Schedule Of Events

July 25, 2025

7:30pm : 6X GRAMMY winner, French jazz violin virtuoso Scott Tixier

Acclaimed violin virtuoso Scott Tixier returns to Lincoln on Friday, March 28th and again on Friday, July 25th in a partnership between Meadowlark, Lincoln Public Schools, and UNL's Glenn Korff School of Music. He will give workshops/presentations to UNL and LPS students and perform a pair of public concerts:

“Mr. Tixier is a violinist whose sonic palette, like his range of interests, runs open and wide”
Scott Tixier is a 6-time GRAMMY award-winning French jazz violinist and2018 DownBeat Critic Poll Winner. He has performed, recorded, and toured with jazz legends and music icons such as Stevie Wonder, Kenny Barron, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, Ed Sheeran, Cassandra Wilson, Coldplay, Chris Potter, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Anthony Braxton, Ariana Grande, Adele and many others.

In addition to performing in and out of the jazz world, Tixier is known for his work on motion picture scores such as The Lion King, John Wick, Charlie’s Angels and TV shows including "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" on NBC, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" as well as the previous format with David Letterman, "Late Night with Seth Meyers," "America's Got Talent" and most recently with Netflix for Spike Lee's new film in collaboration with composer Terence Blanchard (released in 2020). In 2022, he was the featured soloist for Jon Batiste's American Symphony premiere at Carnegie Hall.

July 26, 2025

7:30pm : A Brazilian Bossa Nova Celebration with Sounds From Brazil & Looking for Johnny Alf

The evening will open with David Von Kampen's new LNK Vocal Jazz ensemble, featuring a dozen young jazz singers. "Sounds From Brazil" features classic Bossa Nova hits from the late 1950s into the 60s by such iconic composers as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Roberto Menescal and more. "Looking for Johnny Alf" features a quartet of Brazilian musicians performing new arrangements of rarely heard tunes composed by Alfredo José da Silva, known as Johnny Alf. "Sounds From Brazil" performs a wide range of classic tunes from the Bossa Nova songbook.

Originally founded to perform for the first Water for Food Global Institute International Conference hosted by UNL in 2016, the group has appeared at numerous Lincoln events including Jazz In June and Meadowlark In May. Fronted by Christopher Neale, a Brazilian guitarist and vocalist, and Jackie Allen, a Blue Note Recording Artist, the group prides itself on recreating the sounds of boss nova from original charts and recordings. 

Adding to the authentic Brazilian experience, percussionist Dane Richeson brings with him years of experience of touring Brazil and having mastered a veritable orchestra of Brazilian instruments including the rarely heard berimbau. The berimbau is a single-string instrument attached to a gourd resonator. The string is normally hit or struck with a stick and a grooved stone is used to bend the string to change the pitch and tone of the sound. 

The featured vocalist for"Looking for Johnny Alf" began to formally study singing and piano at the age of 12 and appeared on Italian TV, which gave her a platform to perform with many established Italian artists. She discovered that singing was pure joy and that it was the ultimate way to express herself musically, and for the next few years worked on her vocals while collaborating with songwriters and musicians to write her debut album, +18, which was released in June 2017.

Although only just in her 20s, she has already performed across the world from Brazil to Italy, as well as Argentina, Belgium, France, Ireland, Holland, Austria, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Portugal and Gt. Britain. In 2024 she started a collaboration with a Brazilian pianist, creating a new project called “Looking for Johnny Alf”. Two became four, when they added a cellist and guitarist. "Looking for Johnny Alf" gained a huge following during the Brazilian and Argentinian four-month tour.

The music director of "Looking for Johnny Alf" is a composer, producer and pedagogue (Argentina/Brazil). He holds a Bachelor of Music from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and Master in Jazz Performance from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), where he currently resides.He has collaborated with numerous artists (Hermeto Pascoal, I Musici di Montreal, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Edu Lobo, Hamilton de Holanda, Marcus Wyatt, Carlos Malta, Eugene Friesen, Sid Jacobs, Mordy Ferber, Ehud Ettun, Wanda Sá, Quarteto in Cy, Victor Biglione, Gabriel Grossi, Maria João, Bernardo Lobo, among many others), in recordings, TV/Radio specials and tours in more than 30 countries.In 2021, he received the “Prémio Profissionais da Música” (Music Professionals Award) for the television series “Herdeiros de Saramago” – RTP (soundtrack category).And in 2022, he was nominated for the 23rd Latin Grammy in the “Best Instrumental Album” category.

July 27, 2025

3:30pm : A Tribute to Stan Getz - with saxophonist Greg Fishman

Jazz saxophonist, author, and composer brings his Tribute to Stan Getz to Meadowlark. He has performed this virtuosic tribute to his mentor across the globe from Singapore to Bangkok and Phoenix to Chicago.

Saxophonist and flutist Greg Fishman is an accomplished performer, recording artist, author, teacher, and clinician. Born in Chicago in 1967, he began playing professionally at age fourteen. Greg graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a degree in Jazz Performance and earned a Masters Degree in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern University. He is among the foremost experts on the music of Stan Getz and is the author of three Getz transcription books published by Hal Leonard.

Greg has toured and performed worldwide with his own group, and with such artists as the Woody Herman Band, Louis Bellson, Slide Hampton, Conte Candoli, Lou Levy, Clark Terry, Jackie and Roy, Don Menza, Ira Sullivan, Judy Roberts, Jeremy Monteiro, Jimmy Heath, Lou Donaldson, Harry Allen, Jeff Hamilton, Eddie Higgins, and Benny Golson.

His pedagogical books, are in circulation worldwide and have been endorsed by top educators and jazz performers, including Michael Brecker, Jerry Coker, Bob Sheppard, James Moody, and Phil Woods.

Greg is a contributing author of jazz theory articles for Jazz Improv magazine, JAZZed, Chicago Jazz Magazine, IAJE Jazz Educators Journal, and was featured on the cover of Saxophone Journal, for whom he also writes. He is the author of the liner notes for the Verve reissue of the Getz recording The Steamer. 

Greg is the co-founder, along with Brazilian guitarist/vocalist, Paulinho Garcia, of the award winning duo, “Two for Brazil.” They perform worldwide, and have recorded five CDs. Greg’s current discography features additional jazz releases in the U.S., Singapore, and Japan.

In addition to clubs and concerts in the U.S., Greg has been featured at the Concord-Fujitsu jazz festival in Japan, the NorthSea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and in numerous concerts in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, China and Israel.

Date : July 25-27, 2025

Location :

Kimball Recital Hall, 1113 R St, Lincoln, NE 68508

Prairie Pines Nature Preserve, 3000-4498 North 112th Street and Adams, Lincoln, NE 68527

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