Organist Mark Bell will offer a free recital at 8 this evening at Zion Lutheran Church, 1070 S. Foothill Dr. Included on his program will be organ music of Bach, Buxtehude, Hesley Willan and Helmut Walcha.
- UTAH SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER Ralph Matson will present a solo recital this evening at 8 at Congregation Kol Ami, 2425 E. Heritage Way. Accompanied by pianist Jonathan Purvin, he will be heard in Mozart's Sonata in B flat major, K. 454, Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata, the Schoenberg Fantasy and Stravinsky's Duo Concertant.Admission is $7 at the door; for reservations call 484-1501.
- BAND MUSIC OF HINDEMITH, Morton Gould and Robert Russell Bennett will be featured when the "Weber State Symphonic Band Honors America" Tuesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Weber State College's Browning Center for the Performing Arts.
Guest conductor for the program will be Nevada music educator Harold Boyce, formerly of Cedar City, currently conductor of the Sunset Symphony Orchestra in Las Vegas. He will lead the band in Hindemith's Symphony in B flat, Gould's "Jerico," Bennett's Suite of Old American Dances as well as John Cage's "Third Construction" and a selection of Sousa marches. Tickets are available at the Dee Events Center, 626-8500.
- THE AWARD-WINNING University of Utah Percussion and Marimba Ensembles will perform Wednesday, May 16, at 8 p.m. in Room 200 of Gardner Hall on the U. campus. Under director Douglas J. Wolf the groups will be heard in music of Chuck Mangione, Spyro Gyra and Steps Ahead, among others. Tickets, at $3 ($2 students), will be available at the door.
Last December the Percussion Ensemble performed at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and recently performed with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company at the Capitol Theatre.
- BALLET REPERTORY ENSEMBLE of the College of Eastern Utah will present spring concerts on Thursday-Saturday, May 17-19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Geary Theater on the Price campus.
The May 17 and 19 program, "Classical Celebration," will feature "Graduation Ball," excerpts from "Paquita," and "Serenade" by Balanchine, also original choreography by artistic director Carolyn Gwyther. Friday's program, "Contemporary Concepts," will include modern ballet, jazz and modern dance, with portions of Paul Taylor and Robert Joffrey dances, last year's "River" and Gwyther's "Lumen."
The Ballet Repertory Ensemble consists of 22 dancers and three apprentices from the school and town. Tickets are $3, available at the door.
- PERFORMING DANCE COMPANY, made up of scholarship students from the University of Utah, will complete its spring concert performances Thursday-Saturday, May 17-19, at 8 p.m. in the Hayes/Christensen Theatre, Marriott Center for Dance. Admission is $6, or $3.50 for students.
The program, dedicated to the late Tim Wengerd, includes Paul Taylor's "Esplanade," "Opera Nuova" by Mitchell Rose, "Madam X" and "Banners of Freedom" by Shirley Ririe, and "Secret Passage" by artistic director Ford Evans.
- MUSIC DIRECTOR JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN will lead members of the Utah Symphony in an "all-request program" of chamber works this week, first Thursday, May 17, in Utah State University's Chase Fine Arts Center in Logan, then Saturday, May 19, in Symphony Hall. Starting time for each is 8 p.m.
Included will be Mozart's Serenade in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and Barber's Adagio for Strings. Silverstein himself will perform as violin soloist in the Vivaldi.
Tickets to the USU concert are $11 ($6 youth, $2.50 students), available at the USU Ticket Office. Tickets to the Saturday concert are $12 for reserved seats or $8 non-reserved, available at Symphony Hall; for information call 533-NOTE.
- GUEST CONDUCTOR WILFRED SCHWARTZ will lead the Salt Lake Symphony in a pair of concerts Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Temple Square Assembly Hall.
A graduate of New York's Juilliard School of Music, Schwartz is music director of the Fort Collins, Colo., Symphony Orchestra, which he founded in 1950. He is also director of the Colorado State University Orchestra and has appeared as violin soloist with the Denver Symphony and Mexico City Philharmonic.
