Join us Monday, Feb. 10 for the next NEXTET concert!

Music by guest composer Christopher Cerrone, UNLV faculty composers Jennifer Bellor, Viet Cuong, and Diego Vega, along with Russell Wharton and Julia Wolfe.

Guest artists Annie Stevens (percussion) and John Irrera (violin) will be in residence to perform music by Cerrone, Bellor, and Cuong, including the premiere of the violin and percussion version of Cerrone’s 'The Pleasure at Being the Cause.'

UNLV faculty and students will also perform works by Cerrone, Wharton, and Wolfe, along with the premiere of Diego Vega’s ‘Double Quartet With Piano.’

Program

• Cerrone: Selections from Memory Palace (2012) for percussion and electronics feat. Annie Stevens, percussion
• Cerrone: Shall I Project a World? (2015) feat. John Irrera, violin
• Wharton: The Fool (2023) for distorted vibraphone and multimedia feat. Chander White, vibraphone
• Cuong: Well-Groomed (2010) feat. Annie Stevens, snare drum
• Cerrone: New Addresses (2020, arr. 2024) mov. 1 version for flute, marimba, and tape feat. John McMurtery, flute; Ryan Bonds, marimba
• Bellor: Reflections at Dusk (2019) version for solo vibraphone and tape feat. Annie Stevens, vibraphone
• Bellor: Reviravoltas Sonoras (2022, arr. 2024) version for violin, vibraphone, and cello feat. John Irrera, violin; Annie Stevens, vibraphone; Andrew Smith, cello
• Wolfe: Compassion (2001) feat. Katie Leung, piano
• Cerrone: Area of Refuge (2022) feat. Katie Leung, piano
• Cerrone: The Pleasure at Being the Cause (2021, arr. 2024) premiere version for violin and percussion feat. John Irrera, violin; Annie Stevens, percussion
• Vega: Double Quartet With Piano (2024) premiere for saxophone quartet, string quartet, and piano feat. Max Marquis, soprano saxophone; Megan Kearny, alto saxophone; Shawna Pennock, tenor saxophone; Nick Logan, baritone saxophone; Haoyan Zhou Chen and Szeyi Fung, violins; Jason Guzman, viola; Jeayoung Jo, cello; Timothy Hoft, piano; and Tyler Gordon, conductor