News: School of Music

Aldo Perrelli as Rodolfo and Kathryn Martinson as Mimi.
Arts and Culture |

UNLV Opera is joined by the UNLV Symphony Orchestra and the Greenspun Junior High School chorus.

Polish Baltic Philharmonic group shot
Arts and Culture |

The concert features pianist Marcin Koziak, artistic director Ernst Van Tiel, and principal guest conductor Boguslaw Davidow.

movie posters
Arts and Culture |

Music professor Jonathan Lee on the birth of the Hollywood "Southern" — films and music that created the atmosphere of the South. Catch his University Forum talk Feb. 24.

Andrew York
Arts and Culture |

York is one of today’s best-loved composers for classical guitar and a performer of international stature.

child plays guitar hero guitar
Research |

UNLV study finds people who frequently play music video games outperform non-musicians on music perception tests.

coloured woodcut
Arts and Culture |

Why do we sing the national anthem before a ballgame and hear the same plucking of the koto strings when a movie is set in Japan? Ethnomusicologist Richard Miller explains.

Sarah Chang
Arts and Culture |

Chang, accompanied by pianist Julio Elizalde, will perform works by Bartok, Brahms, Franck, and Ravel.

The Amernet String Quartet
Arts and Culture |

Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by The New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet will feature soprano Rachel Calloway.

Gary Fowler
Campus News |

This must-see video tapped into the talents of jazz studies student Gary Fowler. Watch it and then share your own UNLV story with us.

Daniella Toscano
Arts and Culture |

UNLV alumna Daniella Toscano’s task was to do something that’s been done thousands of times, yet make it look new. Go behind the scenes with the costume designer for 'A Christmas Carol.'

Rockapella
Arts and Culture |

Enjoy your favorite holiday tunes combined with Rockapella's rich five-part vocal sound mixed with rock, jazz, rhythm & blues, and doo-wop.

Poster for a Christmas Carol
Arts and Culture |

This special production is directed by Utah Shakespeare Festival's Brian Vaughn and stars television's Armin Shimerman as Ebenezer Scrooge.