The Trans-Nebraska Players will perform the feature piece of their Sunday, February 8 concert in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Kimball Recital Hall at 3 p.m.: live music to the 1909 silent film, They Would Elope, starring Mary Pickford. The music was composed by Maria Newman and arranged for the Trans-Nebraska Players by Ms. Newman as well.
Ms. Newman is the youngest child of the 9-time Oscar-winning film composer, Alfred Newman, and a friend of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Associate Professor of Viola Clark Potter.
An all-star cast of musicians is on hand for the performance: Ann Chang, fortepiano, and Duane Bierman, percussion, will join the Trans-Nebraska Players. TNP members are Franziska Brech, flute (UNK), David Neely, violin (UNL), Clark Potter, viola (UNL), Noah Rogoff, cello (UNK) and James Margetts, piano (Chadron State College). Also on the program are Notturno for viola and fortepiano by Beethoven, Serenade for flute, violin and viola by Beethoven, Mozart flute quartet in D, and Tricinium for solo viola by Maurice Gardner.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/wiav