Paul Haar, associate professor of saxophone and coordinator of jazz studies, has been named Midwest division director for the Jazz Education Network. He will serve as coordinator/liaison between the network and Midwest directors and educators. He has also been named a featured soloist at two festivals in 2013. The Jazz Education Network is an international […]

The UNL opera program will stage an updated version of Claudio Monteverdi’s “The Coronation of Poppea,” at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 24 and 3 p.m., Feb. 26 in Kimball Recital Hall. The production will be performed in the original Italian with English supertitles. Inspired by Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” and the artwork of contemporary painter […]

Raymond Herbert Haggh, 90, died March 13 in Fort Worth, Texas. Haggh was associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1973-19778) and director of the School of Music (1977-1983). Haggh was born Sept. 4, 1920 in Chicago, Ill., to Herbert and Helen Haggh. He was the eldest of three children. Haggh served in […]

The School of Music choral ensembles will perform Randall Thompson’s “Peaceable Kingdom” at 3 p.m., April 25 in Kimball Recital Hall. “Peaceable Kingdom” is a sequence of a capella choruses based on selected texts from the book of Isaiah and inspired by the painting by Edward Hicks. The performance includes the University Women’s Chorale and […]