by Brandon Garrett Brigham Young University’s Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing Thursday, Nov. 19, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Conductor Kory Katseanes and the orchestra will be joined by guest conductor Alexander Jiménez. Tickets are available for $8-$11 through the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or by going online to byuarts.com. The ensemble with Katseanes conducting will first perform “Rainorama” by Aldwyn Roberts with BYU’s percussion ensemble Panoramic Steel. They will then present “Dance of the Seven Veils” by Richard Strauss. Jiménez will conduct the orchestra in the final number, the Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky. Jiménez is an associate professor of conducting and is director of orchestras and coordinator of strings at the College of Music at Florida State University. Jiménez serves as president-elect of the College Orchestra Directors Association where he has been a member since 2002. He holds memberships in the National Association for Music Education, the Florida Orchestra Association and the Conductors Guild. Jiménez has earned degrees from Baylor University and Florida State University. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News

by Ricardo Castro

While many others their age were sleeping in and getting a tan, this past summer Brigham Young University student performers were sharing their talent, their values and their friendship with audiences all over the world.

by Brandon Garrett Guest artist Malcolm Goldstein will be performing at Brigham Young University Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free. He will be performing with Christian Asplund, BYU School of Music faculty artist, and BYU’s Group for Experimental Music. A New York-based composer/violinist, Goldstein has been revolutionizing what a violin can do since the 1960s. He has co-founded the Tone Roads Ensemble, participates in the New York Festival of the Avant Garde and has toured throughout North America and Europe. He is well-known for his improvisational sound and has received international acclaim. “There is no violinist like him,” said critic Ivan Loco Nordin of Sonoloco Records. “He has taken the instrument far beyond its presumed limits, shaping a music which shines and glows inside this fairytale atmosphere that is the mind and spirit of Malcolm Goldstein.” For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News

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November BYU Arts Calendar

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by Brandon Garrett Brigham Young Univeristy’s School of Music will present associate professor and composer Neil Thornock in a concert Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The concert is free. Thornock began his music studies at BYU. He later received a doctorate in composition from Indiana University in 2006. He then went on to be a visiting assistant professor at Southern Virginia University. He joined the BYU faculty during the 2007-08 academic year. He teaches courses in composition and theory. His compositions have been featured in various venues and formats including NASA, SEAMUS, SCI, Imagine 2, Eccles Organ Concert Series and San Diego State University. Additionally, his music for carillon has garnered several international awards and has been regularly performed at congresses of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America since 2001. For more information regarding the performance, contact Neil Thornock at (801) 422-1482. Source: BYU News

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