Document 2881830

 Concert Singers & Chamber Chorale
2014-2015 Concert Season
David B. Weiller, conductor
Jae Ahn-Benton, pianist
October 17 UNLV Choral Ensembles: “Ode to Joy!” (Dr. Arturo Rando-­‐Grillot Recital Hall) October 25 UNLV Choral Ensembles: “Ode to Joy!” (Desert Spring United Methodist Church, Las Vegas) November 7 30th Annual Invitational Madrigal & Chamber Choir Festival (Dr. Arturo Rando-­‐Grillot Recital Hall) November 21 UNLV Choral Ensembles: “Come, Ye Sons of Art” (Dr. Arturo Rando-­‐Grillot Recital Hall) February 22 UNLV Chamber Chorale with USC Thornton Chamber Singers, Las Vegas Academy Singers & Basic High School Chamber Singers (Las Vegas Academy Auditorium) March 7 Concert Singers & Chamber Chorale: “Marvelous Musicals & Opulent Operetta” (Dr. Arturo Rando-­‐Grillot Recital Hall) SPRING TOUR March 27 SINGING EXCHANGE: Canyon View High School (Cedar City, Utah) March 27 CONCERT with Pine View High School and Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts (Eccles Concert Hall at Dixie State University, St. George Utah) March 29 CHURCH SERVICE: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Sedona, Arizona) March 29 CONCERT: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (Sedona, Arizona) April 11 An Evening With the UNLV Choral Ensembles (Green Valley Presbyterian Church) April 17 Chamber Chorale 2015 Home Concert (Dr. Arturo Rando-­‐Grillot Recital Hall) April 22 UNLV Women’s Chorus and Varsity Men’s Glee Club (Dr. Arturo Rando-­‐Grillot Recital Hall) April 25 “Men, Men and Men!” UNLV Varsity Men’s Glee Club, Silver Statesmen Barbershop Chorus and Las Vegas Men’s Chorus (Green Valley Presbyterian Church) May 1 Concert Singers, Chamber Chorale, Las Vegas Master Singers, Henderson Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony #9 (Henderson Pavilion) - Program The program will be selected from the following repertoire. S I N G A N D R E J O I C E Cantate Domino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudio Monteverdi (1567-­‐1643) Cantate Domino canticum novum; cantate et benedicite nomoni ejus quia mirabilia fecit. Cantate et exsultate et psallite. Psallite in cithara et voce psalmi, quia mirabilia fecit. Sing to the Lord a new song, sing and bless his name because he has done wonders. Sing and rejoice and sing praises. Sing praises on the harp and the voice of a psalm, because he has done wonders. (Psalms 96 and 98) Lux aeterna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivo Antognini Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine: Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Cum sanctis in aeternum, quia pius es. (b. 1963) Let eternal light shine on them, Lord as with Your saints in eternity, because you are merciful. Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, as with Your saints in eternity, because you are merciful. (from the Requiem Mass) Sanctus (from Mass in G Major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Poulenc Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. (1899-­‐1963) Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of thy glory Hosanna in the highest. (from the Mass Ordinary) Agnus Dei (from Mass for Five Voices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Byrd Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem. (c. 1539-­‐1623) Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us peace. (from the Mass Ordinary) I H E A R M Y B E I N G D A N C E On Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Edward Galante Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness? Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child’s? Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light? Can you love and lead without imposing your will? Can you deal with the most vital matters, by letting events take their course? Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue. th
