Drumline Getting Noticed

The UNL Drumline has been getting a lot of attention recently. If you have been to a football game this year, you may have seen the drumline promote recycling with Pepsi. If you don’t have tickets, here’s the commercial. Yamaha Percussion Instruments has also used the UNL Drumline in a recent ad seen here. To (more…)

UNL alumna Cope leaves $1 million to support music, business

University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumna Carol Cope has directed a $1 million gift through her estate to provide permanently endowed support for faculty professorships in business and music at UNL. Read more –> http://go.unl.edu/xjn

School of Music celebrates $8 million gift from Glenn Korff

For generations to come, students and faculty members at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Music will benefit from an $8 million gift from UNL alumnus Glenn Korff to the University of Nebraska Foundation. The gift from the fourth generation Nebraskan creates a permanently endowed fund to provide annual support for students, faculty and programs within the school, which (more…)

déjà vu All Over Again at the Capital One Bowl

Tony Falcone, Director, Cornhusker Marching Band  Last year’s trip to Orlando came on the twentieth anniversary of the CMB’s last performance at the Citrus Bowl. This year, it was a much more inauspicious one year anniversary that we celebrated, but it was a terrific trip nonetheless. The feeling of déjà vu was unmistakable as we (more…)

2013 Band Banquet and Band Awards

The Band Banquet, held on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in the Nebraska Union, was a great success. The event included a sit-down dinner, two keynote speakers and informal and formal awards presentations. The speakers were Greg Sharpe, the radio “Voice of the Huskers” for football and baseball; and Dr. Jamie Williams, former Husker and NFL (more…)