Brigham Young University’s School of Music will present its Symphony Orchestra in a concert Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Tonight at 6:00 p.m. the HBLL film series will play the documentary “I Am Not My Body” which was produced last year by Professor Robert Walz and his Communications 486 class.

BYU’s Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus held a giant chalk war to celebrate their upcoming concert. The concert will be held on November 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Founded and directed by former King’s Singers member Nigel Short

The Brigham Young University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America won the Outstanding Newsletter Teahan Award during the recent PRSSA national conference in San Francisco.

The Symphonic Band at Brigham Young University, conducted by Kirt Saville, will be present “Music in Motion” Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Scott Holden, a Juilliard School of Music alumnus and faculty artist at Brigham Young University, will present a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free. He will begin with a piece by Schumann and then move on to the Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI: 20, L. 33 by Hayden followed by Etudes Tableaux Op. 39 by Rachmaninoff. He will then play “Musings..and a Waltz” by BYU faculty member Laurence Lowe and excepts from the Parisian Suite and Surrealist Suite by Vernon Duke. He will conclude the evening with “Evening Lit by the Burning Coals” and “Gardens in the Rain” by Debussy and Chorale et Variations by Dutilleux. Holden continues an active career as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He holds music degrees from the University of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the Horowitz Prize. In addition to his American studies, he also spent a year studying and performing in Budapest at the Liszt Academy where he was a Fulbright scholar. His 1996 Carnegie Hall debut recital was a result of winning first prize in the 1996 Leschetizky International Piano Competition. It received high critical praise in the New York Concert Review. He has performed at venues in Michigan, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Vermont, Texas, Idaho and Utah, as well as Mexico and Germany. He has taught courses at the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music and is also a member of BYU’s American Piano Quartet. For more information, contact Scott Holden at (801) 422-7713. Source: BYU News

The Brigham Young University School of Music and Barlow Endowment will present a special Halloween concert, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” based on Edgar Alan Poe’s masterpiece composed by faculty artist Christian Asplund Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Recent alumna and violinist Aubrey Woods auditioned for and won the concertmaster position with Ballet West.

Brigham Young University’s Deseret Piano Trio will perform a recital Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.

BYU Broadcasting recently returned from the Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy® Awards ceremony in Phoenix after capturing 11 Emmy Awards from 19 nominations.

Beginning this Saturday (Oct. 20), the Brigham Young University School of Music will offer its second annual Family Music Series featuring four concerts designed for families with young children to enjoy music together.