The UNLV Chamber Music Society is proud to announce its 2025-26 season, beginning with Trio Laval at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 in the Rando-Grillot Recital Hall. This young piano trio (piano, violin, and cello), formed while the members were graduate students at the University of Michigan, and have been lighting up concert halls with their mature interpretations and technical virtuosity. The program will include a contemporary work by the stunning composer Reena Esmail, as well as the Beethoven Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11, and the monumental Trio in A Minor by Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $33.50, and discounts are available.
Romani Nights continues the season on Oct. 23. This program, featuring local Las Vegas musicians Alexandria Le (piano), Alexander Dzyubinski (violin), and Yunior Lopez (viola), along with UNLV professor Andrew Smith (cello), has as its theme great works that were inspired by Romani style: Haydn, Piano Trio in G Major (“Gypsy”), Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, and Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25. Tickets are $28.50, and discounts are available.
The UNLV faculty concert is featured on Feb. 5, 2026. This program will feature musicians from the UNLV School of Music. The program will be announced shortly, and tickets on sale soon.
The Telegraph Quartet performs March 5, 2026. The group (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello) formed in 2013 with an equal passion for the standard chamber music repertoire and contemporary, non-standard works alike. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “…an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape” and “powerfully adept… with a combination of brilliance and subtlety,” the Telegraph Quartet is a previous recipient of the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Program TBD. Tickets are $33.50, and discounts are available.
The season concludes on April 16, 2026 with “Spotlight: Johannes Brahms, the Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26.” This program centers around the magnificent quartet for piano and strings in A Major, written in 1861. This large-scale work captures the combination of poetic elegance, intimacy and romanticism, housed within classical structures. This piece is rarely performed, owing to its epic nature and the considerable demands of the performers, so don’t miss this opportunity to hear it live! The program will feature UNLV professors Timothy Hoft (piano) (cello), and Andrew Smith, as well as violinist Alexander Dzyubinski (violin), and guest artist Andrew Duckles (viola). Tickets on sale soon.
History
The UNLV Chamber Music Society was created in 2012 to fill a void in the chamber music community in Southern Nevada. Until this society was introduced, there were no established chamber music societies in all of Southern Nevada, despite the community of artists and students who could appreciate and benefit from it.
Among the many ensembles who have performed in the six-year history of the society include the Parker String Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Fry Street String Quartet, Boston Brass, Zephyros Winds, Horszowski Trio, and the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Chamber Music Society
Educational outreach is an important feature of our society, and each invited chamber ensemble performs masterclasses and clinics where students work with these talented artists. Students learn the essential techniques of chamber music playing from some of the best musicians in the country. In addition to the invited ensembles, the UNLV Chamber Music Society also showcases local musicians, giving them a world-class stage and an established venue through which they can create and perform. This society is devoted to classical music, executed at the highest level, and delivered to audiences who are unable to attend anything similar at a local venue.
About the UNLV College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts educates, empowers, and engages creative people to become visionary change-makers in the arts through acts of imagination. At UNLV we believe the arts are an essential good for society. We make education relevant and accessible through our programs and outreach. We create new knowledge in the arts. We celebrate independent thought and the power of bringing people together to foster creativity.
