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January

Art Faculty Present Exhibition

The Department of Art and Art History studio art faculty will present their work in a variety of media in an exhibition, from Jan. 25 - Feb. 18 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.

 1/25/10

Cellist Gregory Beaver Premieres Work

The School of Music announces composer Robert Sirota's Fantasy will receive its Nebraska premiere in a performance by cellist Gregory Beaver and pianist Soyeon Lee.

 1/29/10

February

Performance of Kansas City Suite

The School of Music presents its Jazz Ensembles I and II in a performance with Lincoln Southeast High School's Jazz Ensemble I in a concert featuring legendary Benny Carter's Kansas City Suite.

 2/1/10

Knecht Earns Folsom Award

Kurt Knecht, who graduated with his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in music composition in August 2009, is the recipient of the 2009 Folsom Distinguished Dissertation Award.

 2/10/10

Stinson to give AIA Lecture

The Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archaeological Institute of America announces Professor Phil Stinson will be speaking on the Civil Basilica of Aphrodisias.

 2/14/10

Visiting Ceramic Artists

The Department of Art and Art History’s ceramics area will host visiting artists Tony Marsh and Christina Cordova in February. Their three-day visit will feature lectures and demonstrations.

 2/20/10

UNL Opera mounts Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is being produced by the School of Music under the direction of Dr. William Shomos. The upcoming performance will feature Todd Thomas in the title role.

 2/25/10

March

Celebration of Graduate Work

The annual Celebration of Graduate Student Work will be Thursday, March 11, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Van Brunt Visitors Center. The event is free and open to the public.

 3/11/10

April

2010 Alumni Award Winners

The Hixson-Lied College announces the recipients of the 2010 Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Board alumni awards. The awards will be presented at the annual Honors Day Dinner.

 4/24/10

Choirs perform Peaceable Kingdom

The School of Music Women's Chorale and Varsity Men's Chorus ensembles will come together to perform Randall Thompson's Peaceable Kingdom, a sequence of a cappella choruses.

 4/25/10

Opera on the Road performance

The School of Music proudly announces that UNL Opera will be on the road performing sung opera scenes ranging from Don Giovanni to Candide at the Tassel Performing Arts Center in Holdrege, NE.

 4/27/10

Annual Art Sales

The Clay Club and the Lincoln Print Group will each host their Annual Spring Art Sales in Richards Hall. The print sale will be in Room 121 and the ceramics sale in Room 118.

 4/30/10

May

Premiere of "Jazz Cabaret"

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Faculty Jazz Ensemble is featured in "Jazz Cabaret," a new NET Television program to be premiered on Tuesday, May 25, at UNL's Sheldon Museum of Art.

 5/24/10

Cameron honored with National Fellowship

Shannon Cameron is one of two theatre students nationally to receive the 2010 Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Directing Fellowship from the KCACTF.

 5/24/10

June

Students study Japanese visual culture

Eighteen students are studying Japanese visual culture in Kyoto and Tokyo in a partnership between the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

 6/1/10

Midwest Clarifest date annnounced

The School of Music has moved up the date for its annual Midwest Clarifest, now set for October 4, 2010. Be sure to register for the competition and the day's events.

 6/23/10

"Jazz Cabaret" on NET Television

The Faculty Jazz Ensemble, comprised of Paul Haar, Darryl White, Eric Richards, Peter Bouffard, Rusty White, Tom Larson, and Steve Helfand, will appear on NET Television this July 6 and 16.

 6/25/10

July

MFA Alum creates Special Olympics cauldron

Dan Perry, a 2006 Master of Fine Arts in sculpture graduate at UNL, was commissioned to create the cauldron for the National Special Olympics being held in Lincoln July 17-24.

 7/1/10

NET broadcasts "loopdiver"

Go behind the scenes as the award-winning international dance company, Troika Ranch, struggles to create its next great work in "loopdiver: The Journey of a Dance," airing Sunday, July 25, at 9:30 p.m.

 7/19/10

Movies on the Green

The stars will shine again as the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the University Program Council unspool the annual Movies on the Green 2010 series.

