The School of the Arts is entering an exciting time. After years of dreaming and campaigning, the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno is in the final design and concept phase for the new "Act Two" building that will expand the reach and capacity for the art and music programs at the University.
The facility will be connected by a bridge to the Church Fine Arts building and will feature a recital hall, art museum, fabrication lab, rehearsal spaces and a recording studio.
Meanwhile this fall, the School will showcase some of the best talents locally and worldwide. Audiences can look forward to musical performances from world-renowned musicians such as pianist Wu Han, violinist Philip Setzer, cellist David Finckel and jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas. Our own professor Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio will present a concert celebrating the release of her recording, "Soaring Solo."
The public also can explore expressions of physical intensity in Janine Antoni and Stephan Petronio's "Honey Baby," human interconnectivity in Cullen Washington's mixed media paintings, and historical and ecological narratives in Heather Green's work. The Performing Arts Series will bring R. Carlos Nakai, BodyVox + Amphion String Quartet: "Cosmosis" and Julie Fowlis to the Nightingale stage.
The Theatre and Dance department will present Meredith Willson's classic "The Music Man."
Sign up to get the newest copy of the Arts 365 calendar at www.unr.edu/NVArts365[unr.pr-optout.com]. It is packed with art, dance, theater and music events for the entire semester. University students can attend School of the Arts events for just $5, and many for free.
2016 Fall Arts Events
Treasured Objects
Through Sept. 8
Reception and MFA Welcome: 6 p.m. Sept. 1
Sheppard Contemporary, Church Fine Arts
Extending from Reno's Artown festival through to the kickoff of the Fall 2016 semester, Treasured Objects is an exhibition that celebrates favorite items from the University Galleries' collection. This exhibition welcomes a deeper look with family friendly activities in the gallery throughout the exhibition run. Come see Rembrandt, Piranesi, Warhol, Dali and Carrington among more than 40 objects sure to delight your imagination. Tickets: Free
Argenta Concert Series: "Brilliant B's" with Argenta Trio
7:30 p.m. Sept. 1
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The Argenta Concert Series proudly opens its sixth season on the first day of September. The season will consist of nine concerts featuring some of the foremost chamber musicians from around the world in an exciting and daring repertoire. This performance presents the University's ensemble-in-residence Argenta Trio (James Winn, piano; Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, violin; Jonah Kim, guest cellist) in an evening entitled Brilliant B's. Featuring magnificent works by Beethoven, Bunch and Brahms, the evening promises to be a magical opener for an incredible year of concerts. Tickets: $25; $5 for University students with ID
'Soaring Solo' Release Party: Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, violin & viola with Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
7:30 p.m. Sept. 9
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
Join University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno professor Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio as she shares highlights from her recent "Soaring Solo" CD release with music by Debussy, de Falla, Hindemith, Satie, Schnittke and more. Special guest Christina Wright-Ivanova will be on the piano. Tickets: Free
Sameer Farooq: "Blind Forms"
Sept. 15-Oct. 22
Reception: 6-8 p.m. Sept. 15
Talk: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15
Sheppard Contemporary, Church Fine Arts
With the planned construction of a new, substantial museum space on campus, University Galleries has invited Sameer Farooq, a leading artistic voice working with museum collections as the material of his creative output, to incite critical dialogue about the nature of museums and storytelling. Farooq's interdisciplinary practice aims to create community-based models of participation and knowledge production in order to re-imagine a material record of the present, or rather, a living archive. Working across the humanities with writers, anthropologists and artists deepen the academic rigor and complexity of the project. Success will be achieved if this planning project ignites new ideas and collaboration about how dominant institutions speak about our lives. This fall, Farooq will begin his project with a roundtable on campus for invited scholars and the public, collection visits among University museums, and an exhibition of his work in Sheppard Contemporary. Tickets: Free
Janine Antoni & Stephen Petronio: "Honey Baby"
Sept. 15-Oct. 22
Sheppard Contemporary, Church Fine Arts
Reception: TBD
