Students

Kyren Conley - Big Potential
Student creates community arts project
Kyren Conley organized an art exhibition to benefit Lincoln's Friendship Home.
Lauren Mabry's ceramic work Cylinder - Big Potential
Mabry's ceramics work gets national attention
MFA student won first prize in a Graduate Student Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Audrey Stommes painting - Big Ideas
MFA Student creates bat art exhibition
Audrey Stommes' collection goes on display at the Nebraska State Museum.
Portrait of Dave Stamps - Big Potential
Stamps teaches jazz composition abroad
Doctoral student Dave Stamps will be traveling to Romania for a 10-day residency.
Ezinma student trio - Big Potential
Student chamber trio completes state tour
The Ezinma Trio were finalists last year in the J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition.
Karl Lyden
Lyden earns "Downbeat Magazine" award
Karl Lyden was named Undergraduate Winner for his original jazz composition.
Photo of Shane Bystrom with text 'Big Impact'
Bystrom claims a top-ten internship in Los Angeles
Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Foundation awards only 40 each summer.
Photo of Derek Mosloff with text 'Big Impact'
Violist lands spot in New World Symphony
Derek Mosloff credits his success to the Chiara Quartet and Prof. Sirota of UNL.
Photo of Clifford Towner with text 'Big Impact'
Towner conducts Altanta Wind Symphony
The DMA alum will assume duties as the ensemble's principal conductor.

Faculty

Members of the Chiara String Quartet are (from left) Jonah Sirota, Julie Yoon, Rebecca Fischer and Gregory Beaver.
Chiara recording nominated for Grammy
Jefferson Friedman wrote the nominated composition, String Quartet No. 3.
Paul Barnes with text 'Big Ideas'
Barnes pays tribute to composer Philip Glass
He will be performing a tribute concert for Glass' 75th birthday in New York City.
Francisco Souto stands besides a printing press - Big Ideas
Souto garners international attention
The professor won honorable mention at this year's Mezzotint Festival in Russia.
Picture of Robert Woody with the text 'Big Ideas'
Woody begins blog for Psychology Today
His blog "Live... in Concert" will center on the psychology of music performance.
Picture of Diane Barger with the text 'Big Impact'
Barger hosts international clarinet festival
The 5-day ClarinetFest® will include some 1,000 participants.
Picture of Michael Hoff with the text 'Big Ideas'
UNL team finds massive Roman mosaic
Michael Hoff led the excavation in an unexpected region of southern Turkey.