BYU PERFORMING ARTS SERIES 2010-11It is with great pleasure that we prepare to welcome another thrilling lineup of professional musicians, dancers, and theatre-makers to BYU for the 2010-11 season. They will come to us from as far away as China and Finland and as close to home as Salt Lake City—all with the intent of sharing with us their carefully crafted presentations. Please join us as we celebrate another season of the arts at BYU by honoring these varied traditions here in our beautiful campus setting—it’s surely a season you won’t want to miss!
Jeff Martin,
producerBYU Performing Arts Series
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FALL 2010
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
THE TONY AWARD WINNING ACTOR SINGS BROADWAY AND THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Friday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
NISHAT KHAN IN CONCERT
INDIA’S FOREMOST VIRTUOSO OF THE SITAR COMES TO BYU FOR A RARE UTAH CONCERT
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
THE CASHORE MARIONETTES
CHARACTERS FROM EVERYDAY LIFE IN A SERIES OF HEARTWARMING AND HUMAN VIGNETTES
Thursday-Friday, Sept. 23-24, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 25, 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.
Pardoe Theatre
JIGU! THUNDER DRUMS OF CHINA
CHINESE DRUMMERS, PERCUSSIONISTS AND MUSICIANS PRESENT AN ULTRA-SENSORY ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
AVALON STRING QUARTET
ACCLAIMED CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AN EVENING OF NEW MUSIC AND CLASSICS
Thursday-Friday, Oct. 28-29, 7:30 p.m.
Madsen Recital Hall
UTAH SYMPHONY
BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 9
STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI, conductor
UTAH CHAMBER ARTISTS, soloists
Thursday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
WINTER 2011
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
BEETHOVEN’S LEGACY
WU HAN, piano | ARNAUD SUSSMANN, violin
MARK HOLLOWAY, viola | ANDREAS BRANTELID, cello
Friday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Madsen Recital Hall
CIRCO AEREO
AN ACCLAIMED FRANCO-FINNISH PRESENTATION OF TRADITIONAL CIRCUS, CABARET, AND CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS IN A SERIES OF PLAYFUL AND SURPRISING SCENES
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
CHANTICLEER
AN ORCHESTRA OF VOICES
Tuesday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
UTAH SYMPHONY
ROBERT AND CLARA SCHUMANN
CHRISTIAN ARMING, conductor
MIHAELA URSULEASA, piano
Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
ESSENTIAL GRAHAM:
CLASSICS FROM THE MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
A SHOWCASE OF NOTABLE WORKS FROM THE OLDEST AND MOST CELEBRATED CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY IN AMERICA
Tuesday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.
de Jong Concert Hall
SPRING 2011
Theatreworks USA Presents
SEUSSICAL
NEW YORK’S PROFESSIONAL TOURING CHILDREN’S THEATRE BRINGS DR. SEUSS’ CHARACTERS TO LIFE IN THIS POPULAR MUSICAL
Friday, May 13, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 14, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.