Music as Medicine to be held today at noon












Future concerts



Here is a schedule of the remaing performers for the 2008-2009 Music as Medicine series:

  • Dec. 11 — Burke High School Swing Choir
  • Jan. 15 — Omaha Chamber Music Society
  • Feb. 19 — Burke St. Boys (and girls), Jazz
  • March 19 — Omaha Chamber Music Society
  • April 16 — Riverside Anthology with Heidi Joy, Bluegrass/Americana
  • May 21 — Omaha Chamber Music Society
  • June 4 — Bel Canto Choir




The campus is invited today to bring lunch and enjoy music from the Omaha Chamber Music Society at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

A trio featuring flutist Maria Harding, cellist Paul Lewdon and pianist John Bennett will perform during the concert.

Harding currently is the principal flutist of the Omaha Symphony. As a soloist, she has won first prize in prestigious competitions sponsored by the National Flute Association, the Richardson (Texas) Symphony Orchestra, the McCarty Artists’ Competition and the Texas Flute Society.

Lewdon is principal cellist of the Omaha Symphony. He studied in Germany and Finland and received his artist’s diploma from Hochschule fuer Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany with the highest possible marks.

Bennett is the executive director of the Omaha Chamber Music Society. He most recently served as Chorus Master for Opera Omaha. He is the resident pianist for the Omaha Chamber Singers, Bel Canto, and is on the music staff at Omaha’s Central High School as well as Countryside Community Church.

Come on out and enjoy the fabulous music. This concert is sponsored by UNMC Physicians.