Violinist Olga Smola and pianist Yulia Kalashnikova invite you to a special Mother’s Day Concert!
It will be short, bright, fresh, virtuos simple pleasure. It is FREE for public. Spaces are limited up to 150. Free mimosas will be served. Also you will have an opportunity to win a bottle of fine Champagne and a box of delicious chocolate. Please, join us!
The performance, entitled ‘The Peacock at the Crossroads’ with Sandeep, Suhail and Samina features an exciting new collaboration with Grammy-winning Tabla maestro and composer Sandeep Das, Sarangi artist Suhail Yusuf Khan and visual artist Samina Hooda. While in Lincoln, they aspire to engage with members of Lincoln’s Yezidi community in a heartfelt gesture of learning about their heritage and collaborating with them to create a musical and artistic expression, which will be presented at the event as a homage to the community. The title of the concert is inspired by Melek Taus, the Yezidi peacock angel.
The performance features Omaha-based violinist and DJ Olga Smola. One free drink is included in the ticket price.
The performance, entitled “In Memoriam” and is dedicated to the loved ones we lost to COVID-19 and features works by Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, J.S. Bach and Mozart in addition to improvised solos by Oscar Rios Pohirieth and Tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das.
The performance is entitled “The Harpweaver” and features Celtic Harpist Maeve Gilchrist, violinists Aisslinn Nosky and Olga Smola, violist Sarah Darling, cellist Anna Steinhoff, bassist Erik Higgins and a special outdoors intermission set by the Lincoln band “High Street Irish”.
The recital will feature UNO faculty Olga Smola (violin) and Yulia Kalashnikova (piano). The Duo will perform works by A. Shnitke, A. Part, E. Bloch, P. Nazaykinskaya.
This performance will be livestreamed on the UNO School of Music YouTube Channel - the recording will also be available on the channel if you are unable to view it live. Attendance for this recital is closed to the public except for a pre-approved list of guests.
Popular and electronic music is appealing to many students, however, this is often not a component incorporated into string classes. Engaging students by teaching them about music they listen to on a day-to-day basis is one strategy to maintain interest and enthusiasm among students. Electronic music a relatively new addition to the string world and it provides the opportunity to learn and develop improvisation skills. This session will explore how to use popular and electronic music in your high school string classroom to learn basic improvisational techniques, improve listening and ear training skills, and broaden the scope and breadth of the string classroom. Bring your instruments so we can create and improvise together!
Join us for an evening of delicious treats from Chocolat Abeille, wine, poetry readings by Matt Mason, and live music by violinist Olga Smola!
This event is a fundraiser for Gallery 1516. Your ticket price helps fund our mission while supporting local businesses and performers. Thank you!
Tickets are $100 per couple ($50 for an individual ticket) - RSVP here:
UNO faculty members quartet performs folk music from all around the world in arrangement for a quartet.
Olga Smola (violin)
Mary Perkinson (violin)
Brian Sherwood (viola)
Greg Clinton (cello)
Doors open at 11am, performance begins at 11:30 am.
This event is FREE and open to the public. Complimentary bagels, fruit, coffee, and juice are provided
“Morozko”- the Russian fairytale production which is written and directed for Ollie Webb Center’s Art of Imagination program by Jill Anderson.
She co-wrote the play with Brandon Mass and for cultural consultation and Music Direction turned to brilliant Russian concert violinist Olga Smola (who will also be performing in the show). The cast of 25 features adults with developmental disability alongside top professionals from the theatre and music scene of Omaha (including Susie Baer Collins, Grace Manley, Jesse Wohlman and Julia Williams, among others).
The production features authentic Russian folk music, costumes and dance, puppetry, comedy, and many stock characters from the world of Russian folk tales.
The production is part of a six month educational program that includes daytime classes for adults with intellectual disability (such as Prop Design, Costume Design, Dramaturgy, etc) and evening rehearsals.
To purchase tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/71658643933
“Morozko”- the Russian fairytale production which is written and directed for Ollie Webb Center’s Art of Imagination program by Jill Anderson.
She co-wrote the play with Brandon Mass and for cultural consultation and Music Direction turned to brilliant Russian concert violinist Olga Smola (who will also be performing in the show). The cast of 25 features adults with developmental disability alongside top professionals from the theatre and music scene of Omaha (including Susie Baer Collins, Grace Manley, Jesse Wohlman and Julia Williams, among others).
The production features authentic Russian folk music, costumes and dance, puppetry, comedy, and many stock characters from the world of Russian folk tales.
The production is part of a six month educational program that includes daytime classes for adults with intellectual disability (such as Prop Design, Costume Design, Dramaturgy, etc) and evening rehearsals.
To purchase tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/71658643933
“Morozko”- the Russian fairytale production which is written and directed for Ollie Webb Center’s Art of Imagination program by Jill Anderson.
She co-wrote the play with Brandon Mass and for cultural consultation and Music Direction turned to brilliant Russian concert violinist Olga Smola (who will also be performing in the show). The cast of 25 features adults with developmental disability alongside top professionals from the theatre and music scene of Omaha (including Susie Baer Collins, Grace Manley, Jesse Wohlman and Julia Williams, among others).
The production features authentic Russian folk music, costumes and dance, puppetry, comedy, and many stock characters from the world of Russian folk tales.
The production is part of a six month educational program that includes daytime classes for adults with intellectual disability (such as Prop Design, Costume Design, Dramaturgy, etc) and evening rehearsals.
To purchase tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/71658643933
Two Russian musicians Olga Smola and Yulia Kalashnikova present their new program consisting from the music of French composers: Franck, Ravel, Debussy and Saint-Saens.
Doors open at 11am, performance begins at 11:30 am.
This event is FREE and open to the public. Complimentary bagels, fruit, coffee, and juice are provided.
Olga Smola will perform at the celebration of 10 years of KANEKO at the sixth annual Open Space Soirée!
Tickets are available on KANEKO website here
International opera star and Omaha resident Taylor Stayton’s “laser-bright timbre” and “exceptional fluidity above the staff” (Opera News) continue to distinguish him as one of the most sought-after tenors in his repertoire! Taylor will be joined by Omaha arts icon Hal France for this collaboration in an intriguing program of arias from Proving Up and Eric Hermannsons’s Soul, two operas that are set in Nebraska and written by women composers, as well as some of Taylor’s favorite songs and arias. Omaha musicians Olga Smola, violin, and Brian Sherwood, viola, will join Taylor and Hal as featured guests.
Music from the cold North with its dark blue sky and salty sea air. Featuring traditional music and compositions from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Faroe Islands. This program will be broadcast live statewide of NET’s The Verge and streamed live on NET’s website and Facebook page.
Featuring a contata written in remembrance of the legacy of Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe written by Native Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate.
Featuring performance and music of Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh & Lebanese violinist and composer Layale Chaker. Also Featuring the First Plymouth Cantorei and the musicians of the Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival.
