NEXTET, the contemporary chamber music series at the UNLV School of Music, performs in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 in the Rando-Grillot Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center. The event is free and open to the public.
NEXTET features 20th and 21st-century concert music performed by faculty, students, and guest artists. Organized by Jennifer Bellor (artistic director), the concert will feature music by guest composer Stephen Cabell who will be in residence for this concert along with music by Jennifer Bellor, Gracie Fagan, Scott Smallwood, and Maximo Diego Pujol.
Programs
Jennifer Bellor: Cloudbreak
Scott Jackson and Shakeh Ghoukasian, violins
Omar Shelly, viola
Andrew Smith, cello
Jennifer Bellor, piano
Gracie Fagan: airplay for oboe and electronics
Nicholas Carozza, oboe
Stephen Cabell: Nocturne in Parallax
Scott Jackson, violin
Andrew Smith, cello
Katie Leung, piano
Scott Smallwood: Surface Tension
Ethan De Souza, prepared bass drum
Maximo Diego Pujol: Candombe En Mi
Arranged and performed by Shawna Pennock, baritone saxophone
Stephen Cabell: The Distance to the Moon
John McMurtery, flute
Omar Shelly, viola
María Paula Loría Valerín, harp
About the UNLV College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts educates, empowers, and engages creative people to become visionary change-makers in the arts through acts of imagination. At UNLV we believe the arts are an essential good for society. We make education relevant and accessible through our programs and outreach. We create new knowledge in the arts. We celebrate independent thought and the power of bringing people together to foster creativity.
