The UNLV Division of Jazz and Commercial Music celebrates the 50th anniversary of its award-winning jazz ensemble program at 7:30 p.m. on April 25 In Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. Tickets are $10 general admission through the PAC Box Office.
The ensemble, composed of UNLV alumni from across the country and abroad, will perform a program of original compositions and arrangements by UNLV alumni, including Dennis Mackrel, who was part of the Count Basie Orchestra as a drummer and composer/arranger. Kenny Rampton, current member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, also will be a featured trumpet soloist with the acclaimed UNLV Jazz Ensemble I, conducted by Dave Loeb and Nathan Tanouye.
Monday, April 24 Jazz ensembles II and III, and UNLV's Jazz Vocal Choirs, will perform at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 general admission through the PAC Box Office.
Wednesday, April 26 features Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, Studio Scarlet (Premiere Jazz Vocal Ensemble), and the Latin Latin Jazz Ensemble. The concert also takes place at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 general admission through the PAC Box Office.
About the UNLV College of Fine Arts
The UNLV College of Fine Arts, one of the nation's largest CFA, 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 & Design, and is home to the Performing Arts Center, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, and Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
We illuminate the power of the arts amidst breathtaking advancements in science and technology. In doing so, we are creating a global destination at the forefront of transforming arts and design. To accomplish this we encourage agency, inventiveness, problem-solving, and big-idea thinking in our students, faculty, and staff. We make education relevant through evolving curriculum and effective learning outcomes.
