Meadowlark Music Festival
Bringing a world of music to Nebraska
Happy Summer to all our Meadowlark artists, volunteers, donors and fans!
Meadowlark's summer season will present artists from France, Brazil, Israel, and the USA!
July 25th-27th, 2025
6X GRAMMY-winner French jazz violin virtuoso Scott Tixier returns to Lincoln – his most recent GRAMMY is for his contributions to Jon Batiste's American Symphony. While is Lincoln Scott will give classes for students at the Strings Alliance In Lincoln (SAIL) camp and his Meadowlark concert will feature a professional rhythm section. Scott's appearances Lincoln are presented in collaboration with the Lincoln Public Schools and UNL's Glenn Korff School of Music. The concert will be presented in the newly renovated Kimball Recital Hall on the UNL campus.
A Brazilian Bossa Nova Celebration triple-bill will be presented among the trees and under the stars in the fabulous *Prairie Pines Nature Preserve. David Von Kampen's LNK Vocal Jazz will open the concert with 3 harmonically stunning pieces for a dozen singers. Sounds From Brazil will follow with classic Bossa Nova hits from Antonio Carlos Jobim and more. Finally Looking for Johnny Alf will perform originals and works by Alfredo José da Silva, one the founders of Bossa Nova.
Food will be available from Pepe's Bistro as well as wine and beer. Food and beverages are cash-only.
*In the case of rain the Brazilian concert will take place at the Prairie Creek Inn: 2400 S. 148th St. Walton, NE 68461.
Take O St. east and then turn right on 148th. Prairie Creek Inn is slightly south of A Street on the left hand side of 148th.
Saxophonist Greg Fishman will appear at Meadowlark for the first time, presenting his concert entitled A Tribute to Stan Getz. Greg has toured with many of the greatest names in jazz including Woody Herman, Louie Bellson, Slide Hampton, Clark Terry, Benny Golson, and many more. He has a particular fondness for his mentor, the legendary Stan Getz, and is considered an expert on his music having published three books of his solo transcriptions. A renown jazz pedagogue having authored over a dozen books, Greg will give a jazz saxophone workshop while he is in Lincoln and perform an evening of the music of Stan Getz across his illustrious career. The concert will be presented in the newly renovated Kimball Recital Hall on the UNL campus.
Thanks for everyone who attended Meadowlark's Mardi Gras In May!
A lovely time was had by all – it was a perfect evening of gumbo, red beans & rice, muffulata salad, king cake and music! Classic New Orleans tunes were provided by vocalists Susie Thorne & Jackie Allen with trumpeter Darryl White and friends!
Meadowlark presented the Amina Figarova Sextet with the Martsiko World Orphan Choir!
In November, 2024, Meadowlark presented a free concert featuring acclaimed jazz composer and pianist, Amina Figarova, in collaboration with the internationally renowned Matsiko World Orphan Choir. They gave an exceptional performance of music that has thrilled audiences across the United States in over 40 performances from New Orleans to Buffalo and Nashville to Chicago. Her sextet and the choir came together in March of 2024 to create a recording entitled Suite for Africa, and toured across the US from April through November.
Meadowlark was thrilled to be able to present this special concert as one of the last stops on their 2024 tour before the choir returns to Libera, Africa.
The 18 albums Amina Figarova released to date have made her one of the most admired composers in jazz. … The voices (of the Matsiko World Orphan Choir) are neither sweet nor soothing, they are clamorous and jubilant …. It sounds like love becomes music.
Thomas Conrad, Stereophile Magazine, September, 2024
Special thanks to our 2024-25 season sponsors and supporters including:
Nebraska Arts Council
Cooper Foundation
Woods Foundation
Farmers Mutual of Nebraska
Rhonda Seacrest Foundation
Ameritas
Chateau Development
Pittenger & Anderson
Annabell Gardens
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts
Glenn Korff School of Music & Dance
Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Meadowlark's Lark Society and you!
Donations are greatly appreciated!
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Meadowlark Gallery
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Pablo Aslan Tango Ensemble -
SYBARITE5 reception -
Meadowlark volunteers -
Winery concert -
Bass trio -
Gourmet Meadowlark picnic -
Portable Masterpieces -
Ellen Jewett -
Gala final bow -
Frank Proto Duo at Grand Manse -
Grapes at sunset with Meadowlark -
Meadowlark board and volunteers -
World premiere of Our Fathers -
15 piece Trinkle Brass Works -
Red Hats at Deer Creek
Join Us for the Sounds of Surprise
Come to a concert and hear something special…
Tango from Argentina
Radiohead played by a string quintet
Fireworks accompanied by 15 brass players
Beatles and Brahms performed by a cello quartet
Appalachian Folk Music with African percussion
Volunteer, donate, be a part of the Meadowlark Family and help us to continue the legacy of Nebraska's premiere summer chamber series, presenting artists from around the world in your backyard.
"The crowd stood and cheered at concert’s end as the sunset cast warm glows through the stained-glass windows
of St. Paul church. It was a grand conclusion for one of the best Meadowlark festivals in recent years." Lincoln Journal Star
1135 M St. Suite A
Lincoln, NE 68508