SUN · 7:30pm
UNO New Music Ensemble Concert
Strauss Performing Arts Center
TOMORROW · Multiple times
Student Recital - Broc Hempel
Thursday, October 29 at Strauss Performing Arts Center, Omaha
About this event
On Thursday, October 29, at 5:00 PM Broc Hempel will perform a graduate piano recital at the Strauss Performing Arts Center Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus. Mr. Hempel will perform original compositions, as well as songs by Charlie Parker, Frederick Loewe, The Toadies, Milton Nascimento and Christian Coleman. Jonah Bennett, bass. Christian Coleman, drums. The performance will be live-streamed on the School of Music YouTube channel. Broc Hempel is a jazz pianist from Lincoln, Nebraska. A graduate of the acclaimed jazz program at William Paterson University, he moved to New York City in 2004, where he performed extensively for over two decades. Hempel has played alongside leading voices in contemporary jazz including Dave Binney, Donny McCaslin, Seamus Blake, Rich Perry, and Stacy Dillard. He has performed in renowned venues such as Birdland Jazz Club, Smalls Jazz Club, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. Now based in Omaha, Nebraska, he remains active as a performer, educator, and collaborator.
Who's playing
Broc Hempel is a Lincoln native who studied jazz at William Paterson University and moved to New York in 2004. He has played with Dave Binney, Donny McCaslin, Seamus Blake, Rich Perry and Stacy Dillard. His venues include Birdland, Smalls, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He now lives in Omaha and works as a performer and educator. Jonah Bennett is on bass, and Christian Coleman is on drums.
What to expect
A jazz trio set that mixes Hempel's own pieces with a wide range of other writers, from Charlie Parker and Frederick Loewe to the rock band The Toadies and Brazilian composer Milton Nascimento. The Recital Hall is a small first-floor room on the UNO campus that seats about 80, so the piano trio is heard up close. The School of Music also live-streams the recital on its YouTube channel.
Why go
Hempel brings decades of New York club experience to a degree recital. It is a chance to hear a working jazz pianist play his own material in a close room. The Strauss Performing Arts Center is the hub of UNO's School of Music and hosts hundreds of performances each year.
Where
Strauss Performing Arts Center · 6305 University Drive North · Omaha NEDirections
