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January

SOM student finalist at National Opera competition

The graduate student, Kayla Wilkens, finished as one of eight finalists in the National Opera Association’s 2013 Vocal Competition in the scholarship division.

 1/8/13

Now enrolling adult students for piano class

To all the adults out there who have always wanted to play the piano, UNL professor Brenda Wristen has something to say: It’s never too late to learn.

 1/10/13

Marks to present Bach works on five keyboards

Christopher Marks will perform the music of Johann Sebastian Bach during his free faculty recital on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.

 1/10/13

UNL and MCC photo clubs hold joint exhibition

In their first collaboration, the photo clubs present “PhotoClub2,” an exhibition of 56 photographs on display Jan. 22-Feb. 15 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.

 1/11/13

UNL to host regional Kennedy Center theatre festival

The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film will host more than 1,500 students and faculty from over 70 colleges from around the region Jan. 20-26.

 1/14/13

Kleppinger elected to Society for Music Theory office

The Associate Professor of Music Theory was recently elected to a four-year term as secretary of SMT after being nominated by its Executive Board.

 1/14/13

Freshman clarinetist wins division MTNA competition

Hattie Bestul, a Bachelor of Music major, is the Division Winner in the Music Teachers National Association's Senior Performance Competition (Woodwinds).

 1/18/13

New Musical Theatre Festival to be held at Lied Center

The festival will seek out new musical theatre works and will be directed by Tony® Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin in September, 2013.

 1/24/13

Chiara String Quartet presents Hixson-Lied concert

The quartet will perform works by Beethoven, Dutilleux, and Ravel in their next Hixson-Lied Concert Series on Jan. 29 in Kimball Recital Hall.

 1/24/13


February

New libretto of "Candide" given regional premiere

The School of Music and the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film present Bernstein’s operetta Feb. 21-24. Click on the story for potential weather updates.

 2/8/13

Young Artist Award Winners announced

Eighty students from more than 40 high schools across the state have been selected to participate in the 16th annual awards and activities day on April 3 at UNL.

 2/14/13

Friends of Opera funds Ariel Bybee Endowment

A recent contribution by the UNL Friends of Opera has completed funding for the $200,000 Ariel Bybee Visiting Professorship Endowed Fund.

 2/15/13

IAS Caridad Svich lecture POSTPONED

Due to the expected inclement weather, the Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium's lecture originally set for 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 has been postponed.

 2/20/13

IAS opens "Ancient World Through Modern Eyes"

The fourth annual season opens Mar. 2 with the Joffrey Ballet's "Rite of Spring" followed by the Isadora Duncan Dance Company and Target Margin Theatre.

 2/28/13

Theatrix opens "Gruesome Playground Injuries"

Directed by undergraduate acting major Billy Jones, the student-operated theatre organization will mount Rajiv Joseph’s "Gruesome Playground Injuries," March 7-10

 2/28/13

JCSTF sophomore gets internship at O'Neill Theatre

Savannah Kurtz, a sophomore Theatre (Directing and Management) major, has accepted a summer internship at the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.

 2/28/13


March

AIA lecture on archaeology at Andersonville Prison

The National Park Service's Guy Prentice will present "Archaeology at Andersonville: Excavations at the Civil War's Most Infamous Prison Camp" on March 11.

 3/1/13

Chiara presents season's final Hixson-Lied concert

The quartet will be joined by professors Mark Clinton and Jeffrey McCray in their final concert of the 2012-2013 Hixson-Lied Concert Series on March 26.

 3/6/13

UNL Jazz given outstanding honors at festival

The Jazz Orchestra and Graduate Jazztet picked up Outstanding Ensemble honors at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival Feb. 21-24.

 3/7/13

Hoff's mosaic featured in Sunday with a Scientist

The State Museum of Natural History in Morrill Hall will feature professor Michael Hoff in the March 10 Sunday with a Scientist from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

 3/8/13

IAS features Lori Belilove and Duncan Dance Co.

The symposium will host the dance company in the program "Dances Inspired by Greek Antiquity" at the Lied Center on Mar. 13 and a lecture by Belilove Mar. 12.

 3/11/13

Lighting student interviews for Hemsley internship

Senior technical theatre and dance double-major Aja Jackson will be traveling to New York City as a finalist for the Hemsley Lighting Internship Program.

 3/12/13

Annual Undergrad Studio Art Competition opens

The 26th annual competition will show March 15-29 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall with a closing reception on Friday, March 29 from 5-7 p.m.

 3/13/13

BFA Alumna receives Fulbright to go to Indonesia

Lindsay Graef, who majored in studio art, will use her Fulbright Scholarship to work as an English teaching assistant for nine months in Indonesia this fall.

 3/13/13

New Artists Festival closes out Theatrix season

Performing April 4-7, the annual festival will feature three shorter scripts and one full-length play entirely starring, written, directed, and produced by students.

 3/26/13

First of three MFA Thesis Exhibition opens April 1

The graduate students Alix Knipe, Sean Larson and Audrey Stommes will present their exhibitions April 1-5 with a 5-7 p.m. reception on First Friday.