(from the Tao Te Ching, 6 century B.C.) (b. 1974) All Works of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Szymko (b. 1957) If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Remember. All works of love are works of peace. (Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 1920-­‐1997) The Waking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Conte (b. 1955) I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear. I wake to sleep and take my waking slow. Great Nature has another thing to do To you and me; so take the lively air, And, lovely, learn by going where to go. Of those so close beside me, which are you? God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there, And learn by going where I have to go. This shaking keeps me steady. I should know. What falls away is always. And is near. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I learn by going where I have to go. (Theodore Roethke, 1908-­‐1963) Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how? The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair; I wake to sleep and take my waking slow. Gloria (from Mass in G Major, BWV 236) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those of good will. We praise thee. We bless thee. We worship thee. We glorify thee. (from the Mass Ordinary) (1685-­‐1750) M A R V E L O U S M U S I C A L S & O P U L E N T O P E R E T T A Tradition (from Fiddler on the Roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (b. 1943) Let It Sing (from Violet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanine Tesori (1825-­‐1899) The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William S. Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan (1928-­‐2010 / b. 1924) Tevye, the dairyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Baskin Yente, the matchmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Thomas Avrahm, the bookseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Price Nachum, the beggar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donovan Crespo Lazar Wolf, the butcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Brewer Rabbi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faustino Solis Mendel, the rabbi’s son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Madagame First Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Guido Second Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daveon Bolden Villagers of Anatevka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Chamber Chorale Proud of Your Boy (from Aladdin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (b. 1949 / 1950-­‐1991) Alex Price, tenor The Song That Goes Like This (from Spamelot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Idle Casey Dakus, soprano & Conor Brereton, tenor (b. 1961) Xavier Brown, baritone Czardas (from Die Fledermaus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Strauss, Jr. Cassandra O’Toole, soprano (1836-­‐1911 / 1842-­‐1900) If you want to know who we are A wand’ring minstrel I Comes a train of little ladies Three little maids from school are we With aspect stern and gloomy stride (Finale Act I) Nanki-­‐Poo, in love with Yum-­‐Yum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conor Brereton Ko-­‐Ko, Lord High Executioner (also in love with Yum-­‐Yum) . . . Kurt Ludwig Sedlmeir Pooh-­‐Bah, Lord High Everything Else . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Baskin Yum-­‐Yum, in love with Nanki-­‐Poo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lacy Burchfield Pitti-­‐Sing, sister to Yum-­‐Yum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maia Julianne Thielen Peep-­‐Bo, sister to Yum-­‐Yum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey Van Such Katisha, in love with Nanki-­‐Poo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Weiss (guest artist) Noblemen, School Girls and Townspeople of Titipu . . . . . . . The Concert Singers H O W S M A L L A P A R T O F T I M E T H E Y S H A R E Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric William Barnum (b. 1979) Paruparong Bukid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filipino Folk Song arr. George C. Hernandez Go, Lovely Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faustino Solis (b. 1992) Go, lovely rose, Small is the worth Tell her that wastes her time and me, Of beauty from the light retired; That now she knows, Bid her come forth, When I resemble her to thee, Suffer herself to be desired, From the door’s soft opening And the day’s first sigh, Filling the room, I see before me A life of doors, One opening on another: Doors upon doors, And sighs upon sighs, Paruparong bukid na lilipad-­‐lipad Sa gita ng daan papagapagaspas Isang bara ang tapis Isang dangkal ang manggas Ang sayang de kola Isang pyesa ang sayad May payneta pa siya -­‐ uy! May suklay pa man din -­‐ uy! Nagwas de-­‐ohetes ang palalabasin Haharap sa altar at mananalamin At saka lalakad nang pakendeng-­‐kendeng. How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that’s young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Rising in a tide of mornings, Rising, until that final sigh, And the last