- School of Music Professor Receives Nevada Regent’s Award for Creative ActivitiesAssistant professor/assistant director Adam Schroeder (Jazz, Music) was just selected the recipient of the Nevada Regent’s Award for Creative Activities. The award is presented to two permanent full-time NSHE faculty members with distinguished records in creative activity. Recipients are nominated for this honor, which carries a $5,000 stipend. Candidates must have at…
- UNLV School of Music Professor Awarded 2023 Nevada Arts Council GrantThe Nevada Arts Council has awarded Taras Krysa (UNLV Music) a Fiscal Year 2023 Grant Award in the Project Grant for Artists category for a Bach Brandenburg Concertos event with Las Vegas Sinfonietta Orchestra on March 19. The Nevada Arts Council strives to support the remarkable work of Nevada’s arts industry in communities throughout the state. Congratulations Taras!…
- 2022-23 UNLV Fine Arts Alumni Seed Grant Winners AnnouncedIn September 2022, a request for proposals was sent to alumni for a new seed grant program. While there were no specific criteria for the projects submitted for review in the application process, the review panel was tasked with celebrating bold work, representing big ideas and further promoting the mission of the College of Fine Arts: "The College of Fine Arts, a creative nexus anchored within…
- School of Music Professor Receives 2023 Frederick Fennell Composition PrizeViet Cuong, visiting assistant professor in composition (UNLV Music), was recently awarded the 2023 Frederick Fennell Composition Prize at the College Band Directors National Association conference for his magnificent new work, Vital Sines. He received $10,000 in prize money. Congratulations!
- UNLV Music Professor Awarded Grant from Nevada Arts CouncilAdam Schroeder, saxophone professor and assistant director of UNLV jazz, was recently awarded a fully-funded grant from the Nevada Arts Council for performing artists in their funding cycle for Jan. 1-June 30, 2023. This grant will help bring to fruition a celebration of the music of jazz trumpet and jazz educator legend, Mr. Clark Terry, who was also the first Black musician shown on network TV…
- School of Music Student Selected for the 2023 NATS Intern ProgramDMA student Olivia Yokers was selected for the 2023 NATS Intern Program. Sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, this prestigious program pairs early-career voice teachers with veteran teachers who mentor them as vocal pedagogues. The program will take place May 30-June 9 on the campus of West Chester University in West Chester, PA. Carole Blankenship, director of the 2023…
- UNLV Music Student Places Third at the Vann Vocal InstituteMM student Claudia Affan placed 3rd in the competition at the prestigious Vann Vocal Institute sponsored by the Montgomery Symphony Association in Montgomery, Alabama. The Vann Vocal Institute is a two-day event mainly consisting of masterclasses. The faculty choose the top nine singers once the masterclasses have concluded. The top nine then are put on a snap recital…