Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska students will direct and perform five one-act plays covering genres including comedy and suspense in the annual One-Act Play Festival.

Freshman Laura Hedstrom from Concordia University, Nebraska won the Lincoln chapter competition of The Regional Competition for Young Organists on March 14.

Concordia University, Nebraska's University A Cappella Choir will travel to Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri for its annual tour April 8-12. The choir will conclude the tour with two local-area concerts on Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln and at 7 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward.

A group of Concordia University, Nebraska students will perform a dramatic retelling of the story of Jesus Christ this Easter season in the second annual Gospel Mime. The performance will be held at 8 p.m. on March 27 and at 7 p.m. on March 30 and 31 in Weller Auditorium at Concordia.

The Concordia IMPROVables, an improvisational theatre group, will bring 24 hours of laughs to campus this spring.

Concordia University, Nebraska students will present "Cinderella with the Commedia Players" by Lane Riosley.

The semiannual honor recital at Concordia University, Nebraska will showcase the vocal and instrumental talents of nine student musicians. The recital will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, in the Music Center Recital Hall.

Students will present a play adaptation of Lois Lowry's science fiction novel "The Giver" on Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, March 1, at 2 p.m. All performances will be in the Studio Theatre in the lower level of the Music Building.

The University Symphonic Band from Concordia University, Nebraska will perform at churches and schools throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas during its annual tour.

Concordia University, Nebraska students will perform around 20 Broadway songs in the student-run production of "A Night on Broadway" at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in Weller Auditorium.

Students from Concordia University, Nebraska will perform a play adaptation of Jack London's book "The Call of the Wild" for the Seward Middle School at 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 11. The public is invited to attend the two other showings of the play at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Seward Memorial Library and at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13 in the Thom Leadership Education Center auditorium at Concordia.

Concordia University, Nebraska will host the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association state tournament on Saturday, Feb. 14.

Concordia University, Nebraska hosted two annual forensics tournaments for both college and high school speakers.

Concordia University, Nebraska celebrated the Christmas season with its annual Christmas at Concordia concerts Dec. 5-7 at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. Christmas at Concordia weekend also included the 20th annual Scholarship Parade of Homes and a community reception.

The Concordia Chamber Orchestra, jazz ensembles and handbell choirs showcase Concordia's musical talents during their December concerts.

High school students from across the country performed in an honor choir and honor band as part of Musical Arts Day, Friday, Nov. 7, on the Concordia University, Nebraska campus. The day culminated in an evening concert in the Physical Education Building with the University A Cappella Choir and University Symphonic Band.

The Concordia Concert Band and Concordia Brass Ensemble perform a joint concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska.

Two members of Concordia University, Nebraska's forensics team earned high places at the Dragon/Loper Rodeo Swing meet in Hutchinson, Kansas, on Nov. 1. Emily Kollbaum and Melonie Kotschwar placed third in Duo, and Kollbaum placed fifth in Program of Oral Interpretation.

Ten student musicians from Concordia University, Nebraska perform in the fall honor recital on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The audition-only annual fall recital features voice and instrument solos of classic to contemporary music.

Concordia will present an evening of music, suspense and theatre in the production of the musical "The Phantom of the Opera" on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 9 at 2 p.m., Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2 p.m., all in Weller Hall auditorium.

Concordia will hold a chamber music recital on Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall in the Music Center. The recital will feature a brass ensemble, vocal groups and a piano trio that will play on one piano.

The Concordia Symphonic Band and Chamber Band performed its first concert of the year on Friday, Oct. 10, at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward.

The Concordia Symphonic Band and Chamber Band performed its first concert of the year on Friday, Oct. 10, at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward.

The Nebraska Omega Lambda chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, a national theater honor society, inducted five new members this spring. The society recognizes student involvement in theater arts programs.

Bells will ring and the music will swing in three spring concerts at Concordia University, Nebraska: University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, Spring JazzFest and Handbell Choir and Handbell Choir II.

The 11th annual O'Keefe Elevator Company Art Show features work by 23 Concordia University, Nebraska artists. The show, sponsored by the Nebraska Independent College Foundation, awards $2,000 in cash prizes to participating artists through funds given by the O'Keefe Elevator Company in Omaha.

Thirteen senior artists have work on display in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis exhibition at Concordia University, Nebraska.

Music will fill the air this spring as four ensembles from Concordia University, Nebraska perform end-of-the-semester concerts: Male Chorus, Women's Chorale, University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble.

Twenty-two students in the Concordia University, Nebraska art department received scholarship endowments as part of Concordia's annual student art show.

A student-led drama, "The Gospel Mime," tells the Easter story through a theatrical production at Concordia University, Nebraska.