- Welcome to the New Year: 'The Importance of Moving Forward' - A Message from Dean Nancy UscherDearest Friends and Colleagues: At the end of the fall 2023 semester, on December 6, 2023, our beloved university, UNLV, was dealt a devastating blow, a tragic event we could never have imagined happening, as we were poised to end the semester. As we all know firsthand, an active shooter on our campus viciously murdered three esteemed faculty colleagues and seriously injured a fourth victim.…
- Curt & Eliane Miller 'Pay It Forward' with Generous Gift to UNLV Jazz ProgramTrombonist and president of the Jazz Outreach Initiative Curt Miller and his wife Eliane, a former UNLV dance instructor, recently made a generous gift to the UNLV Division of Jazz and Commercial Music. The gift will be used for endowed scholarships and studio upgrades. "On behalf of the UNLV School of Music, Jazz and Commercial Music Division, I am honored to extend our heartfelt gratitude to…
- School of Music Student Wins at Metropolitan Opera Laffont CompetitionJoshua Thomas, first year Artist Diploma candidate in the Voice Area of the School of Music, was a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition - Utah District. He will next compete at the Regional level in Denver, CO in February 2024. This competition was established to identify early career opera singers and provide development funding and exposure to industry professionals. Along with…
- UNLV Music Doctoral Student Chosen as One of Only Five Students to Serve on the League of American Orchestras’ Student Leadership CouncilThe League of American Orchestras has formed a Student Leadership Council, the first in the organization’s 81 years, to provide a platform for the League to better understand and integrate the voices of young people into its work and support the growth of student engagement within the orchestra field. The new Council is part of a renewed commitment to grow participation by young people and…
- School of Music Faculty and First Post Doctoral Scholar Publish New Book 'Leonardo Balada and Surrealism in Music'UNLV College of Fine Arts postdoctoral scholar Ivan Ivanov and faculty member Richard Miller's book, Leonardo Balada and Surrealism in Music, has been published by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. As the College of Fine Arts' first UNLV postdoctoral scholar, the Bulgarian-born Dr. Ivanov was engaged in research, teaching and creative activities; including grant writing,…
- UNLV College of Fine Arts Chooses Postdoctoral Scholar FellowsDr. Marta Plominska and Dr. Dawid Mzyk have been chosen as recipients of the prestigious UNLV Doctoral Graduate to Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Program, making them the first recipients from the College of Fine Arts in the program's history. Dr. Marta Plominska is a Polish flutist who completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Performance at UNLV in Spring 2023. She is now a Postdoctoral…
- UNLV Music Professor Releases New Album, Tours Australia & New ZealandThe Violin/Viola 'Duo Novae' (associate professors Ambroise Aubrun and Kate Hamilton) were recently on a tour of New Zealand and Australia during which they gave recitals, masterclasses, and presented lectures in Dunedin, Sydney, and Melbourne. They worked with faculty and students from the University of Otago, the Sydney Conservatorium, and the Melbourne String Academy. In other news, Auburn’s…
- UNLV Professor Composes 'East Wing Songs' for National First Ladies’ Library and MuseumThe National First Ladies’ Library and Museum hosts the world premiere of a new set of musical compositions inspired by the First Ladies of the United States at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 15 in Canton, Ohio. The performance, titled East Wing Songs Volume II, features a lecture-recital format and will be performed by mezzo soprano Ann Marie Daehn, Professor at Missouri State…