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The Brigham Young University School of Music presents renowned cellist Lynn Harrell in concert with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra Tuesday, Mar. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, and Wednesday, Mar. 18, at 8:00 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City. Tickets for the Mar. 17 performance are $15, with discounts available for seniors, alumni and students, and can be purchased in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone 801.422.2981 or online at byuarts.com. Tickets for the Mar. 18 concert are free and will be available in the Abravanel Hall lobby the evening of the performance. Lynn Harrell is a Grammy Award-winning American classical cellist who has played as a special guest with orchestras in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Harrell received his training at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School before going on to play with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Academy of Music in London and teaching at the USC Thorton School of Music. Harrell currently tours the globe as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor and teacher. Harrell and the Philharmonic Orchestra will perform “Overture to Benvenuto Cellini” from Hector Berlioz, “Don Juan” from Richard Strauss and “Cello Concerto in B Minor” from Antonin Dvorak. The Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Kory Katseanes, plays compositions from all musical periods, focusing on the romantic period but also including 20th- and 21st-century music. Nearly 100 of the university's finest musicians bring these great symphonic works to life. The performance is sponsored by BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts at BYU, the university’s concert series that plays host to many world-renowned guest artists from across the globe. For more information, contact Ken Crossley at 801.422.9348 or ken_crossley@byu.edu. Tickets and Show Details Performance Dates: March 17, 2015 Times: 7:30 p.m. Location: de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $15 (discounts available for students, alumni and seniors) Tickets: Available at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone 801.422.2981 or visit byuarts.com

The New Horizons Orchestra at Provo and Brigham Young University is beginning another season and is seeking new members. The New Horizons Orchestra, founded in 2003, provides music instruction for adults over 40 who are interested in playing the violin, viola, cello or bass. No previous experience is necessary. Lessons and rehearsals are held Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Oak Hills 7th Ward building, 1038 North 1200 East, Provo. Tuition for the program is $110 per semester, not including the costs of instruments, music and related equipment. 'This is a program that is meant for people who always wanted to play a string instrument, but for some reason never did,' said director Andrew Dabczynski. 'Or it's for folks who might have played an instrument throughout their school and even college years, but put it away to have a career or raise a family, and now discover that they have the time and desire to pick it up again.' Dabczynski, a professor of music education at BYU, is assisted by string specialists Kristen L. Hyde and Lindsey Robb. The orchestra also uses undergraduate BYU music education students who act as assistant instructors. The New Horizons Orchestra program welcomes adults over 40, but is specifically aimed at seniors. 'This music instruction really has a great benefit,' said Dabczynski. 'We have found that it helps with people's mental and physical health and has a marvelous effect on members' families. I even know two octogenarians who met and married while performing with New Horizons.' More than 100 New Horizons Bands have been established in the United States, Australia and Canada since that program's inception in 1991. Dabczynski founded the first New Horizons Orchestra in 1997 in Rochester, NY. For more information, contact Andrew Dabczynski at (801) 422-2317 or visit ce.byu.edu/cw/newhorizons. 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

by Brooke Eddington The Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra will present a 'Musical Easter Celebration,' Wednesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $9 for the public, $6 for students and faculty, $7.50 for alumni and seniors.Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, by calling (801) 422-7664 or by visiting performances.byu.edu. The concert will be conducted by Kory Katseanes. Selections will include 'Russian Easter Festival Overture,' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Blue Cathedral,' by Jennifer Higdon and 'Death and Transfiguration,” by Richard Strauss. For more information, contact Kory Katseanes at (801) 422-3331. Source: BYU News

The Provo New Horizons Orchestra, sponsored by Brigham Young University, the Provo Eldred Senior Center and Summerhays Music Center, will begin its third season and has invited new members to join. The orchestra will host special information and observation sessions for prospective members Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 28-29, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The sessions will take place at the Sharon East Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 2400 North 1060 East in Provo just north of the LDS Provo Temple. The New Horizons Orchestra provides music instruction for adults over the age of 40 who are interested in playing an orchestral string instrument, such as violin, viola, cello and bass. No previous experience is necessary. “The New Horizons Orchestra program welcomes adults over 40, but is specifically aimed at seniors,” said Andrew Dabczynski, director of the orchestra. “The experience fortifies and restores intellectual stimulation, and provides opportunities that many adults may have previously relied upon the workplace to provide.” Lessons and rehearsals are held September through May from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Sharon East LDS Stake Center. Tuition for the program costs $95 per semester, not including cost of instruments, music and related equipment. Dabczynski serves as director and primary instructor of the program. He is assisted by Gordon Childs, formerly a professor at the University of Wyoming and orchestra director of the American Fork Symphony, as well as by Brandon Matthews, a BYU graduate student and conductor. For more information, contact Andrew Dabczynki at (801) 422-2317 or BYU Conferences and Workshops at (801) 422-7692, or visit http://ce.byu.edu/cw/newhorizons. Source: BYU News