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ILLUSTRATION STUDENT CREDITS PROGRAM FOR SUCCESS

November 26, 2014 12:00 AM
A BYU illustration student’s work is helping to showcase the program as one that challenges, strengthens, and provides students with a context that allows them to develop a personal voice. Miranda Meeks credits her soon-to-be alma mater as the springboard for her recent success. Since coming to BYU, she has worked with clients like Popshot Magazine, Spirituality & Heath Magazine, Diesel Apparel and Issimo Productions. “The art program here at BYU is so inspiring! It gives us more to work with than what traditional art schools offer because of the interactions with other majors and programs,” Meeks said. “The spiritual aspect of the school has also helped me view my art differently.” Meeks’ art has been featured and honored in a number of different exhibitions over the past two years. In fall 2014 she participated in Light Grey Art Lab’s Skate or Die exhibition in Minneapolis, MN. At the same time, two of her works were included in Gauntlet Gallery's Digital Renaissance exhibit, and another piece featured in a front-page linked article on ConceptArtWorld.com in April 2014. In 2013 her piece, The Gardener was selected by a panel to be printed in American Illustration 32, a national competition selecting only 369 of 8,742 entries to be included in the hardcover annual published worldwide, with winning works also appearing on The Archive at ai-ap.com. When asked how she balances school, work and being a mom, Meeks encouraged persistence. “It gets hard trying to balance work and life, but if you just keep working at it things will pick up,” Meeks said. “For me, it helps not trying to be all things at the same time. When I’m working, that’s what I’m doing. When my girl’s awake, then I’m being a mom.” Meeks’ work contains soft and detailed drawings, beautiful images, and subjects of mystery, growth, and transformation. Owing much of her inspiration to the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, she hopes that others will be able to recognize the beauty behind mystery. After graduation Meeks plans to continue her career as an illustrator, in addition to being a wife and mother.
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BYU Synthesis performance featuring Contemporary Dance Theatre

November 21, 2014 12:00 AM
Big band jazz takes center stage with special guest BYU Contemporary Dance Theatre on November 21. Note: the Essential Ellington Jazz Festival will no longer take place this weekend. Synthesis will still perform as scheduled on Friday, Nov. 21; the performance on Nov. 22 has been cancelled.
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Utah Symphony Features Japanese Violinist Fumiaki Miura

November 20, 2014 12:00 AM
Utah’s professional orchestra, conducted by Thierry Fischer, presents a program of European classics by celebrated Czech composer AntonÁn DvoŠ™Á¡k and French composer Camille Saint-SaÁ«ns, the latter featuring rising star Japanese musician Fumiaki Miura on the violin. Tonight's performance begins tonight November 20, at 7:30 in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.
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Dean Search on for College of Fine Arts and Communications

November 20, 2014 12:00 AM
In a recent letter to faculty, staff and administrators, Academic Vice-President Brent Webb announced the end of Dr. Stephen M. Jones' tenure and launched the search for a new dean:
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BYU Faculty Center Lecture: Illustration Professor Robert Barrett

November 19, 2014 12:00 AM
November 19, 2014 4:00 PM
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New Chairs Announced for Departments of Design and Art

November 17, 2014 12:00 AM
The Board of Trustees approved a change in the Visual Arts Department that includes the art history faculty moving to the College of Humanities and the remaining faculty and staff in the department being split into the Art Department and the Design Department.
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BYU Philharmonic Praised in National Publication

