by Brandon Garrett A faculty trio from Brigham Young University will be performing Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The concert will feature Julie Bevan on cello, Jaren Hinckley on clarinet and Jeff Shumway on piano. The event is free. Some works to be performed include “Trios” by Alexander Zemlinsky and Nino Rota (the composer of the soundtrack for 'The Godfather') and 'Seven Balkan Dances' by Marko Tajcevic. Bevan is an associate professor at BYU’s School of Music. She received her musical training in cello performance from BYU in 1973 and later received her master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Bevan has performed with many orchestras and was principal cellist of the Chicago String Ensemble for 15 seasons, appearing frequently as a soloist. Hinckley is an associate professor of woodwind, brass and percussion at BYU. He received his doctorate at Florida State University in 2002. He holds a master’s degree in clarinet performance from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. He has also created a new approach to music pedagogy based on the acting techniques of Constantin Stanislavski. Shumway is a professor of keyboard studies at BYU. He received his bachelor of music degree in 1976 from BYU and went on to get his master’s degree at The Juilliard School and his doctorate from Indiana University in 1981. After his studies, he joined the faculty at BYU in 1985, where he has performed regularly as a soloist, chamber artist and member of the American Piano Quartet. For more information on the performance, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News

by Brandon Garrett Oct. 1 The United States Coast Guard Band Saxophone Quartet will be performing at BYU at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The quartet is comprised of members of the saxophone section of the U.S. Coast Guard Band. Admission is free. The “Instrumental Showcase” will feature the BYU Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble and Wind Symphony at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Oct. 6 A group of faculty chamber artists will perform in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Jeffrey Shumway will be featured on piano, Julie Bevan on cello and Jaren Hinckley on clarinet. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Oct. 9-10 Guest artists from Theatre Mitu will present Arthur Miller’s classic American drama “Death of a Salesman” utilizing ancient Japanese Bunraku puppetry techniques mixed with contemporary theatrical storytelling methods. The presentation will be in the Pardoe Theatre at 7:30 p.m. with another showing Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. Individual tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Oct. 15 The Third Annual BYU Exhibition and Art Sale will take place at the B.F. Larsen Gallery in the Harris Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. All proceeds will go to benefit the Provo Food Bank. Director Steve Call will conduct BYU’s Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. This event is free. Oct. 16 Guest artists Rebecca Henderson and Frank Morelli will be performing in Brigham Young University’s Madsen Recital Hall Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Henderson is a teacher of oboe performance at the University of Texas—Austin and a former oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra. Morelli has played the bassoon with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and NYC Opera. He is a professor at Juilliard, Yale and the Manhattan School of Music. Oct. 17-24 Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann,” based on three short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann, will be presented. Directed by Lawrence Vincent, it will feature top student vocalists and the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7 p.m. The story depicts Hoffmann’s tales of lost love and inspiration found on his magical journey of romantic adventures in search of true love. It will be performed in French with English supertitles. Tickets are $18 ($4 off weeknights or $3 off weekends with a BYU or student ID) and are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Two dress rehearsals Oct. 17 and 20 will be $10. There will be no performances Sunday or Monday. Oct. 17 Orpheus Winds features five BYU faculty members – April Clayton (flute), Jaren Hinckley (clarinet), Geralyn Giovannetti (oboe), Christian Smith (bassoon) and Laurence Lowe (horn). They will perform in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Oct. 20 The BYU Group for New Music will be performing in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free. Oct. 22-May 9, 2010 “Mirror Mirror: Contemporary Portraits and the Fugitive Self” will be exhibited at the Museum of Art from Oct. 22, 2009, through May 8, 2010. This exhibition will explore how we shape our identities in an expanding global society and how living artists create artworks in an effort to discover who we are. Admission is free. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Oct. 22-23 “Homecoming Spectacular 2009: Reach for the Summit” will showcase some of the best talent BYU has to offer at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center. Tickets are $14-$25 ($7 for BYU students) and are available at the Marriott Center Ticket Office, (801) 422-2981, (800) 422-BYU1 or at byutickets.com. Oct. 21 The annual OcTUBAfest will feature a tuba and euphonium student recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free. Oct. 22 BYU’s OcTUBAfest will feature faculty artist Steve Call on the tuba at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free. Call has been a member of the BYU faculty since 1979 and teaches courses in jazz keyboard, jazz combo and jazz history. He is the director of the award-winning Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band. Oct. 23 In connection with BYU’s OcTUBAfest, the Utah Premiere Brass will be performing in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. in a free concert. They are led by Alan Boyer. The Utah Premiere Brass was formed in 2000 in an effort to revive a musical genre that was once the pride of almost every Utah community. Consisting of 30 musicians, Utah Premiere Brass has attracted professional players from all areas of the state of Utah and even beyond. Oct. 24 OcTUBAfest will culminate in the “Grand OcTUBAfest Concert” at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall featuring the BYU Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble. Admission is free. Oct. 28-Nov. 14 Alan Ayckbourn’s play “Absent Friends” will be showcased in the Margetts Theatre. “Absent Friends” is a dark comedy by a master of contemporary drama about a woman, Diana, who invites her friend Colin over for tea after his fiancée dies. Tempers and patience boil over in this British satire of middle-class mentalities and materialism. There will also be a Saturday matinee Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. There will be no performances Sundays or Mondays. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or at arts.byu.edu. Reduced-price tickets are available for the dress rehearsals Oct. 28 and 29. Oct. 28-29 The King’s Singers will return to the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s performance will bring them together with the BYU Singers, while Thursday’s concert will feature the King’s Singers with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra and Concert Choir in a pops concert. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Oct. 30 As part of the BYU Music Scholarship Series, the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will perform in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be directed by Donald Peterson and Kirt Saville. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or at arts.byu.edu. Oct. 31 A showing of the silent movie, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” accompanied by theatre organist Mike Ohman, will take place in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 ($3 off with a BYU or student ID or $1 off for senior citizens or BYU alumni) and can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or arts.byu.edu. Source: BYU News

