Music

Red Desert ensemble plans Oct. 28 concert at Westminster College as blockbuster sampler of contemporary music

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As part of its artistic residency at Westminster College’s school of music, the Red Desert ensemble, the duo project of clarinetist Katie Porter and composer/percussionist Devin Maxwell, will present a blockbuster sampler of contemporary music including a world premiere by Maxwell and music by Stockhausen, Cage, Xenakis and Tenney along with works by 21st century composers Johannes Kreidler and … Read more

World-class performances in Salt Lake City: Pianist Hong Xu at Bachauer, Ligeti and Brahms concert for NOVA Chamber Music Series

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HONG XU: GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL PIANO FOUNDATION It was a perfect homecoming for Chinese pianist Hong Xu, who opened the 2019-2020 season series of concerts for the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation. Xu, who won the bronze medal at the 2001 Bachauer competitions at the age of 17 in Salt Lake City, returned last week … Read more

Strong examples of arts and education integration: Plan-B Theatre’s Flora Meets a Bee, Mundi Project’s 3-D Printed 6-String Violin Experience

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PLAN-B THEATRE FREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOUR (FEST): FLORA MEETS A BEE The sense of feeling borrowed can become alienation. In Morag Shepherd’s Flora Meets A Bee, the latest play in Plan-B Theatre’s successful Free Elementary School Tour (FEST) program, Flora, 8, is committed to making her new friendship stick. In one scene, Flora recalls seeing … Read more

Close ties abound in upcoming NOVA Chamber Music Series concert of string chamber masterpieces by Ligeti, Brahms

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Close ties of several varieties will connect the upcoming NOVA Chamber Music Series concert featuring string chamber music of György Ligeti (1923-2006) and Johannes Brahms (1834-1897), also featuring the Fry Street Quartet in its first performance as the organization’s new music directors. One broad but close tie is how the music of Ligeti and Brahms … Read more

Hong Xu, 2001 Bachauer bronze medalist, set to return to Salt Lake City for opening concert of 2019-2020 season

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In 2001, Hong Xu was just 17 years old when he made his first trip to the U.S. to compete in the Salt Lake City finals for the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition. Just a year before, he made his orchestral debut as a soloist with the Wuhan Symphony Orchestra in China, playing … Read more

NOVA Chamber Music Series’ 42nd season opens with Night Music concert featuring works by Harbison, Frank, Bartók, Chopin

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Works by two prominent American composers along with a precedent-setting chamber piece for pianos and percussion by one of the 20th century’s greatest composers and three of Chopin’s most exquisite nocturnes for piano will comprise the opening concert for NOVA Chamber Music Series’ 42nd season. The Night Music concert also is the first being programmed … Read more

Impressive late summer entertainment with The Post Office, Rose Exposed #TRENDING

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THE POST OFFICE In the fading daylight, Ash (Alexis Bitner, Olympus High School) tells the others surrounding her bed, “I can see the courier riding down the narrow road that winds like a ribbon through the trees. She’s traveled that road many times, a lantern in her hand and a bag of letters on her … Read more

Fifth annual They Reminisce hip-hop show by 1520 Arts slated for Labor Day weekend

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Times change and sounds change. Genres and cultures change. What has to be constant is respect for what came before, and an appreciation for what comes after. It won’t all appeal to everyone, but there can’t be such a premium on a single era, region or take. Hip-hop is a decades-old, global phenomenon. It’s gone … Read more

First weekend of Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival shines in solid shows, ticket sales

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The first weekend of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival at The Gateway set a strong pace, indicating that it certainly will match last year’s ticket sales and likely exceed them by a generous margin. Some 1,700 tickets were sold for the first weekend of shows. Last year’s total attendance for the two-weekend event was … Read more

Marking its fifth year, Great Salt Lake Fringe at The Gateway will be a win-win partnership

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Ever since the first Fringe festival took place in Edinburgh 72 years ago, artists around the world have leveraged the opportunities of such events to become their gateway into visibility and recognition for their ground-breaking efforts in creative expressions. Today, there are more than 250 Fringe festivals around the world. As the Great Salt Lake … Read more