Wichita, Kan. –Friends University will present its concert, A Night of Latin Jazz, with the Friends University Conjunto Latino jazz band and special guest, Tumbao, Friday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Conjunto Latino was established in 2020 and will be performing their first public concert of the season on the Sebits Auditorium stage. Embracing musical […]
Wichita, KS- The Friends University visual arts department will host its annual Show Me the Money career and portfolio review day on Oct. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free event is for high school juniors and seniors seeking to pursue art, graphic design, art education and media design after graduation. Students will […]
Wichita, Kan. –Friends University will present its homecoming concert, Concert Jazz Band and Brass and Boujee, Saturday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. The Concert Jazz Band, presenting pieces by Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus and Count Basie, will be joined by Kansas City-based hip hop big band, Brass and Boujee. This innovative, twenty-person-band is the newest […]
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for local artist, Priscella Brown Oct. 1 from 5-7 p.m. The in-person reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery on the Friends University campus. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit is titled Cultural Renaissance: The Sounds of Change. Through her […]
Wichita, Kan. – Friends University will present the comedy, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Thursday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Story is a recent, comic farce and is taken from the famous mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story follows the iconic pair of Dr. John Watson and Mr. […]
Wichita, Kan, – The Friends University Concert Band will present its opening season concert on Monday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands, Shawn M. Knopp, the concert will feature a variety of classics including Holst’s Second Suite in F, as well as works by Fillmore, […]
Wichita, Kan. – Friends University’s Fine Arts faculty members will present a fanfare of performances to showcase their artwork Thursday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium in Riney Fine Arts Center. The exhibit and show are an opportunity for the community to experience the creative and diverse faculty members in Friends University’s Division […]
Wichita, Kan.– Friends University will host a First Friday gallery reception for local artist and cartoonist, Richard Crowson Sept. 3 from 5-7 p.m. The in-person reception will take place in the Riney Fine Arts Gallery on the Friends University campus. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit is titled Misery Loves Cartoonery. “The works in […]
Wichita, KS- Friends University has announced its 2021-22 Fine Arts events calendar. Patron favorites such as Jazz Fest and Symphony of Spring are part of the upcoming season. New performances will include a modern farce and screwball comedy, Moon over Buffalo, and the timeless story of Little Women expertily adapted into a musical. Brass and […]
Wichita, Kan. – Friends University Jazz Department will present a live recital Friday, August 27, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium. The concert will showcase the Friends University Faculty Quintet consisting of new jazz program director, Dr. Nick Schroeder (trumpet), as well as Randy Zellers (guitar), John Goering (piano), Renea Abdallah (bass) and Andy […]