TUESDAY, APRIL 3rd, 2012

The UNL School of Music hosts an annual high school Small Vocal Ensemble Festival, “SINGING SMALL,” here on the UNL City Campus during the first week of April in Spring Term.  This is a wonderful opportunity for small vocal ensembles (approximately 30 members or less) of all varieties (chamber choir, madrigal, vocal jazz, a cappella groups) to gather to celebrate the wonderful literature available for these special areas of choral performance.  Individual choirs are invited to perform on the final evening concert at 7:00 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. Please contact us as soon as possible if you would like your chamber choir or small vocal ensemble to perform individually on these concerts. 

 

Due to the nature of small ensemble singing, we have no massed festival chorus, but rather we hold a joint concert featuring selected* high school ensembles and our own university small and chamber vocal ensembles.  Several pieces are selected for all ensembles to learn on the day.

 

*(High School ensembles will be chosen to perform on a “first come, first serve” basis.)

 

The typical schedule for the day is:

 

11:45 a.m. — Seating on Kimball Stage

12:00 - 1:25 p.m. — [Madrigals and Early Music Workshop] – Kimball Recital Hall

1:30 – 2:00 p.m. — Individual Choir Clinics - Kimball stage & Sheldon Great Hall

2:05 - 2:35 p.m. — Individual Choir Clinics - Kimball stage & Sheldon Great Hall

2:40 – 3:45 p.m. — [Vocal Jazz Workshop] -  Kimball stage

3:45 - 4:00 p.m. — BREAK

4:00 - 4:30 p.m. — [UNL Chamber Singers] – Concert and workshop - Sheldon Great Hall

4:30 - 5:15 p.m. — [Contemporary Vocal Chamber Music Workshop]– Kimball Hall

5:15 – 5:45 p.m. — Individual Choir Clinics – Kimball stage & Sheldon Great Hall

5:45 – 6:30 p.m. — Individual Choirs may use Kimball stage for warm-up (Schedule determined by directors)

5:30 p.m. — Supper Break

6:45 p.m. — Seating in Kimball Hall

7:00 pm. — CONCERT

                                    featuring:  Selected high school ensembles

                                    UNL Chamber Singers, ROCKTAVO, UNL Vocal Jazz Ensemble

 

To participate in this festival please contact Therees Hibbard thibbard2@unl.edu by March 15th.  Please include the following information in your email.

School Name

Director Name

Number of Singers

Director contact information