Our 2026-2027 season is underway! Link for Sunday concert below.

The Nebraska Chamber Players 30th anniversary season has begun! We are excited to bring you a distinctive musical season with a very special event in 2027. We again offer our 2026-27 Adult Flexible Season Passes at a discounted price, so early birds, purchase before September 21, 2026, and get a season pass good for 4 adult admissions to any combination of regular season concerts for only $72. 

Join us as Ric Ricker, French horn; Joyce Besch, bassoon; Donna Carnes, violin; Kristie Pfabe, violin; Cindy Ricker, viola; Tracy Sands, cello perform:  

Autumn Contemplations
September 18 & 20, 2026

Idyll for horn and string quartet - Alexander Glazuvov

Little Suite for Autumn - Peter Schickele

Quintet in a minor for bassoon and Strings - Edouard DuPuy

String Quartet No. 2 - Florence Price

Idyll Op. 14 is an early work by Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), a late-Romantic style Russian composer, conductor, and educator. Written in 2014 by Peter Schickele (best known for his compositions under the pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach), Little Suite for Autumn is a duet for violin and viola set in five short movements. The piece opens with a soft, flowing melody. In DuPuy's Quintet in a minor for bassoon and Strings, the bassoon part is characteristic of the Classic era, featuring a clear melodic line which is decorated with ornaments and bright, virtuosic figures. Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, written in 1935, is monumental chamber work set in four movements.

Join us for the beginning of the 2026-27 season!

If you're unable to attend in person, follow this link to watch the Sunday, September 20 concert live beginning at 3:00 pm.
 https://www.youtube.com/live/Y0p-Vqs4iT4?si=IiE0vyxE7CzZJvRd

Our performance home is the Unitarian Church of Lincoln, 6300 A Street. Friday concerts at 7:30 pm, Sunday concerts at 3:00 pm.
Doors open 30 minutes before each performance. Season passes and single tickets available in advance or at the door. Children 10 & under FREE

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November 13 & 15, 2026
British & American Music for Winds and Piano

Gordon Jacob - Sextet
Libby Larsen - Barn Dances
Daniel Baldwin - Landscapes
Madeleine Dring - Trio

February 12 & 14, 2027
Katie and Harp
featuring Katie Wychulis, Harp and Adrienne Dickson, Mezzo-Soprano

Jenni Brandon - Ahead of All Parting
Jacques Ibert - Deux Interludes
Maurice Ravel - Five Popular Greek Melodies
... and more

April 16 & 18, 2027
Spring Grandeur

Camille Saint-Saëns - Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Josef Rheinberger - Nonet in Eb Major, Op. 139
... and more

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On Friday, October 31 & Sunday, November 2, 2025, the all PDQ Bach program included “Blaues Gras” Cantata featuring Steve Hanson on banjo along with mandolin specialist, Ted Eschliman, and many others for a total of 17 musicians on that piece. There were NCP strings, Baritone Trey Meyer, and Tenor Christian Cardona to add Cantata-esque notes, plus a rendition of Sheep May Safely (or not so much) Graze by NCP flutist Lindsay Bartlett joined by Southwest’s own, Alyssa Wilhelm. The concerts were very well attended providing loads of irreverence, laughter, and fun for all. Here are a few photos from the PDQ Bach concerts, courtesy of Loretta Love and Karen Chittick.