Columnist John Katsilometes: How UNLV flute student Kuk cooked at Carnegie Hall

Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 | 7:50 a.m.

On Oct. 14 UNLV doctoral flute student Jennifer Kuk performed at Carnegie Hall. "It's true what they say -- you have to practice to get to Carnegie Hall," she said this week.

Kuk (pronounced "cook") speaks from experience. The 32-year-old musician practices at least four hours a day and has done so since age 10. In New York she performed with pianist Sallie Pollack of the Manhattan School of Music, and UNLV soprano Veera Khara at Weill Recital Hall.

Weill is a smaller venue than Carnegie's Isaac Stern Auditorium, the main hall. As Kuk said, "It seats just a few hundred, but it has the same beautiful chandeliers and stage, the same atmosphere. It was amazing."

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