by Todd Hollingshead BYU film professor Brad Barber has been nominated for an Emmy for his editing work on the HBO documentary Resolved. Barber will find out if he and his colleagues take home the prize for best documentary editing at the 30th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony Monday, Sept. 21, at the Lincoln Center in New York City. “Being nominated for an Emmy is not something I ever really thought would happen to me,” says Barber, who did his grad work at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. “It feels sort of like a validating nudge to keep working and trying.” Barber served as an editor, cinematographer and associate producer on the documentary project that follows two high school debate teams — one from an upper-class Texas school and one from an inner-city school in Southern California — through two years of competition. Through the stories of these two debate teams, a rapid-fire introduction to the highly competitive world of high school debate gives way to a harrowing view of the racial and class divide in American education. BYU’s campus is featured in a part of the film when one of the debate teams visits for a competition. Barber is an alum of the BYU Theatre and Media Arts Department, as is fellow “Resolved” editor and director Greg Whiteley. Whiteley also directed the 2005 documentary “New York Doll.” “Ironically though, that common ground had nothing to do with our working together — we had never met at a church or a BYU alumni function before,” Barber said. “Having said that, it was really rewarding to work closely with someone who shares your same convictions.” News and Documentary Emmys will be presented in 33 categories, including the one Barber and his colleagues are nominated in: Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing. They will compete against two documentaries from the National Geographic Channel (“The Devil Came on Horseback” and “National Geographic Explorer: Gorilla Murders”), the Travel Channel’s “Wild China: Shangri-La” and PBS’s “P.O.V.: Soldiers of Conscience.” “Resolved,” which has been screened at several film festivals — including the Los Angeles Film Festival, where it won the 2007 Audience Choice Award — is also one of the nominees for outstanding long form documentary. Since Emmy officials allot only 30 seconds for acceptance speeches, Barber said Whiteley will do the honors if they win. However, if the film wins both awards it's nominated for, Barber and a third editor, Tom Runquist, may get a chance to say a few words. “That means I don't have to really prepare much of a speech,” Barber said. “If it happens, I'd just worry about keeping a few people in mind to thank, and for me that's really easy — my wife and creative partner Susan, my son Andrew and my parents.” In addition to his work for HBO, Barber has credits on ESPN, Discovery Channel, Showtime, PBS, HGTV, Current TV and the Documentary Channel. He joined the faculty at BYU in 2007 and teaches documentary and new media production. TMA Associate Chair Jeff Parkin says Barber is not only a noted filmmaker, but also a supportive colleague and a great mentor to students. “He does a really nice job working with them one-on-one,” Parkin said. “He is a very thoughtful individual and he is a hard worker who always works late.” Source: BYU News

by Brandon Garrett Brigham Young University’s Instrumental Showcase will feature the Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble and Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday, Oct. 1, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or online at byuarts.com. This is the only concert during the year when all the BYU instrumental groups will perform on the same night. The Symphonic Band, led by Kirt Saville, will begin with “Konigsmarch” by Richard Strauss and then perform “On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss” by David R. Holsinger. Following that will be their last number, Symphonic Dance No. 3, “Fiesta” by Clifton Williams. The Symphony Orchestra, led by Eric Hansen, will then perform the Slavonic Dance No. 7 by Antonin Dvorak, “Gymnopedies” by Erik Satie and the Symphony No. 5 by Sergei Prokofiev. Donald Peterson will then conduct the Wind Symphony in “Fanfare for a Golden Sky” by Scott Boerma followed by “Overture for Band” by John Heins. They will finish with “Aspen Jubilee” by Ron Nelson. Finishing the concert will be the Philharmonic Orchestra led by Kory Katseanes. They will play the overture to “Girl Crazy’” by George Gershwin and the “Dance of the Seven Veils” from “Salome” by Richard Strauss. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News

