News: School of Music

female performing ballet outside
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Co-presented by philanthropist Susan N. Houston, the College of Fine Arts hosts the free annual Art Walk to honor the Las Vegas community for its dedicated support of the arts and culture in Southern Nevada.

male conductor at the front of a wind orchestra
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The album features the Boston Brass Quintet and Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic and UNLV Distinguished Artist-in-Residence.

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Making her way from the sugar beet fields of Idaho to the stage of a professional opera company — the College of Fine Arts Alumna of the Year is out to prove the genre is for everyone.

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The concert features special guest vocalists Laura Taylor and Don Cunningham and trombonist Isrea Butler.

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The concert opens the 2023-24 season and is conducted by artistic director Taras Krysa.

The artists from WindSync are outside and holding their instruments in this promotional photo. From left to right, they are Anni Hochhalter, Graeme Steele Johnson, Emily Tsai, Garrett Hudson, and Kara LaMoure.
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WindSync has established itself as a vibrant chamber ensemble performing wind quintet masterworks.

two men sitting and playing acoustic guitars
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The duo includes Ricardo Cobo, multi-award-winning guitar virtuoso, and Parsa Sabet, who has taken the classical guitar world by storm.

Cover of CD that shows an older man with glasses and text that reads: Virko Baley, Music for Emily Dickinson, Ten Songs Without Words, Uniforms of Snow and Lucy Shelton, soprano; Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Virko Baley; Karen Bentley Pollick, violin; Timothy Hoft, piano
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The concert will be performed by violinist Karen Bentley-Pollick and piano professor Timothy Hoft. It is free and open to the public.

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Winner Jean Rohe receives $5,000 and is invited to UNLV during the fall 2023 semester to work with CFA students and to an event celebrating her award. 

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The UNLV Wind Orchestra hosts the National Community Band, a project of the John Philip Sousa Foundation, in a tribute concert honoring 'The March King.'

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The tour includes masterclasses and collaborations with students from prestigious Italian conservatories.

group photo of seated jazz ensemble
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The UNLV Division of Jazz & Commercial Music received five prestigious awards that will be publicized in DownBeat magazine’s June issue.