Alumni News

Left to Right:  Angela Gilbert, Nathaniel Sullivan and Kayla Wilkens are national semifinalists for the NATS Musical Theatre Competition.
Left to Right: Angela Gilbert, Nathaniel Sullivan and Kayla Wilkens are national semifinalists for the NATS Musical Theatre Competition.

Check out the news from our alumni:

• Three recent alumni from the Glenn Korff School of Music are among 24 National Semifinalists in the NATS Musical Theatre Competition, the first national competition for young artists performing music theatre. Angela Gilbert (B.A. 2015), Nathaniel Sullivan (B.M. 2014) and Kayla Wilkens (M.M. 2014) will compete in the live national finals in New York City on Jan. 6, 2018.

• David von Kampen's (B.M. 2009; M.M. 2011) composition "Here Among the Flowers" recently won the Cambridge Chamber Singers Composition Competition from more than 400 entries in 30 countries. It will be performed twice in Boston in 2018. The same piece was among 10 winners of the ORTUS International New Music Competition, from more than 600 entries worldwide. It was performed by KHORIKOS in New York City in September.

To submit your alumni news, please send an e-mail to unlarts@unl.edu. Be sure to include your year and degree(s).