Wichita, Kan. – The Friends University Jazz Department will present “A Day of Jazz”, virtually on Saturday, Oct. 10. At the beginning of every hour between 1-7 p.m. audience members will get to hear a short set of music from a different Friends University Jazz band. “In addition to hearing from favorites such as SOULstice […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present the comedy Leaving Iowa, Sept. 25-27. The fall theatre production was written by Tim Clue and Spike Manton and produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing, Co. Leaving Iowa is a comic tale about family vacations and the unusual sites the Browning family witness each summer. Together, they […]

Friends University is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Rayvon T.J. Moore as the university’s Director of Choral Studies and Singing Quakers Director. Dr. Moore will officially start at Friends University in August 2020. Dr. Moore earned his bachelor’s degree in choral music from the University of Southern California (USC), his master’s degree in […]

UPDATE: This event has been canceled. Please visit friends.edu/coronavirus for more details. Wichita, KS – Friends University’s 60-voice Singing Quakers choir will present their Home Concert March 28 at 7:30 p.m. and March 29 at 2 p.m. The theme of the spring concert is Joy. “The Singing Quakers will present music that is meant to […]

UPDATE: This event has been canceled. Please visit friends.edu/coronavirus for more details. Wichita, KS- Friends University Bands will host its first-ever Pre-Festival Band clinic on March 25. Approximately 375 students from Andover, Haven, Hillsboro, Emporia and Wichita are expected to attend to gather feedback before the Kansas Large Group Music Festival in April. Dr. Karen […]

Wichita, Kan.– Friends University’s Jazz department will present a concert on March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sebits Auditorium featuring the Friends University Jazz Combos and the Jazz Vocal Ensemble. The Jazz Combo portion of the concert will be directed by Dr. Robert Brooks. It will feature the four-person student band that played in […]

Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for painter, Richard Davies. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center on March 6 from 5-7 p.m. Richard Davies has been painting since 1975 in oils and watercolor. His paintings have been sold to collectors […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University is proud to present Johann Strauss’s classic operetta Die Fledermaus, March 6-8, 2020. Performed in a new English translation, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is a delightful farce about a man’s elaborate plan for revenge for a practical joke, leading to mistaken identities, secret rendezvous, and light-hearted deceit. Set in late […]

Wichita, KS – The Friends University Concert Band will present its winter concert on Monday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature music of composer-in-residence, Dr. Chris Sharp. Dr. Sharp is an acclaimed professional musician, composer/arranger and educator. His extensive career includes writing music for Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, the Boston […]