Friends University is pleased to announce students who have been named to the President’s or Deans Honor Roll this spring. President’s Spring 2024 Honor Roll The following students have been named to the President’s Honor Roll at Friends University with a grade point average of 3.9 to 4.0. Dean’s Spring 2024 Honor Roll The following […]
Category: Fine Arts
Friends University Orchestras present Concerto Winners Concert, April 30, 2024
Wichita, KS- The Friends University Chamber and Symphony Orchestras will present their final performance of the season on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at the District Church located at 304 S. Seneca, Wichita, KS 67213. We are excited to perform an under-played masterpiece – Mendelssohn’s 5th Symphony, nicknamed ‘the Reformation’ symphony by the […]
Friends University Orchestras present Concerto Winners Concert, April 30, 2024
Wichita, KS- The Friends University Chamber and Symphony Orchestras will present their final performance of the season on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at the District Church located at 304 S. Seneca, Wichita, KS 67213. We are excited to perform an under-played masterpiece – Mendelssohn’s 5th Symphony, nicknamed ‘the Reformation’ symphony by the […]
Singing Quakers to presents Sing: Make Them Hear You, a night of Broadway, pop and Disney at Symphony of Spring.
Wichita, KS – The Friends University Singing Quakers will present the Symphony of Spring concert featuring the theme Sing: Make Them Hear You April 26-28 at Wichita Northwest High School (1220 N. Tyler Rd, Wichita, 67212). This year marks the 71st Anniversary of Symphony of Spring [SOS]! Disney favorites, pop standards and Broadway tunes from […]
Friends University Fine Arts presents the Annual Singing Quakers Home Concert, March 22-23
Wichita, KS- Friends University’s Singing Quakers will present their annual Home Concert on March 22 at 7:30 p.m. and March 23 at 2 p.m at East Heights United Methodist Church (4407 East Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67219). The concert, titled “Why We Sing”, offers a variety of themes that each individual will be able to connect with. […]
Friends University Fine Arts to host Kansas premiere performance of Erik Satie’s Vexations on “Satieday” May 18, 2024.
Wichita, KS- In a Wichita premiere, Friends University Fine Arts will host a performance of the enigmatic avant-garde composition “Vexations” by Erik Satie. On what Friends University has dubbed “Satieday”, May 18 will be a day of eccentric performances celebrating the life and work of the composer. Known for its repetitive and perplexing nature, “Vexations” […]
Friends University Fine Arts presents Footloose the Musical!
Wichita, KS – Friends University Fine Arts department proudly presents Footloose, the Broadway hit musical, live on stage February 1-3, 7:30 p.m. at Vima Church Theatre, 9112 East Central, 67206. Footloose is a musical focusing on change, both inside and out. Ren and his mother have moved from Chicago to a small town and are […]
Friends University presents annual Christmas Candlelight concert
Wichita, Kan. – Friends University Fine Arts is pleased to announce the annual Christmas Candlelight Concert; to be performed Dec. 1 and Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 525 N Broadway Ave., Wichita, KS, 67214. This year, concert goers will receive plenty of what keeps them […]
Award winning students to perform in The Tender Land – A Friends University Fine Arts Opera production
Wichita, KS – Friends University Fine Arts Department is proud to present Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land on Saturday November 18, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday November 19, 2 p.m, in Alumni Auditorium located in the Davis Administration Building on the Friends University campus at 2100 W. University Ave., Wichita, Kan. Set on a Midwestern farm in […]
Duke Ellington Sacred Concert – A Friends University Fine Arts Collaboration
Wichita, KS- Friends University Fine Arts Department announces a special collaboration with the Singing Quakers, Big Bands and Jazz Vocal Ensemble presenting Duke Ellington’s Best of The Sacred Concerts on Friday October 27, at 7:30 p.m. at University Friends Church, located at 1840 W. University St., Wichita, Kan. Duke Ellington, America’s most prolific composer, embarked on a mission in the latter half of the […]