2024-25 Fine Arts Season
We are so excited to welcome you back to campus for our 2024-2025 performance season! Despite the construction challenges of last year, the artistic gifts of our students and faculty flourished, resulting in sold-out shows and accolades both far and wide.
Our fine arts students have distinguished themselves as Wichita’s Student Marketer of the Year, NATS Singer of the Year and 1st Place finish in the national competition, along with several of our mainstage performances selected as finalists in the American Prize national competition.
You, however, don’t have to travel the country to see these students in action; these wonderful performances are here in your own back yard!
Please join us for a spectacular season, featuring the 100th anniversary celebrations of the renowned Singing Quakers, our new spring Piano Extravaganza, and many more thrilling productions! We pray that you experience an abundance of God’s grace and light in the year ahead!
Dr. Nathanael May
Tim & Gail Buchanan Endowed Chair
Division of Fine Arts
View the 2024 – 2025 Fine Arts Events guide here! And keep in the loop with all our events by subscribing to the Fine Arts newsletter, The Weekly Happenings.
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Free Fine Arts Events – Spring 2025
The events listed below are free to attend and do not require a ticket.
First Friday: Analog & Alt Photo Invitational | Riney Gallery (on view until March 29)
Casado Jazz Night | Wednesday, April 2, 7-9 p.m. | Casado Campus Center
First Friday: Art of Teaching (opening reception) | Friday, April 4, 5-7 p.m. | Riney Gallery (on view until May 31)
Friends University Fine Arts presents the Nyxa Chamber Players | A Baroque Celebration: The Genius of Georg Philipp Telemann | Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. | Chapel*
“Raise Sounds of Joy” – Dr. Bechtel & Dr. Knight Faculty Recital | Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m. | Chapel*, Riney Fine Arts Center. This event qualifies for Spiritual Life Credit.
Orchestra Invitational Concert | Monday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. | Sebits Auditorium. Featuring Friends University Chamber Orchestra & Wichita South High School Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director, Verlinda Stone.
Concert Choir Coffee House | Sunday, April 27, 7 p.m. | Casado Campus Center
Opera Workshop Showcase | Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m. | Sebits Auditorium
Visual Arts Showcase | Monday, May 5, 5-7 p.m. | Riney Atrium*
*new performance spaces in the Riney Fine Arts Center
EVENT UPDATES
Conjunto Meets Mariachi | Wednesday, February 5 | CANCELED
High School Honor Band | Tuesday, February 18 | CANCELED
Piano Extravaganza: Music of the Americas | Saturday, May 17 | POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
