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Responding to the item in last week's column about the Las Vegas Philharmonic, publicist Jennifer Scott writes:
We are far from blue here as we head into our next season, currently searching for a new music director. We have engaged a fantastic group of guest conductors for the coming season — opening Oct. 20 — and begin our first full season in the new Reynolds Hall at Smith Center.Nevada Ballet Theatre has engaged its largest orchestra ever, featuring musicians from the Las Vegas Phil for its performances of Balanchine's Jewels, bucking the national trend of ballet companies nixing live music. [See top item about similar good news from San Jose.]
The 2012-13 season features five Masterworks Series concerts and four Pops Series concerts. Conductors engaged for the former are Andrew Grams, Oct. 20; Case Scaglione, Nov. 17; Alastair Willis, Jan. 12; Daniel Meyer, April 6; and David Lockington, May 4.
Pops Series conductors are Taras Krysa, Nov. 3; Robert Bernhardt, Dec. 8; Steven Jarvi, Feb. 16; and Randall Craig Fleischer, March 9. Krysa will also conduct the orchestra’s eight youth concerts.