News: School of Music
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Cirque Mechanics to launch its touring show at UNLV, the Russian Ballet returns, and guitar series showcases variety of styles.
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This compilation album sponsored by College of Fine Arts Dean Nancy Uscher is in celebration of UNLV's 60th anniversary.
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This interdisciplinary musical includes the School of Music and department of dance and is dedicated to the memory of NCT founder Robert Brewer.
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Much like athletes, professional musicians, dancers, and artists are prone to career-ending injuries. Music professor Stephen Caplan explains.
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The concert features Jeremy Denk, piano, and Ludovic Morlot, music director.
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This is the ninth consecutive year UNLV Jazz has been invited to the festival that draws top student musicians from around the world.
The Performing Arts Center and School of Music celebrate Debussy's centennial with his late Violin Sonata.
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This contemporary take on the classic Don Juan story raises the issue of sexual harassment and abuse in present day Hollywood using Mozart’s 18th century operatic masterpiece.
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The winner of the competition will receive a handmade Antonio Picado Model #49 guitar.
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Join this band of swashbuckling buccaneers — combined with a live orchestra — called "opulent... Colorful and inventive" by The New York Times.
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The Washington Post describes the group as performing with "a fire that makes all timeless music forever contemporary."
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This Department of Dance and School of Music collaboration promises an exciting program of new music and choreography.