Due to its popularity, the BYU production of 'The Elephant Man' has extended its run. It will also play Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 16-19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margetts Theatre. Tickets are now on sale at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322, byuarts.com/tickets.

Brigham Young University's Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Tom Streeter and 'Mix' will be in concert on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Brigham Young University Broadcasting received a Regional Emmy Award at ceremonies in Phoenix, Ariz., for its program 'Nexos' which airs Saturdays on BYUtv International.

BYU's male a cappella group Vocal Point returned to compete in the Top 10 of NBC's 'The Sing-Off' on Monday. After their classic rock 'n roll performance, the judges had only positive things to say, and they will be continuing onto the next round of the competition.

Living Legends recently returned from a three-week whirlwind tour to Russia, where they performed for 19,347 people in live audiences. This was the group’s first visit to the country and the first time a BYU performing group had traveled to the nation in 11 years. The group presented 21 concerts in cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, and Tyumen. Four of the cities had never before been visited by a BYU performing group, and audiences were equally enthusiastic. Through performances, assemblies, workshops, televised appearances, and radio spots, the group captivated the hearts of over two million people.

Scott Holden, Brigham Young University School of Music faculty artist, will present a piano recital on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. This performance is free. Holden will perform a number of classical numbers including works by Mozart, Haydn and Liszt. There will also be a few movements of Vernon Duke's 'Parisian Suite' performed in the middle of the program. He enjoys an active career as soloist, chamber musician and teacher, and he has performed in 30 different American states and nine European countries as well as Canada and Mexico. As first-prize winner of the 1996 Leschetizky New York Debut Competition, he made his Carnegie Recital Hall concert debut. He has also performed at the John F. Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. Performances have been aired on CBC, NPR and NBC, and he has had many radio and television appearances on KBYU. Holden is a member of BYU's popular American Piano Quartet. For more information, contact Scott Holden at (801) 422-7713. Source: BYU News

As an eye-catching promotion for their fall production, BYU's Young Company performing group has hung dozens of dresses along the gallery walls of the Harris Fine Arts Center. The title of their production is 'The Hundred Dresses,' and if you count the colorful outfits along the wall, you'll find they total exactly 100 — 50 on one wall and 50 on the other. But if you navigate deep into the recesses of the HFAC and find the office of Julia Ashworth, the play's director, you'll find much more than 100 dresses. There are piles of dresses in every corner of the office. Piled on desks, piled on chairs, piled on cabinets, and jammed into every available spot. These dresses, along with those hanging on the gallery walls, have all been donated by community members and will eventually make their way to underprivileged women and children in Utah and Salt Lake Counties. And that is the real story of BYU's fall production of 'The Hundred Dresses,' a play about school girl who learns to stem the tide of bullying in her class after an immigrant classmate is picked on by students. 'The community outreach with the dresses is tied entirely to the performance,' said Ashworth, an instructor in the Theatre and Media Arts Department. 'We wanted to do something positive in the community, possibly for those who may deal with bullying or teasing. We wanted to promote a message of tolerance and acceptance.' To that end, Ashworth and others behind the play are facilitating the collection of dresses on behalf of two Utah nonprofits through the fall. Audiences attending the two weekends of BYU performances, between Oct. 12 and Oct. 22, are being encouraged to donate dresses. They are also encouraging dress donations from the students and teachers of the 20 elementary schools where they are taking the traveling show over the next three months. 'It's not just a charity drive, it's an awareness drive,' said Katherine Williams Olsen, dramaturg and outreach coordinator of the play. 'We're hoping with this dress drive to fill the needs of the people giving the dresses just as much as those getting the dresses.' The dresses are being collected for Centro Hispano in Utah County and the Utah Refugee Services Office in Salt Lake County. At the end of the show in December, cast and crew members will deliver hundreds of dresses to the two nonprofits, who will then give them to women and children in need. In the meantime, the dresses will be piling up in Ashworth's office and other storage areas around the HFAC while the show goes on. The show plays out with the main character learning the hard way that she could have prevented harm to her classmate but didn't. In the end, she takes advantage of a chance at redemption to befriend another immigrant in her neighborhood who is being ostracized by the community. To ensure the elementary school audiences come away with a clear message of compassion, the eight-person cast is also teaching workshops on friendship following each show. Sarah Kron, who plays the role of the bullied girl (Wanda) in the play, said the fifth- and sixth-grade elementary student groups are getting the message. 'It is definitely clicking with the audience, which is so important at this age level,' Kron said. As an example, during one workshop, a student wrote a letter to Wanda empathizing with the bullied character. 'Dear Wanda, I'm sorry you got bullied. I have been bullied too. I would have been your friend,' she wrote. 'We see our role as artists in theater arts as responsible members of the community,' Ashworth said. 'And we also see our roles as members of the Church in that same category. Our focus is to motivate people to bless others by doing acts of love and good work.' Click here to read more about the performance dates and times. Source: BYU News

