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 […]
Category: Fine Arts
Friends University presents annual Singing Quakers Home Concert: Joy March 28-29
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 […]
Friends University hosts first annual Pre-Festival Band Clinic on March 25
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 […]
Friends University to present concert March 11 featuring Jazz Combos and Jazz Vocal Ensemble
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 […]
Opening Reception for Just Human: Paintings by Richard Davies, March 6 at Friends University
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 […]
Friends University’s Die Fledermaus operetta includes theatre, music, ballet and a full orchestra
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 […]
Friends University presents the University Band Concert with Composer-in-Residence, Dr. Chris Sharp
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 […]
Friends University Ballet Department hosts Dance Medicine Workshop
Wichita, KS- Friends University and AZ Dance Medicine Specialists are excited to be hosting Dance Medicine Workshop, a certification tour on April 25-26. Participants in the workshop will learn anatomy and kinesiology as it applies to movement and dance. Topics will include injury management, helpful conditioning, self-assessment and more. AZ explains their mission as “dancers […]
14th annual Sing It concert to take place at Friends University
Wichita, Kan.- Seven Kansas high school choirs will join the Friends University Singing Quakers, Concert Choir and Jazz Vocal Ensemble in the university’s annual vocal outreach event Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. The Sing It! Vocal Festival features Friends University faculty and Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, guest conductor. Wondemagegnehu serves as the conductor of the […]
Opening Reception for Andrew Unruh’s Gallery, Color Field, on Feb. 7 at Friends University
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for photographer, Andrew Unruh. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Feb. 7 from 5-7 p.m. Andrew Unruh specializes in fine art photography, claiming his artistry spans typical genres. “The color field photographs expand the […]