The UNLV Division of Wind Band Studies is proud to present the award-winning UNLV Wind Orchestra in its highly anticipated 2024-25 concert series opener, "Bernstein Brilliance!" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. 

Join the orchestra, conducted by Thomas G. Leslie and Dr. Zane S. Douglass, for an extraordinary evening of music as they celebrate the musical mastery of the great Leonard Bernstein.

Tickets are $20 and available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, online, or by calling 702-895-ARTS (2787). Discounts are available.

Featured pieces include Clifton Williams’ Fanfare and Allegro, UNLV alumnus Jorge Machain’s Guiding Light, and Vincent Persichetti’s O Cool is the Valley. The featured music of Leonard Bernstein includes his Auto-da-fé from Candide. In addition, two moving transcriptions by UNLV doctoral conducting student Ocean Akaka will be presented: Bernstein’s Opening Prayer, featuring special guest vocal soloist, UNLV alumnus Richard Hodges, and Make Our Garden Grow from Candide, once again featuring Hodges alongside five exceptional UNLV vocalists: Courtney Schwalbe, Madelyn Salazar, Christian Shelton, Aaron Oberlander, and Joshua Thomas. 

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.