Utah Symphony principal harpist Konrad Nelson will perform a benefit recital today at 5 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, 231 E. 100 South. His program will range from the 16th through the 20th centuries.
Admission is $10 ($5 students), with all proceeds going to the scholarship fund of the Heritage Harp Foundation.- THE GRANITE YOUTH Symphony Orchestra will present its annual children's concert on Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the Cottonwood High School auditorium. Included on the program will be movie themes, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture.
Admission is free.
- THE CHORAL ENSEMBLE Gloriana will present a pair of concerts Tuesday and Wednesday, April 4 and 5, at First Presbyterian Church, South Temple and C streets.
The 7:30 p.m. program will feature the group in Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor, Bach's "Der Geist helft unsere Schwachheit auf," a selection of folk songs and spirituals and "Beloved Land," written by the group's resident composer, Richard Smith, for the Gloriana Choral Festival held March 1 at Abravanel Hall.
Admission is $7.50 ($5 students and senior citizens) at the door.
- THE EMERSON STRING QUARTET returns this week for a concert Tuesday, April 4, at the Museum of Fine Arts on the University of Utah campus.
Joined by pianist Wu Han, the wife of Emerson cellist David Finckel, the Grammy-winning quartet will be heard in three works: Bartok's String Quartet No. 4 and Dvorak's String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 51, and Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81.
The other members of the group are violinists Eugene Drucker and Phillip Setzer and violist Lawrence Dutton.
The final concert on this year's Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City season, the event will also include a brief meeting of the board and an announcement of the society's 1995-96 season.
Admission is $25 for nonmembers, or $5 for students.
- THE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY music department is offering several end-of-semester concerts this week, showcasing various student and faculty performers. All take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Provo school's Harris Fine Arts Center and admission is free.
On Tuesday, April 4, woodwind and brass chamber players will perform, followed on Wednesday, April 5, by the BYU Wind Symphony under the direction of David Blackinton; the latter group will preview their upcoming tour of Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and the Philippines.
Also on Wednesday the Group for New Music, BYU's avant-garde ensemble, will present a recital. Then on Thursday, April 6, it's Jazz Combo Night, with performances by the Straight Ahead Combo, the Latin Jazz Combo and Miles' Cool School Combo.
Admission to each is free.
- FILIPPO GAMBA, bronze medal winner in last year's Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, will present a solo recital Wednesday, April 5, at 8 p.m. at the Salt Lake Hilton, 150 W. 500 South.
A graduate of the Verona Conservatory and currently studying with Maria Tipo, Gamba also holds prizes from the Beethoven and Leeds international piano competitions. His program Wednesday will feature him in sonata of Schubert and Beethoven (the "Pastorale") and Brahms' Op. 116 Fantasies.
Admission is $10 ($4 students).
- SENIORS AND GRADUATES of the modern dance department at the University of Utah will "Set the Table for Midnight," a nine-course choreographic dis-play to be presented Thursday through Saturday, April 6-8, at 7:30 p.m. at the U.'s Marriott Center for Dance; there will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 8.
Choreographies will range from an interpretive study of Native American dance to expressions set to Jewish music and a sculpture by a local artist. Other pieces involve contact improvisation, the sense of touch and life at a bus stop.
Tickets are $5 ($3 students/faculty and senior citizens), available at the Olpin Union, at Dancewear Unlimited or at the door.
- THE SECOND ANNUAL West Valley Choral Festival will take place Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Granger High School auditorium, 3690 S. 3600 West. Performing will be Hunter High School Concert Choir, the Salt Lake-West Valley Chorale, the Keynotes Ladies Chorus, the Granger High School Concert Choir, the St. Joseph's High School Choir, the West Valley Symphonic Chorus and the Beehive Statesmen.
Admission is $3 per person or $10 per family.
- BYU'S UNIVERSITY SINGERS will offer a preview of their upcoming tour of Russia and the Baltic States in a concert Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Under Ron Staheli, the 40-member ensemble will sing musical selections from Canada, the United States, Central America and South America, including five American madrigals, three American mood pieces, two African-American spirituals, three Spanish songs, three American folk songs and four American cowboy songs.
Tickets are priced at $6 ($5 senior citizens and alumni, $4 students, faculty and staff). The University Singers will visit Moscow, Minsk, St. Petersburg and the capital cities of the Baltic states during the month of May.
- JAMES CASWELL will lead the 20-member Chamber Ensemble of Utah in concert Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle. Their program will consist of Mozart's Symphony No. 29 and Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, along with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. Soloing will be violinist Marinda Bennion, violist Sharon Dunning and pianist Gerrianne Sito.
Admission is $5 ($2 students/seniors).
- PIANIST PETER NERO returns to perform with the Utah Symphony in concerts to be presented Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, at 8 p.m. at Abravanel Hall.
Currently music director of the Philly Pops, Nero will also conduct the orchestra in a program that will feature him in hits from his 25 albums, two of which have won Grammys over the years. His composition "The Diary," based on writings of Anne Frank, is currently being developed for Broadway.
Tickets to Friday and Saturday's concerts, part of the symphony's Entertainment Series, are priced from $16 to $33, with student tickets available for $6.
For information call 533-NOTE.
- THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED Mexican folk dance troupe Ballet Folk-lor-ico de Veracruz will perform Friday, April 7, at 8 p.m. at Logan's Eccles Theatre. Tickets are available from $9 to $15, or at half price for youngsters and USU students.
Representing the southern Mexican state of Veracruz, the company consists of 12 dancers and four musicians fresh from performances in Cuba, Hawaii and Japan. The event is a fund-raiser for the Alliance for the Varied Arts, an arts-education organization housed in the Bullen Center.
For information call 752-0026.
- "PETER AND THE WOLF," Prokofiev's well-loved musical fable, will be the featured work on next Saturday's Utah Symphony Youth Concert, to be presented April 8 at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Abravanel Hall.
With associate conductor Robert Henderson on the podium, the piece will be narrated by Gene Pack, with different instruments in the orchestra representing the various characters in the story. Other stories for children will be represented via Toch's "Pinocchio" Overture, "Beauty and the Beast" from Ravel's "Mother Goose" and music from Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" and Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel."
In addition the symphony will host its annual "instrument petting zoo," giving kids of all ages a chance to experience the instruments of the orchestra first hand. It begins in the lobby an hour before each performance.
Tickets are priced at $8 adults and $5 children. For information call 533-NOTE.
- THE NEWLY FORMED Utah Chamber Symphony will make its debut Saturday, April 8, at 2 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle.
Organized by composer David Frederick Hardy to perform his music, the orchestra will present five chamber works along with the premiere of his Chamber Symphony No. 1. Paintings by the composer will also be on display.
Admission $3, with proceeds going to the new Orem Public Children's Library.
- THE RAPHAEL TRIO will perform on the final program of the Chamber Music Society of Logan's 1994-95 season on Saturday, April 8, at Utah State University's Eccles Conference Center.
Composed of violinist Charles Castleman, cellist Susan Salm and pianist Daniel Epstein, the group has played together since 1975, when they made their debut at Carnegie Hall as winners of the Concert Artists Guild Award. Currently they are co-artistic directors and ensemble-in-residence at the Music in Ouray summer festival.
Their concert Saturday, which begins at 8 p.m., will feature them in the Piano Trio in F sharp by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Dvorak's Piano Trio in F minor and "Tangos" by Thomas Oboe Lee.
Admission is $14 ($4 students, $3 if purchased in advance), available at the Taggert Student Center, the USU music department or Sunrise Cyclery.