 7/19/10

August

Carson Film nears premiere

The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film is completing the first film in The Carson School Film Series, "Vipers in the Grass" by Jorge Jamacona.

 8/10/10

College welcomes New Faculty

The Hixson-Lied College welcomes four new faculty: Jeffry Eckels and Damon Lee to the School of Music, and Carrie Lee Patterson and Laurel Shoemaker to the Johnny Carson School.

 8/12/10

Cornhusker Marching Band exhibition

The Cornhusker Marching Band will kick off the Fall 2010 Season with the annual Exhibition Concert on Friday, August 20 at 7:00 pm in Memorial Stadium. This event is FREE and open to the public.

 8/12/10

University Theatre announces Season

The University Theatre will stage four productions this season, including Twelfth Night and the The Misanthrope. All but one of the shows will be directed by Masters students within the School.

 8/20/10

AIA announces first 2010-2011 Lecture

Professor Hazel Dodge, from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, will be speaking on the popularity of Roman spectacular shows in the Eastern Mediterranean on September 13 in Richards Hall.

 8/20/10

Smith earns Boren Scholarship

Zach Smith, a junior music and political science major, is one of two University of Nebraska–Lincoln recipients of a prestigious Boren Scholarship.

 8/23/10

September

Discounted Ross tickets for students

Special $5 discount tickets for UNL students are available for the 2010-2011 seasons of Met HD Live and National Theatre Live, shown at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.

 9/01/10

Applicants sought for Nebraska Young Artist Awards

Applicants are sought for the 14th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards, which annually recognizes 11th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the fine and performing arts.

 9/01/10

Paul Barnes awarded Professorship

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced that Paul Barnes has been named Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano beginning this fall.

 9/03/10

Robinson to give Organ Recital

The UNL School of Music welcomes guest artist Dana Robinson in an organ recital, Sunday, September 19 at 3:00 pm in Kimball Recital Hall.

 9/14/10

Theatrix opens 2010-2011 Season

Theatrix, the student-run theatre organization at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, launches its 2010-2011 season with an exciting production of Compleat Female Stage Beauty.

 9/20/10

Textile Symposium hosts exhibition in Richards Hall

The Textile Society of America will be hosting the exhibition "Binary Fiction: Digital Weaving 2010" as part of their 12th Biennial Symposium in the Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery from October 4-29.

 9/20/10

IAS hosts Time Lapse Dance residency

Experimental dance, circus arts and mesmerizing spectacles will impress audiences at the Lied Center when Time Lapse Dance performs as part of an Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium residency.

 9/20/10

Guest pianist Jack Winerock to give recital

The School of Music presents guest pianist Jack Winerock in a recital on September 26 at 7:30 pm in Kimball Recital Hall. The repertoire will include works by Franz Schubert and Edward MacDowell.

 9/21/10

"Jazz Cabaret" on NET Television

On October 16, NET will be broadcasting the premiere of the Director's Cut version of "Jazz Cabaret," a program featuring the UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble. See the full story for more dates and times.

 9/27/10

University Theatre Opens with Dylan

University Theatre, the academic main stage producing wing of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, opens its 2010-2011 season with Dylan by Sidney Michaels, on October 7–9 and 12–15.

 9/29/10

October

Symphony Concerts Gets Digital Assistance

Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird premiered in Paris on June 25, 1910. One hundred years later, the UNL Symphony Orchestra will tackle the piece with an assist from some 21st century music technology.

 10/4/10

Next AIA Lecture Examines Steamboat Wreckage

On Sunday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. in Richards Hall, Dr. Kevin Crisman will present "Heroine of the Western Frontier: The Archaeology of an Early American River Steamboat."

 10/12/10

Alum Wins "Best of Show" in National Exhibition

Lincoln artist and recent UNL alumnus, Susan Dewsnap, received Best of Show in the prestigious and juried 18th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National exhibition for her piece "Lidded Jar."

