The Ann Parenti Midnight Muse Las Vegas Collection (2014-2019) consists of audiovisual materials documenting the Midnight Muse Las Vegas project to recognize the working musicians of Las Vegas, Nevada. The items include the Midnight Muse Las Vegas Milestones in Music compact disc, the documentary film Midnight Muse Las Vegas, Milestones in Music, and one compact disc by musician Nathan Tanouye, Las Vegas Suite, also featuring Clint Holmes and the Las Vegas Jazz Connection. These materials are commercially available.
The Ann Parenti Midnight Muse Las Vegas Collection (2014-2019) consists of audiovisual materials documenting the Midnight Muse Las Vegas project to recognize the working musicians of Las Vegas, Nevada. The items include the Midnight Muse Las Vegas Milestones in Music compact disc, the documentary film Midnight Muse Las Vegas, Milestones in Music, and one compact disc by musician Nathan Tanouye, Las Vegas Suite, also featuring Clint Holmes and the Las Vegas Jazz Connection. These materials are commercially available.
Collection is open for research.
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Materials remain as they were received.
Midnight Muse is a project that documents and celebrates the musicians who performed nightly behind the entertainers and headliners of Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2014, Ann Parenti of the Forgotten Song Music publication company started the project with the help of friends and musicians in the Las Vegas area. The Forgotten Song Foundation, Parenti’s 501(c)(3), received two grants from the Las Vegas Centennial Commission to produce the Midnight Muse collection.
Source:
Peck, Joan S. “Midnight Muse Las Vegas: The Anniversary Celebration.” Chic Compass, 2024. https://chiccompass.com/midnight-muse-las-vegas/
Ann Parenti Midnight Muse Las Vegas Collection, 2014-2019. MS-01243. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials donated in 2026 by Ann Parenti; accession number 2026-056.
In 2026, Landon Paljusaj accessioned the materials, rehoused them, and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. The materials have been kept in their original formats and were not ingested or reformatted digitally.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Aaron Mayes, Visual Materials Curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on musicians in Las Vegas, Nevada. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.
A book acquired as part of this collection, Midnight Muse Las Vegas: Where Hip Meets Hot, has been separated and described in the Libraries' catalog.