The Inaugural Season
Sound in Space: Music as Architecture
This season offers immersive encounters where architecture, art, and music converse. Led by Artistic Director Alexandria Le, the intimate Las Vegas concert series presents just 75 seats per performance inside the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum.
Piano Portraits: A Piano Duet Dialogue
October 11, 2025
RDA Performs opens its inaugural season with an intimate and dazzling piano duet performance by RDA Performs Artistic Director Alexandria Le and celebrated Las Vegas pianist Philip Fortenberry. Known for their artistry and natural chemistry, Le and Fortenberry will bring one piano to life, sharing the keys in a virtuosic program that explores elegance, wit, and sonic layers—all within the architectural wonder of the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum. This concert generously sponsored by Dave Been and Lisa & Steve Stokes.
Broadway Reimagined: A Chamber Music Tribute
January 24, 2026
Broadway didn’t just happen—it was grown here.
This unforgettable afternoon concert traces Broadway’s musical evolution beyond words, shaped where classical tradition met a new cultural voice.
Ancient Echoes: Baroque & Modern Resonance
March 14, 2026
Ancient Echoes: Baroque & Modern Resonance brings Baroque elegance into vibrant conversation with contemporary sound worlds. Guided by Artistic Director Alexandria Le in collaboration with Jonathan Rhodes, Director of UNLV’s Early Music Ensemble, and Jennifer Bellor, Director of UNLV’s NEXTET, this intimate concert pairs the ornamentation and expressive clarity of early music with striking modern works by living composers.
Desert Sounds: Rain Spell
May 2, 2026
RDA Performs’ inaugural season closes with a special concert performed by select principal musicians of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. This exquisite program brings you within arm’s reach of these world-class musicians as they take you on a journey through the desert with the stunning music of Arvo Pärt, Toru Takemitsu, Astor Piazzolla, and others, complete with narration byaward-winning broadcaster and Las Vegas Philharmonic Associate Principal Horn, Beth Lano.
Artists of the 2025–2026 Season include:
- De Ann Letourneau, Violin – Concertmaster, Las Vegas Philharmonic
- Jonathan Rhodes Lee, Harpsichord – Director of UNLV Early Music Ensemble
- Jennifer Bellor, Composer – Director of UNLV NEXTET
- Robert Taylor, Violin/Viola – Co-lyricist/Librettist, BANDSTAND
- Philip Fortenberry, piano
- Alexandria Le, piano
- Andrew Smith, cello – Principal Cello, Las Vegas Philharmonic

