Performance halls and auditoriums in Colorado and Wyoming recently filled with the vocal blends of the BYU Singers and local choirs. Ten of the BYU Singer’s 11 tour performances were results of collaborated efforts with either a university, college, or high school choir, showing that learning and sharing are just as important as performing.

Brigham Young University's School of Music presents its annual Octubafest featuring a variety of artists and performances Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 20-22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. All performances are free. Thursday's concert will feature a joint recital by guest artist John Mueller on euphonium and BYU faculty tubist Steve Call. Mueller is associate professor of trombone and euphonium at The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music of the University of Memphis. He is also a trombonist with the Memphis Brass Quintet and The Birth of the Cool faculty jazz ensemble. On Friday night, Utah Premiere Brass will perform with Mueller and Call and will be conducted by BYU professor Kirt Saville. Utah Premiere Brass is the only known British brass band in the state. They have 30 professional brass musicians who come from all areas of Utah and beyond. Octubafest will conclude on Saturday with the Grand Octubafest Concert featuring the tuba-euphonium ensembles from BYU and BYU-Idaho as well as the BYU Honors Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. For more information, contact Steve Call at stevecall@byu.edu or (801) 422-6116. Source: BYU News

The Brigham Young University faculty wind quintet Orpheus Winds will perform a free recital Friday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. This concert will begin with 'Two Miniatures' by Vinter. These works paint a picture of two locations in the UK. The second work is Tomasi's 'Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrees.' These somewhat bizarre yet appealing dance tunes set an appropriate mood for Halloween. Following a ten-minute intermission, the final piece will be 'Quintet' by Mexican-born Zyman, featuring pleasing melodies, intricate rhythmic exchanges and programmatic elements. The quintet features flutist April Clayton, oboist Geralyn Giovannetti, clarinetist Jaren Hinckley, bassoonist Christian Smith and horn player Laurence Lowe. Orpheus Winds is one of the leading woodwind quintets in the Western United States and carries on a 40-year tradition. The ensemble has appeared at many national and international venues, including engagements in Chicago, New York, Beijing and Shanghai. Most recently, the group has performed recitals in Puebla, Mexico, and Salvador, Brazil. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-4398 or ken_crossley@byu.edu. Source: BYU News

The Brigham Young University School of Music will host two unique musicians in guest recitals this week. Both performances are free:

Brigham Young University will present a faculty recital featuring impressionist works for cello performed by Garrick Woods Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The performance is free. The recital will involve the several members of the Woods family. Woods will be joined by his father, pianist Rex Woods, a faculty member at the University of Arizona, and his brother, violinist and fellow BYU faculty member Alex Woods. The recital will begin with a solo cello suite by Gaspar CassadÁ³ followed by a sonata for cello and piano by Claude Debussy. Following intermission the performance will conclude with another sonata for violin and cello by Maurice Ravel. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at ken_crossley@byu.edu or (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News