Tickets available at the Lied Center of Kansas Box Office starting September 1st. Adults $11 and students & seniors $8. Tickets may be purchased at the Lied Center Box Office or online at lied.ku.edu or over the phone at 785-864-2787. *Tickets purchased online or over the phone add a $5 order fee.

2026 KU Double Reed Day For High School Oboists and Bassoonists! October 11 Murphy Hall Hosted by Dr. Margaret Marco, KU Professor of Oboe & Dr. Midori Samson, KU Professor of Bassoon KS & MO All-State Audition Clinics! Double Reed Ensemble! Schedule of Events All events are in Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Dr., Lawrence, KS, Room 118 and 130 10:00 AM – Check-in, Room 130 Murphy Hall 10:30 AM - KU Student Performance 11:00-12:30 – KS & MO All-State Audition Music Clinic 12:30-1:00 – Lunch provided by KU Bands 1:00-2:00 – Double Reed Ensemble rehearsal 2:15- Double Reed Ensemble Performance, Room 130. Family and friends welcome to attend concert! Attendance is free but you must register for this event. Register here:

Trio Azura is quickly emerging as one of today’s most promising young ensembles, characterized by “intelligence and imagination” and “profound emotion” (Gramophone). They are currently the ensemble-in-residence at the Colburn School—where they formed in 2022—and study with Jonathan Brown, Martin Beaver, Clive Greensmith and Fabio Bidini. Most recently, Trio Azura was named a winner of the 2025 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and appointed YCA Jacobs Fellows, becoming the organization’s first ensemble-in-residence. Trio Azura consists of Canadian violinist Duncan McDougall, South Korean cellist Yejin Hong and Chinese pianist Yanfeng (Tony) Bai. Although they come from different backgrounds, their unique perspectives are a constant source of inspiration. In 2024, the Trio won the Grand Prize, Gold Medal, Lift Every Voice Prize and the Horszowski Trio Prize at the 51st Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They are also prize winners at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China.

Fall Dance Concert November 20, 21, 22* 7 p.m., *2 p.m. Due to KU Athletics' schedule, the start time for the Nov. 21 show may change. Please check the website for updates as we get closer to the performance date. Livestream available November 20 & 22. The UDC Fall Concert features ballet, modern contemporary, lyrical, and free, improvised dance styles. Choreographic Fellow Junichi Fukuda, a professor of dance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, has set a contemporary work on a large ensemble of students. He was selected by the dance faculty for the Department’s highly competitive Choreographic Fellowship. KU Professor Jane Barnette and Ariel Nereson, associate professor of dance at the University at Buffalo, debut a piece with ecological overlaps, working with graduate and undergraduate student dancers and collaborators from both schools. KU Dance Faculty Members Ashley Brittingham, Maya Tillman-Rayton, and Christian Boudreaux, are also choreographing for the evening-length repertoire concert. Student performance clubs MOVE @KU and KU Jeeva will also present works. Tickets are available in person at the University Theatre Box Office in Murphy Hall, by calling 785-864-3982, or online at dance.ku.edu. Lidded drinks or water bottles are allowed in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre. Infrared hearing-assistive headsets are available these performances. The facilities are accessible to persons using wheelchairs. Requests for special seating accommodations can be made by contacting the University Theatre Box Office, 785-864-3982.. Visit Venue Accessibility for more information.

Tickets available at the Lied Center of Kansas Box Office starting September 1st. Adults $11 and students & seniors $8. Tickets may be purchased at the Lied Center Box Office or online at lied.ku.edu or over the phone at 785-864-2787. *Tickets purchased online or over the phone add a $5 order fee.

Fall Dance Concert November 20, 21, 22* 7 p.m., *2 p.m. Due to KU Athletics' schedule, the start time for the Nov. 21 show may change. Please check the website for updates as we get closer to the performance date. Livestream available November 20 & 22. The UDC Fall Concert features ballet, modern contemporary, lyrical, and free, improvised dance styles. Choreographic Fellow Junichi Fukuda, a professor of dance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, has set a contemporary work on a large ensemble of students. He was selected by the dance faculty for the Department’s highly competitive Choreographic Fellowship. KU Professor Jane Barnette and Ariel Nereson, associate professor of dance at the University at Buffalo, debut a piece with ecological overlaps, working with graduate and undergraduate student dancers and collaborators from both schools. KU Dance Faculty Members Ashley Brittingham, Maya Tillman-Rayton, and Christian Boudreaux, are also choreographing for the evening-length repertoire concert. Student performance clubs MOVE @KU and KU Jeeva will also present works. Tickets are available in person at the University Theatre Box Office in Murphy Hall, by calling 785-864-3982, or online at dance.ku.edu. Lidded drinks or water bottles are allowed in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre. Infrared hearing-assistive headsets are available these performances. The facilities are accessible to persons using wheelchairs. Requests for special seating accommodations can be made by contacting the University Theatre Box Office, 785-864-3982.. Visit Venue Accessibility for more information.

