Living Legends recently returned from a tour in the Four Corners area, making stops in Blanding, Utah; Gallup, New Mexico; and Holbrook, Arizona. The group performed at outreaches for local college and high school students and interacted with the many Native Americans in the area.

After a tour to central Europe in the summer of 2011, this year the International Folk Dance Ensemble will take its renowned show, The Gathering, to Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

The Brigham Young University School of Music presents Laurence Lowe in a faculty horn recital Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free. Lowe will be accompanied by Aubrey Woods on violin, Amanda Nixon and Jeffrey Shumway on piano and soprano Wendy Lowe Rush. The recital will feature two pieces composed by Lowe: a world premiere of the Sonata for Violin and Piano and the Sonata No. 2 for Horn, Soprano and Piano. Lowe has established an international reputation as a horn soloist, orchestral player, composer and teacher. He has been a soloist at eight international horn symposia sponsored by the International Horn Society. For more information, contact Laurence Lowe at (801) 422-3318.

Geralyn Giovannetti, a professor at Brigham Young University's School of Music, will be performing Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The recital is free. She will perform three works for oboe assisted by Jed Moss on piano, Monte Belknap and Alexander Woods on violin, Claudine Bigelow on viola, Garrick Woods on cello and Eric Hansen on bass. An associate director of the School of Music, Giovannetti is a professor of oboe and a member of the faculty chamber group Orpheus Winds. She trained at the University of Western Ontario and later received her doctorate from the University of Michigan. After graduating she returned to teach at the University of Western Ontario and then taught at the University of Windsor and the University of Michigan before coming to BYU. She has performed with the Orchestras of London, Kitchener, Calgary and Utah and the Canadian Chamber Orchestra. She was the principal oboe of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra from 1983 to 1990. For more information, contact Geralyn Giovannetti at (801) 422-3317.

The holidays at BYU wouldn't be complete without the 'Celebration of Christmas' featuring the BYU Singers, Concert Choir and Men's and Women's Choruses with the Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Brigham Young University Museum of Art will present an exhibition surveying the prints of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). 'Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)' will run from Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, through April 7, 2012. Admission is free.

Looking for a few quick tips to help you better belt out Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer during this year's Christmas caroling? BYU music professor Arden Hopkin has just the thing for you.

When the rest of her BYU classmates returned to school after the Thanksgiving holiday, junior music dance theatre major Laina Walker was on her way to Los Angeles to rehearse for a national television appearance. She's now back on the stage where she stood out for her beautiful singing voice and for sticking to her personal beliefs.

The Brigham Young University Motion Picture Archive Film Series will show 'It's A Wonderful Life' Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium on level one.

The School of Music at Brigham Young University will host three free student ensemble concerts following the Thanksgiving break at various venues around campus.

The Brigham Young University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will be performing their final concerts of the year Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra will present their annual Christmas concert 'A Celebration of Christmas' Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m in the de Jong Concert Hall.