This year, the elegant wit of Love's Labor's Lost is complemented by the drive of popular music, while A Midsummer Night's Dream excitingly balances dreamlike fantasy with rollicking slapstick. Audience members are invited to share their questions, comments, and reactions. Funding for this event has been provided by the UNL Foundations Program, the University Honors Program, the Textual Studies Program, and the Departments of English and Theatre Arts and Dance. For more information, call 472-1784. The School of Music presents guest artist Denise Schmidt, clarinet, at 8 p.m. Sept. 22 in Kimball Hall.
Admission is free.
For her program, Schmidt has chosen works by Leo Weiner, Sergei Prokofiev, Aleksander Goedicke, Felix Mendelssohn and Donato Lovreglio. She is a member of the Asheville Symphony and the Missouri Chamber Orchestra. Schmidt is an active clarinet clinician and performer throughout North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Texas. Wind Ensemble, the Leto High School Band, the Denton High School Band, the Asheville Community Band, and the Mars Hill College Wind Ensemble. She also served as clarinet specialist for the Denton Independent School District in Denton, Texas, from 1991-1993 and was a band director in Pasco County, Fla., for five years.