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Barlow Endowment Awards More Than $80,000 to Composers Selected for 2017 Commissions

August 22, 2016
The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University proudly announces recipients of its Barlow Prize, General and LDS 2017 commissions.

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Leslie Odom Jr. Replaces Kristin Chenoweth for BRAVO! Season Opener

July 26, 2016
Performance date and time: Saturday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. (Friday, Sept. 2, is sold out) Ticket prices: $40-75 Available at byutickets.com The Brigham Young University 2016-17 BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series opens Sept. 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m., with two special performances from Leslie Odom Jr., Tony Award-winning star of the hit musical Hamilton. Odom makes his Utah concert debut—backed by a live band on a program of smooth jazz and classics from the American songbook—in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Odom was originally scheduled to perform only one night, but tickets immediately sold out for Friday’s performance. Tickets for the Saturday night performance are on sale now.
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Gladys Knight to Headline BYU Spectacular!

July 05, 2016
Legendary soul and R&B star Gladys Knight will perform during BYU Spectacular! on Sat., Oct. 15. The live concert will be held in the Marriott Center, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., for BYU’s Homecoming Week celebrations.

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BYU Theatre to Produce U.S. Stage Premiere of Academy Award-Winning Film Chariots of Fire in March 2017

June 17, 2016
In March 2017, the true-to-the-faith stories of British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams will be rekindled in a live stage production of Chariots of Fire as part of the BYU Arts theatre season. 

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BYU stages new opera, “The Lost Children of Hamelin”

June 05, 2016
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BYU Arts' staging of “Charlotte’s Web” tells story of friendship and sacrifice

May 11, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Dates: May 26–28, June 2–4 and 8–10 Times: 7 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on May 28, June 2, 4, 10 and 11 Location: Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $6-12 (discounts for senior citizens, BYU students, groups and alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone at 801-422-2981 or online at byuarts.com BYU Arts presents a heartfelt adaptation of the family drama, Charlotte’s Web, a story of a pig and a spider, of growing up, of finding a place in the world and, ultimately, a story of facing the challenges of life through friendship and sacrifice that has inspired generations.
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The BYU Jazz Legacy Band Make New Orleans Debut and Presents Free Concert

May 09, 2016
Before heading to perform in the city known as the 'big easy,' the BYU Jazz Legacy Band will present a free concert of New Orleans-style jazz on Thursday, May 12, at 7:30 pm in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.

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BYU Arts announces ‘16-‘17 theatre season

May 04, 2016
Writer: Riley OliphantSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious! The Brigham Young University Department of Theatre and Media Arts explores a variety of styles, genres and stories in a dynamic new season of gripping dramas, classic comedies, theatre for young audiences and a beloved, high-flying musical for all to enjoy.
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Kristin Chenoweth, Lea Salonga, Branford Marsalis headline BYU's BRAVO! '16-'17 Professional Performing Arts Season

May 01, 2016
Writer: Riley OliphantTony Award-winning actors, Grammy Award-winning musicians, and celebrated dancers and theatre-makers from ten different countries will come to Provo next season for an unparalleled program of world-class performances. From Broadway legends to chamber music masters and time-honored dance to thrilling circus—there are many treasures to discover during the new season of professional performing arts at BYU.
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The BYU YoungDance Makers Presents “An Evening of Dance”

April 18, 2016
The BYU Young DanceMakers, the performing company of Brigham Young University’s Children and Teens’ Creative Dance Program present Dancepedia: Words That Move Us.

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BYU Ballroom Dance Company’s presents “Swing ‘n’ Sway,” April 8-9

April 04, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Dates: April 8-9, 2016 Times: 7:30 p.m. (with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 9) Location: Marriott Center Price: $16 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 Brigham Young University Department of Dance presents the annual “Ballroom in Concert” with the BYU Ballroom Dance Company on Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, at 7:30 p.m., in the Marriott Center with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.
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BYU’s Symphonic Band presents “Light The Fuse!” Mar. 29

March 24, 2016
Writer: Riley OliphantTickets and Show Details
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BYU stages 'Mother Courage and Her Children'

March 09, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Dates: March 17-19, 22-25, 28 and April 1 Times: 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees on March 19 and 26 Location: Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $14 (with discounts for senior citizens, BYU students, employees and alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone at 801-422-2981 or online at byuarts.com The BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts will present the epic, anti-war drama, Mother Courage and Her Children in the Pardoe Theater of the Harris Fine Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m., on March 17-19, 22-25, 28 and April 1, with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees on March 19 and 26. An ASL performance will be presented on Thursday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m.
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Wu Man performs at BYU, Mar. 17

March 08, 2016
Writer: Riley OliphantPerformance Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016
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BYU Arts play explores the intersection of the hearing and deaf world

February 29, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Dates: March 10–12, 16–19 and 22–25 Times: 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday March 19 and 26 Location: Margetts Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $8-14 (discounts for senior citizens, BYU students, groups and alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone at 801-422-2981 or online at byuarts.com There was one important characteristic Director Julia Ashworth was looking for in the student actor playing the lead role in BYU Arts' newest production, The Taste of Sunrise. He needed to be deaf.
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BYU Philharmonic to preform an Evening of Concertos, Mar. 9

February 24, 2016
The BYU School of Music will present student soloists joining the BYU Philharmonic in concert on Mar. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.

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Complexions Contemporary Ballet performs at BYU, Mar. 4

February 22, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Date: Friday, Mar. 4, 2016 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $20-30 (discounts for senior citizens, BYU students, groups and alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone at 801-422-2981 or online at byuarts.com BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts series presents Complexions Contemporary Ballet on Thursday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.
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Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band performs “Jazz for Kids,” Mar. 5

February 22, 2016
Writer: Riley OliphantPerformance Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
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