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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 Symphonic Band at Brigham Young University, conducted by Kirt Saville, will be present “Music in Motion” Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

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

The Brigham Young University School of Music and Barlow Endowment will present a special Halloween concert, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” based on Edgar Alan Poe’s masterpiece composed by faculty artist Christian Asplund Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Recent alumna and violinist Aubrey Woods auditioned for and won the concertmaster position with Ballet West.

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.

BYU Broadcasting recently returned from the Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy® Awards ceremony in Phoenix after capturing 11 Emmy Awards from 19 nominations.

Beginning this Saturday (Oct. 20), the Brigham Young University School of Music will offer its second annual Family Music Series featuring four concerts designed for families with young children to enjoy music together.

The Brigham Young University Motion Picture Film Series will screen “Bride of Frankenstein” Friday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium as part of its 14th season of archived film showings.

An academic symposium, 'Mormon Moment(s) and the Media,' will be held at Brigham Young University’s Conference Center Thursday and Friday, Nov. 8 and 9.

The series Art.Work features nine stories from all departments in the College of Fine Arts and Communications. Each of Art.Work’s five episodes demonstrates the passion and achievements of students in the College. The first two episodes in the series air Tuesday, October 16 at 6:00 pm. The show was produced to feature the excellence in the college, and it just so happened that four of those featured students went on to receive national and even international recognition for their work. Rebecca Ingram was at the 2012 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival where she competed in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions. After making it to the finals, she traveled to Washington D.C. where she won the National Classical Acting Award. Summer Holm, Hawken Vance and Kylie Cox won first-place in the National L’Oreal Brandstorm Competition in New York City, and A. Todd Smith received an award for Best Director at the 33rd College Television Awards for his work on Mr. Bellpond. Rediscover with us the soul-expanding experience that art brings to our lives as you experience Art.Work.