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The
Center Stage Performing Arts Series at Brigham Young University-Idaho will
include a wide variety of entertainment during the coming season that
begins Sept. 12 with a musical group from Canada’s
Prince Edward Island.
Other
notable performers during the year include country singers Collin Raye and Kathy Mattea,
Australia’s The Ten Tenors, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance from Denver,
the American Brass Quintet, the joint men’s choirs from BYU and
BYU-Idaho, and contemporary pianist Jon Schmidt.
Tickets
generally go on sale three weeks prior to a performance. Season tickets are
still available to community members for $80.
For
tickets and other information, call the BYU-Idaho Ticket Office at
496-2230. A free magazine listing all performing arts events at BYU-Idaho
is available at both the ticket office or the
Rexburg Chamber of Commerce. The ticket office is open weekdays when school
is in session from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (except on Tuesdays when the office
closes at 2 p.m).
Tickets may also be ordered over the Internet at www.byui.edu/tickets.
The
following shows and concerts will be presented this year at 7:30 p.m.:
Barachois, an Acadian quartet from Prince
Edward Island, will open the season Sept. 12 and
13 in the Kirkham Auditorium. They are celebrated
from coast to coast and throughout the world for their originality,
musicality, humor and dance. The four members of Barachois
are multi-instrumentalists, all step dance like mad, and all sing in their mother
tongue, French. Fluently bilingual, they collectively offer up a clever
banter in English by way of explaining the unique charm inherent in their
songs. Tickets are $8 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
Collin
Raye will perform a country music concert
Sept. 18, in an outdoor concert that the stadium. The popular singer
remains a man of passion who is committed to effecting positive change,
provoking thought and making a difference through his music. He’s had
eleven Number One singles, five platinum albums, been winner of the 1999
Gospel Music Association Country Song of the Year, and nominated for
numerous Country Music Association and Academy
of Country Music awards.
Tickets are $20 for the general public and $5 for BYU-Idaho students. Swingset, the faculty jazz ensemble at
BYU-Idaho, performs a repertory of jazz and traditional standards and
originals and is known for its stylistic variety, unique arrangements, and
uplifting concerts. The concert will be Sept. 25 in the Snow Drama Theater.
Swingset maintains a schedule of activities from
major support of the annual BYU-Idaho Jazz Festival to extensive tours such
as their recent itinerary of performances throughout central Italy.
Its CD, “My Favorite Things,” was released in April 2002.
Tickets are $4 for the general public and $1 for BYU-Idaho students.
Scholars
of London, who will perform Oct. 8 and 9 in the Barrus
Concert Hall, is an English foursome that takes audiences on a tour of the
joy of song spanning five centuries and many traditions, from beloved folk
songs such as “Scarborough Fair” to a commissioned work based
on Hopi poetry. From renaissance madrigals and motets to folk songs and
contemporary works, the program entitled “Five Hundred Years of Song”
highlights the Scholars of London’s outrageous stylistic elasticity.
The name “Scholars” is derived from the fact that the original
members of the group all won scholarships to Cambridge
University to sing in the famed
choir of King’s College Chapel. Tickets are $8 for the general public
and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
The
BYU-Idaho Theatre Dept. will open its season with “The Crucible”
that will run Oct. 15-18, 21-25 in the Kirkham
Arena Theatre. This Arthur Miller classic is a gripping drama based on the Salem
witch trials. It focuses on John Proctor and his wife, Elizabeth, and the machinations
of a young servant-girl Abigale, who maliciously
causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. Written during the McCarthy
era in America,
the play dramatizes John Proctor’s need for personal salvation and
his fight against the forces of religious and social prejudges. The
production is directed by J. Omar Hansen. Tickets are $6 for the general
public and $1 for BYU-Idaho students.
The
Ten Tenors, who are immensely popular in Australia
and Europe, are just breaking into the U.S.
market. They will perform October 17 as part of homecoming activities
in the Hart Auditorium. Drawing
from a vast range of musical experience including opera, musical theatre,
jazz and rock, The Ten Tenors have been able to cross the usual cultural
and demographic boundaries imposed on young musicians. They’re fun,
they’re hip, they’re witty and they’re the perfect example
of Australian style – they never take themselves too seriously.
Tickets are $10 and $8 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho
students. A preshow Australian cuisine dinner
will be served at 6 p.m. in the Manwaring Center
for $12 extra.
