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Coming to Brigham Young University as part of the Performing Arts Series, Scotland’s Puppet State Theatre will present a multi-sensory theatrical adaptation of Jean Giono’s “The Man Who Planted Trees” in the Pardoe Theatre Thursday and Friday, Sept. 27 and 28, at 7 p.m. with a matinee performance Saturday, Sept. 29, at 11 a.m.

The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University will host a guest speaker Robert Sabuda, a leading children's pop-up book artist, in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium on the first level Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 2 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

The Brigham Young University School of Music will host two distinguished performers who are faculty members at California State University, Northridge in free solo recitals Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 26-27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. - Julia Heinen will present a clarinet recital ccompanied by Dmitry Rachmanov on the piano Wednesday, Sept. 26.To begin the performance, Heinen will perform “Premiere Rhapsody” by Claude Debussy followed by the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 128 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After a brief intermission, she will perform “Tema con Variazioni” by Jean FranÁ§aix and the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Marc Eyechenne.As a soloist, Heinen has performed hundreds of concertos and recitals around the world including recent performances in El Salvador, the Czech Republic and Portugal. She has premiered and recorded several works written specifically for her and is recording a compact disc featuring six new works scheduled to be released in 2011 on the Parma Label.- Dmitry Rachmanov will perform a piano recital Thursday, Sept. 27.

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The world premiere of a new play by Ariel Mitchell, “A Second Birth,” will be staged at Brigham Young University Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 25-28, in the Margetts Theatre. The play will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and Saturday’s performance will be a matinee at 2 p.m.

Brigham Young University music performance student Rebecca Pedersen was selected to solo for the second time with the Utah Symphony in the Salute to Youth concert this year. Pedersen will perform Puccini’s “Un bel di” from Madame Butterfly, with the orchestra on Tuesday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.

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Conference Center AuditoriumFriday — Saturday, October 26—27, 2012, 7:30 PM“Luz de las naciones — Sus promesas” is the theme of the upcoming Latino cultural event to be held in the Conference Center on Friday and Saturday, October 26—27, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. This production celebrates the coming of Jesus Christ to the New World and tells the legends of the great white god who visited the various civilizations in the Americas and on the isles of the sea. Included in the program is a dramatization of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. These stories are told through music, dance, and narration, including a 365-voice adult choir and a 130-voice children’s choir accompanied by musicians playing traditional instruments. The production will also feature actors and hundreds of dancers performing ancient and traditional Latin American, Polynesian, and Native American folk dances. There will be an art exhibit in the Conference Center lobby featuring unique artwork from the diverse cultures represented in the program.

In one week, Sept. 21-27, top student performers from Brigham Young University's School of Music will showcase their skills during the annual showcase performances in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Brigham Young University School of Music faculty artist Christian Smith will be performing a free bassoon concert Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

Guest artists Ken Shifrin, former principal trombone with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Mike Hall, faculty at Old Dominion University, will present “The Golden Age of the Solo Baroque Trombone” at Brigham Young University Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.