News: College of Fine Arts
![Larry Henley](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70307_08_0.jpg?itok=r-X5GkKI)
Larry Henley, UNLV's Administrative Faculty Member of the Year for 2015, was praised for his quiet, behind-the-scenes work to make sure events go off to perfection.
![Closeup of a saxophone](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D68497_04_0.jpg?itok=qwREqv1G)
The 80-member concert band of adult amateur musicians from around the country is led by the director emeritus of the U.S. Marine Band.
![ACE: A new American Musical](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/ACEmusical.main__0.jpg?itok=TV6TO5Gl)
The Nevada Conservatory Theatre will present the new musical “ACE” in a fully-staged concert setting for two performances Aug. 22-23.
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Among the 2,700 students expected to graduate this week, five will receive special recognition at commencement. Here's why they were selected.
![Tony LaBounty](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Labounty_D69964_11_0.jpg?itok=l12JhRWU)
Psalm 92 inspires UNLV’s longtime director of bands to put down the conducting baton and pick up the composing pen.
![UNLV stamp in the concrete](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D67923_26_2.jpg?itok=gggTIch-)
An eclectic group of six vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime May 1-10. Directed by Tim Bennett.
![Ehud Barak](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/main_4_0_0.jpg?itok=Uv13mMDL)
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Minister of Defense will discuss peace in the Middle East and the worldwide geo-political outlook.
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"Time Lapse" will live stream two simultaneous performances from UNLV and Weston College in Weston-super-Mare, England.
![Brasil Guitar Duo](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/BGD.1_0_0.jpg?itok=F_ZJuKsy)
Together for 15 years, Joào Luiz and Douglas Lora perform a seamless blend of traditional and Brazilian works.
![Gary Cordell and Larry Ransom play trumpet at a funeral](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D70106_14_TAPPS_NewsCenter_0.jpg?itok=fYoyc_v2)
The Community Concert Band, UNLV's premier community-based performance ensemble, will present the concert along with the UNLV New Horizons Band and the nonprofit group TAPPS.
![Judy Bayley Theatre](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Bayley_3065_1.jpg?itok=b5SJhR0b)
Featuring Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing," Quiara Alegría Hudes's "Water by the Spoonful," Harper Lee’s seminal "To Kill a Mockingbird," Cole Porter’s "Kiss Me, Kate," as well as special holiday shows.
![Figaro](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Figaro1.main__1_0_0.jpg?itok=6XEUHrcU)
Based on Beaumarchais’ classic 18th-century play, "Le nozze di Figaro" will be sung in Italian with English supertitles.