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.
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October 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Piano Portraits: A Piano Duet Dialogue
Reserve your seat: Piano Portraits: A Piano Duet DialogueRDA 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 is generously sponsored by Dave Been and Lisa & Steve Stokes.
Seating is limited to just 75 guests, and the opening concert is expected to sell quickly. Reserve now to be part of this historic first performance.
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January 24, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Broadway Reimagined: A Chamber Music Tribute
Reserve your seat: Broadway Reimagined: A Chamber Music TributeBroadway comes alive without words in this instrument-only concert. Musicians who have brought productions to life on stages from New York to The Smith Center reimagine Broadway’s timeless favorites in an intimate, architectural setting. The program features celebrated Broadway artists Robert Taylor (violin/viola; co-lyricist/librettist, Bandstand) and Philip Fortenberry (pianist and recipient of the Ghostlight Award as “Best Musician on Broadway”).
With only 75 seats available, early reservation is essential. Don’t miss this rare chance to experience Broadway’s greatest hits reimagined up close.
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March 14, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Ancient Echoes: Baroque & Modern Resonance
Reserve your seat: Ancient Echoes: Baroque & Modern ResonanceGuided 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, the program pairs Baroque elegance with striking modern works by living composers. This intimate concert pairs the elegance and ornamentation of early music with striking modern works by living composers that reflect, refract, and reinterpret early musical forms. Featuring period and modern-day instruments, the program offers a rich program that traverses centuries.
Capacity is limited to 75 seats, creating an intimate encounter across centuries of music. Secure your seat today before the program sells out.
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May 2, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Desert Sounds: Rain Spell
Reserve your seat: Desert Sounds: Rain SpellRDA Performs’ inaugural season closes with a performance by select principal musicians of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. This intimate program brings you within arm’s reach of these world-class musicians as they evoke the desert’s luminous beauty through the music of Arvo Pärt, Toru Takemitsu, and more.
This season finale will be performed for only 75 guests in the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum. Guarantee your seat now for this closing celebration of sound and space.
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October 11, 2025 – May 2, 2026
RDA Performs 2025-2026 Season Pass
Reserve your seat: RDA Performs 2025-2026 Season PassGeneral Subscription – $325
- Admission to all four concerts (a $380 value)
- Priority seating at each performance
- Recognition in season program as an inaugural subscriber
- Exclusive subscriber-only digital program notes delivered before each concert
Patron Subscription – $500
- Admission to all four concerts
- Premium reserved seating
- Recognition as a Founding Patron of RDA Performs with name listed in all the current and future season programs
- Exclusive subscriber-only digital program notes delivered before each concert
- Exclusive pre-concert champagne toast at each performance
- One complimentary guest pass for a single concert of choice
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