American
Brass Quintet, which has performed on the world’s major concert
stages, will perform Nov. 13 and 14 in the Barrus
Concert Hall. Their exceptional performances feature repertoire ranging
from their own definitive editions of Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces
to commissioned worked by significant contemporary composers. The quintet
is ensemble-in-residence at The Julliard School and the Aspen Music
Festival. While at BYU-Idaho, they will conduct a three-day residency with
music students. Tickets are $8 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho
students.
Serenata Chamber Strings, which consists of members of the BYU-Idaho
music faculty, will perform Nov. 22 in the Barrus
Concert Hall. Since its creation in 1984, this ensemble has presented more
than 30 different concerts on the Rexburg campus as well as throughout Utah and Idaho. Joined by BYU-Idaho faculty pianist, Stephen
Allen, the ensemble will perform Franz Schubert’s“Trout”
Quintet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass and Piano, as well as other
selections from the intriguing world of string chamber music. Tickets are
$4 for the general public and $1 for BYU-Idaho students.
“Amahl and the Night Visitors” will be
presented by the Music and Theatre departments Dec. 9-13 in the Snow Drama
Theatre. The opera, originally written for NBC television in 1951, takes
place on Christmas Eve and tells the story of the crippled but imaginative
and curious boy, Amahl. He is visited by the
Three Wise Men as they journey to worship and give gifts to the New King,
the Christ child. The young boy’s simple but honest questions elicit
gestures of kindness from them and eventually the gold they were to give to
the Christ child is offered to Amahl and his
impoverished mother. Directed by Roger Merrill, the opera will feature
BYU-Idaho theatrical students, including the BYU-Idaho Chamber Orchestra
and Collegiate Singers. Tickets are $6 for the general public and $1 for
BYU-Idaho students.
“Jazz
Up the Holidays” will feature Ed Calle,
a tenor saxophonist from Miami,
the BYU-Idaho Sound Alliance jazz band and student singers Dec. 12 in the Kirkham Auditorium. Calle has
released a Christmas CD and will arrange other music specifically for the
university students to perform with him. He last performed on campus five
years ago at the annual jazz festival. His playing was electrifying.
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
Tonic
Sol-fa will be featured at the Welcome Back Concert and Dance Jan. 10
in the Hart Auditorium. The contemporary a cappella group has been named
one of the top five “must see” groups in the United
States by Campus Activities Today
Magazine, has won numerous original song and album awards, and was
nominated multiple times for the prestigious “Entertainer of the Year”
award by the National Association of Campus Activities. Tickets are $8 for
the general public and $3 for BYU-Idaho students.
Alexander
String Quartet will perform Jan. 14 and 15 in the Barrus
Concert Hall. Since 1981 the quartet from San
Francisco has performed in the major music
capitals of four continents, securing its standing among the premier
ensembles of its kind. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven
and Bartók, the quartet has also
established itself as an important advocate of new music. The quartet’s
international career was assured in 1985 when it won both first prize and
the audience prize at the London International String Quartet competition.
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
The
Theatre Department will perform “spinning into butter” Jan.
28-31 and Feb. 3-7 in the Kirkham Arena Theatre.
When one of the few African-American students at a small liberal-arts
campus in Vermont receives
hate mail, a campus controversy erupts. At the center of the problem is the
dean of students Sarah Daniels. Her self-examination of racial tolerance
leads to surprising discoveries and painful insights – the
consequences of which even she cannot predict. This BYU-Idaho theatrical
production is directed by Hyrum Conrad. Tickets are $6 for the general
public and $1 for BYU-Idaho students.
Cleo
Parker Robinson Dance from Denver
will dance Jan. 29-30 in the Kirkham Auditorium.
The dance company began as a grassroots organization in 1970 and developed
into one of the great dance companies in the United
States. Founded with the belief that the
language of dance transcends the boundaries of culture, class and age, the
group is committed to bringing dance into the lives of many diverse people.
The predominately African-American dance ensemble comes from a rich
tradition and the dancers honor that tradition through preserving their
heritage, providing role models for youth, and ensuring that the arts are
carried on by those who come after. Tickets are $8 for the general public
and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
Kathy
Mattea, who was named Country Music
Association’s top female vocalist in 1989 and 1990, will perform in
the Hart Auditorium Feb. 7. She has scored 16 Top 10 hits during her
career, including two Grammy awards. From leaving her native West
Virginia for Nashville
at 19, through the musical journey to her new album, “Roses,”
she has followed a path of discovery that has never led her astray. “I’ve
always thought that if I can learn to listen to my heart and make music
from there, everything else will take care of itself,” she says.
