HEARTLAND COMMUNITY FLUTE CHOIR: OVER THE EDGE | GALLERY 3
Performance 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. The 30-strong ensemble of the Heartland Community Flute Choir features the trills and thrills of c-flutes, piccolos, alto and bass flutes. The choir will perform a series of contemporary pieces... Hear more
UNO PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE | GALLERY 3
Performance 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Directed by faculty member Tomm Roland, the UNO Percussion Ensemble will mix classical works and contemporary masterpieces with world drumming and rock-influenced pieces, all punctuated with occasional explosions... Hear more
EUPHORIA: GENESIS 1E| BEMIS UNDERGROUND
Performance 10:00 p.m. - Midnight Bemis08 will dance its way into the night as the live, organic improvisation of jazz is juxtaposed against the digital drones of house music to become Genesis 1E... Hear more
FRIDAY June 27:
SONIC LECTURE: JOHN HENRY BLATTER | GALLERY 3 11:30 a.m. - Noon Is it an art talk? Is it a performance? Is it something in between? Join former Bemis Center resident John Henry Blatter in his sonic musings. Blatter is the creator... More information
FROM BOOB TUBE TO YOUTUBE: VIDEO REVOLUTIONS
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DAVID MATYSIAK| BEMIS UNDERGROUND 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. David Matysiak, former Bemis musician-in-residence, screens all manner of video blurbs, blips and baubles in making the point that the internet has spawned an egalitarian revolution... More information
AMBIENT MUSIC: UNO'S ARTIFICIAL MUSIC INITIATIVE| MAIN LOBBY 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Internationally recognized composer Kenton Bales, the Robert M. Spire professor of music composition, technology and theory at the University of Nebraska at Omaha... More information
LOOM:
WEAVING THE SOCIAL FABRIC THROUGH DANCE| GALLERY 3 10:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight A high-energy global-soul-salsa-funk-afro-beat dance party erupts when the sun goes down on the second day of Bemis08. Brent Crampton and his loom crew, including host Jay Kline... More information
SATURDAY June 28:
SHIVER SHIVER| GALLERY 3 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. With a signature style and a sizzling stage presence, Shiver Shiver is rooted in the grandest of glam traditions. Chase Thornburg drums while Jordan Elsberry sings and plays... Hear more
BEAR COUNTRY| GALLERY 3 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. The familiar folk rock mainstays of harmonica, bass, and keyboards give way to layers of happy beat overtones and lyrical diversity to form the distinctive sound of Bear Country... Hear more
COLUMBIA VS. CHALLENGER | GALLERY 3 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. From frenetically fast-paced to soulful and grooving, the synth-pop sound of Columbia vs. Challenger is brought to you by Josh Miller (keyboards, vocals and saxophone)... Hear more
CAPGUN COUP| GALLERY 3 10:30 - 11:30 p.m. The sonic schizophrenia of Capgun Coup has evolved from an earlier homage to avant noise into a full-blown explosion of indie-house-party-punk-pop. The ragged and out-of -control clashes... Hear more