As part of Janine Antoni and Stephen Petronio's first visual collaboration, "Honey Baby" (2013) is a video of a folding, tumbling body within a honey-filled environment. Through an aesthetically aligned approach, the artists explore states of physical intensity, unleashing visceral and emotional responses through collaborative work. Tickets: Free
Performing Arts Series: R. Carlos Nakai with William Eaton and Will Clipman
7:30 p.m. Sept. 15
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
Over the past three decades, R. Carlos Nakai has melded his classical training with his expertise on the cedar flute to form a complex, sophisticated sound that covers the spectrum of musical genres: from devotional meditations to jazz ensembles to full symphonic works. Nakai has written and performed scores for film and television, including selections for the National Park Service, Fox Television, the Discovery Channel, IMAX, the National Geographic Society and many commercial productions. Performing with Nakai is luthier and guitarist William Eaton and percussionist Will Clipman. Tickets: $30; $24 senior, faculty and staff; $12 youth; $5 for University students with ID
"The Silk Road of Pop" Screening
7 p.m. Sept. 19
Wells Fargo Auditorium, Room 124, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
"The Silk Road of Pop" documents Central Asia's music scene. It is directed by artist Sameer Farooq, who also has an exhibition at Sheppard Contemporary. A question-and-answer session will follow the film screening. This event is a collaboration between University Galleries, the departments of Anthropology and Gender, Race and Identity. Tickets: Free
BFA Thesis Exhibition: Austin Clinton & Erin Wohletz
Sept. 26-Oct. 6
Reception: 6 p.m. Sept. 29
Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building
Bachelor of Fine Arts students Austin Clinton and Erin Wohletz showcase their works as part of their thesis exhibition. Tickets: Free
ÁùºÏ±¦µä Wind Ensemble: Kickoff Concert
7:30 p.m. Sept. 30
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The ÁùºÏ±¦µä Wind Ensemble kicks off its performance season with the music of Vaughan Williams, Wilson and Daugherty. It will be an exciting concert filled with vivid contrasts. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Argenta Concert Series: Wu Han-Setzer-Finckel Trio
7:30 p.m. Oct. 6
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
On Oct. 6, the University will be visited by one of the most remarkable ensembles in chamber music history. In a piano trio formation, pianist Wu Han, violinist Philip Setzer and cellist David Finckel will delight the audience with works by Dvořak and Schubert. Setzer and Finckel have had continuous collaboration for more than 35 years as members of the revered Emerson Quartet and are the recipients of nine Grammy awards. Meanwhile, Wu Han and Finckel have collaborated for more than 25 years in a duo formation and received the Musicians of the Year Award from Musical America Magazine. The trio's magical chamber music experience and long-standing collaborations will no doubt result in an unforgettable evening of music-making. Tickets: $30; $5 for University students with ID
Panorama: A ÁùºÏ±¦µä Arts Council Exhibition
Oct. 10-27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and by appointment
Reception & Gallery Talk: 6 p.m. Oct. 13
Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building
The third in a series of traveling exhibits showcasing the recipients of the ÁùºÏ±¦µä Arts Council's Artist Fellowship Award in the visual arts, PANORAMA: Selections from the ÁùºÏ±¦µä Arts Council's Artist Fellowship Program features 12 exceptional artists and brings ÁùºÏ±¦µä's statewide artist landscape into view. Each contributing fellow has demonstrated mastery of process and medium in producing a significant body of work. The reception will be 6-8 p.m. Oct. 13, with gallery talk starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: Free
University Symphony: "Requiem and Redemption"
7:30 p.m. Oct. 11
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The opening concert of the season for the University Symphony will be dedicated to "Requiem and Redemption." The group will be performing "Symphony No. 3" by Ralph Vaughan-Williams and "Symphony No. 2" by Alexander Borodin. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Performing Arts Series: Julie Fowlis - Music of the Scottish Isles
7:30 p.m. Oct. 13
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
Julie Fowlis is an award-winning Gaelic singer with a career spanning 10 years and four studio albums. Her crystalline vocals have enchanted audiences around the world. An artist with a curiosity to explore other traditions and a natural ability to cross genres, Fowlis has collaborated, recorded and performed with artists such as Grammy Award-winning James Taylor and Mary Chapin Carpenter. She was nominated for Folk Singer of the Year at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and Best Artist at the Songlines World Music Awards 2015. She performed the theme song to "Brave," the animated Disney Pixar film that won Golden Globe and BAFTA awards. Tickets: $30; $24 senior, faculty and staff; $12 youth; $5 for University students with ID
