April 18, 1997



Lied Center Finale to Feature James Galway

The magic flute of James Galway, whose Irish pixie personality and powerful warm sound have propelled him to classical superstardom, will perform at 8 p.m. April 26 at the Lied Center.

Galway is one of the world's most celebrated and engaging artists, a buoyant Irish flutist whose laid-back brogue and impish wit have endeared him to audiences. His appeal crosses musical boundaries and he will conclude the 1996-97 Lied Center season with a sparkling performance of his dazzling virtuosity.

"All performing musicians aspire to the condition of James Galway: He has a technical mastery so complete that it makes everything look easy," the Los Angeles Times writes of Galway, who first began playing the penny whistle as a child in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Pianist Phillip Moll will appear with Galway, who will perform Sonata in A minor, Arpeggione, D. 821 by Franz Schubert; First Sonata for Flute and Piano by Bohuslav Martinu; Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert; II pastore suizzero by Francesco Morlacchi and Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 by Lowell Liebermann.

John Bailey, a UNL associate professor of flute, will present a 15-minute pre-performance talk in the Steinhart Room of the Lied Center before the concert at 7:05 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. as part of the Lied Center's outreach education program.

Tickets for an evening with James Galway are $38, $34 and $30 and are half price for youth 18 and under and students with valid identification from UNL, Nebraska Wesleyan University and Doane College.

The Lied Center box office is open on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 90 minutes before the performance. Phone orders may be placed by calling 472-4747 or 1-800-423-3231. For further information about the Lied Center and its programming, check the web page at http://www.unl.edu/lied.

- Peggy Strain

'Hype' Examines Seattle Music Scene

"In-Depth" only scrapes the surface in describing the inside look at the emergence of the Seattle music scene provided by Doug Pray's compelling documentary, Hype! opening at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater on April 24.

Also showing is a short feature, Joy Street by Suzan Pitt, in which haunting animated paintings capture the isolation and distraught psyche of a suicidal woman. She imagines a small cartoon mouse that transforms her dying world into one that nature can renew. Joy Street is beautiful one moment, disturbing the next.

Hype! and Joy Street are showing on April 24 through 26 and on May 1 through 4. Screenings are at 7 and 9 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays; at 1, 3, 7, and 9 p.m. on Saturdays; and at 3, 5, 7, and 9 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $6; $5 for students; and $4 for senior citizens, children and members of the Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater.

Ephemeral Films

Anyone who fondly remembers 1950s high school hygiene films, or smiles at early television commercials for "space-age miracle products" owes a debt of gratitude to Rick Prelinger. Prelinger rescued and preserved thousands of such films from the golden age of American consumerism that otherwise would have moldered in obscurity. Prelinger will be in Lincoln April 23-24 to lecture and present a workshop on the use of archival motion picture film.

On April 23 Prelinger will present Ephemeral Films: 1946-1960, at 7 p.m. in the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater. Open to the public, admission is $4. On April 24, from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Prelinger will conduct a workshop-seminar at NETV in Studio One. Open to ETV employees as well as to outside participants, the free workshop will cover use policies, copyright issues, rights negotiations and the cultural, social and ethical implications of using archival materials. For more information, call Mel Bucklin, 472-3611, ext. 472 or e-mail mbucklin@unlinfo.unl.edu.

Schneider Tribute

The School of Music will present "A Tribute to Dennis Schneider" at 8 p.m. April 20 in Kimball Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Dennis Schneider, professor of trumpet at the UNL School of Music, will retire at the end of the academic year after 35 years of service.

Schneider has performed and recorded with the prestigious Summit Brass in Keystone, Colo., and is a member of the UNL Faculty Brass Quintet. He is principal trumpet with the Lincoln Orchestra Association as well as a regular substitute for the Omaha Symphony Orchestra.

For several years, he was director of the prize-winning UNL Jazz Ensemble which appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. His interest in music is wide and diverse, and he is equally at home with classical music as with jazz. He was principal trumpet with the Cabrillo (Calif.) Festival Orchestra, and has performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

He received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Fine and Performing Arts in 1995 and was a 1986 College of Arts and Sciences recipient of the same award. In 1992 Schneider received the Mayor's Arts Award from the City of Lincoln for his work in the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra.

Featured in the tribute concert will be Schneider's colleagues from the Omaha and Lincoln Symphonies, former students, and a jazz set with Schneider and the UNL Faculty Brass Quintet.

A reception in the lower level of Kimball Hall will immediately follow the concert. The audience is invited to attend.

Great Plains Film Festival Seeks Entries

The Great Plains Film Festival, a regional competition for independent film and video artists working in the heartland of America and Canada, is now accepting entries for its next edition scheduled for the last two weeks of July. Applications can be requested by contacting festival staff at the following address: Great Plains Film Festival; Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater; P.O. Box 880302; Lincoln NE 68588-0302; Phone: (402) 472-9100; Fax: (402) 472-2576; Email: dladely@unlinfo.unl.edu. Entry deadline is May 30.

Now in its fourth year, the Great Plains Film Festival provides a showcase for artists in this region to present their work to the public as well as to potential distributors and exhibitors from throughout the region and the nation.

Augmenting the competitive segment of this year's festival, cosponsored by the Nebraska Film Office, is a special presentation, "Spotlight on Nebraska Filmmaking." Highlighted by film screenings, personal appearances by filmmakers, and panel discussions, this exciting aspect of the Festival is providing a comprehensive study of filmmaking in Nebraska: its history, its present, and its future.

Entries to the festival's competition are solicited through a national publicity campaign. All entries are initially screened in a semifinal round of judging by a special committee comprising local media experts. All of the resulting finalists are screened for the public during the festival, prizes are awarded by a three-person jury of media experts, and the announcement of the winners takes place at a special public ceremony during the festival.

Another highlight of the Great Plains Film Festival is the Mary Riepma Ross Award, named in honor of the film theater's principal benefactor, an annual tribute to an established film or video artist whose roots and heritage or artistic concerns are grounded in the Great Plains region and culture. Each year's recipient is invited to attend the festival to accept the award and interact with the festival's audience and a retrospective of the recipient's work is presented during the festival.

Last Chance to Dance

The Dance Program of the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present "Last Chance to Dance," an informal concert at 8 p.m. April 24 and 25 in 304 Mabel Lee Hall. Admission is $2 at the door.

This concert will highlight choreography created and performed by UNL dance students along with work by dance faculty.

Ann Shea, visiting professor of dance, and Clark Potter, professor of music, have collaborated in the work. Potter wrote music for a string quartet and Shea choreographed her piece to it. This will be presented at "Last Chance to Dance" with a live string quartet.

Radio Bard

Shakespeare wrote, "If music be the food of love, play on." In that festive spirit, the Nebraska Public Radio Network honors the bard's memory with a day of Shakespearean music in celebration of his birthday on April 23.

Music inspired by Shakespeare's works, music of his time and excerpts from his plays will be the order of the day. And just to keep everything on the same stage, some weather forecasts will be delivered in Elizabethan English.

In the morning, listen for Mendelsohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream," Finzi's "Love's Labour Lost," Mackenzie's "Coriolanus," Walton's "Henry V" and Elgar's "Falstaff." In the afternoon, after Wet Paint, hear Vaughan-Williams' "Three Shakespearean Songs" and "Serenade to Music." That evening, NPRN will stir up a "Tempest" from both Sibelius and Tchaikovsky, followed by "Much Ado About Nothing" according to Korngold.

The Nebraska Public Radio Network is a service of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications. The complete program schedule for NPRN is available on NET's World Wide Web site, http://net.unl.edu.

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