"LET ALL MEN SING!"
When: OCTOBER 6, 2025!
Where: the newly renovated UNL KIMBALL RECITAL HALL
Registration TBA
No school ensemble cost, no per-singer cost, Literature TBA (see below), 6:30pm evening concert is free and open to the public. REGISTRATIONS MAY BE LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER EARLY.
About the Festival
UNL has long been a men's chorus national leader and will again be hosting a fall men's choral festival. It is positioned early in the school year so as to provide an often-needed boost to the enthusiasm for male singing in your school. Music is either purchased by individual schools or downloaded via pdf to interested directors from this site. Music is often newly composed or arranged specifically for this wonderful event. It helps reduce music costs and early ordering for the participating schools. Some schools bring their entire men's chorus and desire a performance slot on the evening festival concert; other schools bring available and interested young students and sing in the massed choir on the concert. All singers, young and seasoned join together in the festival chorus 6:30pm free concert. Participation is free; the evening concert event is free of charge. Interested directors should Email Dr. Pete Eklund at UNL at pae@unl.edu
Please consider joining us for this wonderful fall choral event. Many groups have made this a part of their fall curriculum and performance schedule and it has been an absolute treat to see the male ensembles grow in talent, numbers, and performance product over the years. For these men to perform in front of a large packed auditorium is just what they need to return to their local schools and spread the infectious enthusiasm for singing.
Attire for the rehearsal-day is 'casual.' However, we love the concept of the men's choirs wearing matching school choir t-shirts or polos during the day (MEN'S CHOIR PRIDE!). And another viable option is wearing your school's attire to promote school spirit.
Attire for the performance will be (for the high schoolers) a white or very light-colored dress shirt, dark dress slacks, dark shoes and socks, and a tie (however, if your men's chorus has a specific performance uniform, please show your pride and wear that).
FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND MUSIC LIST / PDF, CONTACT DR. PETER A. EKLUND AT pae@unl.edu
Repertoire (please order ASAP or print and review with student-singers prior to arrival at the Festival):
download and print: TBA
download and print: TBA
download and print: TBA
Schedule
Festival Schedule (subject to change)
Monday, October 6 – All events to be held at Saint Paul Methodist Church in downtown Lincoln (same location as the Nebraska All-State Chorus rehearsals) because of current Kimball Hall rennovation/updates/upgrades
Travel safely!
8:00am doors open
8:30am Seating (fill in all empty seats in the front—there will be neon sticky notes separating the choir)
9:00am Morning Rehearsal; break at 9:20 to sectionals
9:30am - 10:30 AM Sectionals — baritones go to TBA; tenor I to TBA; tenor II to TBA, basses to TBA. Baritones=Dr. Eklund, & TBA; Tenor I=Jaime O'Neill, & TBA; Tenor II=TBA, Jun Terasawa & TBA; Bass=Don Torbett & Jake Ven Huizen
10:30am Restroom break
10:45am Resume rehearsal in together in same seats as earlier
noon Lunch Break
1:30pm Resume rehearsal (use the same seats as morning rehearsal)
1:35pm USingers joins rehearsal
2:00pm Resume rehearsal
3:30pm Varsity Chorus short performance
3:30pm TBA high school sound check (15min)
3:45pm Resume rehearsal
4:45pm dinner break, leave clothing bags under your seat, please leave the room quietly so the next group can rehearse. Retrieve bags quietly after meal.
5pm TBA high school sound check (15min)
5:15pm TBA high school sound check (15min)
5:30pm set the stage for brass/percussion
5:45pm UNL men on stage (with brass, TBA - 10-15 min)
6:00pm High school singers can have access to TBA and the Men's Restrooms for changing
House (seating area) opens for public.
6:30 PM CONCERT
Travel safely on your return home!!!
Mark your calendar for next year: October ???, 2026
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION:
UNL Conference Services is committed to providing appropriate accommodations to guests with disabilities. In order to ensure that appropriate arrangements can be made, guests with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations must contact the Director of Services for Students with Disabilities at 402/472-3787 at least three weeks prior to their scheduled arrival on campus. Please be prepared to tell that office the name of the conference/camp and dates of attendance.