Chad Johnson: Contemporary Letterpress Printing and the 19th-century Iron Handpress
5 p.m. Oct. 20
Black Rock Press, Room 118, Jot Travis Building
Chad Johnson is a resident instructor and studio manager at the San Francisco Center for the Book. He will give an informal lecture and demonstration on the 19th-century iron handpress, its use and function in a contemporary art, design, literary and publishing practice. The event will be followed by a reception for an exhibition of Chad Johnson's work at the Black Rock Press. Tickets: Free
University Jazz Ensemble 1
7:30 p.m. Oct. 20
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno's premier large jazz ensemble plays big band music of the past, present and future. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance
7:30 p.m. Oct 21-22, Oct. 26-27, Oct. 29, Nov. 2-5;
1:30 p.m. Oct 23 & 30
Redfield Proscenium Theatre, Church Fine Arts
There's trouble! Right here in River City! Fast-talking traveling salesman "Professor" Harold Hill and his "seventy-six trombones" head to Iowa to con the local rubes into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian. Can he find a way to win her heart and save his own hide? Shipoopi, shipoopi, ...the girl is hard to get! "The Music Man" became a Broadway hit in 1957 winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The cast album won the first Grammy Award for "Best Original Cast Album" and spent 245 weeks on the Billboard charts. A great family show with a G-rating sure to please audiences of all ages. Tickets are available at the Lawlor Events Center box office or www.mynevadatickets.com. Tickets: $20; $18 seniors, students age 2-18, and University faculty/staff with ID; $5 for University students with ID (limited quantity)
Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Dave Douglas, the Westerlies and University faculty and students
7:30 p.m. Oct. 24
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno's program in Jazz & Improvisational music presents a concert featuring one of the most renowned creative musicians in the world today, trumpeter Dave Douglas. His special contributions to improvised music have garnered distinguished recognition, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award and two Grammy nominations. While his career spans more than 40 recordings as a leader featuring groups ranging in scope from duo to big band, in this setting he is joined by the Westerlies, a New York-based brass quartet that includes Riley Mulherkar and Zubin Hensler on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Willem de Koch on trombone. Navigating a wide range of musical territory with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family folk ensemble, the Westerlies re-imagine the chamber music experience through boldly personal performance, recording, collaboration, education and outreach. The concert also will feature University jazz faculty and students in collaboration with Douglas and the Westerlies. All proceeds from the concert will help fund future efforts (recording, travel, scholarships, etc.) by the program. Tickets: $25; $5 for University students with ID
ÁùºÏ±¦µä Wind Ensemble/ÁùºÏ±¦µä Chamber Singers
7:30 p.m. Oct. 26
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The ÁùºÏ±¦µä Wind Ensemble and Chamber Singers will perform masterworks of the wind band and choral repertoire. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Cullen Washington: Mixed Media Painter
5:30 p.m. Oct. 27
Wells Fargo Auditorium, Room 124, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
Cullen Washington Jr. will give a lecture about his large scale, mixed media, collage paintings that make use of the grid as a metaphor for human interconnectivity. The grid is both a compositional device and a philosophical idea in Washington's work. It is the scaffolding that holds the material world together - everything and everyone. Washington received his M.F.A. from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and is currently the artist-in-residence at Amherst College in Massachusetts. His work is shown nationally and internationally and can be found in the collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem, Joyner/Giuffrida Collection San Francisco, the Charles Saatchi Gallery in London and the Pizzuti Collection in Ohio. The Boston Globe recently said of his work, "Washington's works on large, unstretched canvases at BU's 808 Gallery, show wonderful daring and grit. They shuffle space, from claustrophobic interiors to expansive nothingness, from depth to surface, with abandon. They claw and tear at traditional boundaries. They simmer with pop imagery, then give way to pure abstraction." Tickets: Free
Reno Wind Symphony: "Monsters, Ghouls and Ghosts Oh My" A Halloween Concert
7:30 p.m. Oct. 27
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fall Arts
The Reno Wind Symphony will present "Monsters, Ghouls and Ghosts Oh My." Members of the symphony will be dressed in Halloween costumes. Featured works will include Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
FABRICation