He will conduct the Salt Lake Symphony in four works, the overture to Wolf-Ferrari's "The Secret of Suzanne," Mozart's D major Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, the Stravinsky Divertimento and Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 (the "Romantic" Symphony). Soloist in the Mozart will be the orchestra's principal flute, Gary Bloomgren.
Admission is free but limited to those 8 and older.
- THE GRANITE YOUTH SYMPHONY and the West Valley Chorale will combine for a performance of the Faure Requiem Friday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Granite High School, 3305 S. 500 East.
Admission to the concert, which will also feature other selections, is $4 ($2.50 students). Proceeds will help the orchestra and chorus travel to New York for a performance later this year in Carnegie Hall.
- THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Concert Chorale will present its spring concert Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, at 8 p.m. in Room 200 of Gardner Hall on the U. campus. Tickets are $5 ($3 students) at the door.
The concert will include works of Palestrina, Victoria and Scarlatti, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff, as well as the "Stabat Mater" of Penderecki and Brahms' "Liebeslieder Waltzes"; also a selection of modern songs and spiritual arrangements.
The choir, a select ensemble of 65 voices, is conducted John M. Cooksey. It has toured extensively through the Southwest, abroad in 1989 to Austria and West Germany, and to Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle during spring quarter. An Asian tour is projected for 1991.
- THE UTAH CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY will present the Jensen-Woodbury Duo - guitarists Milton Jensen and Todd Woodbury - in concert Friday, May 18, at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, South Temple and "C" Streets.
Formed in 1979, the duo has performed in several Western States as well as presented an annual summer series at Wasatch State Park. Both performers are on the University of Utah music faculty; in addition, Woodbury heads guitar studies at Weber State College.
Featured on their program Friday will be music of Sor, Albeniz, Turina, Mchado and Piazzolla as well as the local premiere of Brazilian composer Radames Gnatalli's "Suite Retratos."
Tickets, at $5, may be purchased at Acoustic Music or at the door.
- TWENTY-FIVE MUSICIANS will be featured in concert when the Utah State University and Cache Valley Percussion Ensembles perform Friday, May 18, at 8 p.m. in the Morgan Theatre of USU's Chase Fine Arts Center. Under the direction of Dennis Griffin, a number of large works will be played, including Thomas Gauger's "Portico," first performed a year ago and again during a tour in southern Utah.
Admission is $1 at the door.
- THE MURRAY SYMPHONY and Salt Lake Opera Company will combine for a concert Saturday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Murray High School auditorium, 5440 S. State. With Robert Zabariskie conducting, the program will include highlights from "Tosca," the "William Tell" overture and Khatachaturian's "Spartacus" ballet, among other selections. Soloists will be soprano Victoria Morris and tenor Gregory Griffiths. Tickets will be $2 at the door.
- THE SALT LAKE SYMPHONIC CHOIR will take the stage at Taylorsville High School on Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. for its 41st annual spring concert. Tickets are $6, available at the door.
George Welch will conduct the ensemble of some 100 singers in a repertory spanning five centuries, from sacred polyphony to Gilbert and Sullivan, Samuel Barber, Scott Joplin and Norman Luboff. Excerpts from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" will also be performed.
As the largest touring choir in America, the Symphonic Choir is famous for its biennial bus and truck tours of the United States and Canada, with many prestigious appearances on the community concert circuit.
- THE SCHUBERT SINGERS' 56th annual concert, "Springtime Fantasies," will take place Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. in the Highland High School auditorium, 2166 S. 1700 East. Admission is free.
With Gordon Quigley conducting, the program will include selections from "Camelot" and "The Phantom of the Opera." Guest artists will be Bonnie L. Morris and Jane Calder, who also accompanies the group. Paul Cracroft will be master of ceremonies.