Arden Hopkin, head of vocal studies at the Brigham Young University School of Music, will present a faculty artist recital of vocal chamber music, “The Friends of Arden,” Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free Accompanied by various members of the instrumental faculty from the School of Music, Hopkin will perform the Cantata 82 by J.S. Bach, “Aires de la Tierra” by Tulio Peramo and “Four Psalms” by Howard Hanson. The name of the recital is both a reference to the magical Forest of Arden in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” a place where poets and musicians would seek out the Muses who lived there, and a play on Hopkin’s name. Hopkin has been coordinating the vocal division at BYU since 1998. He teaches studio voice and vocal pedagogy in addition to serving as a clinician across the country and internationally. He earned a doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music, a master’s degree from the University of North Texas and a bachelor’s degree from BYU. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News

Lawrence Green, Brigham Young University’s resident guitar faculty member, will be performing with baritone Arden Hopkin in a recital Saturday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. in the Museum of Art Auditorium. Admission is free.

Brigham Young University School of Music faculty member April Clayton will present a flute recital with pianist Jed Moss and harpist Nicole Brady Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Clayton will perform a variety of pieces including the Serenade No. 10 by Vincent Persichetti, “Three American Pieces” by Lukas Foss and “Half Moon at Checkerboard Mesa” by Phillip Bimstein. An associate professor in the School of Music, Clayton attended Oberlin College as a National Merit Scholar and completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. At age 21, she was the youngest student ever admitted to the doctoral program at The Juilliard School, where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in May 2001. Clayton has performed in Italy’s Palazzo dei Congressi, Germany’s Leipzig Gewandhaus, Moscow’s Rachmaninoff Hall, as well as venues in Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and New York City, including Carnegie Hall. For more information, contact April Clayton at (801) 422-1177. Source: BYU News

The BYU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi invites you to nominate an outstanding student for either the performing arts award or the visual arts award. Each winner will receive a $400 award, a seat at the Phi Kappa Phi Initiation Banquet on March 20, and significant recognition for his or her achievement. Your selection should be based upon performing arts or visual arts works that were completed during 2012.

This year’s “Dance in Concert” by the Brigham Young University Contemporary Dance Theatre will feature “The Thing About Love,” an evening of dance dedicated to love, Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pardoe Theatre of the Harris Fine Arts Center.

The Marsh Valley Performing Arts Committee in Arimo, Idaho is pleased to welcome the Brigham Young University’s Living Legends on Saturday, February 2 at 7 p.m. Read the feature on the Idaho State Journal's website.

University buzzing with excitement over big-time production They’ve known each other since they were six. They were in Annietogether when they were eight. They enrolled BYU together, shared an apartment together, took classes together, and now they’re Christine together.

Q'd Up, the Brigham Young University School of Music faculty jazz quintet, will perform Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Madsen Recital Hall. The concert is free.

In the summer of 2012, Anna Lenhart, a French horn performance major attended the Aspen Music Festival for a second year in a row. Lenhart participated in lessons and master classes and played in the festival orchestras and chamber groups.

Under the direction of Project Director, Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, the Brigham Young University Museum of Art (MOA) organized and opened Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture, the largest traveling survey exhibition of Islamic art ever assembled in the United States. As a part of the exhibition, BYU students from the Laycock Center for Creative Collaboration in the Arts experienced hands on professional experience and worked with staff members at the MOA to create digital elements that enhanced the museum visitor’s learning experience. More than 150,000 guests visited the exhibition while it was open at the Museum of Art.

From April 30 to May 5, 2012, Darrell Babidge coached Jennifer Welch-Babidge as she rehearsed and performed the Poulenc Gloria and the Mozart Requiem at the Sydney Opera House with David Zinman and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. On May 3, Darrell Babidge and Jennifer Welch-Babidge gave a master class together at the Sydney Music Conservatorium in Sydney, Australia.

Theatre and Media Arts professor Megan Sanborn Jones was honored at the 2012 Annual University Conference with the Alcuin Fellowship. The Alcuin Fellowship award recognizes teacher-scholars who have gone beyond the regular limits of their disciplines and made significant contributions to the general education and honors curriculum.