Coffee with Kaizer... Musical happenings for the week of April 15th...

Its an amazing week in Las Vegas and even better when Laraine Kaizer prepares us for all the musical happenings about town. Have an amazing and culturally filled week everyone!

Every day through May 12th 5:00-6:00pm
Enjoy live music Monday-Thursday: Paraguayan Harpist: Mariano Gonzalez
Friday-Sunday: Guitar Duo Dirk K and Steven Lee
in the beautiful Spring Garden
Bellagio Conservatory (large garden near the front desk, and self parking)Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas NV 89109
Free and Open to the Public
http://www.bellagio.com/attractions/botanical-garden.aspx

Monday April 15th 5:30pm
Brahms Chamber Music Concert featuring his
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 and the F.A.E. Sonata
for violin and piano, performers include Dmytro Nehrych and
Christina Riegert violins, Valerie Reives viola, Anthony Rodriguez
cello, and Jae Ahn-Benton Piano
UNLV Beam Music Center - Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89154
Free and Open to the public
more info: 702-895-3332
http://www.unlv.edu/node/21050

Monday April 15th 7:30pm
Doctoral trumpet recital featuring Dumitru Cernei
program includes Telemann's Trumpet Concerto in D Major
and Honegger's Intrada pour trompette et piano
UNLV Beam Music Center - Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89154
Free and Open to the public
more info: 702-895-3332
http://www.unlv.edu/node/17000

Tuesday April 16th 7:30pm
Guitar recital featuring unlv artist in residence
Ken Meyer, program includes Joaquin Rodrigo's
Sonata Giocosa and Jesse Benjamin Jones' Ricordanza
UNLV Beam Music Center - Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89154
Free and Open to the public
more info: 702-895-3332
http://www.unlv.edu/node/19435

Wednesday April 17th 2:30pm
Doctoral Conducting recital featuring Clint Williams
conducted Beethoven's Octet in Eb Major Op. 103 and
Francaix's "Octuor"
UNLV Beam Music Center - Room 160
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89154
Free and Open to the public
more info: 702-895-3332
http://www.unlv.edu/node/20381

Wednesday April 17th 7:30pm
Masters Composition Recital featuring Bryan Kostors
UNLV Beam Music Center - Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89154
Free and Open to the public
more info: 702-895-3332
http://www.unlv.edu/node/19420

Thursday, Friday, April 18th and 19th 7:00pm
Guitar and Violin Concert with Esteban and his daughter Teresa Joy
Classical Flamenco and more
Smith Center Jazz Cabaret Hall
361 Symphony Park Ave.
Las Vegas NV 89106
$35-$59
http://www.thesmithcenter.com/events/esteban-music-from-the-heart/

Friday April 19th 7:30pm
Organ recital by Dr. Dongho Lee, 2010 winner of the National Young
Artists Competition in Organ Performance of the American Guild of Organists
recently earning her doctorate at Indiana University, she now performs weekly on the Flentrop organ in the Duke university chapel and serves as director/organist at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, NC
Christ Church Episcopal
2000 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89014
Free and Open to the Public
702-735-7655
http://www.organconcerts.org/

Saturday April 21st 3:30pm
Master's recital featuring mezzo-soprano
Kathleen McVicker, program includes Arnold Bax's
"Three Irish Songs for Mezzo-Soprano" and Handel's
"Where Shall I Fly"
UNLV Beam Music Center - Doc Rando Hall
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89154
Free and Open to the public
more info: 702-895-3332
http://www.unlv.edu/node/20064

Upcoming

Friday April 26 7:00pm
Uncharted Winds Concert program includes Tcherepnin's "Kinder Trio" for Flute Violin and Cello,
Milhaud's Concerto for Flute Violin and Orchestra (piano reduction), First movement of Rorem's
Trio for Flute Cello and Piano and Levitin's Piano Quintet for Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello
performers include Timothy Hoft, Piano; Alexander Viazovtsev, Flute; Marina Sturm, Clarinet;
Lenka Sanchez and Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev Violins; Andrew Smith, Cello
Free and Open to the Public
Christ Episcopal Church
2000 South Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89104
more info: 735-7655

Saturday April 27 7:00pm
Beautiful music of the middle east featuring
Bishr Hijazi, Oud Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev, Violin
Charles and Charbel Azzi and dancer Zhanna
Winchester Community Center
3130 S. McLeod Dr.
Las Vegas NV 89121
$10 in advance $12 at dooror more info: 702-455-7340

Nevada Public Radio

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