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Arts Calendar: Spring 2008
Events are held in the University’s Church Fine Arts Building. For more information about University of Nevada, Reno arts and events, call (775) 784-4ART (4278) or email: arts365@unr.edu.

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JANUARY

University Faculty Bassoon Recital featuring Christin Schillinger
January 23, Wed., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / FREE
Faculty bassoonist Christin Schillinger will be assisted by Chris Money, clarinet, and Rachael Ing, piano, performing works by Steinmetz, Dutilleux, Schumann, Mendelssohn and the “Variations on the 24th caprice” of Paganini by Marcel Farago.

Nevada Museum of Art presents
Like, Love, Lust: Michael Sarich
Like, Love, Lust: Michael Sarich, the first full-scale survey of work by the artist, opens at the Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) on January 26, 2008. Michael Sarich is among the most prolific artists working in northern Nevada today. Since coming to Reno in 1989 to teach art at the University of Nevada, Sarich has gained attention for his multi-layered and densely packed compositions that overflow with symbols and icons that he has incorporated into his own pictorial language. Like, Love, Lust features works ranging from the artist’s early multi-layered personal narratives to his recent social commentaries. The exhibition will be on view through March 30, 2008. January 26-March 30, 2008 / Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St, Reno/ Admission: free for NMA members; $10 adults, $8 students/seniors. For more information, please call (775) 329.3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.

Performing Arts Series presents
Paragon Orchestra with silent film The Mark of Zorro
As the world’s only professional ensemble re-creating the sounds of early musical theater alongside silent cinema, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (PRO) came into being as the result of Rick Benjamin’s discovery of thousands of turn-of-the-century orchestra scores once belonging to Victrola recording star Arthur Pryor. “For nearly a decade now, the 12-member PRO has been touring the country in the ghostly footsteps of the 1000s of ‘theater orchestras’ that once played in every hotel and vaudeville hall . . . Few of them can have played with more bite and sparkle than the Paragon.” — American Heritage Magazine
January 31, Thur., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA /
$30 Adults/$24 Seniors and UNR Faculty and Staff/$12 Students

FEBRUARY

Argenta Trio
Join Argenta Trio for an evening of chamber music featuring Rameau, Clarke, and Schumann.
February 1, Fri., 7:30 p.m./ Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA /Adults $13/Seniors, Students and Children $8

University Winter Choral Concert
Join the Nevada Chamber Chorale, Concert Choir, Women’s Choir, and Men’s Choir for an evening of choral music conducted by Dr. Duane R. Karna, Sue Goodenow, and Jennifer Tibben-Lembke.
February 7, Thur., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA /Free

Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery presents
9th Biennial Valentine Auction:
Show us what you got, Show us your love!
Join the excitement of the hunt as you search for that perfect Valentine! Artists from around the area are donating work to raise funds to benefit the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery. For the first time, the auction has been expanded to be held in the Front Door, McNamara and Sheppard galleries. Valentines are available to preview beginning January 30.
February 8, Fri., 5:30-8:30 p.m., Auction closes at 7:30 p.m. /
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery / CFA / Free

University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
The University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform the music of American composer Mark Camphouse.
February 26, Tue., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall
CFA / Free

Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery presents
Walker and Walker
Identical twins and collaborative partners, Joe Walker and Pat Walker, will mount their first American West solo exhibition, which includes sculpture, film and mixed-media. Irish artists, Walker and Walker, were chosen to represent their country in the 51st Venice Biennale International Art Exposition. Their imagery focuses on landscape as the space for man's projected soul searching, a complimentary subject matter for Northern Nevada. Walker and Walker research and consider the allegorical opposites of darkness and light and the Romantic interpretation of the sublime as a passion best aroused by uncertainty. The opening is February 28, with an artist’s lecture at 5:30 p.m., followed by a reception at 6:30 p.m.
February 26 - April 4, Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery / CFA /Free

University Orchestra
The University of Nevada, Reno’s most talented students appear as soloists with the University Orchestra under the direction of John Lenz.
February 28, Thur., 8 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

Celebrating its 35th season –
Nevada Repertory Company presents
The Charm of Preparedness
The Charm of Preparedness is a delightful play perhaps best categorized as a “post-9/11 comedy.” Students from a rigorous liberal arts college in mid-Ohio ready themselves for a preparedness drill much like those staged by hospitals and the American Red Cross. Tim uses the drill as an opportunity to hone his acting skills; Tariq hopes to impress a nursing student; others think participation might look good on a résumé. Ultimately, each discovers preparing for an emergency presents a paradox in school and in life. How well does college prepare you for life? And how prepared can you ever be to live in the world after 9/11? Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas explores such challenging topics with laugh-out-loud humor, wry wit and disarming charm. Directed by new Theatre faculty member Rob Gander with costume design by Michelle Davidson, set design by Michael Fernbach and lighting design by Larry Walters.
February 29, March 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, at 7:30 p.m., March 9 at 1:30 p.m.
(Post Performance Talkback with playwright Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, February 29) /
Redfield Studio Theatre / CFA / $13 Opening Weekend Special/$15 Mid-Week (Wed and Thurs)/$17 Adults/$15 Seniors, Children and Students

