Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra
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The Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra is a symphony orchestra serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area
. It was founded on July 4, 1998 by Harold Weller and Susan and Andrew Tompkins. The current music director
and conductor is David Itkin
. The orchestra's current venue is Artemus W. Ham Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
. It is scheduled to move to the Smith Center for the Performing Arts
opening in 2010.
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
. It was founded on July 4, 1998 by Harold Weller and Susan and Andrew Tompkins. The current music director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
and conductor is David Itkin
David Itkin
David Chester Itkin is an American conductor and composer. He served as music director and conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra from 1993 to 2010. He currently holds multiple appointments...
. The orchestra's current venue is Artemus W. Ham Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada-Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. The institution includes a Shadow Lane Campus, located just east of the University Medical Center of...
. It is scheduled to move to the Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Smith Center for the Performing Arts
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, also known as the Smith Performing Arts Center, located in Downtown Las Vegas Nevada's Symphony Park is a theater facility consisting of three theaters in two buildings. Groundbreaking for the $470 million project was May 26, 2009. The design style is...
opening in 2010.