Achieving community in the art of Woodshedding for aspiring songwriters in Spy Hop program

Y’all just better be just turnin’ back if you want this boy to win ‘Cos practice is the only cure for the predicament he’s in Now devil, it would be a sin for you to get my bow You go on back to hell and to the woodshed I will go Johnny, are you practicing … Read more

Reviews confirm the exciting return to live performances: RDT Link Series’ Sandbox, Bachauer recital with Sergey Belyavsky, NOVA Chamber Music Series’ Songs of Life

Every weekend in Salt Lake City has at least one, if not several, outstanding programs for the performing arts enthusiast. The Utah Review continues its roundup of arts organizations returning to live performances after the pandemic hiatus of more than 18 months.  REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE (RDT) LINK SERIES: SANDBOX, AN EVENING OF DANCE BY DAN … Read more

Repertory Dance Theatre’s upcoming Compass concert to feature world premiere of Ihsan Rustem’s Hallelujah Junction; works by Martha Graham, Bebe Miller

In Compass, the upcoming Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) concert, four pieces — two Martha Graham works from the 1930s,  a 2019 work by Bebe Miller and a world premiere commission by Ihsan Rustem — emphasize modern dance’s potential as a vehicle for appreciating the historical significance of timeliness and timelessness. The program proves that the … Read more

Second November weekend concert highlights to include RDT Link Series’ Sandbox, Bachauer recital with Sergey Belyavsky, NOVA Chamber Music Series’ Songs of Life

Among the events blossoming on the Salt Lake City performing arts calendar for the second weekend of November are a dance concert of new works by local artists, a recital by the 2018 Bachauer international artist competition’s bronze medalist and a chamber music concert of six pieces featuring 18 musicians from Utah and New Mexico. … Read more

Plan-B Theatre’s Radio Hour series set to return to live broadcast premiere on KUER-FM’s RadioWest with Matthew Ivan Bennett adaptation of Sleepy Hollow

Most young people in the last three generations have been introduced to Washington Irving’s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow through the Disney animated adaptation package, which includes Kenneth Graham’s The Wind in The Willows. The 1949 film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad has long legs both in residuals as a long-term … Read more

Bachauer concert series set to present 2018 gold medalist Changyong Shin in Carnegie Hall recital featuring Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff

In the second week of March 2020, just days before he was slated to perform a recital in Salt Lake City, nearly two years after winning the gold medal in the International Artists Competition of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Changyong Shin was visiting local schools as part of Bachauer’s educational outreach program. The … Read more

Live performances continue to return in first-class fashion: season openers for Repertory Dance Theatre, Bachauer concert series, NOVA Chamber Music Series, Pygmalion Theatre Company

Four more local performing arts organizations have now launched their seasons with live performances, vividly reminding audiences just how impressive Salt Lake City’s cultural scene is as it returns to its pre-pandemic pace. Beginning its 56th season, the Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) offered North Star, celebrating the work of choreographer Lar Lubovitch, including two selections … Read more

Season openers on deck this week for Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, NOVA Chamber Music Series

Two of Salt Lake City’s most distinguished music series return to live performances this week with season openers. GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL PIANO FOUNDATION The Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation’s new season of concerts will feature the gold and bronze medalists from the 2018 Bachauer piano competition as well as a world premiere in a program … Read more

Repertory Dance Theatre set to open its 56th season with North Star, featuring works of choreographer Lar Lubovitch

Quietude. Relaxation. Contemplation. Meditation. Natural euphoria. This week’s 56th season opener for the Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), featuring the works of choreographer Lar Lubovitch, sets an ideal tone for a soothing return to a live stage concert that a performing arts company could program for audiences, not seen since early 2020. All three works for … Read more

Salt Lake City’s arts scene is roaring back to full steam: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Total Ellipse, Roger Benington’s Psychopomp, SONDERimmersive’s The Chocolatier

With live performances resuming on several fronts, the arts calendar for the fall season in Salt Lake City has returned to levels not seen since the fall of 2019. The Utah Review offers reviews of three shows, seen within the span of four days. RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY: TOTAL ELLIPSE Season openers for Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company … Read more