The UNLV Chamber Music Society continues its 2025-26 season at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 with "Romani Nights" in the Rando-Grillot Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center. This program, featuring local Las Vegas musicians Alexandria Le (piano), Alexander Dzyubinski (violin), and Yunior Lopez (viola), along with UNLV professor Andrew Smith (cello), has as its theme great works that were inspired by Romani style: Haydn, Piano Trio in G Major (“Gypsy”), Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, and Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25. Tickets are $28.50, and discounts are available. Students receive one free ticket with valid student ID.
History
The UNLV Chamber Music Society was created in 2012 to fill a void in the chamber music community in Southern Nevada. Until this society was introduced, there were no established chamber music societies in all of Southern Nevada, despite the community of artists and students who could appreciate and benefit from it.
Among the many ensembles who have performed in the six-year history of the society include the Parker String Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Fry Street String Quartet, Boston Brass, Zephyros Winds, Horszowski Trio, and the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Chamber Music Society
Educational outreach is an important feature of our society, and each invited chamber ensemble performs masterclasses and clinics where students work with these talented artists. Students learn the essential techniques of chamber music playing from some of the best musicians in the country. In addition to the invited ensembles, the UNLV Chamber Music Society also showcases local musicians, giving them a world-class stage and an established venue through which they can create and perform. This society is devoted to classical music, executed at the highest level, and delivered to audiences who are unable to attend anything similar at a local venue.
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.