morning, And the last holy breath, Whispering “this…” (Robert Bode) Field butterfly, flying around in the middle of the road, flapping its wings Wearing a nine meter-­‐long apron over her back skirt A hand span tall is the butterfly sleeves Her skirt shaped like a grand piano Has a train with the length of the entire rack of cloth She even has an ornamental double comb -­‐ wow! And even a decorative comb -­‐ wow! She shows her petticoat embroidered with eyelet She faces the church’s altar and looks at her beauty in the mirrors Then she struts swaying her hips. And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair! (Edmund Waller, 1606-­‐1687) UNLV Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Whitacre (b. 1970, UNLV Class of 1995) Alma Mater, we praise you for spirit, the eternal flame. Strength which never falters, a tribute to your name. Alma Mater, we thank you, exalted scarlet and gray Truth and wisdom from your standard in our minds and hearts will stay. Alma Mater, we cherish you, and in days that are yet to be, Our voices let us ever raise in honor, UNLV. (Lyrics by V. Svarda, adapted by R. Lemon, T. Leslie and T. LaBounty) University Choral Ensembles
The UNLV CHORAL ENSEMBLES enjoy a reputation for excellent performances throughout the southwest and beyond. The choirs recently were praised for a concert described as “…glorious, yet disciplined. The choruses performed with unaffected charisma.” Under the direction of David B. Weiller and Jocelyn K. Jensen, the choirs (University Concert Singers, Chamber Chorale, Varsity Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorus) present several concerts annually on the university campus and in the greater Las Vegas community. Tours have encompassed Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, as well as itineraries in Hawaii, New York, Mexico and Canada. Notable highlights include appearances with the world renowned Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and a massed choir performance in New York City’s Carnegie Hall. The UNLV Chamber Chorale has been honored with invited performances for regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). University choirs have presented major works with the Mexico National Symphony in Mexico City, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the University Symphony Orchestra, and the Nevada Symphony Orchestra. The choirs have appeared in numerous fully staged productions in collaboration with UNLV Opera Theater, and, on a lighter note, they have presented many concerts of classic musical theater repertoire. The UNLV Choral Ensembles maintain an active student chapter of the ACDA that supports choral music and special student projects on campus. The choirs also sponsor Lamprophony, a student-­‐organized contemporary a cappella ensemble that performs on campus and in the community. The choirs are supported by an outstanding faculty of artist-­‐scholars in the Department of Music that includes voice professors Alfonse Anderson, Tod Fitzpatrick, Linda Lister, Stephanie Weiss, and pianist-­‐coach Kosta Popovic. The Department of Music offers a full complement of B.A., B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. degrees. Concert Singers & Chamber Chorale
Cheyna Alexander 2 Eliysheba Anderson 2 Rabuel Aviles 1 Alexander Baskin 1, 2 Gianni Becker 2 Benjamin Blade 1 Daveon Bolden 2 James Bonura 2 Conor Brereton 1 Austin Brewer 2 Christopher James Brooks 1 Xavier Brown 2 Lacy Burchfield 1 Joemar Buyao 2 Alexa Punsalan Carreon 1 Ysabelle Catu 1, 2 Edwin Cerna II 1, 2 Austin Champion 1 Bianca Chavez 1 Donovan Crespo 1, 2 Casey Dakus 1 Heather Rose Elise 1 Britta Epling 1 Kevin Fitzpatrick 1 James Galvez 2 Amanda Geisler 1 Brian Angelo Guido II 2 Christine Herbano 1 Christophe Kennedy 2 Taylor Kowalksi 1 Megan Lake 1 Alessandra Las 1 Jesse Law 1 Jorge Lazcano 1 Breanna Lesure 2 Leandra Long 1, 2 Omar Lozano 1 Jordan Madagame 2 Alfredo Martirena 1 Dawn McCollum 1 Mark Patrick McCreery 2 Crystal Miller 1 Tyler Mortensen 1 Cassie O’Toole 1 Julian Olarte 1, 2 Angela Olson 1 Michael Padilla 1 Ranon Alexander Pador 1 Kendal Patterson 1 Alex Price 2 Princess Rosano 1 Rebecca Sanchez 1 Megan Schnizlein 2 Shawn Schwerdtfeger 1 Kurt Ludwig Sedlmeir 1 Min Jeong Seo 1 Eric Sepulveda 1 Olivia Sirota 2 Faustino Solis 2 Brooke Soto 1 Maia Julianne Thielen 1, 2 Nicole Thomas 2 Melody Totten 2 Hunter Rose Turner 1 Jeremy Valdez 1 Kelsey Van Such 1 Rodbel Virula 1 Jasmine Walker 1, 2 Blake Wisner 1 Deanna Woods 1, 2 Joshua Yelle 1 1 Concert Singers 2 Chamber Chorale
