News: School of Music
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From UNLV Magazine spring 2019 issue.
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The concert is presented In conjunction with the “Music Unwound: Dvořák in America” project.
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The festival will be held April 5-7 in Monterey, California.
Founded in 2003, the hall honors people who have made significant contributions to the visual arts, performing arts, or architecture.
Lawmakers to hear from faculty, students on first-ever ‘Fine Arts Day.’
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Francis Poulenc’s haunting opera explores themes of fear and faith.
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Start your St. Patrick’s Day celebration a little early with one of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles.
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The concert, featuring several well-known guest artists, is 2 p.m. Sunday in the Judy Bayley Theatre.
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The New York Times recently lauded the ensemble for “revealing the familiar as unfamiliar, making the most traditional of works feel radical once more.”
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Zhang is the 2017 first-prize winner at the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition.
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UNLV faculty perform chamber works of love and romance from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
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The Essentially Ellington organization is focused on the perpetuation of jazz in schools, promoting jazz as a true American art form.