MARCH

University Big Band I with Guest Artists James Miley and John Adler
Join the University Jazz Big Band I along with guest artists James Miley and John Adler as they perform compositions by James Miley and other works from the big band literature. Composer/pianist James Miley is a winner of the Gil Evans Fellowship in composition and teachs the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. John Adler, University of Nevada, Reno alumnus, is an assistant professor of trumpet and jazz studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
March 4, Tue., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

Performing Arts Series presents
autorickshaw
On the cultural cutting edge across several continents with a cool fusion of Indojazz, Toronto-based autorickshaw is a perfect collision of style, where contemporary jazz and funk collide with the exotic sounds of India and hints of Bollywood. Formed in 2003, autorickshaw has risen exponentially to become one of the most intriguing acts in world music and jazz, earning a recent JUNO nomination for World Music Album of the Year in Canada’s equivalent of a Grammy.
“. . . nothing short of brilliant . . . a high-quality concert full of originality, verve and energy.” — The Bangalore Hindu
March 6, Thur., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / $20 Adults/$17 Seniors and UNR Faculty and Staff/$12 Students

Nevada Chamber Opera presents
Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land
For its inaugural production, the Nevada Chamber Opera proudly presents Aaron Copland's beautiful American opera, The Tender Land under the direction of University music faculty member Damon Stevens and stage direction by Nevada Repertory Company Director Sue Klemp. In this coming-of-age story about love and loss, a young girl on the verge of womanhood is seduced by a drifter, threatening to tear her Midwestern family apart. Come early to catch a special pre-show performance in the lobby beginning at 7:15 on March 14 and 15 and 1:45 on March 16!
March 14, 15, at 7:30 p.m., and March 16 at 2 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / $10 Adults/$5 Students

University Washoe Zephyr Woodwind Quintet
The Washoe Zephyr Woodwind Quintet features advanced University students performing the works by Damase, Zamlinsky, Arnold and Plog. The Zephyrs have also been selected by the Reno Philharmonic Discover Music Program to bring arts experiences to our local community.
March 17, Mon., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

University Bassoon Ensemble presents
Bassoon Monster Mania!
A night suitable for all ages, 3 to 103, featuring an evening of bassoon dedicated to lurking monsters and stampeding animals including a piece titled “The Monster that Devoured Cleveland.”
March 18, Tue., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

College Band Directors National Association Conference
The College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) will feature performances by some of the finest college and university bands throughout the west and by the CBDNA Intercollegiate Band. For a complete schedule contact the University Band Office at 775-784-6145.
March 20, 21, 22, Thur.-Sat., Varies / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

APRIL

College of Liberal Arts Forum For Excellence --
F.W. de Klerk: “The Challenge of Change: Lessons from South Africa”
He shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, whom he freed. Under his Presidency, South Africa ended apartheid, that country’s racial segregation policy. Democracy was adopted, and each citizen was given the power of the vote. Tonight, Mr. de Klerk will discuss what his country and the world have learned since those volatile days. (Proceeds benefit the Fund for Excellence, designed to strengthen academic programs within the College. For VIP tickets and a private reception with Mr. de Klerk, please call 775-682-8973.)
April 2, Wed., 7:00 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / General admission $45 / Nevada Alumni Association, Seniors, KNPB & KUNR Members $40 / Faculty/Staff $35 / Students $10

University Percussion Ensemble Concert featuring
Nancy Zeltsman
April 4, Fri., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA
Join the University Percussion Ensemble and guest artist Nancy Zeltsman for an evening of percussion music from around the world. Nancy Zeltsman is a leading marimba performer, recording artist, teacher and author and performs numerous recitals and marimba master classes across the United States as well as in Europe, Japan and Mexico.
Free

University Faculty Contemporary Harp Recital featuring Marina Roznitovsky
Faculty Harpist Marina Roznitovsky will perform the Alberto Ginastera “Harp Concerto,” Carlos Salzedo “Scintillation,” and Andre Caplet “Mask of the Red Death Conte Fantastique” with assistance from University of Nevada, Reno faculty, staff and graduate students.
April 5, Sat., 7 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA

University Orchestra
Under the directon of John Lenz, the University Orchestra will perform several orchestral masterworks during its annual spring concert.
April 15, Tue., 8 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

Reno Chamber Orchestra and University Symphonic Choir present
Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor
The Reno Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Theodore Kuchar will perform the Suk Serenade and Mozart Requiem Mass in D minor. Joining the orchestra for the Mozart are the University Symphonic Choir and soloists Katharine DeBoer (University faculty) , Jacalyn Kreitzer, Genaro Mendez (University alumnus), and Gary Aldrich (University faculty). For information and tickets call (775) 348-9413 or visit www.renochamberorchestra.org
April 19 at 8 p.m., and April 20 at 2 p.m. / Immaculate Conception Catholic Church / 2900 N. McCarran Blvd, Sparks / $44 Adults / $41 Seniors / $15 Students

