The UNLV Performing Arts Center is pleased to welcome the VIDA Guitar Quartet -- Mark Ashford, Mark Eden, Helen Sanderson, Christopher Stell -- at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, as part of the Allegro Guitar Series in the Doc Rando Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center. Their sense of ensemble and broad range of timbres and dynamics evokes "listening to an entire orchestra and not merely to four guitars ... magic" (Gramophone).
Since forming in 2007, VIDA has performed to critical acclaim in major United Kingdom, U.S., and European venues. They are sought-after festival artists throughout the UK and Europe and in 2011 VIDA made its U.S. debuts in Los Angeles (LMU Guitar Festival) and New York (Baruch Performing Arts Centre). In 2012 the members were artists-in-residence at CSU's Summer Arts program in Monterrey Bay, Calif.
Following VIDA's acclaimed debut CD, "Love, the Magician" (BGS118), the quartet released its latest CD, "Rhapsody" in 2013 featuring works by George Gershwin, Malcolm Arnold, and Adam Gorb.
Tickets
Tickets to the VIDA Guitar Quartet are $40 and can be purchased in person, on the phone, or online through the Performing Arts Center Box Office, 895-ARTS (2787).
Student rush tickets are $13 each (not inclusive of the facilities fee), and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available. A $1.50 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets.
The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website, pac.unlv.edu.
About the PAC
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV is Southern Nevada's original performing arts venue, celebrating nearly 40 years of arts in Las Vegas. Located on the north end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances and is home to the Charles Vanda Master Series.
At the UNLV PAC, Southern Nevadans can enjoy the arts nearly every day of the year. The Performing Arts Center is home to productions presented by the Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV and the UNLV music and dance departments, the Desert Chorale, and the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society. The center also hosts more than 50,000 Clark County School District students yearly for productions, festivals, and concerts.
