The new year is always something special. The feeling of renewal isn't duplicated at any other time of the year.
This month, with 2010, the dance and music season will resume, and while some of these companies and organizations have been around for awhile, the outlook is fresh.
Here is a calendar of this year's classical music, jazz and dance performances so far.
Make note: The time and performances can change without notice.
JANUARY
6-7: XV Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition auditions, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah
7: Utah Symphony, conductor Roberto Minczuk, de Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University
8-9: Utah Symphony, conductor Roberto Minczuk, pianist Stewart Goodyear, Abravanel Hall
9: African Drums, Ring Around the Rose, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
10: "An Evening of Chamber Music," Lynn Maxine Rosen & Friends, Congregation Kol Ami
11: Ahmad Jamal, jazz, Sheraton City Center
12: Viktor Uzur, cello, Val A. Browning Center, Weber State University
12-16: BYU Young Artists of Voice competition, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
13: Jazz at the Station, Ogden's Union Station, Ogden
13: St. Petersburg String Quartet, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
13: ?Serhiy Salov, piano, Waterford School auditorium
14: Serhiy Salov, piano, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
15: WSU Gospel Music Festival, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
15-16: Living Legends, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
16-24: "Carmen," Utah Opera, Capitol Theatre
17: Contemporary Music Consortium, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
18: "A Night of Broadway," SCERA Shell, Orem
18: Martin Luther King Concert, Murray High School Auditorium
20: Q'd Up, jazz, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
21: Utah Philharmonia Concerto Winners, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
22-23: "Winter Choirfest," BYU Singers, Concert Choir, Men's and Women's Choruses, Provo Tabernacle
23: The Excellence Gospel Choir, the Grand Theatre, Salt Lake Community College
23: Kitka, womens vocal ensemble, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
23: Murray Symphony Jazz/Swing Band, Riverton Junior High School Auditorium
24: Nova Chamber Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
25: Piano SummerArts Concerto Winners, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
27: Madeleine Shapiro, cello, Dumke Recital Hall, U.
28: Utah Crosstalk, electronic music, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
28-30: "Dance in Concert," BYU Dancers Company, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
29-30: "Circle Cycle," Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
29-30: Utah Symphony, conductor Thierry Fischer, violinist Baida Skride, Abravanel Hall
30: PIano Preparator Division Faculty, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
FEBRUARY
3: U. Wind Ensemble, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
4: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
4: Orpheus Winds, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
4-5: Peking Acrobats, Kingsbury Hall, U.
4-6: Ballet Showcase II, Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U.
5-6: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, Abravanel Hall
5-6: BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble, Covey Center for the Arts, Provo
6: Murray Concert Band, Murray High School Auditorium
8: Holly Hofmann, jazz, Sheraton City Center
9: Pacifica String Quartet, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
11: Dvorak's "New World Symphony," Utah Symphony, conductor Gilbert Varga, pianist Jean-Philippe Collard, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
11: La Donna Smith and Christian Asplund, violin and piano, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
11-13: BYU Young Ambassadors, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
12-13: Lyric Opera Ensemble and the Paradigm Orchestra, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
13: "Choral Music Is for Lovers," American Festival Chorus, Chase Fine Arts Center, Utah State University
13-14: Dvorak's "New World Symphony," Utah Symphony, conductor Gilbert Varga, pianist Jean-Philippe Collard, Abravanel Hall
12-20: "Swan Lake," Ballet West, Capitol Theatre
13: American Piano Duo, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
13: "Charette," Repertory Dance Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
13: Utah Symphony, Ring Around the Rose, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
13-14: BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble, Covey Center for the Arts, Provo
17: African Song and Dance, SCERA Shell, Orem
17: University Campus Symphony, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
17-20: "Opera Scenes," BYU student vocalists, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
18: BYU Symphony Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
18: Cho-Liang Lin, violin, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
18-20: "Ballet in Concert, BYU department of dance, Pardoe Theatre, BYU
18-20, 25-27: Performing Dance Company, Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U.
19-20: Utah Symphony, conductor Keith Lockhart, cellist Julie Albers, Abravanel Hall
20: "Beatlemania," Salt Lake Choral Artists, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
20: Flamenco Vivo, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
20 and 25: "Bravo Opera!," Orchestra of Southern Utah, Heritage Theatre, Cedar City
21: Nova Chamber Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
23: Jazz Big Bands, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
24: U. Women's Chorus, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
25: Utah Choral Artists Choir Fest, Murray High School Auditorium
25: Utah Philharmonia & USU Symphony, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
25-26: BYU Singers, Concert Choir, Men's and Women's Choruses, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
26: BYU Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
26: DanceBrazil, Kingsbury Hall, U.
