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Current Music News
This extraordinary performance brings together some of the most distinguished figures in American wind band history to celebrate our nation's rich musical heritage.
From a young Jacqueline Kennedy's college years to an eco-conscious twist on Cinderella, UNLV Opera brings two imaginative one-act productions to the stage Nov. 12-13.
This concert features guest artists Clint Holmes, Naomi Mauro, and Laura Taylor, as well as jazz vocal faculty Lara Vivian Smith, Gary Fowler, and Jo Belle Yonely.
Led by artistic director and conductor Taras Krysa, the program includes Brahms’s majestic Symphony No. 3, Ravel’s enchanting Mother Goose Suite, and Vaughan Williams’s Oboe Concerto.
Over nearly two decades of performing throughout the United States and abroad, WindSync has proven itself “a major force in the American chamber music landscape” (Arts and Culture Texas).
The contemporary chamber music series features 20th and 21st century works performed by faculty, students, and alumni.
Music In The News
University offers 22-credit minor as demand for mariachi educators grows.
Axel Rodríguez Olivas nervously steps on stage, carrying a violin. He raises his bow and begins to play, his nerves melting away. Mariachi music explodes throughout the room as violins, trumpets, the guitarrón, and a stringed instrument called the vihuela launch into an upbeat melody. There they are joined by a warm voice as a tenor begins to sing. The 20-year-old musician is set to become the first student to graduate with a minor in mariachi from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, one of the only universities in the country to offer such a niche specialization.
The Elisa Gastelum Memorial Foundation is keeping young musicians' dreams alive by awarding mariachi scholarships to Las Vegas students, including one UNLV student who hopes to become a teacher himself.
For Irvin Garcia, mariachi music has been part of his life since sixth grade. Saturday, his trumpet joined the sounds filling Craig Ranch Regional Park as North Las Vegas kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month.
Pepe Jimenez articulates what has been in my head for years regarding the UNLV Jazz and Commercial Music shows at Ham Hall.
Students from UNLV’s Colleges of Fine Arts and Education collaborated to create hands-on learning experiences for children enrolled at the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center.