 3/26/13

Thallas wins Nebraska Jazz Orchestra competition

The tenor trombone music education major has won the 2013 Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Young Jazz Artist Competition and will perform with them April 23.

 3/26/13

Second MFA Thesis Exhibition opens April 8

Graduate students Matthew Blache, Megan McLeay and Emma Nishimura will present their MFA Thesis Exhibitions April 8-12 with a closing reception on April 12.

 3/27/13

Ceramics grad student organizes Art Block April 5

Sam Berner organized a free First Friday art event featuring interactive installations, a puppet show, yarn bombing, a coloring station and more at the Lux Center.

 3/28/13

Souto invited for residency at Wichita State

Professor of Art Francisco Souto has been invited to serve as the inaugural Seward Memorial Guest Artist at Wichita State University April 1-7.

 3/28/13


April

Fritz receives photography Imagemaker Award

Professor of Photography Dana Fritz received the Society for Photographic Education’s Imagemaker Award at their March 7-10 conference in Chicago.

 4/1/13

Stewart receives Fulbright to Germany in 2014

The professor of art history received a Fulbright Senior Lecturing/Research award to teach and complete research at the University of Trier from April to July 2014.

 4/1/13

Final MFA Thesis Exhibition opens April 15

Graduate students Sam Berner, Gregory Scott Cook and Jacob Francois will present their MFA Thesis Exhibitions April 15-19 with a closing reception on April 19.

 4/1/13

UT closes with adapted "Taming of the Shrew"

University Theatre closes its 2012-2013 season with a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" April 11-13 and 17-21.

 4/1/13

Husman splits time between dance and advertising

Senior Hannah Husman couldn't decide between dance or advertising, so she pursued both as a double-major and incorporated them through social media.

 4/2/13

IAS hosts director's lecture and staged plays

David Herskovits, director of Target Margin Theater, will present a free lecture April 11 in advance of the company's Lied Center performances April 23-24.

 4/4/13

UNL Ceramics Alum to present lecture April 19

Michael Strand, MFA '99 and this year's recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award in Art, will present a free public lecture in Richards Hall Rm. 14.

 4/8/13

Visiting artist James Siena to present free lecture

The New York-based artist's public lecture on April 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Sheldon Museum of Art is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History.

 4/8/13

School of Music musicians to perform in China

The four doctoral members of the Skyros String Quartet and senior piano major April Sun have been invited to perform in Xi'an, China this May.

 4/8/13

School of Music presents Verdi's Requiem

Around 350 members of the Symphony Orchestra and combined choruses will perform the Requiem on Saturday, April 27 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

 4/9/13

Wilkins wins Fulbright to teach English in Bulgaria

The music composition major will be traveling to Bulgaria for an English teaching assistantship and to study folk music after he graduates this spring.

 4/9/13

College holds annual Honors Day dinner April 20

The invite-only event will honor Alumni Achievement Award winners Michael Strand, Robert C. Snider, Tim Croshaw, as well as numerous faculty, staff, and students.

 4/11/13

Heart & Hands national juried book art exhibition

The fourth annual exhibition is on display through May 31 at UNL’s Love Library and includes pieces by four students from the Department of Art and Art History.

 4/11/13

Annual Evenings of Dance performs this weekend

The annual Evenings of Dance will be performed on April 11, 12, and 13 at 7:30 p.m., and again on April 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theatre.

 4/11/13

Clay Club and Print Group hold spring sales

The sales will be open 9-6 on Apr. 26 and 9-5 on Apr. 27 in room 118 and 121 of Richards Hall. Raffle tickets will be sold both days for $1 each or six for $5.

 4/18/13

Kunc receives Fulbright Specialist Project Grant

The Cather Professor of Art will teach a contemporary woodcut printmaking workshop May 5-25 in Bangladesh, along with graduate printmaker Camille Hawbaker.

 4/18/13

BFA/BA capstone exhibition opens April 29

Work by 39 students in a variety of media will be exhibited in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery with an opening reception on Friday, May 3 from 5-7 p.m.

 4/24/13

Sullivan named Presser Undergraduate Scholar

Nathaniel Sullivan, a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance senior from Bettendorf, Iowa, has been selected by as the Presser Undergraduate Scholar for 2013.

 4/26/13


May

Katz receives Smithsonian Senior Fellowship

Art History Professor Wendy Katz will research art criticism in the penny press in various Washington, D.C. institutions from January to April 2014.

 5/7/13

Helgenberger and Hill join Advisory Board

Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger and Academy Award-winning film editor Mike Hill have joined the Hixson-Lied Advisory Board.

 5/9/13

Nebraska Repertory announces summer dates

The Actors’ Equity Association professional theatre on the UNL campus will present three productions and two Destination performances July 11-August 11, 2013.

 5/15/13

Chamber Music Institute performances in June

The annual institute for college chamber musicians will feature free performances on June 14 and 16. This year's special faculty guests are the Escher String Quartet.

 5/30/13


June

Henry to present at British Shakespeare conference

The graduate Directing for Stage and Screen student will participate in the British Graduate Shakespeare Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

 6/1/13

Art alum Meier receives McKnight fellowship

Catherine Meier BFA in studio art '05, has received the McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).

 6/6/13


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