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The Making of a Musical with CFAC Alum Joseph Phillips

July 30, 2025 03:40 PM
CFAC Alum Joseph Phillips Reflects Upon His Experience Bringing His Original Musical to the Stage at BYU and Beyond
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What We Walk Past: Madeline Rupard’s Portraits of Faith

July 30, 2025 02:09 PM
BYU Professor Madeline Rupard’s Latest Painting Examines the Everyday Spaces Where Latter-day Saints Worship
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Saints, Evangelists and Prodigals: Why The Chosen Is So Popular

July 30, 2025 01:30 PM
BYU Communications Research Reveals How a Hit Series Shapes Faith and Identity
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The College of Fine Arts and Communications Honors Retirees for 2024–2025

July 29, 2025 03:39 PM
Five Faculty and Staff Members from the College of Fine Arts and Communications Retired This Past Year
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Living Legends' Tour in North America Honors Heritage, Inspires Healing and Fosters Hope

July 29, 2025 03:33 PM
Traveling Across Canada and Visiting a Residential School Helps Three BYU Living Legends Dancers Connect With God and Their Culture
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Creativity, Hard Work and Fun: The Perfect Recipe for ‘The Most Boring Cake’

July 23, 2025 01:40 PM
Illustration Student Mikayla Baird’s Very Un-Boring Journey in Writing and Illustrating a Children’s Book
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CDT♥️NYC: BYU Dancers in the City That Never Sleeps

July 23, 2025 01:19 PM
BYU Contemporary Dance Theatre Company Members Travel to New York City for Dance Intensive Experiences and Professional Networking
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Recent Music Grad’s Intensive and Immersive Experience in Maine

July 21, 2025 01:57 PM
Recent Graduate Elizabeth Thorup Reflects on her Experience Studying Viola at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine
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Music Symposium Addresses Children's Mental Health Crisis From New Angle

July 21, 2025 01:35 PM
BYU Alum Shelle Soelberg Hosts “Let Them Play” Symposium to Inspire and Encourage Young Musicians
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How This BYU Grad Balances Being a Mom and a Creator at Pixar

July 21, 2025 01:28 PM
From BYU’s Animation Labs to Pixar’s Creative Teams, Stacey Truman Shares Her Experience
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BYU Graduate Lily Shimbashi Was Born to Love Sports — and Wants Other Women to Feel The Same

July 18, 2025 04:23 PM
From BYU Student to Startup Founder, She’s Changing How Women Engage With Sports
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Seeing Sound, Tasting Words: One Artist’s Journey with Synesthesia

July 16, 2025 02:52 PM
Samantha Winward’s Capstone Exhibit Combines 3D Design and Personal Storytelling to Shed Light on the Science — and Wonder — of Synesthesia
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Upcoming Events

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FHE Tour

7:15 PM - 7:45 PM
Monday, October 13
Join us Mondays at 7:15 for a special FHE tour or to explore on your own with your family or FHE group.
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Arts & Entertainment

BYU Symphonic Band: Of Winds and Fall

7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 14
Join the BYU Symphonic Band as they perform some of the pillars of the wind band repertoire, including Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-flat and other favorites.
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OcTUBAfest

7:30 PM
Thursday, October 16
BYU’s annual two-day tuba festival features students and faculty performing classical favorites as well as arrangements of popular songs, film scores, and folk tunes.
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BYU Symphony Orchestra "Of Stage and Screen"

7:30 PM
Thursday, October 16
BYU's Symphony Orchestra performs time-tested classics from the orchestral repertoire as well as more contemporary art music.
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Portraits in 'The Sense of Beauty' with Temma Balducci

2:00 PM
Friday, October 17
Join Dr. Temma Balducci for a themed tour of 'The Sense of Beauty'!
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Aba Diop & the Yermande Family

7:30 PM
Friday, October 17
Senegalese percussionist Aba Diop comes from over a thousand years of unbroken griot lineage: the prestigious and hereditary wisdom-holders, historians, poets, and healers of their culture.
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Great Expectations

7:30 PM
Friday, October 17
An exceptional ensemble of just eight actors brings Charles Dickens’s beloved epic to life in a brilliant adaptation of yearning, regret, and redemption.
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OcTUBAfest

7:30 PM
Friday, October 17
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Open Studio – Subject Staging

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, October 18
Open studio is our art-making event for all ages, with new activities each month!
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Music at the MOA: The Bach Project

12:30 PM
Saturday, October 18
Join us for a celebration of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring 31 violin soloists performing a number of works.
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Great Expectations (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, October 18
An exceptional ensemble of just eight actors brings Charles Dickens’s beloved epic to life in a brilliant adaptation of yearning, regret, and redemption.
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Great Expectations

7:30 PM
Saturday, October 18
An exceptional ensemble of just eight actors brings Charles Dickens’s beloved epic to life in a brilliant adaptation of yearning, regret, and redemption.
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