Wichita, KS – The Friends University music department will present, The Impresario, a one-act singspiel (a comic opera with spoken dialogue) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. The Impresario is set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, who performed the role of the Impresario at the work’s premiere for […]
Category: Fine Arts
The Art of Teaching Gallery Reception Set for Feb. 22 at Friends University
Wichita, KS- Friends University will host a Final Friday reception featuring Kansas K-12 art school teachers. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Feb. 22 from 5-7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Friends University wanted to have an event that supported art […]
Friends University hires new jazz director
Friends University is pleased to announce the hiring of Robert Brooks as the university’s new director of jazz. Brooks will officially start at Friends in August 2019 and will direct the program following the retirement of long-time Jazz Director Lisa Hittle. Brooks will be attending this weekend’s Friends University Jazz Festival to meet current students, […]
Friends University Band Concert Includes World Premiere of Seas of the Moon Feb. 18
Wichita, KS – On Monday, Feb. 18, the Concert Band will present its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium, Riney Fine Arts Center at Friends University. The performance will include a world premiere of the work, Seas of the Moon, composed by Robery Buckley, Friends University composer/conductor-in-residence. The piece includes four movements titled […]
13th annual Sing It concert to take place at Friends University
Wichita- Eight Kansas high school and college choirs will join the Friends University Singing Quakers, Concert Choir and Jazz Vocal Ensemble in the university’s annual vocal outreach event Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at Friends University in Sebits Auditorium. The Sing It! Vocal Festival features Friends University faculty and Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, guest conductor. […]
Friends University to present spring musical, The Secret Garden
Wichita- The spring musical, The Secret Garden, will take place Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. at Friends University in Sebits Auditorium. The musical is based on the beloved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett featuring the unlikely friendship of cousins Mary Lennox and Collin Craven within the confines […]
Jordan Kirtley Gallery Reception Set for Jan. 25 at Friends University
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a gallery reception for local mixed-media artist Jordan Kirtley. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Jan. 25 from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit is titled Observable Universe. “My subject matter ranges from the minuscule – a blueberry – to the […]
Friends University 26th Annual Jazz Festival to honor retiring Jazz Director Lisa Hittle
More than 35 middle school, high school and junior college bands will visit Friends University to celebrate and participate in the 26th Annual Jazz Festival Feb. 15-16, 2019. On Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. the festival’s Headliner Concert will feature The Four Freshmen at Crown Uptown Theatre. The wonderful harmonies and arrangements of this […]
Friends University announces voice recital with Tyler Ray
Wichita, KS- Friends University Fine Arts is excited to welcome back international professional vocalist and Friends University graduate Tyler Ray. He will present a free vocal performance Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium. Ray graduated from Friends University in 2012 and Yale School of Music in 2016. He then moved to Norway to […]
Kevin Swinicki Gallery Reception Set for Nov. 30 at Friends University
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a gallery reception for photographer Kevin Swinicki’s exhibit titled Silver to Digital. The reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery in Riney Fine Arts Center Nov. 30 from 5-7 p.m. The photography exhibit will feature three decades of black and white and color photography. It will […]