Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) is a featured clinician for the international conference of the Association for Body Mapping Education (ABME), being held at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte from June 21-25. Caplan is a Sponsoring Teacher for the organization and is leading master classes and round table discussions. ABME educates…

Associate professor Kimberly Gratland James (Music), D.Mus., performed the role of Herodias in Richard Strauss's challenging opera, Salome, with Rimrock Opera in early April. Later in the month she performed as a soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Idaho Falls Symphony, a work she has performed often with symphonies across the United…

André Chiang, DMA (Music - Voice) recently participated in a workshop performance of the opera, Fearless, words and music written by Derrick Wang. The performance was produced by Opera Delaware in Wilmington, Delaware, and Chiang sang the role of Clint. The opera follows the life and accomplishments of Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese-…

Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) was a featured speaker for the Music Teachers National Association national conference held in Reno, Nevada. His talk, "90% Mental, the Other Half in Physical! — The Body/Mind Conundrum in Music Performance," was part of MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday: Musician Wellness. Caplan also invited to discuss…

Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) was a featured speaker for the national conference of the Music Teachers National Association held in Reno, Nevada. His talk, "90% Mental, the Other Half in Physical! — The Body/Mind Conundrum in Music Performance," was part of MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday: Musician Wellness. Caplan was also invited to participate in a…

Richard Miller (Music), Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning), and Arnetha F. Ball (Stanford Graduate School of Education) have published an article in the journal Thresholds in Education, 46(1) titled, "Misunderstanding the Campaign Against CRT: Absurdity and White Supremacy in Attacks on Teaching and Teacher Education." Part of a special…

Assistant professor/assistant director Adam Schroeder (Jazz, Music) was just selected the recipient of the Nevada Regent’s Award for Creative Activities. The award is presented to two permanent full-time NSHE faculty members with distinguished records in creative activity. Recipients are nominated for this honor, which carries a $5,000…

The Nevada Arts Council has awarded musical director and conductor of the UNLV Symphony Orchestra Taras Krysa (Music) a Fiscal Year 2023 Grant Award in the Project Grant for Artists category for a Bach Brandenburg Concertos event with Las Vegas Sinfonietta Orchestra on March 19.    The Nevada Arts…

Andre Chiang, DMA (Voice, Music) performs this month with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as the Baritone Soloist in Haydn’s The Seasons at the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, LA. This concert, held on March 2, begins a month of events in and around the New Orleans area. Other performances will include an all Asian-American music…

Viet Cuong (Music), visiting assistant professor in composition, was recently awarded the 2023 Frederick Fennell Composition Prize at the national College Band Directors National Association conference for his magnificent new work, Vital Sines. He received $10,000 in prize money.

Adam Schroeder (Music), saxophone professor and assistant director of UNLV jazz, was recently awarded a fully-funded grant from the Nevada Arts Council for performing artists in their funding cycle for Jan. 1-June 30, 2023. This grant will help bring to fruition a celebration of the music of jazz trumpet and jazz educator legend, Mr. Clark Terry,…

Michael Bublé and his team of musicians, including UNLV professor Adam Schroeder (Music), won a Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his record "Higher." This marks his second Grammy win over the past three years.  Schroeder is an assistant professor of saxophone and assistant director of UNLV jazz.