Arts briefs: Dance, music and more

Music

'REQUIEM' HIGHLIGHTS

DESERT CHORALE CONCERT

The songs, and sounds, of the season ring out Sunday evening as the 60-member Desert Chorale presents "The Day of Resurrection: An Easter Concert."

The centerpiece of the free concert: British composer John Rutter's "Requiem," a seven-minute, 40-minute piece featuring the choir and instrumental accompanists.

The chorale's music director, Nancy Helm -- who founded the chorus in 1984 -- will direct the vocal ensemble. Vocal soloists Mark Thomsen , Brad Hafen and Kayla May will perform along with percussionist Howard Agster , organist Karen Cantera , flutist Andre Long, oboist Joan McGee, keyboardist Cindy Ord, cellist Robin Reinarz and harpist Tara Skousen .

The free concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4040 E. Wyoming Ave. For more information, contact the chorale at 531-3550.

Dance

BARE SOUNDZ ON TAP

FROM SAVION GLOVER

Talk about good vibrations.

There's no music -- just the rhythmic beat of dancing feet -- as tap master Savion Glover's Bare Soundz hits The Smith Center's Reynolds Hall stage Tuesday.

Exploring jazz, Caribbean and other beats, Bare Soundz finds Glover and fellow tappers Marshall Davis Jr. and Maurice Chestnut stripping tap dance down to the bare essentials, generating percussive tones, and tunes, with feet and hands alone.

Once described as "the greatest tap-dancer to ever lace up a pair of tap shoes" by late great Gregory Hines, his mentor (and "Tap" co-star alongside the legendary Sammy Davis Jr.), Glover made his Broadway debut at 12 as "The Tap Dance Kid" and went on to become a "Sesame Street" regular before winning a Tony Award for his "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk" choreography.

In Bare Soundz, Glover and his fellow tappers let their feet do the talking; they'll perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave.

Tickets are $32-$98 and are available by phone at 982-7805 or online at www.TheSmithCenter.com.

Rail excursion

GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

STRIKES BOULDER CITY

It's all aboard this weekend for a trip back in time as Boulder City's Nevada State Railroad Museum once again hosts The Great Train Robbery.

Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, re-enactors will stage the annual heist -- complete with gun-totin' bandits and damsels in distress -- aboard the museum's Nevada Southern Railway excursions.

Guests are encouraged to don Wild West duds for the event, which is produced in conjunction with the Southwest Legends Gunfighters and sponsored in part by the Railroad Pass Hotel.

Trains depart at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from the museum, 600 Yucca St., Boulder City. Tickets are $10 for those 12 and older and $5 for children ages 4 to 11 (children 3 and under ride free); call 486-5933 for information.

-- By CAROL CLING