New music ensemble Nextet presents its final concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. on March 22 in the Rando-Grillot Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center. Titled Reflections As One, the compositions are written to depict energies, emotions, memories, or personal voyages. Much of the concert also will feature premieres, with the composers in attendance.
Nextet guest saxophonist and composer Russ Peterson performs his work Trio for Viola, Alto Sax and Piano with UNLV faculty violist Kate Hamilton and Nextet guest pianist Jay Herschberger. Composer Todd Mason will be in attendance and will talk about his work Duo for Violin & Viola, featuring Hamilton along with UNLV violinist Ambroise Aubrun. Graduate student composer Tasos Peltekis performs guitar on his new piece Voyage, featuring cellist Jeayoung Jo.
Other works on the program include Gene Koshinski’s As One, featuring UNLV graduate student percussionists Ryan Bond and Andrew Naughton; Tan Dun’s Eight Memories in Watercolor, featuring UNLV graduate student pianist Zhenyu Yang; and Catherine Likhuta’s Out of the Woods?, featuring UNLV faculty Bill Bernatis (horn), Aubrun (violin), and Katie Leung (piano).
This event is free and open to the public.
Program
Todd Mason — Duo for Violin & Viola (2022)
- Ambroise Aubrun, violin
- Kate Hamilton, viola
Gene Koshinski — As One (2007)
- Ryan Bond and Andrew Naughton, percussion
Tan Dun — Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1 (1978-79)
- Zhenyu Yang, piano
Catherine Lukhuta — Out of the Woods? (2011)
- Ambroise Aubrun, violin
- Bill Bernatis, horn
- Katie Leung, piano
Tasos Peltekis — Voyage (2023)
- Jeayoung Jo, cello
- Tasos Peltekis, guitar
Russ Peterson — Trio for Viola, Alto Sax and Piano (2010)
- Russ Peterson, alto sax
- Kate Hamilton, viola
- Jay Hershberger, piano
About the UNLV College of Fine Arts
The UNLV College of Fine Arts, one of the nation's largest fine arts colleges, boldly launches visionaries who transform the global community through collaboration, scholarship, and innovation. Established in 1992, the UNLV CFA encompasses the departments of art, dance, film, theatre, the School of Music, School of Architecture, entertainment engineering and design, and is home to the Performing Arts Center, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, and Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
