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2005-2006
Performing Arts Series
Presented
by the University of Nevada, Reno,the Performing Arts Series brings
some of the world's finest performers to the university's Nightingale
Concert Hall. Enjoy value-priced performances by a variety of
exceptional artists!
The 2003-2004
Performing Arts Series presented by the University of Nevada,
Reno has yet another stellar season planned at an incredible price.
The Performing Arts Series is offering pre-season ticket discounts
for the five performances, for savings of as much as 40 percent
if purchased by August 1:
• Family/$90
(includes one general admission and one student under age 17)
• General admission/$75
• Seniors (over age 62)/$65
• Students/$35
Children under age 6 are admitted free when accompanied by a paying
adult. All performances will be at 7:30 p.m. in Nightingale Concert
Hall on the university campus.
For season
tickets or individual tickets, call the University Arts Box Office
at (775) 784-6847. For more information about the Performing Arts
Series, call (775) 784-4046 or visit www.dce.unr.edu/arts.
Parking
Patrons attending evening events (Monday-Friday) in the Church
Fine Arts Complex are permitted to park in the new parking garage
and in parking areas adjacent to Church Fine Arts, beginning one-half
hour before an event begins. This does not apply to dormitory
parking lots, or any lots posted "enforced 24 hours."
Please e-mail pas@unr.edu with any questions or concerns about
parking for arts events.
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for the Performing Arts Series is provided in part by the University
of Nevada, Reno; the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency; the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the City of Reno Arts
and Culture Commission. Additional funds for student ticket subsidies
and artist residency activities have been provided by the Fulton Fund;
Sierra Arts; For the Love of Jazz; and the Associated Students of
the University of Nevada (ASUN). The series is media sponsored by
KUNR-FM 88.7. Accommodations for guest artists have been provided
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GAMING MANAGEMENT
WEEK-LONG COURSES FOR 2006 |
| Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2006
“Management of Table Games Operations” –
A five-day gaming management course offered by Extended Studies
at the University of Nevada, Reno. Sessions begin Monday,
Oct. 30 and end Friday, Nov. 3 at the university’s Continuing
Education Building, 1041 N. Virginia St., Reno. Course fee:
$2,500, includes lodging, breakfasts, lunches and one group
dinner; or $2,250, without lodging, includes orientation breakfast,
lunches and one group dinner. Registration and information:
(775) 784-4062 or 1-800-233-8928. For more about Extended
Studies gaming courses: http://www.extendedstudies.unr.edu
December 4-8, 2006
“Surveillance Operations and Management” –
A five-day gaming management course offered by Extended Studies
at the University of Nevada, Reno. Sessions begin Monday,
Dec. 4 and end Friday, Dec. 8 at the university’s Continuing
Education Building, 1041 N. Virginia St., Reno. Course fee:
$2,500, includes lodging, breakfasts, lunches and one group
dinner; or $2,250, without lodging, includes orientation breakfast,
lunches and one group dinner. Registration and information:
(775) 784-4062 or 1-800-233-8928. For more about Extended
Studies gaming courses: http://www.extendedstudies.unr.edu
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ARTS EVENTS FOR
Oct. 2006 ABOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO
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| The School of the Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno
presents world-class offerings from guest artists and performers,
faculty and students within the school’s departments
of art, dance, music, theatre and visual arts. Most performances
and exhibits are held in the Church Fine Arts Building on
the University campus – many are free and all are open
to the community. Free parking is available after 7 p.m. in
the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex north of the Church Fine
Arts Building and in the Sierra Street Garage one block west
of Virginia St. between 11th St. and College Dr. There is
also a convenient patron drop-off area adjacent to Nightingale
Concert Hall on N. Virginia St.
For a copy of the University’s arts365 calendar or
more information about the University of Nevada, Reno's arts365
exhibits and performances, visit http://www.unr.edu/arts,
call (775) 784-4ART or 1-800-233-8928, or email arts365@unr.edu.
