Eight UNK students are performing with Chicago Dance Crash as part of a special collaboration with the award-winning hip-hop/contemporary dance company. After working with artistic director Jessica Deahr to learn the routine, UNK students Shelby Haney, Maria Klingelhoefer, Emma D. Newman, Hannah Petersen, Rebekah Petersen, Amana Reed, Morgan Rutledge and Mary Joyce Storm will perform with Chicago Dance Crash on Thursday and Friday. The piece will also be part of UNK … [Read more...] about UNK students performing with award-winning Chicago dance company
Theatre and Dance
PHOTO GALLERY: Loper Opera performs ‘American Voices’
UNK's Loper Opera performed "American Voices," a pastiche of American opera, Saturday and Sunday at the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Musical excerpts were a compilation of newer and older works from American composers Aaron Copland, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon and Kurt Weill. "The excerpts on this program reflect the diverse stories of Americans in urban and rural settings from the Civil War to contemporary times,” said Director Anne Foradori, a professor … [Read more...] about PHOTO GALLERY: Loper Opera performs ‘American Voices’
Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet performing Friday at Fine Arts Recital Hall
KEARNEY – Pacifica Quartet, a Grammy Award-winning chamber ensemble, will perform a free public concert 7:30 p.m. Friday (Nov. 12) at the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Fine Arts Recital Hall. The concert will feature three string quartet works: Florence Price’s “String Quartet No. 1 in G Major,” Sergei Prokofiev’s “String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92” and Antonin Dvorak’s “String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105.” The group will work with UNK’s … [Read more...] about Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet performing Friday at Fine Arts Recital Hall
Loper Opera presenting ‘American Voices’ Saturday and Sunday
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney will showcase American opera during a pair of weekend performances. Loper Opera’s “American Voices” is a pastiche of both older and newer works from composers Kurt Weill, Aaron Copland, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jake Heggie and Jennifer Higdon. The scenes are produced in concert staging with large projections to evoke time, settings and sentiment. “There is a rich legacy of opera written by American composers that stretches … [Read more...] about Loper Opera presenting ‘American Voices’ Saturday and Sunday
First-ever UNK Music Day highlights opportunities for high schoolers
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Band and choir are far more than extracurricular activities. They’re preparation for a future career. That was the message Thursday as nearly 30 high schoolers gathered at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for the first-ever UNK Music Day. Hosted by the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, the event gave students a chance to learn more about UNK’s music degrees while experiencing college-level classes, … [Read more...] about First-ever UNK Music Day highlights opportunities for high schoolers
