Wichita, Kan. – Over 20 Friends University voice students recently competed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) West Central Region Student Auditions at Colorado State University. They competed against college and university students representing a four-state area including Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. For the sixth year in a row, Friends University had the most finalists of any private school in the region and, for the first time, the most of any university in Kansas! […]

Wichita, Kan. –Wichita’s beloved holiday tradition, the Christmas Candlelight concert, will be returning to the Friends University Sebits Auditorium stage. This year, concert goers will receive plenty of what keeps them coming back every year with exciting new additions. The Singing Quakers, coming up on its 100th year in existence, will be joined by the […]

Wichita, KS – Friends University is excited to announce the upcoming opera performance of The Gondoliers, Nov. 18-20, 2022. The Gondoliers is a story of love, kidnapping and switched identities. It is an entertaining and boisterous story considered the last great success of the famous theatrical duo, Gilbert and Sullivan. “This promises to be a wonderful […]

Wichita, Kan. – The Friends University Community Orchestra will present their first performance of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. on the Sebits Auditorium stage. The concert will feature “Pirates of the Caribbean” a medley of memorable tunes from the hit blockbuster film arranged by Klaus Badelt. “I wanted to program a […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present an evening of Latin music at Odd Fellow Hall Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. The performance will include the Friends University’s elite Latin jazz group, Conjunto Latino, opening up for Alex “Apolo” Ayala & The Bámbula Project. Conjunto Latino, led by Miguel Santana Morales and Dr. Nick Schroeder, […]

Wichita, Kan. – Last week, Friends University hosted Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and singer, Kristin Chenoweth, for a master class with Friends University students. She arrived on Friends University’s campus the afternoon of Oct. 7 where approximately 200 music theatre high school students and directors were ready to see her in action. The […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present its homecoming concert, Concert Jazz Band and Jazz Vocal Ensemble, Friday evening, Oct. 14. The performance will feature Kansas City-basedgroup, Stranded in the City. Performing an eclectic mix of original and cover music, Stranded in the City draws influences from the Chicano, funk, rock and soul legends. Their jazz “takes your body and mind on a musical journey, while your soul stays Stranded in the City.” Friends jazz alumni, Andre Reyes Jr. […]

Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for self-taught abstract artist, Iris Fletcher, Oct. 7 from 5-7 p.m. The in-person reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery on the Friends University campus. Light refreshments will be served.  Fletcher was born and raised in New York City and relocated to Kansas in 2010. She has exhibited her acrylic paintings in many galleries here in Wichita and surrounding areas.  The exhibit is titled Abstract My […]

Wichita, Kan. – Friends University is excited to invite Broadway star, Kristin Chenoweth, for a master class with students, Oct. 7. “We are thrilled to provide this opportunity for our students,” said Dr. Nathanael May, Friends University’s Fine Arts Division Chair. “Our students are so excited to work directly with Ms. Chenoweth, whose Midwest roots […]

Wichita, Kan, – The Friends University Concert Band will present its opening season concert on Monday evening, Sept. 26, 2022. Conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands, Shawn M. Knopp, the concert will feature music by Gillingham, Barnes, O’Loughlin and Stalter. “We are excited to open our concert season with a […]