Tickets are $12 and $10 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho
students.
Felix
Hell, who is only 18 years old, has already achieved great recognition
in the world of organ and piano performance. The German native has won many
first-place prizes for his playing and already studied at the Julliard
School and The Curtis Institute
of Music. Now living in the United States,
he has performed more than 300 solo recitals around the world. Felix will
perform Feb. 21 on the newly refurbished 65-rank Ruffatti
organ in the Barrus Concert Hall. Tickets are $8
for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
The
Marvin Stamm Quartet will be featured at
the sixth annual BYU-Idaho Jazz Festival March 6 in the Hart Auditorium.
The quartet includes Marvin Stamm on trumpet,
Bill Mays on piano, Rufus Reid on bass and Ed Soph
on drums. Jazz Improv magazine writes: “If
truth is what jazz is all about, I think it is essential that we include
Marvin Stamm whenever there is discussion of
today’s leading jazz trumpet players.” Tickets are $8 and $6
for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
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The
Idaho Falls Symphony will perform March 10 in the Barrus Concert Hall. The symphony will present a
program with works by Rossini, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mozart. Featured
soloist for the concert will be Rick Hansen of Rexburg, an accomplished
violinist who also directs the Madison
School District orchestra
program. The symphony, which was formed in 1949, is directed by Dr. George
Adams. Over the years this fine volunteer orchestra has brought the finest
in symphonic music to Idaho Falls
and the eastern Idaho area.
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $2 for BYU-Idaho students.
Tellers
and Troubadours is a BYU-Idaho theatre troupe dedicated to presenting
on stage stories, folktales, myths, legends, literature and history that
have important meaning in our lives. This year the troupe will present a
night of magic, folktales, folk songs and storytelling that reminds us all of the child in us all. Directed by J. Omar Hansen,
the group will perform March 17-20 and 23-27 in the Kirkham
Arena Theater. Tickets are $6 for the general public and $1 for BYU-Idaho
students.
The
combined Men’s Choirs of BYU and BYU-Idaho will present the
Mothers’ Weekend Concert March 20 at both 3 and 7:30 p.m. in the Hart Auditorium. The 230-voice BYU
Men’s Chorus directed by Rosalind Hall and the 110-voice BYU-Idaho
Men’s Choir directed by Randall Kempton are sure to be a highlight of
a busy weekend. The choirs will perform a multi-faceted program of
classical pieces, hymns, spirituals and popular arrangements. As a result
of hours of dedicated rehearsal and a powerful style all
their own, the choirs enjoy great popularity on their respective
campuses. Tickets are $10 and $8 for the general public and $2 by BYU-Idaho
students.
“Into
The Woods” will be performed April 8-10 and 13-17 in the Snow
Drama Theatre. A bewitching crew of classic fairy tale characters romp
through a “happily ever after” kingdom in James Lapine’s and Stephen Sondheim’s musical
fairy tale “Into The Woods.” Interweaving a hilarious mix of
Cinderella, Little Red Riding hood, The Baker’s Wife, Jack and the
Beanstalk and Rapunzel (with cameo appearances by
Sleeping Beauty and Snow White) in a multi-layered plot that ends happily
in Act One, the musical then explores “happily ever after” in
Act Two as previous actions come home to roost – with a vengeance.
With wit, melody and sentiment, Into The Woods celebrates choices,
companionship and the magical company of special characters, as appealing
to adults as to children. This BYU-Idaho theatrical production is directed
by John Bidwell. Tickets are $6 for the general
public and $1 for BYU-Idaho students.
Jon
Schmidt will be the featured guest artist at the annual Big Band Cabaret
April 16 and 17 in the Hart Auditorium. The third annual “community
cabaret” will be held Friday and the “student cabaret”
will follow on Saturday. After dinner, a one-hour show will be presented by
piano entertainer Jon Schmidt, who consistently performs to sold-out
audiences throughout the West. Schmidt will be followed by dancing to
popular big band music provided by the BYU-Idaho jazz band, Sound Alliance,
until 11:30. Tickets are $30 for
the Friday buffet, concert and dance or $10 for the concert and dance only.
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