JAE AHN-­‐BENTON, pianist, is an active collaborative pianist and composer in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has studied with Mr. Roger Bushell and Dr. Mykola Suk. He is currently employed at the Little Church of the West to play for weddings, as well as Nevada School of the Arts and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a collaborative pianist for various individual music students and music classes. Mr. Ahn-­‐Benton keeps a busy schedule by also teaching piano to young students and frequently makes time to play many types of gigs around town. STEPHANIE WEISS, guest artist, joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Music/Studio Voice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Fall 2014. She holds degrees from New England Conservatory (voice), Tufts University (biology and drama), University of Missouri-­‐Kansas City, and Mannes College of Music. Previously, she has been on the faculties at UMKC Community School Division, the New York State Summer School for the Arts, Brooklyn-­‐Queens Conservatory of Music, and a Teaching Fellow with the Metropolitan Opera Education Department. Since 2010, she has been on the voice faculty at AIMS in Graz. A San Diego native, Ms. Weiss was a Midwest Regional Finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and at Mannes College of Music, a recipient of a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation. As the winner of the American Berlin Opera Foundation Competition, she became a member of Deutsche Oper Berlin as a Stipendiatin in the 2004/2005 season, where she debuted as Frasquita in Carmen. Other roles that season included Musetta, Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Gerhilde (Die Walküre), and Schlafittchen in the Berlin premiere of Das Traumfresserchen. Ms. Weiss is a regular guest at the Deutsche Oper Berlin where her roles have included Marianne Leitmetzerin (Der Rosenkavalier), Aufseherin (Elektra), Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Grimgerde (Die Walküre), Johanna [cover] (Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna), and Venus [cover] (Tannhäuser) in the company’s tour to Beijing. With Opera Orchestra of New York under Eve Queler at Carnegie Hall, she sang the role of Rose in Lakmé. She has appeared at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden as Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro) and Marthe (Faust), at Oper Frankfurt as Musetta, and at Stadttheater Bern, San Diego Opera, and Oper Köln as Marianne Leitmetzerin. In 2010, she debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic as the Cook in Le Rossignol under Pierre Boulez. In 2012, she sang Venus in Tannhäuser with Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin. In the 2013-­‐2014 season, she performed Wesendonck Lieder with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with UNLV Opera, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Las Vegas, and returned to the San Diego Opera as Giannetta in L´elisir d´amore. DAVID B. WEILLER, Associate Professor of Music, celebrates 31 years as Director of Choral Studies at UNLV. Under his leadership the university choral ensembles enjoy a reputation for vibrant performances throughout the southwest and beyond. Professor Weiller currently conducts the Concert Singers, Chamber Chorale and Varsity Men’s Glee Club, and he teaches courses in choral conducting, literature and pedagogy. He is a past recipient of the UNLV William Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching, the UNLV Alumni Association’s Distinguished Faculty Award, and the Teacher of the Year Award in the College of Fine Arts. Many of his former students are successful music teachers across the country. Mr. Weiller maintains a full schedule as a clinician and adjudicator, and he plays an active role in furthering quality choral performances throughout the Clark County School District and community. He currently serves as a board member for the Western Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). David Weiller has appeared as a guest conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Nevada Symphony Orchestra in major works for chorus and orchestra. During his career he has conducted over sixty stage productions at the university and as a principal conductor for the College Light Opera Company on Cape Cod, one of the most respected educational theatre companies in the country, where he conducts the