LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) – Selecting love to vary the world by means of music.
Sure, that is a daring assertion, however that is precisely what 250 Las Vegas Academy pupil musicians simply did on the world-class Reynolds Corridor at The Smith Middle.
A live performance this week included the world premiere of the orchestral association of a chunk referred to as “I Choose Love.”
The LVA ensembles additionally shared the stage with skilled musicians, together with “Eighth Blackbird,” who performed the eclectic “Vital Sines” launched by the composer, Viet Cuong.
One other visitor artist: Mikyung Sung, one of many classical world’s best-know bass violin gamers who now calls Las Vegas dwelling.
The live performance ended on an emotional excessive with a particular look from an up and coming native operatic tenor main the LVA’s mixed philharmonic orchestra and symphonic refrain in “Nearer My God To Thee.”
That younger man – Christian Shelton – is a member of the Las Vegas Academy’s class of 2020. Congrats to him, in addition to all the present college students and their equally proficient instructor/conductors and the LVA administration that helps them.
Full disclosure: it has been my honor to be the MC of the LVA Smith Middle live performance for the previous a number of years.
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