This year's National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) District competition was held on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at UNLV. Participants came from Southern Utah, Southern Nevada, and Southern California. Below are all of our School of Music winners! Congratulations! College Freshman and Sophomore Men category: First Pace: Anthony Erbella Apodaca (UNLV--student of Alfonse…
Grace-Haeun Kim, an alumna of the School of Music who is currently enrolled in the Artistic Diploma Program and studied with Mykola Suk, has won the First Prize in the Ariano International Online Piano Competition out of Italy. Congratulations!
Curious about the future of Vegas' cultural community? KNPR spotlights up-and-coming kids on the block, all of whom are busy trailblazing paths in music, dance, art, and filmmaking locally. Below are links to the UNLV spotlights. Visual Artist: Haide Calle Filmmaker: Jaden Dickson Singer: Christian Shelton
The College of Fine Arts recently visited with representatives from Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in Chihuahua, Mexico to discuss a collaborative mural project representing friendship that will be displayed in each city simultaneously. Set to be unveiled in March, the project will feature identical murals in both North Las Vegas and Chihuahua. “I am thrilled to know that students…
The UNLV Star of Nevada Marching Band was invited to be part of the Southern Nevada Water Authority's Fall watering restriction campaign. The video shoot was conducted in June and you can soon see the ads on television, radio, and print this fall.
"Wow” exclaimed the child, after hearing his first concert. He said this right in the concert hall so that everyone could hear his voice in those quiet moments just after the music ended. The children’s book “The Boy Who Said WOW” (beautifully written by Todd Boss and exquisitely illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh) explains that the young man, Ronan, who uttered that exuberant word, actually seldom…
Thanks to an ongoing partnership with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the College of Fine Arts recently sent a group of musicians to the Classical Music Festival in Austria, Aug. 7-16. They performed works of Franz Joseph Haydn at the Stephansdom (Cathedral) in Vienna, the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, and the Bergkirche in Eisenstadt. “We are thrilled and honored to have the partnership…
Save the date! Fine Arts Advising will hold an open house noon-4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19. Fine Arts faculty, staff, and students are invited to meet the Fine Arts advising team. See where our offices are, get a chance to get to know our team, and learn more about who we are and how we serve you! You do not have to stay the entire time! This is a drop-in event. Where:…