KEARNEY – Kearney Symphony Orchestra will present “Love Stories Old and New” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Merryman Performing Arts Center, 225 W. 22nd St. The concert features the UNK Brass and Percussion Ensemble, as well as the full orchestra, and includes works by George Gershwin, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and UNK associate music professor Anthony Donofrio. Tickets for the in-person performance are $10 for adults and free for UNK students and … [Read more...] about Kearney Symphony Orchestra performing in-person concert Tuesday evening
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UNK New Music Festival, scheduled for March 13-14, promises something for everyone
UPDATE: The March 14 performance featuring ~Nois has been canceled. The remaining three concerts will continue as scheduled. They can be viewed live at http://www.unk.edu/academics/music/performing-art-live-stream-events.php. By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – There’s something for everyone at this year’s UNK New Music Festival. That’s how organizer Anthony Donofrio is describing the event scheduled for March 13-14 in the University of Nebraska at … [Read more...] about UNK New Music Festival, scheduled for March 13-14, promises something for everyone
UNK’s Aaron Hynds headlining New Music Festival; 29 composers featured
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Aaron Hynds is more than the audio guy for University of Nebraska at Kearney theatrical productions and concerts. He’s also a talented musician and composer. Hynds, a sound production coordinator in the department of music, theatre and dance, is the featured performer for this year’s UNK New Music Festival, scheduled for Friday (March 8) and Saturday (March 9) in the Fine Arts Recital Hall on campus. “I’m very … [Read more...] about UNK’s Aaron Hynds headlining New Music Festival; 29 composers featured
New York City quartet Yarn/Wire kicking off UNK New Music Series Friday
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The New York Times called their Lincoln Center performance mesmerizing. The Guardian said the group questions the boundaries of what music might be. Anthony Donofrio, an assistant professor in the University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Music, is just plain excited to have them on campus. New York City-based Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, will perform 7:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 5) at … [Read more...] about New York City quartet Yarn/Wire kicking off UNK New Music Series Friday
Sound Structures: Donofrio’s intricate, complex approach to composition not universal
By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON It’s hard to say when the music starts, exactly. Opening notes insinuate themselves on the listener, coming into focus as if emerging from a fog. Sounds blink in and out of existence in the space above a low rumble that builds into ripples of musical prose. Listening to Anthony Donofrio’s “Between Event and Crisis” is a bit like chasing fireflies on a summer evening, both exhilarating and peaceful. Or, maybe it’s more pensive, like solving a … [Read more...] about Sound Structures: Donofrio’s intricate, complex approach to composition not universal
