Directed by UNLV faculty composers Virko Baley and Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, N.E.O.N.
The objective of this symposium and festival is a pedagogical one: student composers from the U.S. and abroad gather in Las Vegas for three to four days of intensive activities, including masterclasses, lectures and concerts.
2007 featured guest composers Steven Stucky, George Tsontakis, and Paul Chihara.
2008 featured guest composers Bernard Rands, Chen Yi, Bruce Boughton, and Dmitri Tymocko.
2009 featured guest composers Augusta Read Thomas, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and Tom Flaherty.