The SALT Quintet will share the multifaceted process of transforming personal narrative into musical drama during an upcoming concert and dress rehearsal at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. An acronym for share, affirm, lift and tell, the SALT Quintet tells stories through the medium of micro-operas. The concert’s intention is to offer – via music and drama – a unique perspective of women’s personal histories and to explore the strength and endurance of women through the lens of family experiences.

Four UNK students, Sophie Fiedler, Catherine Moritz, Nicole Smith, and TruLee Jo White, will join five music professors, mezzo-soprano Dr. Sharon Campbell (University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE), pianist Dr. Young Kim (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY), soprano Dr. Suna Gunther (University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE), soprano Dr. Anne Jennifer Nash (Concordia College, Moorhead, MN), and soprano Dr. Sylvia Stoner (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY), in a concert of micro-operas, staged choral works, and a piano solo that all draw from memoirs by women connected to the quintet and the composers.

Five UNK Humanities and Social Science professors, Dr. Janet Graham (English), Dr. Sandra Loughrin (Sociology/Women’s and Gender Studies), Dr. Suzanne Maughan Spencer (Sociology), Dr. Linda Van Ingen (History), and Dr. Theodora Ziolkowski (English) are contributing the insights of their research areas via a pre-rehearsal presentation and post-rehearsal discussion.

The dress rehearsal is free and open to the public, as is the performance scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.