News: School of Music

Virko Baley pets dog in front of keyboard
Arts and Culture |

Virko Baley, distinguished professor and composer-in-residence, will be celebrated with a concert of his work May 2.

Kiss Me Kate
Arts and Culture |

Brush up your Shakespeare with this hilarious, toe-tapping musical comedy about the joys and madness of mixing love, rivalry, and the theater.

Mak Grgic holds guitar
Arts and Culture |

In a new and exciting collaboration, guitarists Adam del Monte and Mak Grgic team up as a fresh and spontaneous duo.

David Orlowsky
Arts and Culture |

Trio applies its brand of "chamber world music" to the traditional sound of the Ashkenazi Jews.

Patrick Duffy, Danielle Kelly, Hugh Taylor, Marlena Shaw, and Johnny Thompson
Arts and Culture |

Also being recognized are Dean's Medal recipient Patrick Duffy, and College of Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year, Danielle Kelly ('07).

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.