2007-2008 Performing Arts Series pre-season ticket sale

The University’s 2007-2008 Performing Arts Series has another stellar season planned at a reasonable price.

Bringing some of the finest performers in the world to Nightingale Concert Hall, the Performing Arts Series is offering pre-season ticket discounts for its package of five performances. Tickets are reduced by as much as 33 percent if purchased by July 31.

• Family/$120 (includes one adult and one student under age 17)

• Adult/$90

• Seniors (over age 62)/$75

• Students/$45

• Children under age two are admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult.

All performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Nightingale Concert Hall on the University campus.

For season tickets, call the arts365 line at (775) 784-4ART, or Extended Studies at (775) 784-4046.

Individual tickets will be available after Sept. 1 and may also be purchased in person at Lawlor Events Center Box Office, 1500 No. Virginia St., lower level, open weekdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

For more information about the University’s Performing Arts Series, call (775) 784-4046, email pas@unr.edu, or visit the Performing Arts Series website or the arts365 Calendar website.

The 2007-2008 Performing Arts Series will feature:

Ethos Percussion Group
September 20, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall

Captivating audiences with its exceptional music-making and collective devotion to the incredibly diverse world of percussion music, the Ethos Percussion Group integrates global instruments into the conventions of Western chamber music. The ensemble’s critically-acclaimed performances feature numerous commissions and world premieres, traditional rhythms from India, West Africa and the Middle East, and landmark works by composers such as John Cage, Lou Harrison and Steve Reich. “. . . spellbinding . . . Ethos had the audience up and cheering.” — The Washington Post. For more about Ethos Percussion Group, visit the website.
Individual tickets available after Sept. 1.

• Adult $24

• Senior $20

• Student $12

Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio
October 18, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall

After 25 years of friendship and music-making, violinist Ani Kavafian, pianist Andre-Michel Schub and clarinetist David Shifrin — each a true virtuoso and a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — come together as a trio with undeniable chemistry. Combined they have performed in recital at the major concert halls and with nearly every major orchestra around the world. “No praise can be too high . . . for the three hypervirtuosos . . . “ — Boston Globe. For more about Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio, visit this website.Individual tickets available after Sept. 1:

• Adult $24

• Senior $20

• Student $12

QNG — Quartet New Generation
November 1, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall

With mesmerizing stage presence, the recorder collective Quartet New Generation (QNG) is dedicated to contemporary music and collaborations with emerging composers, exhibiting the humble recorder’s ability as a modern classical instrument. Performing on more than 20 recorders of varying sizes and shapes, the quartet also believes that early music can be seen as fresh and new when juxtaposed with contemporary works. “The sound was irresistible . . .” ­— The Wall Street Journal. For more about QNG, visit this website. Individual tickets available after Sept. 1:

• Adult $20

• Senior $17

• Student $12

Paragon Orchestra performing with the silent film “The Mark of Zorro”
January 31, 20087:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall

As the world’s only professional ensemble re-creating the sounds of early musical theater alongside silent cinema, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (PRO) came into being as the result of Rick Benjamin’s discovery of thousands of turn-of-the-century orchestra scores once belonging to Victrola recording star Arthur Pryor. “For nearly a decade now, the 12-member PRO has been touring the country in the ghostly footsteps of the 1000s of ‘theater orchestras’ that once played in every hotel and vaudeville hall . . . Few of them can have played with more bite and sparkle than the Paragon.” — American Heritage Magazine. For more about Paragon Orchestra, visit this website. Individual tickets available after Sept. 1:

• Adult $30

• Senior $24

• Student $12

Autorickshaw
March 6, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall

On the cultural cutting edge across several continents with a cool fusion of Indojazz, Toronto-based autorickshaw is a perfect collision of style, where contemporary jazz and funk collude with the exotic sounds of India and hints of Bollywood. Formed in 2003, autorickshaw has risen exponentially to become one of the most intriguing acts in world music and jazz, earning a recent JUNO nomination for World Music Album of the Year in Canada’s equivalent of a Grammy. For more about autorickshaw, visit this website. Individual tickets available after Sept. 1:

• Adult $20

• Senior $17

• Student $12

While the Performing Arts Series prides itself in bringing some of the finest performers in the world to the University each season, occasionally an unforeseen occurrence calls for an artist to cancel a performance. If a cancellation requires us to schedule another performer, the series will always seek to substitute a comparable artist with similar credentials and performance standards within a related genre.

Funding for the Performing Arts Series is provided in part by the University of Nevada, Reno School of the Arts and Extended Studies; the Associated Students of the University of Nevada and the Graduate Student Association; the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency; National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; the City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission; For the Love of Jazz; and Sierra Arts Foundation.

Accommodations for guest artists have been provided by the Sands Regency Casino Hotel.

Andrea Turman, marketing specialist with Extended Studies, can be reached at acturman@unr.edu.

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