November 17, 2014 12:00 AM
The BYU Philharmonic Orchestra received overwhelmingly positive reviews in Fanfare magazine for their recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. Fanfare is a national, bimonthly publication that reviews contemporary recordings of classical music. The quality of music from the BYU Philharmonic was not only compared to the work of other collegiate level orchestras, but also to professional orchestras in the United States and in Europe. As the university’s flagship orchestra, the School of Music faculty and students are appreciative of and excited for these kinds of reviews. Robert Markow, a writer for Fanfare, praised the orchestra on several levels. “After learning it was the flagship orchestra at Brigham Young University’s School of Music in Provo, Utah, I was prepared to dismiss it as no more than a vanity exercise,” wrote Markow, who reviewed the BYU Philharmonic’s recording of Mahler Symphony No. 3. “That would have been a grave mistake... What a revelation!” Kory Katseanes, Director of the School of Music, conducts the BYU Philharmonic orchestra. He said he is grateful for the praise, but he feels that credit needs to be given to the members of the orchestra. “These gratifying reviews are a reflection of their hard work and their capacity,” Katseanes said. “When we get praise as glowing as this, I think of these students and how grateful I am that they rose to this level.” Reviewers also shined the spotlight on a few individual students. Spencer Park, one of the orchestra’s principal horn players, and Ali Atkinson, a trumpet player, were both singled out by reviewers. One reviewer said that Park has “a glorious sound, perfect intonation, clean articulation,” and that “he could easily step into a first-horn position in any major orchestra tomorrow.” “I’m really happy that the BYU School of Music is being recognized nationally as a top-notch music school,” Park said. “With the help of these reviews, hopefully we can get more national attention, which I think we deserve.” Atkinson said that this recording of the Mahler symphony is a testimony to the talent and hard work the members of the orchestra put into their musical efforts. “We all expect so much of each other,” Atkinson said. “We keep each other accountable to high expectations, because where we’re headed is incredible.” The orchestra’s next concert is November 19 in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center. Tickets are available at arts.byu.edu. To purchase the BYU Philharmonic’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, click here. See the BYU Philharmonic at the Salt Flats, produced by the Laycock Center for Creative Collaboration:
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Frozen co-director encourages BYU animators to provide hope

November 13, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU animation students learned firsthand from the director of the highest grossing animated movie of all time in a lecture on campus.
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MEN’S CHORUS & WOMEN’S CHORUS PERFORM NOVEMBER 7 & 8

November 08, 2014 12:00 AM
SOLD OUT! The Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus tickets are sold out, but you can still see their performances streamed live at liveconcerts.byu.edu. These two groups are versatile singers who perform a diverse repertoire extending from medieval and renaissance works to masterpieces of our own time.
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MDT STUDENTS: PREPARING FOR THE US PREMIERE OF THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

November 08, 2014 12:00 AM
To prepare for her role as Mercedes in the production, BYU student Shae Robins spent time with Frank Wildhorn and the show’s musical director Gayle Lockwood this August prior to the start of rehearsals. This summer in New York, Tony Award-winning composer Frank Wildhorn sat in his apartment with Shae Robins, a BYU Music Dance Theatre
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Contemporary Art Lecture: Jonathan Furmanski

November 06, 2014 12:00 AM
Jonathan Furmanski, Audio/Video Conservator at the Getty Research Institute, will address us as part of the MOA’s fall Contemporary Art Lecture Series, featuring talks by artists and professionals from all over the world, film screenings, and speaker panels.
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PLC Get Front-row Seat to BYU's Achievements

November 04, 2014 12:00 AM
Students and faculty of the College of Fine Arts and Communications’ Department of Communications took the lead October 24 at a presentation in the Hinckley Center for the President’s Leadership Council (PLC), a group of donors who match student, employee and alumni donations.
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Upcoming Events

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Arts & Entertainment

Microburst New Play Festival

7:30 PM
Thursday, October 23
Fresh, fearless, and full of possibility—join us for an electrifying showcase of the best new short plays written by BYU Theatre’s top playwriting students.
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Great Expectations

7:30 PM
Thursday, October 23
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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Microburst New Play Festival

7:30 PM
Friday, October 24
Fresh, fearless, and full of possibility—join us for an electrifying showcase of the best new short plays written by BYU Theatre’s top playwriting students.
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Great Expectations

7:30 PM
Friday, October 24
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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Spanish Night with Pablo Sáinz-Villegas & Friends

7:30 PM
Friday, October 24
Returning to BRAVO! after a sold-out solo recital, internationally renowned Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas invites audiences on a musical journey through Spain to explore its incredibly rich and diverse culture.
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Microburst New Play Festival (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, October 25
Fresh, fearless, and full of possibility—join us for an electrifying showcase of the best new short plays written by BYU Theatre’s top playwriting students.
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Great Expectations (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, October 25
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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Microburst New Play Festival

7:30 PM
Saturday, October 25
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Great Expectations

7:30 PM
Saturday, October 25
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FHE Tour

7:15 PM - 7:45 PM
Monday, October 27
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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Great Expectations

7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 28
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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Jazz Combo Showcase

7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 28
The BYU jazz combos will perform a wide variety of music, from swing to fusion, funk to Latin, and much more!
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