Tickets are available (without a convenience fee) at Lawlor
Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., Reno, lower level entrance,
Mon.-Fri. from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m.-1 pm.;
or at the Church Fine Arts Building box office on campus,
one hour prior to performances. Tickets are available (with
a convenience fee) online at http://www.unr.edu/arts, or by
calling 1-800-225-2277 (in California, 530-766-2277).
University arts365 events for October 2006 include:
Mike Ogilvie and Sean Russell Exhibition
Oct. 2-Nov. 3 (Reception, Oct. 5), Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno campus
In this mixed-media exhibition featuring Mike Ogilvie and
Sean Russell, recent graduates from the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas graduate program, the gallery will be filled with
large-scale paintings and sculptures scattering the floor.
Both artists work in contemporary, comic style, using humor
in their art. The opening will be Oct. 5, with an artists’
lecture at 5:30 p.m., and reception at 6:30 p.m.
FREE
Argenta
Oct. 13, Friday, 8 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall, University of Nevada, Reno campus
Acclaimed University of Nevada, Reno faculty chamber music
ensemble Argenta, featuring John Lenz, Phillip Ruder and James
Winn, will perform favorite works by a range of composers.
Adult $13/University students, seniors, children $8
University Jazz Big Band I
Oct. 17, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall, University of Nevada, Reno campus
The University’s most talented jazz students perform
favorite selections under the direction of faculty member
Andrew Heglund.
FREE
Faculty Recital
Oct. 24, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall, University of Nevada, Reno campus
Faculty clarinetist Chris Money, accompanied by pianist Andrea
Lenz and a string quartet to be announced, will perform solo
and chamber works from the 19th and 20th centuries, including
pieces by Gaubert, Sierra, Prokofiev and von Weber.
FREE
University Wind Ensemble — “In Memory”
Oct. 26, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall, University of Nevada, Reno campus
The University Wind Ensemble will open its concert season
with a memorial to two composers, Alfred Reed and Warren Benson,
who died in 2005. Featured will be “A Movement for Rosa,”
written by American composer Mark Camphouse for civil rights
icon Rosa Parks, and “Three Revelations from the Lotus
Sutra” by Reed, acknowledging states of awareness in
the soul on its quest for ultimate perfection.
FREE
For more information about University of Nevada, Reno arts365
events, visit the University's arts365 Calendar at http://www.unr.edu/arts,
call (775) 784-4ART, or email: arts365@unr.edu. |
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"A UNIVERSE OF DREAMS" IN THE PERFORMING
ARTS SERIES |
NPR’S NEAL CONAN AND ENSEMBLE GALILEI BRING
“A UNIVERSE OF DREAMS” TO THE PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO IN OCTOBER
In a tapestry of images, words and music, “A Universe
of Dreams” expresses the beautiful and compelling realms
of the cosmos, with projected images from NASA’s Hubble
Space Telescope, evocative music inspired by the galaxies and
performed by Ensemble Galilei, and works from some of the world’s
finest poets, narrated by Neal Conan, host of National Public
Radio’s “Talk of the Nation.” As part of
a simply stellar 2006-07 season, the Performing Arts Series
at the University of Nevada, Reno, presents "A Universe
of Dreams" with Neal Conan and Ensemble Galilei performing
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. in Nightingale Concert
Hall.
Wielding an intriguing mix of ancient and modern instruments
— Celtic harp, oboe, Scottish small pipes, viola di
gamba, fiddle, recorders, whistles and more — the critically
acclaimed musicians of Ensemble Galilei draw on a repertoire
of traditional Irish, Scottish, early and original music to
create works of celestial grace.
Old and new also combine as the group accompanies stunning
images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope such as the
Cat’s Eye Nebula, the Sombrero Galaxy, the core of the
Crab Nebula and many more, including artists’ conceptualizations
of celestial events photographed by the telescope.
Adding another dimension to the work, “Talk of the
Nation” host Neal Conan will narrate, performing the
poetry of Michael S. Glaser, V.P. Loggins, William Shakespeare,
Jim Harrison, Stanley Kunitz, Philo Judaeus, Ann Lister and
others to connect the ancient and modern with the spoken word.
