- UNLV Music Professor Releases New Album, Tours Australia & New ZealandThe Violin/Viola 'Duo Novae' (associate professors Ambroise Aubrun and Kate Hamilton) were recently on a tour of New Zealand and Australia during which they gave recitals, masterclasses, and presented lectures in Dunedin, Sydney, and Melbourne. They worked with faculty and students from the University of Otago, the Sydney Conservatorium, and the Melbourne String Academy. In other news, Auburn’s…
- UNLV Professor Composes 'East Wing Songs' for National First Ladies’ Library and MuseumThe National First Ladies’ Library and Museum hosts the world premiere of a new set of musical compositions inspired by the First Ladies of the United States at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 15 in Canton, Ohio. The performance, titled East Wing Songs Volume II, features a lecture-recital format and will be performed by mezzo soprano Ann Marie Daehn, Professor at Missouri State…
- Fall 2023 Welcome Message from Dean Nancy J. UscherDear College of Fine Arts Colleagues: It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you back to campus for the 2023-24 academic year and a new chapter of life for all of us! This is always a hopeful and meaningful time of new beginnings for our students, faculty and staff. This fall, in particular, the college is approaching the future with significant accomplishments that have taken place over the…
- UNLV School of Music Faculty, Students, and Alum to Present at the 2024 National Opera Association ConferenceDMA student Olivia Yokers, MM student Claudia Affan, and alumna Emily Clements (BM 2021) will present at the 2024 National Opera Association conference to be held in Tempe, AZ. Session details: New Arias/New Topics for Women/By Women This session spotlights selected arias from three new operas by living American composers Emily Clements and Linda Lister; namely, Letters to Lily,…
- UNLV Music Professor Invited to Teach at Prestigious ProgramMusic professor Alfonse Anderson has been invited to teach at the National Association of Teachers who Sing (NATS) intern program as a Master Voice Teacher for Summer 2024. Teachers are selected by invitation only. and have demonstrated an exceptional level of teaching. Recently Anderson was awarded Teacher of the Year Award at the 2023 NATS CWR Regional…
- UNLV Division of Jazz & Commercial Music Announces Fall 2023 Concert SeriesThe UNLV Division of Jazz & Commercial Music is pleased to announce its Fall 2023 Concert Series. 9/13, 7:00pm Joe Williams Scholarship Combo Clark County Library 10/1, 3:00pm Jazz Ensemble I CD release UNLV Ham Hall 10/7, 12:30pm Latin Jazz Ensemble Summerlin Library 10/11, 7:00pm Jazz Ensemble II Clark County Library…
- School of Music Flute Professor Awarded Aspire2STEAM ScholarshipAspire2STEAM.org, which provides educational scholarships and mentoring to young women and girls who are working toward careers that require education in science, tech, engineering, the arts, or math (STEAM), has awarded Marta Plominska an ASPIRER scholarship. Marta is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Flute Performance at UNLV, having just completed her Doctorate in Flute Performance, also at…
- CFA Around the World: CFACoLab Receives Five-Star Review in Scotsman NewspaperJosephine Balfour-Oatts has given CFACoLab's IS IT ART? a five-star review in the Scotsman newspaper! She writes: "Nine characters. One gallery. An empty pedestal. Two questions: is it the greatest work in the history of art? Or is it nothing at all? Devised by CFACoLab - a collective of actors, dancers, composers, visual artists and designers - Is…