Fall Dance Concert November 20, 21, 22* 7 p.m., *2 p.m. Due to KU Athletics' schedule, the start time for the Nov. 21 show may change. Please check the website for updates as we get closer to the performance date. Livestream available November 20 & 22. The UDC Fall Concert features ballet, modern contemporary, lyrical, and free, improvised dance styles. Choreographic Fellow Junichi Fukuda, a professor of dance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, has set a contemporary work on a large ensemble of students. He was selected by the dance faculty for the Department’s highly competitive Choreographic Fellowship. KU Professor Jane Barnette and Ariel Nereson, associate professor of dance at the University at Buffalo, debut a piece with ecological overlaps, working with graduate and undergraduate student dancers and collaborators from both schools. KU Dance Faculty Members Ashley Brittingham, Maya Tillman-Rayton, and Christian Boudreaux, are also choreographing for the evening-length repertoire concert. Student performance clubs MOVE @KU and KU Jeeva will also present works. Tickets are available in person at the University Theatre Box Office in Murphy Hall, by calling 785-864-3982, or online at dance.ku.edu. Lidded drinks or water bottles are allowed in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre. Infrared hearing-assistive headsets are available these performances. The facilities are accessible to persons using wheelchairs. Requests for special seating accommodations can be made by contacting the University Theatre Box Office, 785-864-3982.. Visit Venue Accessibility for more information.

In this special Christmas edition of their world tour, "La Nueva Generación," the two-time Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble delivers a holiday concert that honors both the magic of Christmas and the cultural vibrancy of Mexico. Experience an unforgettable night as they blend beloved holiday classics with mariachi traditions. Includes reserved seats for the performance, a pre-performance guest lecture and dinner featuring authentic Mexican food and pastries. All reservations must be made by Nov. 27. No refunds will be given after that date. An Osher membership fee of $25 is required to enroll in this class. If you have not paid your membership fee, please click on Osher Membership Fee - Shopping cart to add the membership fee to your shopping cart. Then continue shopping to select your courses and/or events. If you have questions about whether or not you have paid your member fee, please call 785-864-6779. Course Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend University of Kansas-sponsored events. If you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in an event, please email jayhawkglobal@ku.edu or call 785-864-6779 at least three weeks before the first day of the event.

Celebrate the holidays with the heartwarming sounds of Mariachi Herencia de México! In this special Christmas edition of their world tour, La Nueva Generación, the 2x Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble delivers a holiday concert that honors both the magic of Christmas and the cultural vibrancy of Mexico. Experience an unforgettable night as they blend beloved holiday classics with mariachi traditions. The historic tradition of mariachi music has its roots of origin in cities such as Guadalajara and Mexico City. As the ever-evolving genre’s influence spread, it reached Chicago and birthed Mariachi Herencia de México. The band has issued six chart-topping albums and has performed all across the North American continent, paving the way for a new generation of mariachi musicians. Nuestra Herencia, their 2017 debut album, topped the Latin streaming charts and earned the band their first Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album. 2018’s Herencia de la Tierra Mía and the two-volume series, Esencia (2019) and Esencia, Vol. 2 (2020), charted at the top of all major streaming platforms and industry charts. In 2022, Herederos appeared as the band was performing a wildly successful North American tour. Herederos received a 2023 Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album. In 2025, Mariachi Herencia de México released their most ambitious project yet, the groundbreaking album Viva La Música, with five hit singles (“Inolvidable,” “Preciosa,” “La Murga,” “Perdón” and “Caminaré”) that have amassed millions of views and streams worldwide. The young, virtuosic band is comprised of 14 musicians representing a new bicultural generation in the U.S. “Mariachi Herencia de México brings mariachi music to the charts, while staying true to their Mexican roots.” – Billboard “Mariachi Herencia de México takes mariachi music to whole new heights.” – The Chicago Sun-Times

A Jayhawks Live! event, tickets are available through the Lied Center of Kansas Box Office (785-864-2787 or $25 adults/$14 students Tickets purchased online or over the phone will add a $5 service charge.

Since 1986, Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience featuring colorful classical arrangements, burning jazz standards and the best of original brass repertoire. Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of musical entertainment that bridges the ocean of classical formality, delighting regular concertgoers and newcomers alike with great music and boisterous fun in performances across all 50 U.S. states and over 30 countries to date. As part of the KU School of Music’s Prairie Winds Festival, Boston Brass will perform with multiple ensembles including the KU Wind Ensemble (KUWE). Described by The New York Times as “one of America’s most esteemed concert bands,” the KUWE is the premier wind band at the University of Kansas. The group has several highly acclaimed performance credits for commercial CDs on the Klavier, Naxos, Ecstatic, Summit, Cantaloupe and Mark Custom labels. Their Carnegie Hall debut in 2013 was pronounced by Feast of Music as “showing amazing chops in their transitions and an impressive range of dynamics.” Besides Carnegie Hall, KUWE has performed for President Obama in 2015; the national convention of the College Band Directors National Association in 2017; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2018; the Milan, Italy Festival of Bands in 2022; the American Bandmasters Association National Convention in 2023 and was recognized as the 2023 college/university recipient of The American Prize in Band/Wind Ensemble Performance.

Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable. A two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” Grant Recipient, Pulitzer Prize winner, and composer of opera, ballet and film, Giddens has centered her work around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased, as well as advocating for a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins through art. Giddens has released three albums under her own name and two in collaboration with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, all on Nonesuch Records. American Railroad, her first album in collaboration with the Silkroad Ensemble, was released in November 2024, and her most recent album, a collaboration with Justin Robinson called What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, was released in 2025. A founding member of the landmark Black string-band Carolina Chocolate Drops and the all-female banjo supergroup Our Native Daughters, Giddens is as much a curator as a creator. She is the current artistic director of the Yo-Yo Ma-founded Silkroad Ensemble, hosts a TV show on PBS, My Music with Rhiannon Giddens, and has hosted two podcasts (Aria Code from New York City’s NPR affiliate station WQXR, which ran for three seasons, and American Railroad from Silkroad).

The New York Philharmonic String Quartet comprises four principal musicians from the Philharmonic: Concertmaster Frank Huang (The Charles E. Culpeper Chair), Principal Second Violin Qianqian Li, Principal Viola Cynthia Phelps (The Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Chair) and Principal Cello Carter Brey (The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Chair). The group was formed in January 2017 during the Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary season. The New York Philharmonic String Quartet made its debut as the solo ensemble in John Adams’s Absolute Jest in New York in March 2017 and reprised the work on the orchestra’s 2017 European spring tour. All four members are multiple-prize winners, have appeared as concerto soloists with the Philharmonic and orchestras around the world, and have appeared frequently in the Philharmonic’s chamber music series at David Geffen Hall and Merkin Concert Hall.

A Jayhawks Live! event, tickets are available through the Lied Center of Kansas Box Office (785-864-2787 or $25 adults/$14 students

Willie Jones III is one of the world’s most celebrated drummers in modern jazz. As a band leader, the “astute hard-bop drummer” (The New York Times), has sold-out series of sets at Dizzy’s Club in New York City, Club 1905 in Portland, the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, Club Bebop in Buenos Aires and Bimhuis in Amsterdam. His band has performed for crowds at full capacity at Central Park SummerStage and the New York City Winter Jazz Festival. The Los Angeles-born musician performed in the Roy Hargrove Quintet from 1998 to 2006. He was also one of two drummers in Hargrove’s powerhouse group RH Factor. Jones has been featured on performances and tours with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and as a drummer of choice for legendary artists, including Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Frank Wess, Bill Charlap, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock and Hank Jones. Jones will perform with KU Jazz Ensemble I, led by Dan Gailey, director of Jazz Studies. Jazz Ensemble I is the flagship ensemble within the Jazz Studies program at the University of Kansas. The program has received 37 DownBeat Student Music Awards, including Jazz Ensemble I’s 2023, 2021, 2019 and 2015 awards in the Graduate Division for Best College Big Band in the United States or Canada, and their Outstanding Performance Awards in the same division in 2024, 2022 and 2017. Jazz Ensemble I has had the distinction of performing with such noted guest artists as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Clark Terry, Camila Meza, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Anat Cohen, Sean Jones, Camille Thurman, Kneebody, Renee Rosnes, Michael Dease, Steve Wilson, Tia Fuller, Dave Douglas, Louie Bellson, Jeff Coffin, Tim Ries, Peter Erskine, Vince Mendoza, Conrad Herwig, Bob Sheppard, Gary Foster, Steve Houghton, Bob Mintzer, Bobby Shew, Carl Fontana, Dick Oatts, Frank Mantooth, Ingrid Jensen, Jon Hendricks, Pete Christlieb and many others.

Known around the world for its eclectic repertoire and dazzling virtuosity, the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer, under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler, has been hailed by The Boston Globe as “breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style.” Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world—an “orchestra of voices” performing thousands of live concerts and selling more than one million recordings. Rooted in the Renaissance, Chanticleer’s repertoire has expanded to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz and popular music, and the group performs its beloved A Chanticleer Christmas program on tour every December. A new Christmas album, Joy to the World, was released in fall 2025. With a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements, Chanticleer foregrounds American repertoire and a distinctively American sound, complementing the group’s signature diversity in terms of membership and genre. The ensemble has dedicated much of its vast recording catalog to these commissions, garnering Grammy Awards for its recordings of Sir John Tavener’s Lamentations & Praises and the ambitious collection of commissioned works entitled Colors of Love. Chanticleer’s 2002 album, Our American Journey, was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2025.

Tickets available at the Lied Center of Kansas Box Office starting September 1st. Adults $11 and students & seniors $8. Tickets may be purchased at the Lied Center Box Office or online at lied.ku.edu or over the phone at 785-864-2787. *Tickets purchased online or over the phone add a $5 order fee.