Jennifer Bellor and Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) curated a concert at the Rita Deanin Abbey Museum in Las Vegas. Presented as part of the RDA Performs series, the concert combined contemporary compositions by Bellor and music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by L. Couperin, G. Gabrielli, G.P. Telemann, and A. Vivaldi. The music was…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) performed twice in this year's Arizona Bach Festival. Lee appeared as soloist in the season's inaugural concert, presenting Bach's famous Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Lee also served as continuo harpsichordist with the Festival Orchestra and Chorus in the rarely performance oratorio Esther by Giuseppe Cristiano…

After 18 months of rigorous study and leadership development, Liliana Garcia (Music) has been awarded the Certified Public Manager® (CPM) designation. This marks the first time a member of the College of Fine Arts has reached this professional milestone. Distinct from a standard academic certificate, this national designation involves an 18-month…

Amy Brown (Music) has been elected as the Region II Representative on the National Board of Trustees for the American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA) beginning July 1, 2026. During her three year term, she will represent and work with members from 7 states, which include Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada and…

Linda Lister (Music) published "Mindful Breathing for Music Performance Anxiety" in the Journal of Singing (January/February 2026). This is her first Mindful Voice column as associate editor of the journal.

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) gave an invited talk to the North American British Music Studies Association. NABMSA "aims to promote the study of British Music from all time periods on the North American Continent; to provide a collegial and supportive forum for discussion through electronic and other means; to provide a clearinghouse of information…

Amy Brown (Music) had a book signing at the American Orff Schulwerk Association National Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, to promote her K-5 resource for elementary music teachers, Magical Moments Through the Eyes of the Diverse Learner.

A team of faculty, students, and alumni from the UNLV School of Music joined Vegas City Opera and the Las Vegas Sinfonietta for a performance of Handel's Semele. Handel composed this work as an oratorio, to be performed in a concert format, but its story of seduction, betrayal, and tragedy has proved popular throughout the twentieth and…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) presented a performance practice masterclass at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. Lee worked with woodwind students and faculty. Presiding from the harpsichord, Lee coached and accompanied more than a dozen performers on baroque flute, modern flute, and bassoon. The presentation focused on French baroque…

Amy Brown (Music) recently presented at the Silver State Tech Conference. The session's title was "AI and Music: Student Creativity Using a Hands-On Approach." Attendees participated from the point of view of their high school or college students and wrote down facts they must recall for tests or exams. Using Generative AI, these points were used…

Amy Brown (Music) recently presented at the Silver State Tech Conference. The session's title was "AI and Music: Exploring Creativity and Pedagogy." Participants used AI to create cognitive integrated song parodies to reinforce specific learning intentions in their English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science content areas. A few…

Amy Brown's (Music) article, "Student-to-Student Discourse in the Orff Schulwerk Classroom," was published in the fall 2025 issue of the Orff Echo.