Concordia University, Nebraska

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

The Concordia University, Nebraska forensics team earned the title of national champions in Reader's Theater and earned a second place Individual Events Sweepstakes overall for Division III schools in the 18th annual Christian College Nationals at Colorado Christian University March 20-22.

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.

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

Ten students from Concordia University, Nebraska spent their spring break serving in Guatemala on a medical mission trip.

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.

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 Concordia University, Nebraska forensics team earned seven top-six finishes during the past two weekends at in-state forensics tournaments: the Hastings Bronco Bash tournament and the Battle for the Capital, hosted by the University of Nebraska Omaha as a swing tournament with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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.

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.

Five Concordia University, Nebraska students traveled to Washington, D.C., Jan. 22-25 to participate in the annual March for Life, the largest pro-life event in the world.

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 named 251 students to its honors list for the fall 2014 semester.

Undergraduate and graduate degrees were awarded to 117 students in December 2014 at Concordia University, Nebraska in Seward.

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.

A group of three computer programming students, called the J-Team, from Concordia University, Nebraska placed in the top 10 percent of the region in the ACM North Central North America Programming Contest held Nov. 8 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Three teams participated in the contest.

Concordia's chapters of Sigma Tau Delta and Pi Kappa Delta inducted new members this week. Sigma Tau Delta is a national honor society for students studying English. Pi Kappa Delta is a national honor society for students involved in communication classes and forensics.

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.