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The institute will create a nurturing and immersive environment for faculty and guest artists to work intimately with the selected duos and string ensembles.
The jazz studies program has won more than 40 DownBeat Student Music Awards, considered the highest honor in jazz education, since 2011.
Uproarious, gut-busting, and deliciously ridiculous, The Merry Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare’s sit-com.
Highlighting the program is the Nevada premiere of Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue, a new work by acclaimed composer Peter Boyer.
Lineup of world-class talent includes Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Eric Marienthal, Mitchel Forman on piano, Kevin Axt on bass, and Bernie Dresel on drums.
The conversation will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction to the plan for Warner Bros. Studios Nevada.
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The upcoming show, Ripper Jordan Redux, is a great example of the Matt & Jo praxis. “The inspiration for this show was actually discovering a collection of the archive works held by Sean Slattery, an artist and UNLV professor who consistently churns out dense, tongue-in-cheek work that requires as much scrutiny as it offers.
As talk emerged about bringing the movie industry to Las Vegas, Warner Bros. exec Dan Dark pulled on a red UNLV ball cap. A healthy cheer went up from the crowd jammed into an auditorium at UNLV’s Flora Dungan Humanities building.
Celine Johnson was born and raised in Las Vegas, so it’s no surprise she’d gravitate toward an industry like film. The 19-year-old film major at UNLV has big plans to master skills in cinematography, editing and producing so she can one day join the ranks of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Greta Gerwig.
Warner Bros. Discovery will make Las Vegas its next filming headquarters and hub all in partnership with UNLV, according to University officials. The announcement came Wednesday during a packed town hall on campus, with a number of representatives from the company and UNLV in attendance.
The College of Fine Arts and UNLV Film hosted a panel discussion with Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday. The conversation focused on the plan for a Warner Brothers studio in Nevada.
Thousands of film producers and industry insiders are meeting in Las Vegas for the very first time, as the world’s largest film market makes its inaugural debut in the Entertainment Capital of the World.
