12 Feb 2019
University Singers named semi-finalists by The American Prize
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s University Singers ensemble has just been selected as a semi-finalist in the college/university division of The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the performing arts. The American Prize will be announcing finalists in the division soon.
08 Feb 2019
UNL Opera presenting The Tender Land on the last weekend of February
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Opera program will present The Tender Land on Friday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. and then again on Sunday, February 24 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
05 Feb 2019
UNL Opera set to share The Tender Land across Nebraska
The Glenn Korff School of Music’s UNL Opera program, in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, will perform The Tender Land opera in three different cities across the state of Nebraska including:
04 Feb 2019
Concordia String Trio to perform Beethoven, Fine, List, Enescu
LINCOLN, Neb.— The Concordia String Trio will present a concert Monday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Westbrook Recital Hall. Admission to this concert is free.
01 Feb 2019 By Kathe C. Andersen
Woody’s research to appear in Psychology of Music, upcoming new book
Lincoln, Neb.--Robert Woody, the Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Music, Professor of Music Education and undergraduate education co-area head in the Glenn Korff School of Music, has a new research study in the journal, “Psychology of Music.”
“Psychology of Music” is a leading peer-reviewed, international academic journal that publishes papers in the field of music psychology.
25 Jan 2019
Wesley Reist Wind Quintet forms through GKSOM class, blends, stays together
Performing music together in a quintet can be a powerful experience for its members and that can also translate to sending a powerful message to the listener.
The Wesley Reist Wind Quintet was formed a couple of years ago when several members of the quintet needed to enroll in the chamber music class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music. The quintet now includes De Davis, flute; Alyssa Pracht, oboe; Shiana Montanari, clarinet; Jordan Redd, horn and Brock Nutter, bassoon.
24 Jan 2019
South Korean pianist Mi-jung Im to present guest artist recital
LINCOLN, Neb.— South Korean pianist Mi-jung Im (DMA) will give a piano recital on Tuesday, January 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Kimball Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.
23 Jan 2019 By Kathe C. Andersen
Zhang wins 2019 National Young Artists Competition
Lincoln, Neb.--Michelle Yin Zhang, a doctoral piano student in the Glenn Korff School of Music, has won the 2019 National Young Artists Competition in the college piano division and will perform Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto with the Coeur D’Alene Symphony in Idaho this coming March.
Winners from each of the five categories (high school instrumental, college strings, college piano, college winds/percussion and vocals) will perform as soloists with the Coeur d’Alene Symphony on March 8 and 9, 2019.
23 Jan 2019 By Kathe C. Andersen
Two composition alums commissioned for new works for N150 celebration
Lincoln, Neb.--Two alumni from the Glenn Korff School of Music’s composition program have been commissioned to write new works for “A Celebration of Music and Milestone, N150” on Feb. 15 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
More than 175 artists will unite for an evening of live performance and multimedia entertainment celebrating the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 150th anniversary.
Garrett Hope (D.M.A. 2011) and David von Kampen (B.M. 2010; M.M. 2011) have each been commissioned for a new work for the event.