Beus to play Mozart with symphony
Stephen Beus, winner of the 2006 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, will perform Mozart's great D Minor Piano Concerto, K. 466, with the Utah Symphony this week. Conductor Graeme Jenkins also will lead the orchestra in Richard Strauss' "Symphonia Domestica.
" Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, 123 W.
South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets are 12 to 48 at www.utahsymphony.
org, at the hall box office or by calling 801-355-ARTS. Profs play: University of Utah School of Music violin professor Hasse Borup will perform tonight at 7 at Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, with pianists Ning Lu and Jie Lu and cellist Amy Leung.
The program will feature works by Smetana, Gade and Schuller. Admission is free. The U.
's School of Music features similar programs every Sunday at 7 p.m. For more information, call 801-581-6762.
Vote for me: The Early Music Ensemble of the University of Utah's School of Music welcomes spring with "Italia Mia," a concert of Italian medieval and Renaissance music. The program will feature mezzo-soprano Stina Eberhardt and percussionist Sarah Richards. Mary Johnson directs the free concert Monday at 7:30 p.
m. at Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City.
For more information, call 801-272-9015.
Arch Foundation will sponsor a special event featuring the Order of the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi and a classical Sufi music concert, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
at Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, on the University of Utah campus. The Order of the Whirling Dervishes is a branch of the Sufi tradition of Islam, which promotes tolerance.
Tickets are 13 to 27, available by calling 801-581-7100 or visiting www.kingtix.com.
Vote for me: Brigham Young University's radio station KBYU-FM invites listeners to vote for their top five favorite classical pieces beginning Monday. Participants may enter their votes online at www.classical89.
org, mail them to Classical 89 Top 40 Contest, C-302 HFAC, Provo, UT 84602, or fax them to 801-422-0922. One entry per person. All votes must be received by April 24.
All participants will have their names entered into a drawing for a Boston acoustics digital HD radio. The winning entry will be announced on-air on April 27 at 8:15 a.m.
Tune in May 21-25 when listeners' musical favorites will be revealed. Call 801-422-8490. British invasion: The choirs of Utah State University join forces with Beatles cover band Get Back to present an evening of rock and roll favorites by the Beatles, Journey and Led Zeppelin, Tuesday at 7:30 p.
m. in the Kent Concert Hall on the campus of Utah State University, Logan. Admission is 5.
Call 435-797-3035 for more information. Musicians of note: The Wasatch Music Big Band, directed by saxophonist/arranger/composer Don Bonsanti, will swing at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. Broadway, Salt Lake City, Wednesday at 7:30 p.
m. Tickets are 12 in advance, 15 day of the show, 8 for seniors/students. Call 801-355-ARTS or visit www.
arttix.com. The band will also perform with University of Utah Jazz Ensembles I II on Thursday at 7:30 p.
m. at Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, on the University of Utah campus.
Tickets are 7, 3 for students, at www.kingtix.org or by calling 801-581-7100.
Weeks coming: LDS musician Hilary Weeks will perform selections from her first collection album Friday at 7 p.m. at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W.
Broadway, Salt Lake City. Tickets are 10 to 15 at www.arttix.
com or by calling 801-355-ARTS. For more information on the artisit, visit www.hilaryweeks.
com. Benefit concert: Judge Memorial Catholic High School is hosting a memorial benefit concert for the Trolley Square victims featuring the St. John's Chorale under the direction of Joseph P.
Toscano, Friday at 7 p.m. at the high school, 650 S.
1100 East, Salt Lake City. Suggested donations of 8 per person and 25 per family of four will be taken at the door. All proceeds will benefit the victims and families of the Trolley Square tragedy.
For more information, call 801-553-2678. Singing the classics: The University of Utah Singers and A Cappella Choir, accompained by members of the Utah Philharmonia and the Salt Lake Symphony, will perform Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.
m. in Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City.
Brady R. Allred will conduct. Tickets are 7, 3 for students, at www.
kingsburyhall.org. Tabernacle gala: Dedicatory concerts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square kick off the Salt Lake Tabernacle Gala Concert Series Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.
m. in the Tabernacle, 50 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City.
Tickets to the free concert are long gone; call 801-570-0080 for information on standby seating. Sacred voice: Finalists in Sacred Voice 2007, an international interfaith composition competition, will showcase their work Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
at the American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church St., American Fork.
The concert will be taped and podcast on YouTube.com as well as VocalWorks.org.
Tickets are 6, 5 for students and seniors, available at the door. Winners of the competition will be announced between April 9 and 13. For more information on Sacred Voice, visit www.
vocalworks.org/#SACREDVOICE. Musicians of note: Jazz pianist Stephen Keen, with guests Josh Payne and the Salt Lake Tango Projeect, will perform Saturday at 7:30 p.
m. at Westminster's Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, 1250 E. 1700 South, Salt Lake City, as part of the Excellence in the Community concert series.
Tickets are 12 by calling 801-718-3862 or at Hires Big H restaurants.
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