Healing Arts

UNO Sound Health
2025-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Buffett Cancer Center, 505 S 45th St., Omaha, NE, 68105, United States
Sound Health bridges music and medicine through live performances by UNO students who contribute to the environment of care and gain professional performing experience while contributing to their community.
The mission of Sound Health is to enrich the health care environment for patients, families, health care providers and staff through live music while providing music students with an opportunity for service learning and professional performing experience. The goals of Sound Health are to contribute to a healing environment; to give music students community service learning opportunities; and to break down the “fourth wall” barriers, connecting musicians to their audiences and vice versa.
Dr. Mary Perkinson founded Sound Health in 2010 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a new faculty member at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2014, Dr. Perkinson knew that she wanted to bring Sound Health to Omaha. The pilot program took place in spring 2015 and continues to contribute to the environment of care at health care facilities throughout Omaha.
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Maverick Quartet
2025-05-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-20 12:00 - 13:00
The Maverick Quartet was founded in 2016 by UNO string faculty Drs. Mary Perkinson and Olga Smola, violins; Brian Sherwood, viola; and Gregory Clinton, cello. The members have established careers as soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral musicians and have performed throughout North and South America, Europe, Russia, and Asia. The quartet performs annual chamber music concerts and frequently perform with invited guest artists from Omaha and beyond.
The Maverick Quartet is dedicated to enriching the lives of young string players through pedagogy and artistry. They conduct frequent clinics throughout the state and co-founded Partners in Performance, nationally recognized and award winning and program that partners with Omaha Area Youth Orchestras and area schools to contribute to a culture of leadership and mentorship.
UNO’s Maverick String Quartet has been string-quartet-in-residence at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s Healing Arts program since 2018.
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