Wichita, KS- Friends University will present its spring Community Orchestra Concert March 26 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature Friends University students and Miller Competition winners Panya Amphone, Gunnar Marcum and Sarah Durant, all vocal students of voice professor Dr. Matthew Schloneger. Aidan Hill, Wichita Metropolitan Music Teachers Association concerto winner, will be performing […]
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will sponsor a Final Friday reception for an exhibit titled ‘Any Minute Now.’ It will feature artwork by Friends University seniors Isabella Gonzalez, Ethan Harvey, Colin Honts, Danielle Medrano, Joana Segura and Madalyn Swinicki. “‘Any Minute Now’ is a reference to the nearing of our adult lives. Any minute now we […]
Wichita, KS – The Friends University Tower Wind Quintet will present its 18th annual recital called “Creatures and Critters” Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. The quintet is comprised of faculty members: Amy Hoffman, flute; Rachelle Goter, clarinet; Cindy Thompson, oboe; Denise Kintzel, horn; and Kimme Whittemore, bassoon. “Creatures and Critters” will be a fun […]
Friends University Jazz Department will present a showcase concert Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium. This concert will highlight Friends University jazz combos and the jazz vocal ensemble. They will be performing with guest artists Mike Steinel (trumpet) and Rosanna Eckert (voice). Both Mike and Rosanna are members of the jazz […]
Wichita, KS – The Friends University Ballet will present When I Consider Your Heavens: Spring Ballet, featuring accompaniment by the Friends University Concert Band and Concert Choir, pianist James J. Kaufmann and singer Andrea Simpson. The first half of the program will be a spiritual piece choreographed by Friends University junior Emma Browning to intimate […]
Wichita, KS – The Friends University music department will present, The Impresario, a one-act singspiel (a comic opera with spoken dialogue) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. The Impresario is set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, who performed the role of the Impresario at the work’s premiere for […]
Wichita, KS- Friends University will host a Final Friday reception featuring Kansas K-12 art school teachers. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Feb. 22 from 5-7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Friends University wanted to have an event that supported art […]
Friends University is pleased to announce the hiring of Robert Brooks as the university’s new director of jazz. Brooks will officially start at Friends in August 2019 and will direct the program following the retirement of long-time Jazz Director Lisa Hittle. Brooks will be attending this weekend’s Friends University Jazz Festival to meet current students, […]
Wichita, KS – On Monday, Feb. 18, the Concert Band will present its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium, Riney Fine Arts Center at Friends University. The performance will include a world premiere of the work, Seas of the Moon, composed by Robery Buckley, Friends University composer/conductor-in-residence. The piece includes four movements titled […]
Wichita- Eight Kansas high school and college choirs will join the Friends University Singing Quakers, Concert Choir and Jazz Vocal Ensemble in the university’s annual vocal outreach event Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at Friends University in Sebits Auditorium. The Sing It! Vocal Festival features Friends University faculty and Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, guest conductor. […]