The finest woodwind, brass and percussion players at Brigham Young University will perform during the Wind Symphony winter concert Friday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $10, with $4 off for students and $1 off for senior citizens or BYU alumni at byuarts.com/tickets or (801) 422-4322. Under the direction of Donald Peterson, the 50-student ensemble will perform nine major works, including the Trumpet Concerto by Henri Tomasi, the Concert Etude by Alexander Goedicke and 'In Memoriam' by Johan Halvorsen. Additionally, the band will play arrangements of popular scores from soundtracks like John Williams' 'Cowboys' (a John Wayne western) and Bernard Herrmann's 'North by Northwest' (the classic Hitchcock-thriller featuring Carey Grant). The premier performance of the evening will be 'Air,' an original composition by BYU alumnus Benjamin Taylor. For two of the pieces, trumpeter Andrew Allphin, also a BYU alumnus, will be a soloist. Since 2004, Allphin has been a member of the U.S. Army Band 'Pershing's Own' in Washington, D.C., the premiere ensemble of the military. The BYU Wind Symphony has an active concert season. In recent years, the symphony has performed in the British Isles, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, mainland China, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, the Baltic States and Russia, as well as throughout the northwestern United States and Canada. New Zealand's Northeastern Telegraph newspaper called the symphony's performance '...the most memorable musical occasion for many a day. The faultless precision and control of the players ... almost made one gasp with incredulous wonder.' For more information about this concert, contact Donald Peterson, director of bands, at (801) 422-7275 or donald_peterson@byu.edu, or visit byuarts.com. To learn more about BYU's Wind Symphony, visit http://bands.byu.edu/ensembles/wind_symphony.html. Source: BYU News

Popular male vocal group Chanticleer, known around the world as 'an orchestra of voices,' will be performing in a concert at Brigham Young University Tuesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

The School of Music at Brigham Young University will present the New York Piano Trio in a free piano recital Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The program will feature new works for piano by American composers, funded in part by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition and the Laycock Center for Creative Collaboration in the Arts at BYU.

Brigham Young University's Symphony Orchestra will appear in concert Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are on sale at byuarts.com/tickets or at (801) 422-4322 for $6.

An opportunity to hear all four auditioned Brigham Young University choirs — the BYU Singers, the Concert Choir, the Men's Chorus and the Women's Chorus — will be available at the Combined Choirs Concert Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

A student ensemble from the Brigham Young University School of Music will present 'Opera Scenes,' an evening of dramatic Italian and French opera pieces, Friday, Feb. 18, through Saturday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

Tickets are on sale for $6 for Brigham Young University's Symphonic Band concert Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Visit byuarts.com/tickets or call (801) 422-4322 to purchase.

Brigham Young University's Polynesian, Latin and Native American performance ensemble Living Legends will be performing its 'Seasons' concert Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18—19, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

For book to accompany upcoming exhibit on the Weir Family

Broadway is coming to Brigham Young University with the Music/Dance/Theatre program's annual showcase featuring classic and contemporary stage songs Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18 and 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pardoe Theatre. A matinée performance will also be held Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m.

Move over, Ringling Brothers, the Finnish contemporary circus Circo Aereo is coming to Brigham Young University's de Jong Concert Hall Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Will premiere 'Force of the Mind' by BYU composition professor Steven Ricks