BYU Fine Arts Calendar for April 2006
At the BYU Museum of Art:
“Tapestries: The Great 20th Century Modernists,” will be on view from April 21 through July 24 and will reveal the beauty and splendor of one of the most celebrated art forms of the past through the designs of the great modernists of the 20th century. The exhibition will feature 19 woven designs by Lurçat, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Jean Arp, Fernand Léger, Le Corbusier, Henri Matisse, Vassily Kandinsky, Victor Vasarely, Georges Braque and Marc Chagall.
The Museum of Art offers a Monday night program centered on the signature work in its collection. This 40-minute program, titled “The Healing Hand: A Family Presentation on Carl Bloch’s ‘Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda,’” will be held the first Monday evening of each month at 7 and 8 p.m.
The exhibit “Nostalgia and Technology: Embracing the ‘New’ through Art and Design” will continue through May 13. The exhibition explores the role of art as a mediator in society’s acceptance and use of new technologies in the home.
The exhibit “Juan Rulfo’s Mexico: Photographs of Heritage and Identity” will continue through May 29. As a Latin American author and photographer of the 20th century, Rulfo captured a Mexican landscape and a people marked by violence and poverty. The photography exhibit explores the cultural identity of the Hispanic people and illustrates their common heritage.
A new exhibition of the museum’s permanent collection, “American Dreams: Selected Works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection of American Art,” replaced “150 Years of American Painting,” which had been on view for 11 years. The exhibition will include prints, sculpture and photography, as well as painting. “American Dreams” will be divided into three thematic sections: “The Dream of Eden,” “American Aspirations” and “Envisioning America.”
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information on exhibits and museum programs, call (801) 422-ARTS.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, April 4
The BYU Honors Woodwind Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Karl G. Maeser Building auditorium. Admission is free.
The BYU University Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.
Wednesday, April 5
The BYU Flute Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Brigham Young University’s Synthesis jazz ensemble, directed by Ray Smith, will perform swinging jazz tunes at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $9 or $6 with BYU or student ID. For tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit performances.byu.edu.
Thursday, April 6
The BYU Jazz Combo will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Friday, April 7
The BYU Honors String Quartet will present a concert at 4:30 p.m. in the Museum of Art. Admission is free.
BYU’s Panoramic Steel and the Percussion Ensemble, directed by Ron Brough from the School of Music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. For tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit performances.byu.edu.
Brigham Young University’s Men’s Chorus, conducted by Rosalind Hall, will perform its final concert of the school year Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $9 or $6 with BYU or student ID. To purchase tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322, or visit performances.byu.edu.
Friday and Saturday, April 7-8
BYU’s Ballroom Dance Company will “Capture the Magic” Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center, with a matinee performance Saturday, April 8, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for evening performances and $7 for the matinee. To purchase tickets, call (801) 422-BYU1.
Saturday, April 8
The Brigham Young University School of Music presents Monte Belknap, accompanied by Barbara Allen on the piano, in a faculty violin recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Tuesday, April 11
The BYU Jazz Lab Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
BYU’s University Strings, conducted by Brandon Matthews, and University Orchestra, conducted by Kayson Brown, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Wednesday, April 12
The BYU Honors Brass Quintet will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
The Brigham Young University School of Music’s Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will perform a combined concert at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are available through the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or online at performances.byu.edu for $9 or $6 with BYU or student ID.
The Brigham Young University School of Music presents a faculty recital with Jaren Hinckley on the clarinet and mezzo-soprano Ruth Christensen at 5:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Thursday, April 13
BYU Jazz Voices and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Kelly Eisenhour, will perform swing favorites at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Friday, April 14
The Brigham Young University Combined Choirs and Orchestra will present a spring concert Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $9 or $6 with BYU or student ID. For tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit performances.byu.edu.
Saturday, April 15
Piano students of BYU faculty member Scott Holden will present a piano studio recital at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free
Tuesday, April 18
BYU’s University Chorale, conducted by Paul Broomhead, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Writer: Angela Fischer
