For a full listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
• Nov. 28: University of Nebraska Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
• Nov. 29: Chiara String Quartet: "Hall and Notes." 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 seniors and $5 students. For advance ticket sales, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747. Series tickets are also available. The Chiara Quartet will be joined by Glenn Korff School of Music Assistant Professor of Percussion Dave Hall for a program of dynamic music for quartet and percussion, alongside the Mendelssohn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1.
• Nov. 30: Lecture by Alex Knodell. 5:30 p.m. Nebraska Union Auditorium, 14th and R sts. Free and open to the public. Knodell, who is an assistant professor in the Classics department at Carleton College and co-director of the archaeology program, presents the next lecture for the Archaeological Institute of America Omaha-Lincoln Society. His lecture is titled “Survey Archaeology and Long-Term History: Crossroads and Boundaries in an Ancient Greek Borderland."
• Nov. 30-Dec. 1: Wet Ink. 7:30 p.m. each night. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The composition program at the Glenn Korff School of Music presents its Wet Ink concert series. This two-evening concert series features an especially varied and rich set of premieres from the student composers at Nebraska.
• Nov. 30 & Dec. 1-3, 4: UNL Theatre presents "Hamlet." Performances are Nov. 30 and Dec. 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. Howell Theatre, first floor of the Temple Building. Tickets: $18 general, $16 faculty/staff/seniors and $12 students with ID. Available at the door. For advance ticket sales, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747 or purchase online at http://go.unl.edu/theatretix. By William Shakespeare. Reimagined and directed by Assistant Professor of Practice Wesley Broulik. An innovative reimagining of Shakespeare's powerful tragedy of madness and revenge.
• Dec. 2: Chamber Singers. 5:30 p.m. Sheldon Museum of Art. Free and open to the public. They will perform two sets, one at 5:30 p.m. and the second set at 6:15 p.m. The concert is part of Sheldon's First Friday event.
• Dec. 2: ChamberFest. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free and open to the public.
• Dec. 2-3: Student Dance Project. 7:30 p.m. Mabel Lee Hall Rm. 304 (840 N. 14th St.). Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors. The Dec. 3 performance will be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
Dec. 3: Honors ChamberFest. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
Dec. 4: Welcome All Wonders (formerly Cocoa and Carols). 3 and 7:30 p.m. Newman Center, 320 N. 16th St. Free and open to the public.
Dec. 5: Campus Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door.
Dec. 6: Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door.
Dec. 7: Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link. The Wind Ensemble’s second concert of the season opens with a brand-new work by Alexandra Gardner, Perseids. Named for the meteor shower visible in the Northern hemisphere in July and August, the work is a metaphorical navigational tool in a program inspired by travel. We will then set out with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s Road Stories, an optimistic and variegated work that combines nostalgia and irrepressible energy. The second half of the program is dedicated to John Mackey’s epic Wine Dark Sea. This 30-minute symphony for band that explores three central themes from Homer’s Odyssey, perhaps the greatest road story of all time.
Dec. 8: Jazz Orchestra and Big Band. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link. With special guest: Victor Lewis, Percussion. Lewis will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the concert.
Dec. 9: Musical Theatre Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free and open to the public.
• Dec. 9-10: Clay Club's Fall Sale and Raffle. Friday, Dec. 9 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 118. The sale will include works of art created by graduate students, undergraduate students, alumni and faculty in the School of Art, Art History & Design.
• Dec. 9-16: Capstone Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Free admission. A closing reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 16 from 5-7 p.m. Awards will be announced at 6 p.m. The Capstone Exhibition features the work of 21 graduating undergraduate candidates for graphic design and studio art degrees in the School of Art, Art History & Design.
Dec. 10: Big Red Singers & Vocal Jazz. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
Dec. 11: Symphony Orchestra. 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door.
Dec. 11: Cornhusker Marching Band Highlights Concert. 7:30 p.m. Lied Center for Performing Arts. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 students/seniors. For advance tickets, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747. Come experience the sights and sounds of the Pride of all Nebraska as they perform halftime shows from the 2016 season, their Pregame Spectacular and much more.
January
Jan. 12: Faculty Recital: Mark Clinton, Piano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
Jan. 14: Midwest Cup. All-day. Lied Center for Performing Arts. The Midwest Cup Show Choir Invitational is a full-day of spectacular vocals and intense choreography. The registration deadline is Dec. 1, 2016. For details, visit http://go.unl.edu/xbwh. For advance ticket sales, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747.
Jan. 17: Faculty Recital: William McMullen, oboe. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
Jan. 18-27: Faculty and Staff Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. A closing reception will be held on First Friday, Feb. 3 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
Jan. 19: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture: Aaron Morse. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Morse received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona. He lives and works in Los Angeles, and his work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Jan. 19: Faculty Recital: Christopher Marks, organ. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
Jan. 20-22: Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion. The Winter Festival is a unique concert band and chamber ensemble festibal for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Registration is required. Visit http://go.unl.edu/cx0f for details. Winter Festival Performance is Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
Jan. 23: Artist-in-Residence Scott Quackenbush, trumpet. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
Jan. 24: Faculty Recital: John Bailey, flute. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.