News: School of Music

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The duo includes Ricardo Cobo, multi-award-winning guitar virtuoso, and Parsa Sabet, who has taken the classical guitar world by storm.

Cover of CD that shows an older man with glasses and text that reads: Virko Baley, Music for Emily Dickinson, Ten Songs Without Words, Uniforms of Snow and Lucy Shelton, soprano; Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Virko Baley; Karen Bentley Pollick, violin; Timothy Hoft, piano
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The concert will be performed by violinist Karen Bentley-Pollick and piano professor Timothy Hoft. It is free and open to the public.

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Winner Jean Rohe receives $5,000 and is invited to UNLV during the fall 2023 semester to work with CFA students and to an event celebrating her award. 

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The UNLV Wind Orchestra hosts the National Community Band, a project of the John Philip Sousa Foundation, in a tribute concert honoring 'The March King.'

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The tour includes masterclasses and collaborations with students from prestigious Italian conservatories.

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The UNLV Division of Jazz & Commercial Music received five prestigious awards that will be publicized in DownBeat magazine’s June issue.

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UNLV Virtuosi Strings, composed of both faculty and students, will perform works from J.S. Bach, Purcell, Telemann, and Robert Fuchs.

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The program includes 'Prelude and Liebestod' from Tristan and Isolde, featuring Eric McAllister as guest conductor, and 'Symphonie Fantastique' by Hector Berlioz, conducted by Taras Krysa.

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Butler, currently head of the department of music at Valdosta State University, begins his new role July 1.

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The concert, performed by the American Prize Award-winning orchestra, takes place in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall.

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This all-UNLV alumni band will perform a program of original compositions and arrangements by noted alum Dennis Mackrel, featuring trumpet soloist Kenny Rampton.

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The Miró Quartet is one of America’s most celebrated and dedicated string quartets. The evening's program includes works by Mozart, Schumann, and Brahms.