The Gena Branscombe Project is proud to award its 2023 Composer Scholarship to Brittney Benton (UNLV Music, 2022). She is driven by storytelling and imagery and her music takes you on a journey through a lush melodic and harmonic soundscape, filled with personality at every turn. Brittney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition with a Minor in Music Technology from the University of…
UNLV Professor Steffen Lehmann has a new peer-reviewed article on timber construction published in the Mass Timber Construction Journal. This new research identifies and prioritizes the future of a mass timber research agenda: Focus on the current state of knowledge and where the research needs are in mass timber construction. As mass timber construction evolves from a…
Joshua Vermillion (Architecture) recently completed a trip to Mumbai, India (July 1-11) as a jury member for the international UnFold Design Competition. In addition to serving on the competition design jury, Joshua gave lectures on AI and robotics at three different universities and conducted three days of workshops to over 100 students and professionals at Folds Design Studio. In the UK, a…
The Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery presents the exhibition, "D.E.I." featuring an array of artworks expressive of a diverse view of humankind by an equally diverse assembly of artists. DEI is commonly expressed as Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, but for this exhibition, it is simply restated as Diverse, Equal, Inclusive. The theme of "D.E.I." is to extend beyond the workplace and…
Professor Stephen Caplan (UNLV Music) taught for a week at the 2023 Ostrava Oboe Master Classes held at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. His students Taylor Crawford (Artist Diploma 2023) and Isabella Westlake (junior, Bachelor of Music Performance) attended as well thanks to generous funding from the College of Fine Arts. Main Image: Pictured are Dusan Foltyn, Taylor,…
UNLV Dance, in collaboration with Red Desert Dance Ensemble, are featured at the opening of the Akropoditi Dancefest in Syros Greece. A new 8 minute work, “Alice”, will be presented at an outdoor venue in Ermoupolis July 7, 2023 and later that evening the new work “To The Left of Center”, will be featured at the Evanthia Kairi Theater. Sophie Cheeseman, UNLV Music composition…
Alex Stopa, who received both an MM and a DMA from the UNLV College of Fine Arts and currently teaches in the percussion area of the School of Music, was a two-time winner at the 49th Annual Pacific-Southwest Emmy Awards for his original composition Spiral in the categories of ‘Arts and Entertainment’ and ‘Director – Short Form Content.’ “I’m thrilled and…
Dr. Harvey Allen Godorov, UNLV alumnus earning both his masters and Ph.D., and the Star of Nevada Marching Band announcer for 42 years, passed on June 8 at 91. His four children Adam, Dory, Jordan, and Marissa also earned degrees at UNLV. Dr. Allen was awarded the Koep Medallion by Dean Uscher during the 2018 UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame. Dr. Allen was a…