UNR Faculty perform July 10, 12 and 14 for Artown celebration

Beat the heat with the Nightingale Summer Chamber Music Series at the University of Nevada, Reno, July 10, 12 and 14, as the critically acclaimed faculty chamber music ensemble Argenta and many of their gifted friends perform a lively and eclectic repertoire of favorites.

The three-concert series will feature more than 20 musicians and vocalists from the University and community, performing works from Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chabrier, Copland, Corigliano, Fauré, Händel, Loeffler, Mozart and Prokofiev.

Concerts are 7:30 p.m. July 10, July 12 and July 14 at Nightingale Concert Hall on the University campus.

Individual tickets available: Adult $10; seniors and students $5.
A summer package for all three concerts is also available: Adult $24; seniors and students $12.

Tickets are available without a convenience fee 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at Lawlor Events Center, lower level entrance, 1500 N. Virginia St., Reno, or at the Church Fine Arts Building box office on campus, one hour prior to performances. Tickets are available (with a convenience fee) online at www.unr.edu/arts or by calling 1-800-225-2277.

Free parking is available after 7 p.m. in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex north of the Church Fine Arts Building and in the Sierra Street Garage one block west of Virginia St. between Eleventh Street and College Drive. A convenient patron drop-off is outside the Church Fine Arts Building on North Virginia Street.

Argenta and Friends Nightingale Summer Chamber Music Series is presented as part of the University’s Summer Session and the 12th annual Artown Festival, July 1-31, 2007. The month-long summer arts festival features more than 300 events produced by more than 80 cultural organizations and businesses in more than 90 locations city wide, with major funding provided by the City of Reno.

For additional performance, gallery and arts events or to order a copy of the University of Nevada, Reno’s arts365 Calendar, visit the arts365 Calendar website at www.unr.edu/arts Call (775) 784-4ART or 1-800-233-8928, or email arts365@unr.edu.

For more information about the University’s summer events, visit www.summersession.unr.edu or email summer@unr.edu.