Brigham Young University’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts will present “Holiday” by Philip Barry in the Pardoe Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 7, through Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance Saturday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. There will be no performances Sundays, Mondays or during Thanksgiving week. Tickets for Saturday matinee performance and the preview performances Nov. 7 and 8 are $8. For the other performances, senior citizen tickets will be $13 and adult tickets will be $15. Weekend tickets are $11 for students, with weekday tickets for $10. For tickets, visit the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or byuarts.com/tickets. The three-act play, directed by Barta Heiner, tells the story of free-spirited Johnny Case, a young New York businessman with excellent financial prospects but poor social status, who finds himself engaged to the upstanding heiress Julia Seton but attracted to the lively Linda Seton. When Johnny’s plan to relax in his youth and work later in life is met with skepticism by the family’s banker patriarch, sparks fly in this sophisticated comedy of manners by one of America’s most lauded playwrights. This classic romantic comedy was written by Philip Barry in 1928 and ran for nearly a year on Broadway. In that initial production, a young Katherine Hepburn was the understudy to Hope Williams in the role of Linda Seton. Hepburn would later play the role of Linda Seton in the beloved 1938 film adaptation directed by George Cukor co-starring with Cary Grant as Johnny Case. The BYU cast includes Becca Ingram as Linda Seton, Magarin Hobson as Johnny Case, Mallory Gee as Julia Seton, Eric Gourly as Ned Seton, Alexander Trop as Edward Seton, Taylor Warburton as Susan Potter, Andrew Joy as Nick Potter, Sarah-Lucy Hill as Laura Cram, Billy Hagee as Seton Cram, Michael Comp as Delia and Jordan Nicholes as Henry. The technical crew for “Holiday” includes Heather Bosen, stage manager; Makinsey Eakman and Jennifer Chandler, assistant stage managers; Lara Cobb, props designer and set dressing; Carter Thompson, set designer; Brianna Stephenson, lighting designer; Josh Fawcett, assistant lighting designer; Jocelyn Chatman and Mallory Mackay, co-costume designers; Ivory Smith, assistant costume designer; Allyson Thanxton and Holly Garner, co-makeup designers; Michelle Ohumukini, sound designer; and Bianca Daillard, dramaturg. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348 or ken_crossley@byu.edu. Source: BYU News

“Weir Was Here – Secret Rooms, Doors and Windows,” a photo exhibit, will be displayed in the Harold B. Lee Library’s Auditorium Gallery at Brigham Young University from Nov. 1 to Jan. 23, 2013. This solo exhibit by New York photographer Xiomaro (pronounced “SEE-oh-MAH-ro”) features photographs from the first artistic collection documenting the beauty and textures of the interiors of Julian Alden Weir's house and studio. Xiomaro will also give a gallery talk Thursday, Nov. 1, at 3 p.m. in the Special Collections Lecture Room (room 1131) at the Lee Library. The artist will give away free four inches by six inches souvenir prints to all in attendance, and will also randomly select one or two people to receive a different and larger print. Weir was one of the founders of American Impressionism, and his house and studio are part of what is now the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut. Many works by the Weir family are housed in the BYU Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The library exhibit presents 29 large photographic prints measuring 17 inches by 25 inches allowing for immersive views of these rarely seen rooms, doors, windows and other distinguishing characteristics of the interiors: unadorned but at once, stark, rustic and ethereal. Admission to the exhibit and to the gallery talk is free. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. All prints on exhibit are available for sale and will help fund continuing exhibits of the “Weir Was Here” collection. For more information, visit www.xiomaro.com and http://net.lib.byu.edu/art/current.html. Source: BYU News

The Brigham Young University Wind Symphony will present a new work by David Maslanka in concert Friday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

The Brigham Young University Department of Dance presents the Senior Dance Showcase Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dance Studio Theatre, 166 Richards Building.

Guest artist John Gunther will join with Brigham Young University’s Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band for a performance Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The concert is free.

Brigham Young University’s School of Music will present its Symphony Orchestra in a concert Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Tonight at 6:00 p.m. the HBLL film series will play the documentary “I Am Not My Body” which was produced last year by Professor Robert Walz and his Communications 486 class.

BYU’s Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus held a giant chalk war to celebrate their upcoming concert. The concert will be held on November 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Founded and directed by former King’s Singers member Nigel Short

Brigham Young University’s Deseret Piano Trio will perform a recital Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.

The Brigham Young University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America won the Outstanding Newsletter Teahan Award during the recent PRSSA national conference in San Francisco.

Scott Holden, a Juilliard School of Music alumnus and faculty artist at Brigham Young University, will present a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free. He will begin with a piece by Schumann and then move on to the Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI: 20, L. 33 by Hayden followed by Etudes Tableaux Op. 39 by Rachmaninoff. He will then play “Musings..and a Waltz” by BYU faculty member Laurence Lowe and excepts from the Parisian Suite and Surrealist Suite by Vernon Duke. He will conclude the evening with “Evening Lit by the Burning Coals” and “Gardens in the Rain” by Debussy and Chorale et Variations by Dutilleux. Holden continues an active career as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He holds music degrees from the University of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the Horowitz Prize. In addition to his American studies, he also spent a year studying and performing in Budapest at the Liszt Academy where he was a Fulbright scholar. His 1996 Carnegie Hall debut recital was a result of winning first prize in the 1996 Leschetizky International Piano Competition. It received high critical praise in the New York Concert Review. He has performed at venues in Michigan, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Vermont, Texas, Idaho and Utah, as well as Mexico and Germany. He has taught courses at the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music and is also a member of BYU’s American Piano Quartet. For more information, contact Scott Holden at (801) 422-7713. Source: BYU News