Gilbert & Sullivan canon, Viennese and early American operettas and Broadway classics. Professor Weiller holds an A.B. degree in music from Occidental College in Los Angeles and the M.M. degree in choral music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-­‐Champaign. Additional intensive studies took place at California State University, Fullerton; the Oregon Bach Festival; Westminster Choir College; the University of Oklahoma; the University of Nevada-­‐Reno and Carnegie Mellon University. His teaching mentors include James A. Young, Drinda Frenzel, Thomas Somerville, Harold Decker, Dennis Shrock and Rodney Eichenberger. T h e 2 0 1 5 C o n c e r t T o u r o f t h e U N L V C o n c e r t S i n g e r s a n d C h a m b e r C h o r a l e i s m a d e p o s s i b l e b y t h e g e n e r o u s s u p p o r t o f t h e C o n s o l i d a t e d S t u d e n t s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e v a d a ( C S U N ) , t h e C o l l e g e o f F i n e A r t s , t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f M u s i c , a n d F r i e n d s o f U N L V C h o r a l M u s i c . T h e U N L V C h o r a l E n s e m b l e s e x p r e s s t h e i r h e a r t f e l t a p p r e c i a t i o n t o T h e L a s V e g a s M a s t e r S i n g e r s a n d D r . J o c e l y n K . J e n s e n f o r t h e i r v i s i o n a n d c o m m i t m e n t i n e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e S U S A N L . J O H N S O N S C H O L A R S H I P F O R C H O R A L S T U D I E S , a n e n d o w e d f u n d p r o v i d i n g o n g o i n g s u p p o r t o f t a l e n t e d c h o r a l m u s i c i a n s a t U N L V . UNLV COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Jeffrey Koep, Dean • Helga Watkins, Associate Dean • Michael Tylo, Assistant Dean • Delia Martin, Business Manager • Anne Hodge, Director of Development • Jennifer Vaughan, Public Relations Director • Robert Mader, Information Technology Specialist • Lori Slinn, Event Coordinator • Tricia Marmurowski, Administrative Assistant UNLV DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Susan Mueller, Interim Chair • Bill Bernatis, Associate Chair • Kaci Kerfeld, Office Manager • Parwin Bakhtary, Administrative Assistant • Karen Kita, Administrative Assistant • Sandra de Borger, Scheduler • Haik Goomroyan, Facility Manager • Robert Goodale, Piano Technician • Chuck Foley, Gil Kaupp, Ron George, Recording Studio • Emmanuel Garibay, Erica Goff, Keitoh Spears, Shevonne Weekes, Student Staff UNLV CHORAL ENSEMBLES CONCERT SINGERS BOARD OF OFFICERS: Kelsey Van Such, Lacy Burchfield, Tyler Mortensen, Julian Olarte, Hunter Rose Turner, Jasmine Walker CONCERT SINGERS SECTION LEADERS: Lacy Burchfield, Kelsey Van Such, Britta Epling, Cassie O’Toole, Edwin Cerna II, Tyler Mortensen, Alexander Baskin, Ranon Pador CHORAL STUDIES GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Christopher Withrow CHAMBER CHORALE OFFICERS: Joemar Buyao, Mark Patrick McCreery, Faustino Solis CHAMBER CHORALE SECTION LEADERS: Cheyna Alexander, Megan Schnizlein, Olivia Sirota, Nicole Thomas, Gianni Becker, Faustino Solis, Austin Brewer, James Galvez ACDA STUDENT CHAPTER OFFICERS: Olivia Sirota, Faustino Solis UTAH-­‐ARIZONA TOUR HOSTS Alex J. Byers, Canyon Ridge High School • J.P. Kentros, Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts • Robert Reimer, Pine View High School • Rev. Mary Piotrowski, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church • Kathryn Whitney, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Founded in 1957, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is recognized as a thriving urban research institution. Thanks to its innovative frontier spirit, UNLV has become an indispensable resource in one of the country’s fastest-­‐growing and most enterprising cities. UNLV currently offers more than 220 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree programs to more than 28,000 students. More than 1,000 distinguished full-­‐time faculty bring teaching expertise from leading universities throughout the world. The university has internationally recognized programs in hotel administration and creative writing; professional degrees in law, architecture, and dental medicine; and leading programs in fine arts, sciences and education. UNLV is located on a 332-­‐acre main campus and two satellite campuses in dynamic Southern Nevada. The university is classified in the category of Research Universities (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.