The 47th annual Reno Jazz Festival (April 23-25) features The Collective, Jerry Gonzales and the Fort Apache Band. Other features include the Festival Showcase and awards ceremony, educational clinics and two full days of competition performances
The 2009 Spring Dance Concert(April 30 - May 1) will feature guest performing artists Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company and the choreography of Kristen Avansino, Jon Lehrer and University dance faculty members Cari Cunningham and Barbara Land.
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Arts Calendar
University Percussion Ensemble Concert featuring John Riley
April 10 • 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
The University Percussion Ensemble will be joined by guest drum set artist, John Riley, and The Northern Nevada All-Star Percussion Ensemble, comprised of select area high school percussion students. Riley began playing at age 8, started his professional career at 14, and has studied, played and taught music ever since. He has degrees from the University of North Texas and the Manhattan School of Music and is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, SUNY Purchase. Riley is also an artist-in-residence at Amsterdam Conservatory in Holland and a published author on several books about jazz drumming.
University Jazz Band
April 14 • 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
Join us for a night of big band jazz performed by the University’s Jazz Big Band under the direction of Leonard Neidhold.
From Poetry to Song: Goethe to Schubert
April 16 • 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
Goethe scholar Horst Lange collaborates with soprano Katharine DeBoer and pianist James Winn to explore the poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Listen for the transformation of the written word into song by Goethe’s contemporaries such as Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Reichardt and Zelter.
Nevada Winds Woodwind Quintet
April 19 • 7 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
The Nevada Winds woodwind quintet will be performing selections from the standard woodwind quintet repertoire. Members of this scholarship quintet advanced through a screened audition process to participate in this elite ensemble. In addition to semester recitals, the Nevada Winds are involved in university and community-outreach programs.
University Wind Ensemble presents
Wind Dances
April 21 • 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
The final Wind Ensemble concert of the season will feature music associated with dance movements including “Vientos y Tangos.” The composition was one of four commissions by a consortium of university, service and community bands (including the Metropolitan Wind Symphony) to celebrate the 70th birthday and retirement of Frank Battisti at New England Conservatory.
University Orchestra Spring Concert
April 22 • 8 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
The University Orchestra, under the direction of Jason Altieri, will perform favorites from the orchestral repertoire.
Reno Jazz Festival presents
Jerry Gonzales and the Fort Apache Band, and more!
April 23-25
University of Nevada, Reno Campus • Various Venues
The 47th annual Reno Jazz Festival features The Collective, Jerry Gonzales and the Fort Apache Band. Other features include the Festival Showcase and awards ceremony, educational clinics and two full days of competition performances featuring middle and high school as well as college groups from around the West. Jazz Fan Passes and individual tickets are available. Call 775-784-4046 for details.
Nevada Repertory Company presents
Metamorphoses
By Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Jim Bernardi
April 24, 25, 29, 30, May 1-2, at 7:30 p.m. and May 3 at 1:30P
Redfield Studio Theatre
Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses brings Ovid’s tales to stunning visual life. Juxtaposing the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image, this Tony Award-winning play reflects the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change.
Opening weekend special, $13; midweek special, (Wednesday and Thursday), $15; adults $17; seniors, students and children, $15
University Choral Concert
April 30 • 7:30 p.m.Ballroom • Joe Crowley Student Union• Free
The final choral program of the year will celebrate music married to poetry that moves the heart and soul — Whitman, Marlowe, Shakespeare and more.
Spring Dance Concert featuring Lili Cai Chinese Dance Company
April 30 and May 1 • 8 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
The 2009 spring dance concert will feature guest performing artists Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company and the choreography of Kristen Avansino, Jon Lehrer and University dance faculty members Cari Cunningham and Barbara Land. Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company melds ancient Chinese forms with modern dance in an artistic and inventive marriage of styles. The company bridges the continuum from past to contemporary — from spectacular court dances of Chinese dynasties to contemporary works fusing classical Chinese movement and ballet, complemented by dazzling costumes, original music and multimedia designs.
Adults, $20; students, $18; seniors and children, $12
Nevada Chamber Opera presents
The Mélodies of Gabriel Fauré
May 3 • 2 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
Nevada Chamber Opera presents a recital of The Mélodies of Gabriel Fauré. Musically directed by Damon Stevens, this song recital features University students performing the beautiful and haunting melodies that have made Fauré’s songs standard literature for student and professional recitalists alike.
University Composer's Concert
May 3 • 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
Tonight's concert will feature an evening of premieres featuring new works by University student composers.
University Faculty Contemporary Harp Recital featuring Marina Roznitovsky
May 10 • 5 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall • Free
Join Ms. Roznitovsky along with several musical friends performing the works of Ginastera, Sergio-Natra, Beethoven and Renie.