The Kaiser Report... Musical happenings for the week of May 7...

Happy Monday everyone! Well here is Laraine Kaiser's highly anticipated report on musical happenings for the week. There is as always a great selection of concerts to attend, so there is no excuse not to go out and support your locals musicians and cultural centers.

Have a great and culturally filled week everyone!

Monday May 7th, 7:30pm
Orchestra Concert, students of the college of southern nevada perform

CSN Cheyenne campus
Horn Theater
3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.
Las Vegas NV
$8, $5 students/seniors
more info 702-651-5483, 

http://www.csn.edu/about/campuslife/performingarts/events.asp

Tuesday May 8th, 7:30pm
Voice recital, doctoral student Wen Zhang, mezzo-soprano
UNLV Beam Music Center
Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Free and Open to the Public
more info 702-895-3332, http://www.unlv.edu/node/11689

Friday May 11th, 6:00-11:00pm
Music of India, dinner, dancing and and meet/greet with the Consul General of India
Treasure Island, Grand Ballroom
3300 Las Vegas S. Bvld
Las Vegas, NV 89109
$75 non-members, $50 members $25 children over 10
more info 702-524-3386, 

http://www.indiawest.com/news/885-event-an-evening-with-the-consul-general.html

Friday May 11th, 7:30pm
Organ recital, Canadian virtuoso Dr. Isabelle Demers
UNLV Beam Music Center
Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Free and Open to the Public
more info 702-895-3332

http://sncago.org/events.htm

Saturday May 12th, 1:30pm-2:00pm
Las Vegas Youth Orchestra ensemble performs at the Henderson Art Fest
Henderson Events Plaza
Youth Stage 200 South Water St.
Henderson, NV
Free and Open to the Public
more info 702-267-2171

http://www.hendersonlive.com/calendar/

Saturday May 12th, 8:00pm
Las Vegas Philharmonic Respighi's "Pines of Rome"
Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "New World" and
Beethoven's Consecration of the House
The Smith Center
361 Symphony Park Ave.
Las Vegas NV 89106
$42-$82 tickets
more info 702-749-2000

http://lvphil.com/concert_schedule/masterworksV.php

Sunday May 13th, 11:00am-12:00pm

Las Vegas Youth Orchestra Quintet performs at the Henderson Art Fest
Henderson Events Plaza
Youth Stage 200 South Water St.
Henderson, NV
Free and Open to the Public

more info 702-267-2171

http://www.hendersonlive.com/calendar/

Sunday May 13th, 3:00pm
Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Groups of Nevada School of the Arts perform a
mother's day concert, every mother receives a free surprise gift! (see attached pdf)
Nevada School of the Arts
Historic Fifth Street School, Auditorium
401 S. Fourth St. #125
Las Vegas NV 8901
Free and Open to the Public
more info 702-384-2787

http://nsamusic.org/notes/NSA_MDPoster_2012.pdf

Upcoming Concerts:

Spektral Quartet in concert
May 19, 2012
$10 in advance, $12 on concert day
Winchester Cultural Center
Event Description: 

Chicago’s classical “supergroup,” the Spektral Quartet, performs at Winchester Cultural Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 on concert day. They may be purchased in advance at Winchester or on line at www.clarkcountynv.gov.
Aurelien Fort-Pederzoli and J. Austin Wulliman, violins; Doyle Armbrust, viola; and Russell Rolen, cello; make up the Spektral Quartet, which comfortably mixes Haydn and Beethoven with Philip Glass, George Crumb and newer composers. The quartet is also known for entertaining and experimental approaches to stagecraft. 

TimeOut Chicago celebrated the group’s first season, which ended in June 2011 by pointing out that Fort-Pederzoli, who played a recital at Winchester last year, is one of the founders of Chicago’s highly respected classical ensemble Anaphora; that Wulliman is a member of ensemble dal niente; that Rolen is a Northwestern University chamber music coach; and praised the quartet’s “outstanding mix of Mozart and Philip Glass.”

Chicago Classical Review saluted Spektral’s, “winning combination of superb playing and a fresh approach to repertoire choice and concert staging.”
For the Winchester Cultural Center concert, Spektral will perform Josef Haydn’s Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2; "Dig Absolutely" by young Chicago composer Christopher Fisher-Lochhead; and Maurice Ravel’s Quartet in F major.

Nevada Public Radio

For more information on the Cultural Arts in Las Vegas please visit Nevada Public Radio. NPR has detailed listings of many cultural and civic events hosted by area non-profits click on this linkhttp://www.knpr.org/common/psa/listNEW.cfm and if you are planning an event in the next few months, be sure to get your free listing in Nevada Public Radio's Desert Companion magazine by submitting the information here at http://www.knpr.org/culture/eventaddnew.cfm

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