Nov. 1-Dec. 15
Lecture: 5 p.m. Nov. 3
Reception 6 p.m. Nov. 3
Sheppard Contemporary, Church Fine Arts
Co-curated by Reni Gower, professor in the painting and printmaking department at Virginia Commonwealth University and Kristy Deetz, professor in art discipline at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, "FABRICation" features seven artists (Erin Castellan, Kristy Deetz, Virginia Derryberry, Reni Gower, Rachel Hayes, Susan Iverson and Natalie Smith) who incorporate a textile sensibility in their artwork through elements of fabric and fabrication. Funding for "FABRICation" was made possible in part by Virginia Commonwealth University, VCUarts, and the Painting and Printmaking Department. Tickets: Free
University Contemporary Music Ensemble Fall Concert
7:30 p.m. Nov. 1
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno CME (Contemporary Music Ensemble) performs adventurous music of the last 100 years with a particular focus on music by living composers. The group's instrumentation changes to fit the repertoire, which ranges from the works of avant-garde giants John Cage and Frederic Rzewski to emerging artists like Mischa Salkind-Pearl and Caroline Shaw. Tickets: Free
Performing Arts Series: BodyVox + Amphion String Quartet: "Cosmosis"
7:30 p.m. Nov. 3
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
BodyVox and the Amphion String Quartet will unite in "Cosmosis," a marriage of dance and live chamber music. Hailed by the New York Times for its "precision, assertiveness and vigor," the Amphion String Quartet will lend its passionate performance of music by Elliott Smith, Samuel Barber and Edgar Meyer to a sweeping work of dance theater by BodyVox artistic directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland. Don't miss this collaboration pairing BodyVox's signature blend of dance, theater and film with an outstanding ensemble of musicians. Tickets: $30; $24 senior, faculty and staff; $12 youth; $5 for University students with ID
Reno Wind Symphony: "A Veterans Day Salute"
3 p.m. Nov. 6
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
This concert has become a traditional tribute to the veterans of our armed forces through concert band music. Radio personality Ross Mitchell will serve as emcee for the concert. The Reno Wind Symphony play selections for chorus and wind band, including a stirring arrangement of the "Hymn to the Fallen," from "Saving Private Ryan" by film composer John Williams. The group also will play Carmen Dragon's beautiful arrangement of "America the Beautiful" and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The program will include works by the march king, John Philip Sousa. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
MFA Review Exhibition
Nov. 7-Nov. 17
Reception: 6 p.m. Nov. 10
Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building
Annual review exhibition of current Master of Fine Arts students including incoming artists. Tickets: Free
Argenta Concert Series: Dover Quartet
7:30 p.m. Nov. 8
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The winners of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Grand Prize of Fischoff Competition and the recipients of highly coveted Cleveland Quartet Award, the Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom in recent years. Already performing more than 120 concerts a year throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, it will be the group's first visit to Reno and an incredible opportunity to witness the delightful perfection of this ensemble. Performing works by Mozart, Britten and Beethoven, the group will fill the Nightingale Concert Hall with the exquisite magic of string quartet. Tickets: $30; $5 for University students with ID
Heather Green: Mixed Media Art and Ecology Artist
5:30 p.m. Nov. 10
Wells Fargo Auditorium, Room 124, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
Heather Green's projects and installations examine historical and ecological narratives of the northern gulf of California and Sonoran Desert. The collaborative nature of her work has allowed her to ally with a diverse range of individuals including scientists, poets and fisherman. Her work explores and pays homage to peripheral or even vanishing places and species whose delicate survival depends on our awareness of them. In order to offer the experience of place as a multidimensional, multisensory immersion, her installations use a wide range of media and interactive elements. Whether turning a handle to view a moving image or taking away a hand-printed card, she invites the audience to engage visually, as well as haptically, allowing an opportunity for participation that calls for more sustained attention. Tickets: Free
Symphonic Choir/Chamber Singers Concert
7:30 p.m. Nov. 10
Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., Reno, ÁùºÏ±¦µä
Choral concert featuring Symphonic Choir and Chamber Singers and Vox Novum. The ensembles will be accompanied by Philip Manwell, professor of organ at the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno and will feature the Casavant Freres pipe organ. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