University Wind Ensemble presents
Transcriptions and Premieres
In their final concert of academic year, the Wind Ensemble will feature the Nevada premiere of two works, “Tattoo” by James Syler, a work that was commissioned in part by the University of Nevada, Reno, and “Stampede” by Stephen Bryant. Also on the program is a transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach’s great organ masterpiece, Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564.
April 22, Tue., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

University Spring Choral Concert
Join the Nevada Chamber Chorale, Concert Choir, Women’s Choir, and Men’s Choir for an evening of choral music conducted by Dr. Duane R. Karna, Sue Goodenow, and Jennifer Tibben-Lembke.
April 24, Thur., 7:30 p.m. / Immaculate Conception Church / 2900 N. McCarran Blvd, Sparks / Free

Reno Jazz Festival presents
Lee Konitz, Roy Haynes Quartet, and more!
The 46th Annual Reno Jazz Festival features Lee Konitz and The Collective, Roy Haynes Quartet, Festival Showcase and Awards Ceremony, educational clinics and two full days of competition performances featuring middle school, high school and college groups from around the west. Jazz Fan Passes and individual tickets available. Call 775-784-4278 for details.
April 24 – 26 / UNR Campus / Various

Celebrating its 35th season –
Nevada Repertory Company presents
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat
Nevada Repertory Company’s 35th season will be capped off by a revival of one of its most popular offerings. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat is a musical parable of the biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors, set to an eclectic combination of musical styles, from country western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ’n’ roll. In this timely and timeless Old Testament tale, Joseph is sold into slavery by his envious brothers, and endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are tested. This 35th-anniversary season finale will once again feature professional actor, singer and dancer Art Anderson as Pharaoh, reprising the role he played in Nevada Repertory Company’s 1995 production. Directed by Jim Bernardi, choreography by Arthur Anderson, musical direction by Carol House, costume design by Michelle Davidson, set design by Larry Walters and lighting design by Michael Fernbach.
April 25, 26, 30, May 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 p.m., May 4 at 1:30 p.m. / Redfield Proscenium Theatre / CFA / $16 Opening Weekend Special / $18 Mid-Week (Wed and Thurs) / $20 Adults / $18 Seniors, Children and Students

MAY

Spring Dance Concert featuring
Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
The University’s dance faculty and students and the Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago will present a number of works for the Spring Dance Concert. Founded in 1962, the Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago is the original jazz dance company, captivating audiences worldwide with dynamic performances and the diversity and wide appeal of its repertoire. Continually expanding the boundaries of jazz dance while diversifying the repertoire, GJDC’s new works have received critical and audience acclaim.
May 1, 2, Thur.-Fri., 8 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA $20 Adults/$17 Students/$10 Seniors and Children

Spring Celebration of the Arts
University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick welcomes you to an evening of art, music, theatre and dance! Begin your evening at with a visit to our Sheppard Fine Art Gallery and view cutting-edge contemporary works from our top BFA students. (Gallery open 6:30 to 8:30) Then take a seat in our Redfield Proscenium Theatre for the classic musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, presented by the Nevada Repertory Company. (Curtain time is 7:30 p.m.) Or, enjoy a free concert featuring outstanding students and faculty from the University’s Department of Music and Dance. (Curtain time is 8 p.m.) For Joseph ticket prices, please see related listings in this calendar.
May 3, Sat., 6:30 p.m. / Church Fine Arts Building / CFA / Free (Tickets required to see Joseph)

Argenta Trio
Tonight’s Argenta Trio concert will feature the works of Haydn, Lalo, and Brahms.
May 4, Sun., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / General $13/Seniors, Students and Children $8

University Big Bands
Join us for a night of big band music performed by the University’s Jazz Big Bands I and II under the direction of Andy Heglund.
May 6, Tue., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free

University Choral Concert featuring the music of René Clausen
As the culmination of an artist-in-residence program with René Clausen, University Choirs will perform choral compositions by René Clausen including a performance of IPA “Symbols of Sounds” commissioned by the University of Nevada, Reno Department of Music and Dance and supported in part by the Bruno and Edna Benna Endowment for Excellence in the Arts, CLA Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant, and Extended Studies Choral Auxiliary Funds. For more information on René Clausen artist-in-residence activities please contact Dr. Duane Karna at 775-784-4030.
May 6, Tue., 7:30 p.m. / Joe Crowley Student Union Theatre / Joe Crowley Student Union / Free

University Composer's Concert
Tonight's concert will feature an evening of premieres featuring new works by University student composers.
May 8, Thur., 7:30 p.m. / Nightingale Concert Hall / CFA / Free