Concordia University, Nebraska

Christmas at Concordia weekend Dec. 4-6, 2015, included three events as part of Concordia University, Nebraska's annual Christmas celebration: Christmas at Concordia concerts, a community open house and the Scholarship Parade of Homes.

The Concordia University, Nebraska Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra will hold their fall semester performance on Dec. 10, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

The annual winter JazzFest concert, celebrating the style of blues, jazz, and swing music, is Dec. 11, 2015, at 7 p.m. in Weller Hall auditorium at Concordia University, Nebraska in Seward.

Music composed by Concordia University, Nebraska students will be featured in a recital on Nov. 18, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

Concordia will hold its Fall Honor Recital Nov. 11, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

Concordia University, Nebraska will be presenting "Lost in Yonkers," a dynamic play about family matters, on Nov. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. in Weller Auditorium on campus.

Concordia sophomore Meredith Locke and senior Lauren Staehr were awarded first place in three separate categories during the National Association of Teachers of Singing music competition Oct. 2, 2015, at the University of Nebraska Omaha campus.

Concordia University, Nebraska held a speech and theatre workshop Sept. 12, 2015, to help high school students develop their skills in both areas.

Concordia University, Nebraska's Chamber Recital is scheduled for Nov. 5, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus. It will feature voice duets, piano, cello and trumpet performances, as well as a brass ensemble performance.

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

Concordia students will have artwork on display at the Red Path Gallery and Tasting Room in Seward, Nebraska, throughout the month of May.

Students from Concordia University, Nebraska took what they have learned in their creative drama class and shared it with the community through a variety of workshops throughout the Seward, Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska, areas.

Concordia University, Nebraska recently inducted four students into the Iota Nu chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda. The students were inducted into the national music honor society at the university's spring honor recital.

Bells will ring and music will swing with two end-of-the-year concerts at Concordia University, Nebraska.

Three students from Concordia University, Nebraska earned art awards at the 2015 Nebraska Independent College Foundation/O'Keefe Elevator Company Art Show in Omaha, Nebraska. Nine students participated in the show.

Concordia University, Nebraska's 16-voice University Chamber Choir will perform a variety of sacred and secular choral pieces on an eight-day tour in Florida May 10-17.

The United States Air Force Heartland of America Band's Offutt Brass, a pioneering brass quintet, will perform a community concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska. Students from the Concordia Brass Ensemble will join the Offutt Brass for a musical selection during the concert.

Four musical ensembles from Concordia University, Nebraska will perform two combined concerts in April. The Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, in the Recital Hall of Concordia's Music Center. The Male Chorus and Women's Chorale will perform at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, at St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Seward, Nebraska.

Eight senior artists will display work in the Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Thesis exhibition at Concordia University, Nebraska.

The best of Concordia University, Nebraska students' artwork, as judged by Concordia's full-time art faculty, will be on display at Marxhausen Gallery from March 29 through April 17.

The Concordia Brass Ensemble and Concordia Concert Band will perform a joint concert in Seward.

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.

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

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.