News: School of Music
![A man sits at the end of a piano](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/mykola-suk-D72821_002.jpg?itok=6Pu53_Wu)
The concert concludes a two-year series of concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth and the lasting influence of his works.
![A collection of jazz musicians](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Jazz-ensemble.jpg?itok=9BrPicmL)
"Looking Up" recognizes the tireless efforts of dedicated students through a challenging school year by featuring student compositions and arrangements.
![conductor in front of orchestra](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D70019_07%20Thomas%20Leslie%20wind%20orchestra.jpeg?itok=E_2MyQOw)
This is the world premiere of "Children of Fatima," composed by music professor Anthony LaBounty.
![UNLV's Flashlight](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Judy_Bayley_Theatre_0.jpg?itok=RlFakHgp)
The concert kicks-off a series of student performances that are both in-person and live-streamed from Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall.
![a conductor waves his baton](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/unlv-orchestra-D71260_032.jpg?itok=sbloQ1Hm)
The UNLV Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Taras Krysa.
![man with award](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Nick-Tipping-horizontal.jpg?itok=UnSviPVL)
Nick Tipping earns Best Jazz Artist for his work with his band, The Jac.
![UNLV Jazz Ensemble I](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/UNLV%20Jazz%20Ensemble%20I%20Large%20Jazz%20Ensemble%20Graduate%20College%20Co-Winner%20DownBeat%20SMA%202021%20%281%29.jpg?itok=yCJNHwQ9)
Established in 1976, the DownBeat Student Music Awards are considered the most prestigious awards in jazz education, and UNLV Jazz has garnered 33 DownBeat Student Music Awards since 2010.
![A man holds a guitar](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Kyle_Khembunjong.jpg?itok=gBQiSf9t)
The concert is the fifth and final of the spring 2021 live-streamed student performances.
![The Performing Arts Center](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/PAC_0.jpg?itok=EJIL4xYr)
UNLV Opera Theatre collaborated with Nevada Conservatory Theatre and UNLV Film to produce "Sur la Table."
![UNLV performing arts center](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D70321_22.jpg?itok=1QveP4OH)
The concert — "We Are Back!" — is at 7:30 p.m. in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall
![A man plays the saxophone while dancers gambol around him](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/PopUpDance.jpg?itok=1haekieM)
The event, scheduled for 11 a.m., celebrates the end of the semester, all we have accomplished during the pandemic, and our hopes for movement and dance for the future.
![auditorium seats](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Seats_JOSH7045.jpeg?itok=SotFscdQ)
UNLV Percussion featured in the first in-person performance in more than a year.