WHAT: Kearney Symphony Orchestra Concert with guest trumpet soloist Joseph Burgstaller FEATURED PERFORMER: Burgstaller, teacher at Peabody Conservatory, will perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Burgstaller has played in the Canadian Brass Quintet for eight years. TIME: 7:30 p.m. DATE: Tuesday, Dec. 6 PLACE: Kearney High School TICKETS: Free and open to the public CONTACT: Riley Sheets, UNK Department of Music and Performing Arts, 308.865.8618 … [Read more...] about Accomplished trumpet player Burgstaller to join Kearney Symphony Orchestra
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Kearney Symphony Orchestra opens season Oct. 4
WHAT: Kearney Symphony Orchestra Concert "Journey North to' Neath" TIME: 7:30 p.m. DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 4 PLACE: Fine Arts Recital Hall, University of Nebraska at Kearney SECOND PERFORMANCE: KSO also performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in Holdrege at The Tassel Performing Arts Center. The concert in Holdrege is free to the public. FEATURED MUSIC: Premiere of “Red/Blue Continuum” by UNK Assistant Professor of Music and Performing Arts Anthony Donofrio; Haydn’s “Concerto #2” by … [Read more...] about Kearney Symphony Orchestra opens season Oct. 4
Symphony orchestra performance features horn player Elizabeth Dunning
By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Kansas City-based French horn player Elizabeth Dunning is the featured soloist in the upcoming Kearney Symphony Orchestra concert “Notes of Inspiration.” The show is at 7:30 p.m. April 26 in the University of Nebraska at Kearney Fine Arts Recital Hall. Dunning is an adjunct instructor of horn and chamber music at Northwest Missouri State University. She is a freelance musician and has played with the University of … [Read more...] about Symphony orchestra performance features horn player Elizabeth Dunning
Symphony Orchestra concert features woodwind artist Chris Vadala
Accomplished woodwind artist Chris Vadala is a featured soloist in the upcoming Kearney Symphony Orchestra concert “Lots of Jazz.” The show is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 23) in the University of Nebraska at Kearney Fine Arts Recital Hall. Vadala is director of jazz studies and saxophone professor at University of Maryland. He travels worldwide, performing with and conducting student and professional jazz ensembles, symphonic bands and orchestras. He has performed or … [Read more...] about Symphony Orchestra concert features woodwind artist Chris Vadala
Kearney Symphony Orchestra presents first concert of season Oct. 6
KEARNEY – The Kearney Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season Oct. 6 with the concert “Dreams and Ogres.” The Kearney Symphony Orchestra - comprised of UNK faculty and students, as well as talented instrumentalists from communities across the region - performs classical and pops concert repertoire, opera, musicals and large works with choir. Blake McGee, assistant professor of clarinet at the University of Wyoming, will perform a solo during the first concert of the … [Read more...] about Kearney Symphony Orchestra presents first concert of season Oct. 6
