s. By Jason Hardy Senior staff writer Once a semester, student com posers in the University of Nebraska Lincoin School of Music get a chance to showcase their work. Tonight, students and faculty members will perform original music composed by the students of profes sors Randall Snyder and Tyler White. It’s an event that helps students under stand the nuts and bolts of composing while exploring their creative side. Tyler White, assistant professor and director of orchestral activities for the UNL School of Music, said the concert was incredibly valuable for student composers. - “It’s a real-world experience,” White said, “both in terms of the practical aspect of organizing perfor mances and then in the basic aesthet ic practicality of hearing the music come to life in real sound, not just how you hear it in your mind.” He said it was one thing to write music but another to actually move an audience with the piece. “It’s important for the training of any composer to oversee the perfor mance of your work,” White said, “to convince (the players) that your music is important to perform. That’s all part of die entrepreneur side ” - The concert also gives student composers a chance to work with other students while being able to make the final decisions. “It’s important for the composer to take full responsibility for the piece they’ve written, but a lot of composers find it very fruitful work ing in a rather collaborative way with performers,” White said. “It’s always good to get some feedback from per formers, in particular when you’re writing about an instrument you don’t play “Those are things this setting can be really useful for. It’s a chance for student composers and performers to work together and achieve the best results.” Students have worked on their pieces in classes such as composition seminar and private composition lessons. White said students were given almost total creative freedom with their projects, and over the years, the concerts have developed a reputa tion for being a break from the norm. “The concerts are a great tradi tion,” he said. “This is a chance to hear stuff that is completely new and may be very different than anything you’ve ever heard. It’s always an adventure going to these, because you never quite know what you’ll hear. , “There is a certain segment of the Lincoln concert-going community that is a real devotee to these con certs. You’re just waiting to see what happens next. It’s really pretty fun.” While the audience’s reaction to a uuiiccn rrewcw jil THHeti I | What: Music of student composers ^ Where: Kimball Recital Hall Whan: 8 tonight The Skinny: Concert features original music composed by UNL music students. performance is an important aspect of the concert, White said, more empha sis is placed on the composers defin ing their personal style. “It’s terribly important for young composers to feel they can take some chances,” he said. “It’s good for them to really spread their wings and do what they need to do to grow as artists.” ■ Work from three award winning firms shows good design in the Heartland is possible, professor says. By Josh Nichols Staff writer Although we are surrounded by what one might call “normal” archi tectural design in the Midwest, some unique, interesting design does exist out there, said Carl Matthews, associ ate professor of architecture. To expose students to the cutting edge design developing in the Midwest, the Department of Architecture brought in a traveling exhibit^ - titled * “mid-western ARchitecTs 3.” On display are'drawingsfand pho tographs of architectural" projects by three national award-win Midwestern architectural firms, exhibit runs in the Architecture b$t this showsthat cron oiit here in the Heartland good design Students in the College of Architecture are encouraged to check out the ideas on display and open their minds to new ideas. “I think the display is here mostly to show the students the potential of what can be done here in die Midwest rather than focusing on the limita tions of what -is being done,” Matthews said. The work on display by Randy Brown Architects of Omaha demon strates work done at a modest price. Randy Brown Architects recently developed a law firm that is a “nice use of raw industri _• 1 _ xl_X_ ai maicitaia mai a put together in a fairly sophis t i c a t e d w a y , ” Matthews said. Also on dis- | play by Randy B r o w n •Ijt-J’’ 'i Architects is a proposal for a Hummel Park day camp project in Omaha. Matthews said this display shows a mixture of new digital technologies with traditional types of drawing. “We are trying to stress to stu dents a flexibility in ways to show their ideas in traditional ways as well as the new ways,” he said. The work on display by Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck is larger-scale, corporate work. , Matthews described their work, which is basically sophisticated design one might not expect to see in that state. One project based in Des Moines is simply a parking garage, but the design itself isn’t so simple. Matthews said this project shows even a parking garage can be an inter esting landmark. “It doesn’t matter what type of project it is,” Matthews said. “Good design can happen whether it’s a parking garage or a church.” Also on^dispjay by. the De.sM Moines-based firm are pictures of the Iowa State athletic offices, designed by Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck. ^ Along with outdoor pictures of the buildings are interior pictures for those interested in interior design. Unique, contemporary design is stressed, but one must also " keep in mind who these buildings and offices are being designed for, Matthews said. “The human element is not sacri ficed in these exhibits,”