University Percussion Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Nov. 15
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The University Percussion Ensemble will present a fall concert featuring large and small ensemble compositions. The University World Percussion Ensemble also will perform. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Fall Dance Festival presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance
8 p.m. Nov. 17-19; 2 p.m. Nov. 19
Redfield Proscenium Theatre, Church Fine Arts
The Fall Dance Festival will be an evening of dance choreographed by faculty and students, chosen by adjudication. The festival will include a broad spectrum of dance styles from classical to contemporary. Tickets are available at the Lawlor Events Center box office or www.mynevadatickets.com. Tickets: $15; $12 seniors; $10 students age 2-18 and University faculty & staff with ID; $5 University students with ID (limited quantity)
ÁùºÏ±¦µä Chamber Opera Scenes
7:30 p.m. Nov. 18-19; 2 p.m. Nov. 20
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
ÁùºÏ±¦µä Chamber Opera presents an evening of a selection of scenes. Tickets: $15; $5 for University students with ID
MFA Midway Exhibition
Nov. 21-Dec. 1
Reception: 6 p.m. Dec. 1
Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building
Annual exhibition of second-year Master of Fine Arts students' current work. Tickets: Free
University Symphony Fall Concert No. 2
7:30 p.m. Nov. 22
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The final fall concert for the University Symphony will feature pianist Isadora Pastragus. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Argenta Concert Series: "Songs of Spain" with Argenta Trio
7:30 p.m. Dec. 1
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The University's ensemble-in-residence Argenta Trio will present an exciting evening filled with exotic sounds of southern Spain. The rhythms and colors of Andalusia and Granada will fill the air with heat and summer in the works of Spanish masters Turina, Arbós and Cassadó. Tickets: $25; $5 for students with ID
ÁùºÏ±¦µä Wind Ensemble: Winter Concert
7:30 p.m. Dec. 2
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The ÁùºÏ±¦µä Wind Ensemble will present breathtaking new works and standards of the wind repertoire. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Composers' Concert
7:30 p.m. Dec. 4
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno premieres of new acoustic and electronic music by student composers. Tickets: Free
Annual Art Student Exhibition
Dec. 5-Dec. 15
Reception: 6 p.m. Dec. 8 Student Galleries South, Jot Travis Building
Annual juried exhibition of current students in the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno visual arts program. Tickets: Free
Flute, Oboe and Bassoon Honors Recital
5 p.m. Dec. 5
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
The top students of Eric Fassbender and Mary Miller are featured in an eclectic recital showcasing a variety of musical styles. Tickets: Free
University Jazz Ensembles 1 & 2
7:30 p.m. Dec. 6
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
Join both of the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno's large jazz ensembles for a night of incredible big band music. Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
Reno Wind Symphony: "Holiday Celebration"
7:30 p.m. Dec. 10; 3 p.m. Dec. 11
Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts
This concert has become a tradition with members of the Reno Wind Symphony, as members continue to enjoy playing some of their favorite holiday selections. Truly one of the highlights of this concert is the recitation of the poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" by KOH Radio personality Ross Mitchell, accompanied by the Reno Wind Symphony. Ross will also be the vocal soloist, once again, on "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." Tickets: $5; free for University students with ID
The University's School of the Arts embraces its role as a vibrant center for arts and culture in northern ÁùºÏ±¦µä. Its degree programs provide a strong foundation in a range of artistic disciplines, enabling students to contribute as artists, educators and scholars at the local level and beyond. The School also supports and encourages research, innovation and the artistic endeavors of its faculty. Finally, the school encourages broad campus and community participation in the arts through its numerous performances, lectures, shows, core courses and outreach activities that explore diverse cultures and encourage lifelong learning.
Most Arts365 performances and exhibits take place in the Church Fine Arts building on the University campus. For more information about the exhibits and performances, go to www.unr.edu/NVArts365, call 775-784-4278 (4ART), or email arts@unr.edu. Event information, news and photos are also available by following the School of the Arts' Instagram[instagram.com and Twitter @NVArts365, Facebook and Google+ pages.
