The Friends University Community Orchestra will present its fall concert Oct. 29, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium. Dr. Lillian Green, Director of Strings, is the new director of orchestra. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. Before being hired […]

Friends University’s Jazz department will present a concert Oct. 23, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium featuring the Jazz Vocal Ensemble with the Jazz Ensemble II. The Jazz Vocal Ensemble, directed by Dr. Dale Heidebrecht, will perform songs such as “Over the Rainbow” and “Were the World Mine.” The Jazz Ensemble II, directed by […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present the Fall Ballet, an evening emphasizing the power of collaboration. The performance will take place Friday, Oct. 18, and Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium in the Riney Fine Arts Center. The program opens with Three Mazurkas, a […]

Wichita- Friends University is excited to announce the upcoming performance of the new musical, Bright Star, inspired by a true story. The production will take place Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. at Friends University in Sebits Auditorium. Featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve […]

Wichita, Kan. – The Friends University Jazz Department will present “The Universal Language of Jazz”, Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium. New Director of Jazz Studies, Dr. Robert Brooks, will be continuing the tradition of great jazz at Friends with a concert celebrating jazz compositions inspired by different places and cultures. “Please […]

Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for painters Matthew Thonen and Payton Reaves. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Oct. 4 from 5-7 p.m. Matthew Thonen is a local artist whose exhibit is a collection of expressively styled paintings. From […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present the comedic fable Fools by the late Neil Simon, Friday, Sept. 27, through Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, September 29, at 2 p.m. Fools celebrates the work of noted playwright and screenwriter, Neil Simon, whose works spanned several decades from the 1960’s and continues today. […]

Wichita, KS- Friends University congratulates junior Shannon McCon who has been accepted into an elite professional development track within The New Dance Lab. The New Dance Lab, a partnership between the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission and Johnson County Community College, allows a select group of established and aspiring dance professionals the opportunity to participate […]

Wichita, KS- The Friends University ballet program will be the first in the USA to integrate the groundbreaking SAFE® BARRE method into its training, thanks to director Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre who acquired her coaching certificate in Paris this summer. This innovative barre training interconnects biomechanics and ballet. It pushes one not only physically, but mentally to […]

Wichita, KS- Friends University Fine Arts is excited to welcome to the stage “America’s Baritone,” William Michals, on Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Michals has impressive credits on the Broadway stage including being an original cast member of Bright Star. He also starred as Emile de Becque in the smash revival of South Pacific at New York City’s Lincoln Center. He […]