News: Performing Arts Center

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The orchestra is conducted by music director Taras Krysa.

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On March 22, the ensemble will perform compositions that depict energies, emotions, memories, or personal voyages.

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The winner receives $5,000 and is invited to UNLV during the fall 2023 semester to work with College of Fine Arts students, and to an event celebrating the award.

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Based on the novella by Henry James, this operatic version tells the story of an inexperienced governess who believes something evil is stalking two young children left in her care.

 

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Concert highlights include the classic 1963 work Cantilever by Erick Hawkins, a significant 20th century choreographer of modern dance.

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The play, she says, showcases the core of why people play D&D — to find fun, adventure, and a sense of family.

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The talented musician was named the 2021 winner of the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition.

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Agnes Evans must put together the pieces of her younger sister's death. What she discovers sends her on a fantastical trip through the mysterious world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Taras Krysa conducts

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In the third concert of the 2022-23 season, faculty and special guests perform the Brahms Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 and the Dvořák String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48.

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This collection of preludes and fugues is one of the great artistic and intellectual accomplishments of European history.

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The Austrian band, known as the 'Monty Python' of the music world, seamlessly combines slapstick comedy with extraordinary musical ability.