He is a past recipient of the UNLV William Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching, the UNLV Alumni Association’s Distinguished Faculty Award, and “Teacher of the Year” Award in the College of Fine Arts. Professor David Weiller celebrates 31 years as Director of Choral Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The choruses performed with unaffected charisma.” Annual tours have encompassed the southwestern United States as well as Hawaii, New York, Mexico, and Canada. The choirs recently were praised for a concert described as “…glorious, yet disciplined.
The university choral ensembles enjoy a reputation for vibrant performances. They will sing “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap and “Run to You” by the Pentatonix.
Lamprophony is a student-led contemporary acappella ensemble of five advanced vocalists under the direction of Gianni Becker. The Chamber Chorale sings a movement from the “Mass Four Five Voices” by English renaissance composer William Byrd, the Gloria from “Mass in G Major” by Bach, and “On Meditation” by American composer Brian Edward Galante that draws upon the Tao Te Ching, a Chinese text from the 4th century BC. The men perform the popular Hebrew folk song, “Tum Balalaika,” American composer David Conte’s “Alleluia,” and the popular “Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel. The women present a choral setting of the aria from “Orchestral Suite #3” by Johann Sebastian Bach, and “Bumble Bee” by Anders Edenroth of the popular Swedish vocal jazz quintet, The Real Group. The Women’s Chorus and Varsity Men’s Glee Club represent students from throughout the campus as well as alumni and community members. An instrumental ensemble of strings, flutes, oboes and trumpets will accompany the University Concert Singers and soloists Alex Price, Maia Julianne Thielen, Deanna Woods, Kurt Ludwig Sedlmeir, Donovan Crespo, Lacy Burchfield and Nicholas Hummel. The work has seven short movements, including choruses, duets and solos. Composed in 1694, “Come Ye Sons of Art” is one of Purcell’s six celebratory pieces, or odes, for the birthday of Queen Mary II. Henry Purcell was a child prodigy and tremendously popular during his lifetime. The featured work is “Come, Ye Sons of Art” by Baroque composer Henry Purcell. Weiller conduct the concert with pianists Jae Ahn-Benton, Barbara Buer, and Jason Corpuz. This performance features over 100 voices in uplifting choral selections presented by the University Concert Singers, Chamber Chorale, Women’s Chorus, Varsity Men’s Glee Club and Lamprophony. in Rando Recital Hall, located on the northeast end of the university campus in the Lee & Thomas Beam Music Center. The UNLV Choral Ensembles present the second performance of their concert season on Friday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m.
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