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Performing Arts Center News

The Performing Arts Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has long been the home of arts and cultural programming in Southern Nevada. Located on the northeast corner of the university campus, the center is bustling with activity nearly every day of the year.

Current Performing Arts Center News

outside photo of large mariachi band in uniforms
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Mariachi Revolucion will perform all the hits, welcoming the students of Mariachi Joya from Las Vegas High School to open the performance.

exterior look of the composer showroom building
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Join students from the Nevada Conservatory Theatre for a delightful evening featuring musical highlights from Broadway and beyond.

the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ symphony orchestra
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This season finale is a celebration of mentorship, partnership, and the importance of building bridges between university and youth music programs.

illustration of new Fine Arts building
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Chihuly Studio pledged a gift of the Chihuly Fire Opal Chandelier to be displayed in the learning center upon its completion.

two illustrated figures dancing
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The concert, which will showcase milestone and capstone choreographed works and lighting, will wrap up this season of dance.

jazz ensemble standing as a group outside
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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Jazz has won 52 'Downbeat' Awards â€” considered one of the highest achievements in jazz education â€” since 2010.

Performing Arts Center In The News

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

As we move toward Dia de los Muertos, families will have a chance to experience the meaning behind the holiday in a unique way. The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Performing Arts Center will present "Coco" in a live-to-film concert event, featuring a screening of the complete film with musical score by award-winning composer Michael Giacchino and performed by the Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México.

BroadwayWorld

For its 2024-2025 season, the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Performing Arts Center has announced a lineup of eclectic and award-winning artists, representing international artistry in dance, instrumentals and song.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Performing Arts Center is celebrating its 48th season in southern Nevada, revealing a 2024-2025 season lineup of shows that they're calling "eclectic and award-winning" while also "representing international artistry in dance, instrumentals and song."

KSNV-TV: News 3

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Performing Arts Center (PAC) is kicking off its 47th season with a local guitar duo.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Performing Arts Center new season begins September 2023 and continues through April 2024. 

PBS

Las Vegas history was made when the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Connecticut Sun 78 to 71 in game four of the WNBA finals, winning Las Vegas its first-ever major league professional sports championship.

Recent Performing Arts Center Accomplishments

Director Shaun Franklin-Sewell (Marketing & Patron Services in the Performing Arts Center) received a scholarship to attend the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Venue Management School (VMS). The VMS first-year curriculum covers topics such as event management, life safety, marketing and advertising, crowd management and the…
Today the London Indie Short Festival announced  that the winner for the Best Documentary Short category went to the interdisciplinary project known as The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Shoah Survivors Project. Congratulations to all of the film's collaborators!  About the film The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ College of Liberal Arts religious studies program and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ…
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ College of Fine Arts Dean Nancy J. Uscher has begun her term as president of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD). ICFAD is a vehicle through which members share information and ideas that enhance the leadership of deans and associate deans, provosts and associate provosts, university presidents and other arts…
Kimberly James (Music) participated in authoring a historic position paper in the field of voice pedagogy.  This position paper was authored by the Voice Pedagogy Interest Group’s Writers Group: Amelia Rollings Bigler and Katherine Osborne, co-chairs, with Chadley Ballantyne, Brian Horne, Brian Manternach, Yvonne Redman,…
Adam Schroeder (Music) is nominated for two 2021 Grammy Awards as part of John Beasley’s MONK’estra for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, and for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella. This is the eighth nomination the jazz saxophone professor has received since joining the music faculty four and half years ago. The 63rd Grammy Awards show is…
Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) will lead College of Fine Arts faculty in presenting an online design charette at the a2ru 2020 National Conference this month. The presentation, Transforming Online Learning Tools through the Arts: A Transdisciplinary Charette, also has been accepted for the Association of American Colleges & Universities  annual…