 10/14/10

MFA Student Host Open House

Master of Fine Arts students will open their studios to the public during an open house, 5 to 8 pm, Oct. 22 in Richards Hall. The students will be present to show and discuss their art work.

 10/21/10

UNL's Starving Actors Host Annual Haunted House

Be afraid...be very afraid! Join UNL Theatre's student organization Starving Actors as they present their third annual Haunted House: Dead Letter Days from Oct. 29-31.

 10/21/10

November

College Announces Internship Program

A part of the Arts Outreach Initiative, undergraduate students in the college can now apply to participate in paid internships with local arts organizations.

 11/1/10

UNL's Theatrix Continues Season with The Inferno

Theatrix continues its fall season with The Inferno. Adapted and directed by senior Jordan Deffenbaugh, piece is inspired by Alighieri's fourteenth-century epic poem, The Divine Comedy.

 11/1/10

Dept. of Art and Art History hosts Print Artist

The Dept. of Art and Art History and the Under Pressure Print Club (UPPC) will host Beauvais Lyons as the 2010 UPPC Visiting Artist, to be in residence November 8-12.

 11/1/10

UNL Opera presents The Light in the Piazza

The School of Music opera program presents the regional premier of The Light in the Piazza this week on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, Nov. 14 at 3:00 pm.

 11/8/10

Classic Moliere Comedy Given Modern Adaptation

University Theatre continues its season with Moliere's classic comedy The Misanthrope. Performances run the two weekends before and after Thanksgiving, November 18-20 and December 1-4.

 11/15/10

School of Music Student Named "Singer of the Year"

The School of Music had 30 finalists, as well as Singer of the Year honors at the 2010 West Central Regional National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Vocal Auditions Nov. 4-6.

 11/16/10

Annual Holiday Ceramics Sale and Raffle

The Clay Club will host their Annual Winter Ceramics Sale and Raffle on Friday, December 10 from 9-6 pm and Saturday, December 11 from 9-5 pm. The sale will be held in Richards Hall, room 118.

 11/29/10

A Holiday Tradition Continues at UNL

UNL Opera and high school choral students will again brings Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors to life for Lincoln-area 5th graders and for the general public this December 9-11.

 11/29/10

Chamber Singers at Sheldon for the Holidays

On Dec. 3, the visual art in the Sheldon Art Museum will be joined with the art of music, compliments of the UNL Chamber Singers in a concert titled "Sheldon: A Winter Gem."

 11/29/10

NRT Performs Musical Adaptation of The Gift of the Magi

Nebraska Repertory Theatre celebrates the season with a musical adaptation of The Gift of the Magi by Peter Ekstrom. Performances are December 9-11 at 7:30 pm and December 11-12 at 2:00 pm.

 11/30/10

Free Showing of A Christmas Story

The HLCFPA Student Advisory Board presents a special showing of the movie A Christmas Story free for all Hixson-Lied College students on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 pm at the Ross.

 11/30/10

December

UNL Brings Amahl and the Night Visitors to Holdrege

On Sunday, Dec. 12, the School of Music will take Amahl and the Night Visitors on the road to Holdrege, Neb., as part of a unique collaboration with CASNR and the Nebraska Alumni Association.

 12/6/10

Digital Arts Student Work Featured in New Exhibition

The work of 12 students in a Digital Arts Initiative class will be featured in a new exhibition entitled "Ctrl/Alt/Esc: Technology and the Landscape" in the Drift Station Gallery Dec. 3-17.

 12/6/10

SOM Dissertations Make 2010 Most-downloaded List

Three dissertations from the School of Music students earned spots on the UNL Libraries Digital Commons' Top-20 most downloaded UNL dissertations list of 2010.

 12/13/10

Prof. Kunc Donates Book Collection to University Archives

Images from a collection of artists' books donated to the University Archives by Karen Kunc are now available online through the UNL Libraries' digital collections.

 12/13/10

Passalacqua is next Geske Lecturer

Veronica L. Passalacqua, curator of the C.N. Gorman Museum, will be the next Geske Lecturer in the annual history of the arts lecture series presented by the College.

 12/13/10

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