Category: Music

Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble - "Trumpetings" with C. Richard Morris, organ

May 22nd 2013 | Posted in: Music | Posted by: NWU Jazz Ensemble

The Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble will present “Trumpetings” Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Church of the Holy Trinity Episcopal, Lincoln, Nebraska.

On this concert, Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble musicians Deborah Bouffard, Dean Haist, and Barb Schmit will be joined by organist C. Richard Morris to perform several pieces of music for trumpets, piano, and organ. Pieces to be performed include Benjamin Britten’s “Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury,” “Cinq Bagatelles” by Pierre Max Dubois, Myron Roberts’ “Prelude and Trumpetings,” “Pie Jesu” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leroy Anderson’s “Bugler’s Holiday,” and more.

Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and students are admitted FREE. Tickets can be purchased at the door the day of the concert or by contacting the Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble business office at (402) 477-7899.

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Francois Rabbath

May 21st 2013 | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Meadowlark Music Festival

"He has been called one of the greatest string players of all times, and there was no one in the audience who would doubt that." Winnipeg Free Press

“The importance of François Rabbath to the development of double bass playing can be compared with that of Paganini to the violin. It demanded an artist with the unique qualities of François Rabbath to break this impasse.” Washington Post

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Anthony Molinaro

May 21st 2013 | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Meadowlark Music Festival

“Genre-defying… An original, often iconoclastic thinker equipped with a leonine technique.” Chicago Tribune

Anthony Molinaro, winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition, has toured the world as a solo artist. In addition to his traditional concert repertoire, Mr. Molinaro is also a gifted composer, arranger and improvisor, giving him a musical dimension uncommon to artists of his generation. He has collaborated with artists of the highest caliber in a variety of genres from the St. Martins-of-the-Field orchestra performing Bach Concerti to Grammy-winning harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy performing Charlie Parker. This recital will serve as a preview of his soon to be released DVD, Here, There, and Everywhere, featuring the works of the Beatles in addition to virtuosic short pieces for solo piano.

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Lincoln's Uncle Sam Jam

May 21st 2013 | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Meadowlark Music Festival

Meadowlark Music Festival is partnering with the City of Lincoln to bring LIVE music back to the Uncle Sam Jam on July 3rd. The Trinkle Brass Works 14-piece brass and percussion emsemble will perform 3 sets including Handels' Royal Fireworks Music and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

For more, please see our website.

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