“’Universe of Dreams’ is a wonderful mix
of early music, modern photography and poetry connecting to
create an immersive arts experience unlike any other,”
said C.J. Walters, director of the University's Performing
Arts Series.
“This is one of those events that will truly capture
the audience’s imagination — the layering of images,
music and poetry engages all the senses in a way distinct
from the experience of each art form alone,” Walters
said.
“Flawless.” — Acousticmusic.com
For more about “A Universe of Dreams,” visit
http://www.jwentworth.com/galilei/galilei.htm
For more about Ensemble Galilei, visit http://www.egmusic.com/
Individual tickets are: Adult $24/Senior $20/Student $12/University
student $7.
Tickets for all University of Nevada, Reno arts365 events,
including the Performing Arts Series, may be purchased (without
a convenience fee) in person at Lawlor Events Center, 1500
N. Virginia St., Reno, lower level entrance, Monday-Friday
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and at the
Church Fine Arts Building box office on campus, one hour prior
to performances. Tickets are available (with a convenience
fee) online at http://www.unr.edu/arts, or by calling 1-800-225-2277
(in California, 530-766-2277).
Free parking is available after 7 p.m. in the Brian J. Whalen
Parking Complex north of the Church Fine Arts Building and
in the Sierra Street Garage one block west of Virginia St.
between 11th St. and College Dr. There is also a convenient
patron drop-off adjacent to Nightingale Concert Hall on N.
Virginia St.
For a brochure or more about the University of Nevada, Reno’s
2006-07 Performing Arts Series, visit http://www.unr.edu/pas
or call (775) 784-4ART. Email: pas@unr.edu.
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2006-2007 Performing Arts Series
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Toots Thielemans Quartet with Airto Moreira,
Oscar Castro-Neves and Kenny Werner
Nov. 9, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Nightingale Concert Hall
Fresh from his 2006 star-studded career tribute in Carnegie
Hall, 84-year-old harmonica genius Toots Thielemans delivers
his Brazilian-tinged quartet extraordinare — pianist Kenny
Werner, guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves and percussionist Airto
Moreira — for an evening of impeccable jazz mastery. Yet
another jazz legend to astound audiences in Nightingale Concert
Hall, Thielemans has created signature scores (“Midnight
Cowboy,” “Sesame Street”), played alongside
Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, George Shearing, Natalie Cole,
Billy Joel and many others — and been aptly called by
Quincy Jones “...one of the greatest musicians of our
time.”
For more about Toots Thielemans Quartet, visit http://www.tootsthielemans.com
American Chamber Players
Feb. 8, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Nightingale Concert Hall
From familiar masterpieces, to neglected gems, to newly commissioned
American works, the musical territory covered by renowned
American Chamber Players is always exciting and innovative.
Founded in 1985 by National Public Radio’s “Performance
Today” and “Morning Edition” music commentator,
Miles Hoffman, the group of gifted artists grew from the prestigious
Library of Congress Summer Chamber Festival, which Hoffman
led as artistic director for nearly a decade. “They
have established standards of chamber music performance equal
to any in the world.” — The Washington Post
For more about American Chamber Players, visit http://www.acplayers.com
Vishten
March 8, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Nightingale Concert Hall
A hardy mixture of French, Irish and Scottish musical styles
recalls the joy and energy of the Acadian “kitchen party,”
as Vishten’s fiery fiddling and powerful step dancing
celebrate community gatherings where all are welcome to sing,
play and dance. Masters of a remarkable array of instruments
— accordion, piano, bodhran, flute, tin whistle, fiddle,
mandolin, guitar — the high-energy group brings a joie
de vivre to the stage with fast fingering, tapping feet and
unabashed enthusiasm. As the Eastern Canadian band likes to
say, “Wherever Vishten goes, a party is likely to follow.”
For more about Vishten, visit http://www.vishten.ca |
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The
University of Nevada, Reno has provided the following information
for those interested in attending concerts, seminars and camps.
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