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2026 Program

OMAHA

Dream Warriors Residency – Listening Session

Fri, 7/24 5:00 pm

Oto HiFi Lounge

Omaha

ííS

Fri, 7/24 7:30 pm

Joslyn Castle

Omaha

Omaha Showcase

Sat, 7/25 7:30 pm

Gene Leahy Mall

Omaha

Women's Bandura Ensemble of North America

Sun, 7/26 11:30 am

Gallery 1516

Omaha

Mixed Harmony

Sun, 7/26 8:00 pm

North Omaha Music & Arts

Omaha

Heart to Heart at BLUEBARN

Mon, 7/27 8:00 pm

BLUEBARN Theatre

Omaha

The Composer's Mind: La Folia Global

Tue, 7/28 6:30 pm

St. Cecilia's Cathedral

Omaha

La Folia Global

Tue, 7/28 7:30 pm

St. Cecilia Cathedral

Omaha

Art-Tastic Saturday

Sat, 8/1 12:00 pm

The Joslyn

Omaha

"Luminous Wings" Orchestra Finale

Sun, 8/2 4:00 pm

Strauss Performing Arts Center

Omaha

Jewel Rodgers Residency – Listening Session

Wed, 8/5 6:00 pm

Oto HiFi Lounge

Omaha

2026 Program

LINCOLN

Family Day with Nebraska Crossroads

Sun, 7/19 2:00 pm

Sheldon Museum of Art

Lincoln

Kusi Taki–Andean Music at the Gardens

Wed, 7/29 12:00 pm

Barb Bartle Garden

Lincoln

The Composer's Mind: La Folia Global

Wed, 7/29 6:30 pm

UNL Westbrook Performance Hall

Lincoln

La Folia Global

Wed, 7/29 7:30 pm

UNL Westbrook Performance Hall

Lincoln

Lincoln Showcase at Stransky Park

Thu, 7/30 7:00 pm

Stransky Park

Lincoln

"Mountain View" Chamber Concert

Fri, 7/31 7:00 pm

UNL Westbrook Performance Hall

Lincoln

Party and Late-Night Concert with the Algorhythms

Fri, 7/31 9:00 pm

The Railyard

Lincoln

Acoustic Jam Session

Sat, 8/1 3:00 pm

UNL Glenn Korff School of Music

Lincoln

"Luminous Wings" Orchestra Finale

Sat, 8/1 7:30 pm

Kimball Hall

Lincoln

Family Day with Nebraska Crossroads

Sun, 7/19 2:00 pm

Sheldon Museum of Art

Lincoln

Dream Warriors Residency – Listening Session

Fri, 7/24 5:00 pm

Oto HiFi Lounge

Omaha

ííS

Fri, 7/24 7:30 pm

Joslyn Castle

Omaha

Omaha Showcase

Sat, 7/25 7:30 pm

Gene Leahy Mall

Omaha

Women's Bandura Ensemble of North America

Sun, 7/26 11:30 am

Gallery 1516

Omaha

Mixed Harmony

Sun, 7/26 8:00 pm

North Omaha Music & Arts

Omaha

Heart to Heart at BLUEBARN

Mon, 7/27 8:00 pm

BLUEBARN Theatre

Omaha

The Composer's Mind: La Folia Global

Tue, 7/28 6:30 pm

St. Cecilia's Cathedral

Omaha

La Folia Global

Tue, 7/28 7:30 pm

St. Cecilia Cathedral

Omaha

Kusi Taki–Andean Music at the Gardens

Wed, 7/29 12:00 pm

Barb Bartle Garden

Lincoln

The Composer's Mind: La Folia Global

Wed, 7/29 6:30 pm

UNL Westbrook Performance Hall

Lincoln

La Folia Global

Wed, 7/29 7:30 pm

UNL Westbrook Performance Hall

Lincoln

Lincoln Showcase at Stransky Park

Thu, 7/30 7:00 pm

Stransky Park

Lincoln

"Mountain View" Chamber Concert

Fri, 7/31 7:00 pm

UNL Westbrook Performance Hall

Lincoln

Party and Late-Night Concert with the Algorhythms

Fri, 7/31 9:00 pm

The Railyard

Lincoln

Art-Tastic Saturday

Sat, 8/1 12:00 pm

The Joslyn

Omaha

Acoustic Jam Session

Sat, 8/1 3:00 pm

UNL Glenn Korff School of Music

Lincoln

"Luminous Wings" Orchestra Finale

Sat, 8/1 7:30 pm

Kimball Hall

Lincoln

"Luminous Wings" Orchestra Finale

Sun, 8/2 4:00 pm

Strauss Performing Arts Center

Omaha

Jewel Rodgers Residency – Listening Session

Wed, 8/5 6:00 pm

Oto HiFi Lounge

Omaha
Sandeep Das on tabla and Rajib Karmakar on sitar performing at the Omaha Showcase during the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Maeve Gilchrist performing on harp at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Cuban band Mixed Harmony performing onstage at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, viewed from behind the performers
Audience members enjoying an evening DJ set by Olga Smola at the 2021 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln
Percussionist John Hadfield performing in Kinan Azmeh and Layale Chaker’s “Dawning” for two soloists and orchestra at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln
Musicians taking a bow at the finale concert of the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln
Maeve Gilchrist and Seamus Egan performing together at the 2023 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
The 2023 Omaha Showcase concert at the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival under a vibrant, illuminated stage canopy
Ron Blake on baritone saxophone and John Hadfield on percussion performing at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, with Blake featured on a large video screen behind the stage
Olga Smola, violinist and Executive Director of Nebraska Crossroads, applauding fellow musicians during the 2023 Omaha Showcase
Violinists Olga Smola and Nicole Sauder performing at sunset during the 2024 Lincoln Showcase at Antelope Park, part of the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Festival ensemble performing the world premiere of Valeri Tolstov’s “La Folia Global” in Lincoln at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Yezidi band Golden Studio performing an outdoor concert at the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Percussionists from the Cuban band Mixed Harmony performing at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
German experimental trio toecheter performing live at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival’s Omaha Showcase
Member of the Kytasty family bandura ensemble performing in traditional attire at the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Musicians perform beneath a vivid light display at the 2023 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and violinist Aisslinn Nosky performing together and interacting onstage during the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Alina Kuzma singing as part of the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America during the 2019 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Musicians gathered in a circle for a jam session during the 2019 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Chamber musicians performing together during the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
Maeve Gilchrist performing on harp at First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln during the 2021 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
John Hadfield and Ron Blake performing onstage at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, viewed from the audience
Singers performing a choral work during the 2024 chamber music concert at the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln

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