Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) has just had his  critical edition of the harpsichord works of Pierre Nicolas La Font published by A-R editions as part of its "Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era." This publication was also the recipient of an award from the James R. Anthony Endowment of the American Musicological Society, funded…

Linda Lister and UNLV Opera Theatre (both Music) won second place in the Musical Theatre Division of the National Opera Association Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition. Lister serves as director of UNLV Opera.

UNLV Jazz Ensemble I (Music) has been invited, through a rigorous audition process among some of the top university jazz ensembles in the nation, to compete as a finalist in the 2017 College Big Band Division at the prestigious Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival, in Monterey, California. Other…

Jennifer Bellor (Music) composed a piece, "Chase the Stars,"  that recently was awarded The American Prize in the orchestra category. Written for soprano, rapper, flute, bass clarinet, string quartet, percussion, electric guitar, electric bass, and drums, "Chase the Stars" was commissioned by ShoutHouse in 2015, and Bellor later recorded the…

UNLV Opera Theatre and director Linda Lister (both Music) have been selected as a finalist in the Musical Theatre Division of the National Opera Association collegiate opera scenes competition and will be traveling to Santa Barbara, California, for the final competition in January.

UNLV Jazz Ensemble recently received an outstanding review from the internationally respected publication JazzTimes for its latest CD, Extra Credit/Latin Journey II. This is the ensemble's seventh consecutive review. More than 400 CDs were submitted from distinguished programs worldwide, and only four were selected for review.

Richard Miller (Music) and Katrina Liu (Teaching & Learning) are co-directors of a team from the School of Music and the College of Education that has received a $78,000 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant. The grant is for the project "Learning about China through Music," which is a collaboration with the Clark County School District…

Timothy Jones (Music) had the second edition of his book, Rock 'n' Roll Origins & Innovators, released in August 2016. The book is by Jones (lead author) and Jim McIntosh (co-author) and published by Kendall Hunt. Artwork for the cover was donated by Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. This is a full-color edition with many…

Linda Lister (Music) is co-author of the newly published book Voice Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer (Rowman & Littlefield). 

Janis McKay (Music) has just published a book with the University of Nevada Press,  Played Out on the Strip: The Rise and Fall of Las Vegas Casino Bands. From 1940 to 1989, nearly every hotel on the Las Vegas Strip employed a full-time band or orchestra. After the late 1980s, when control of the casinos changed hands from independent…

Paul Bordenkircher (Music) recently contributed an article to Music Connection, a leading monthly national publication related to music industry. Titled "Top 12 Mobile Apps for Music Businesses," the article was published in the magazine's monthly Tip Jar column in the July issue. A 30-year veteran of the music industry, focusing the last 18 years…

The UNLV Jazz Program took home several awards at the 2015 Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival in March. UNLV Jazz Ensemble I, conducted by Dave Loeb and Nathan Tanouye, received second place in the College Big Band Division, competing among some of the finest university jazz ensembles in the nation. The UNLV Latin Jazz Ensemble, directed by…