Those who read sacred religious texts are familiar with interpreting the literary devices – metaphors, parables and allegories – employed to communicate deeper spiritual meaning. A new exhibition at the Museum of Art seeks to help visitors become more familiar with interpreting the visual symbols that artists employ to communicate profound truths about the life and mission of Jesus Christ.“Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity,” on view from Friday, Sept. 18, through March 13, will encourage viewers to participate in the process of seeking out and finding meaning in the symbols, metaphors and veiled visual references that “point to” the divine mission of Jesus Christ.The exhibition will be in the Warren and Alice Jones and Paul and Betty Boshard galleries on the museum’s lower level. Admission is free.The 44 works in this exhibition, which include paintings, prints and sculpture, have been selected to guide the viewer through a process of seeing beyond obvious and familiar narratives. By carefully examining the visual elements within the works of art in this exhibition, visitors will find fresh meanings that resonate with their personal spiritual experiences and increase their understanding.“Religious art is often inspired by the artist’s most personal expressions of faith and belief,” says Dawn Pheysey, curator of religious art at the Museum of Art. “These images often have the power to articulate sacred truths that resonate with our own spiritual feelings. And just as determined searching of the scriptures expands our understanding, the careful study of sensitive religious depictions can lead to new insight and comprehension about profound gospel doctrines.”In the scriptures, types and shadows promise the coming of the Messiah, proclaim his divinity, and anticipate his life and supreme sacrifice.For instance, the manna from heaven provided for the Israelites served as a type of Christ: “the living bread which came down from heaven” (John 6:51).By definition, a type is an intended similarity between a person, object or event, and another person, object or event. A shadow is similar in meaning, but refers to something that will follow or come to pass in the future.Museum curators and educators have designed an interpretive program for this exhibition to assist visitors in the process of seeing beyond the obvious. One component of this in-gallery program is a 44-page study guide titled “The Image Speaks:A Study Guide for Religious Art,” produced in cooperation with the BYU Religious Studies Center.This guide will lead visitors through eight strategies they can use to interpret and make meaningfrom the visual symbols in the works of art.The exhibition will also feature a digital comment wall that will allow visitors to input their personal comments and observations about their viewing experience and learn from the comments and observations of others. Additionally, a cell phone audio tour will provide visitors with insights from a selection of the living artists represented.“We hope these interpretive strategies will combine to enrich the viewing experience of our visitors for this fine selection of artworks, and build greater appreciation for the Savior and his ministry,” said Herman du Toit, Museum of Art educator.The majority of the works of art is drawn from the Museum of Art’s permanent collection and includes works by Lee Udall Bennion, Carl Heinrich Bloch, Albrecht DÏ‹rer, Franz Johansen, Brian Kershisnik, David Linn, Rembrandt, Minerva Teichert and the School of Titan. Additional works by artists including William Blake, James C. Christensen, Arnold Friberg, Ron Richmond, Bruce Smith and Chris Young will be on loan from artists, private collections, and Utah art museums.More information is available at moa.byu.edu.Free docent-led tours of “Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity” will be conducted during regular museum hours and must be scheduled at least one week in advance. Tours usually last about one hour. Call ext. 2-1140 to schedule a tour.The Museum of Art is open Monday though Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed Sunday.+Source: BYU News

by Brandon Garrett The American Piano Quartet will perform Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. The group consists of Brigham Young University School of Music faculty artists Jeffrey Shumway, Robin Hancock and Scott Holden and guest artist Paul Pollei. Tickets are available through the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4277 or at byuarts.com. They will perform arrangements of the “Grand Galop Chromatique” by Franz Liszt and the “Slavonic Dances,” op. 46 by Antonin Dvorak as well as a “Ragtime Medley” by Robert Bailey. They will also perform Holden’s arrangement of “The Sardar’s Procession” by Michail Ippolitov-Ivanov and two arrangements by former quartet member Mack Wilberg, the “Sicilienne” by Johann Sebastian Bach and a Fantasy on Themes from “Carmen.” The quartet began in 1984 when Pollei received a piece of music from a student’s grandmother designed for four pianists. The quartet performed the piece and were so well received that they decided to continue as a group. They have since performed across the world. Shumway is the head of keyboard studies at BYU and is involved in performing groups including the American Piano Duo and the Deseret Piano Trio. Hancock is also a professor of keyboard studies at BYU. He previously taught at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Holden, chair of piano and organ studies at BYU, was educated at the University of Michigan before obtaining his master’s degree from the Juilliard School of Music in 1995. Paul Pollei is a former faculty member at BYU and is the founder of the American Piano Quartet and the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, which sponsors competitions and festivals. Pollei has served as a jury member for many national and international competitions. For more information regarding the performance, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9348. Source: BYU News

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by Brandon Garrett Geralyn Giovannetti, a professor at Brigham Young University’s School of Music, will be performing Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The recital is free. She will be performing four precontemporary works for oboe assisted by Jed Moss on the piano and Christian Smith on the bassoon. An associate director of the School of Music, Giovannetti is a professor of oboe and a member of the faculty 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. Source: BYU News

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