01 Oct 2015
An Afternoon of Choirs takes the stage on October 11
LINCOLN, Neb.— Three of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s most visible and inclusive choral ensembles—composed of both music majors and non-music majors -- Women’s University Chorale, All-Collegiate Choir and Varsity Men’s Chorus, will present a concert on Sunday, October 11 at 3 p.m. in the Glenn Korff School of Music’s Kimball Recital Hall.
29 Sep 2015
UNL Symphonic Band presents ‘I Raise My Song To You’
LINCOLN, Neb.— Join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Symphonic Band, conducted by Prof. Tony Falcone, for their season debut with a program, I Raise My Song To You, on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kimball Recital Hall.
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Christopher Nelson, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jeff Krauklis will be featured. Craig Fuller, Professor of Tuba, will also join the Band for Libby Larsen’s Ursa for Tuba and Wind Symphony.
25 Sep 2015
Mozart, Schubert, Franck will be featured by UNL Symphony Orchestra
LINCOLN, Neb.— The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Symphony Orchestra will feature W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni Overture, Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony, and Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D minor during its Friday, October 9 performance in the Kimball Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
24 Sep 2015
Contemporary Music Ensemble performance to explore wide range
LINCOLN, Neb.— The purpose of the Contemporary Music Ensemble at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music is to explore the wide range of musical expression and composers that are (for one reason or another) still considered “new,” from the early modernists of the 20th Century to the present day.
23 Sep 2015
UNL Wind Ensemble presents ‘Unending Stream of Life’ Concert
LINCOLN, Neb.— An endangered species, a chanson by Ockeghem, a poem by Rilke, a private remark by Aaron Copland, an exclamation by a Buddhist monk, and a rare specimen of organum by Pérotin: these are the seeds of inspiration from which the music came to life. Karel Husa, Kathryn Salfelder, Morton Lauridsen, Wayne Oquin, David Maslanka, and Ron Nelson each have crafted a facet of a program that reflects the broad spectrum of the human condition.
22 Sep 2015
Sturm’s recital to feature 1960s and 70s overlooked jazz gems
LINCOLN, Neb.— Glenn Korff School of Music faculty members Hans Sturm and Tom Larson will present a set of historically overlooked gems from the jazz canon of the 1960s and 70s, including works by Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden and Sam Rivers in the Westbrook Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on Tuesday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m.
20 Sep 2015
Chiara String Quartet’s opening concert set for September 25
LINCOLN, Neb.— On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7:30pm, the Chiara String Quartet will be performing the first concert of the 2015-2016 Hixson-Lied Concert Series at Kimball Recital Hall (11th and R Streets). The program, titled Brahms by Heart, will include Brahms’ String Quartet Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor; his String Quartet Op. 51, No. 1 in A minor; and his String Quartet Op. 67 in B-flat Major played entirely from memory.
19 Sep 2015
Collaboration key in upcoming vocal recital
LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music’s Jamie Reimer, soprano, and Kevin Hanrahan, tenor, will collaborate with guest pianist Matthew Larson in a vocal recital of German Lieder by Robert and Clara Schumann on Thursday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
These composers (husband and wife) are pillars in the solo vocal repertoire tradition. Repertoire includes Dichterliebe, Liebst du um Schönheit, and the Op. 78 duets.
01 Sep 2015
Cornhusker Marching Band makes debut this Saturday
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 299-member Cornhusker Marching Band makes its 2015 debut September 5 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska's football season opener against Brigham Young University.
01 Sep 2015
Clinton to present Three Musical Postcards from Vienna
LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano Mark Clinton will present Three Musical Postcards from Vienna during his faculty recital Thursday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
“The recital represents three very distinct musical “snapshots” from Vienna (Schubert in 1823, Brahms in 1861, and Schoenberg in 1909),” Clinton said. “Each of the three works holds an important place in the canon that we call the standard piano repertoire.”