26: Nebo Philharmonic, American Leadership Academy, Spanish Fork
26: U. Singers, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
26-27: Van Cliburn Competition Medalist and the Utah Symphony, conductor Keith Lockhart, Abravanel Hall
26-27: Music Dance Theatre Showcase, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
27: BYU Philharmonnic Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
27: "Remember Me," Parsons Dance and the East Village Opera Company, Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, Park City
27: Salt Lake Tango Project, the Grand Theatre, SLCC
27: U. Piano Scholarship Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
MARCH
1: "An Evening of Chamber Music," Utah Chamber Artists, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
2: Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
2: Osiris Piano Trio, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
2: Keith Kirchoff, piano, Dumke Recital Hall, U., free
3: "Beyond the Bog Road," Eileen Ivers, Celtic fiddle, Kingsbury Hall, U.
3: Jazz Voices, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
4: Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4, Utah Symphony, conductor Kauspeter Seibel, violinist Ralph Matson, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
4: Turtle Island Quartet, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
5: Keith Kirchoff, electro-acoustic music, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
5-6: Synthesis, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
5-6: Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4, Utah Symphony, conductor Kauspeter Seibel, violinist Ralph Matson, Abravanel Hall
6: Celtic Tenors, Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, Park City
6: Corcovado Band, the Grand Theatre, SLCC
6: Octapella, SCERA Shell, Orem
6: William Primrose Memorial Concert, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
8: Chick Corea, jazz, Sheraton City Center
9: Group for New Music, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
9: U. Wind Ensemble, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
10: Folk Music Ensemble, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
10: BYU Philharmonic Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
11, 13: Music of Chopin and Schumann, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
11-13: Modern Dance Senior Concert I, Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U.
11-13: U.S. DanceSport Championships, Marriott Center, BYU
12: Imani Winds, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
12: U. Singers and the A Cappella Choir, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
12-13: BYU dancEnsemble, Dance Studio Theatre, BYU
13: BYU Women's Chorus, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
13: Repertory Dance Theatre, Ring Around the Rose, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
13-21: "The Italian Girl in Algiers," Utah Opera, Capitol Theatre
14: Founder's Day Concert, Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Cathedral of the Madeleine
14: Contemporary Music Consortium, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
16: BYU Jazz Ensemble, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
16-18: "Alice in Wonderland," Ballet Centre
19: Ballet Showcase, Dance Studio Theatre, BYU
19: Vassily Primakov, piano, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
19-20: BYU Men's Chorus, de Jong Concet Hall, BYU
20: "Mini Magic Flute," Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, Abravanel Hall
20: Murray Symphony, Murray High School Auditorium
20: Vassily Primakov, Waterford School auditorium
23: Calo Flamenco, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
23: "Mini Magic Flute," Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
25: Living Legends, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
25-27: "Mystique," Repertory Dance Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
26-27: BYU Singers and Concert Choir, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
26-27: Senior Dance Showcase, Dance Studio Theatre, BYU
26-27: Utah Symphony, conductor Christopher Seaman, violinist Will Hagen, Abravanel Hall
27-29: "InterPlay," Another Language Performing Arts Company, Intermountain Network and Scientific Computation Center, U.
28: Nova Chamber Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
30: BYU University Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
31: BYU Symphonic Band, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
31: Invitational Songwriter Showcase, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
31: U. Jazz Guitar Ensembles, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
APRIL
1: Soprano Nancy Peery Marriott and BYU Chamber Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
1-2: BYU Modern Dance Showcase, Dance Studio Theatre, BYU
1-3: Modern Dance Senior Concert II, Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U.
2: Good Friday Choral Meditation, Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Cathedral of the Madeleine
5: David Rakowski and Canyonlands, Dumke Recital Hall, U.
5: Dianne Reeves, jazz, Sheraton City Center
6: BYU composition majors, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
6: BYU Symphony Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
6-7: BFA Senior Showcase, Nelke Theatre, BYU
6: U. Percussion Ensembles, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
7: Synthesis, jazz, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
8: BYU Wind Symphony, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
8: Crosstalk, U. and BYU, electro-acoustic music, Dumke Recital Hall, U.8: Jazz Voices, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
9: BYU Singers, Concert Choir, Men's and Women's Choruses, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
9: Habib Koite, Malian guitar, Peery's Egyptian Theater
9: Madeleine Festival Concert, May 9, Cathedral of the Madeleine
9: Panoramic Steel and BYU Percussion Ensemble, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
9: U. Singers and A Cappella Choir, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
9-10: "Ballroom in Concert," BYU Ballroom Dance Company, Marriott Center, BYU
9-10: Utah Symphony and Utah Symphony Chorus, conductor Andrew Litton, Abravanel Hall
9-10, 22-23: Utah Ballet Character Dance Ensemble, Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U.
9-17: "Balancine's America," featuring "Serenade," "Agon" and "Stars & Stripes," Ballet West, Capitol Theatre
10: Gamelan Bintang Wahyu, Balinese music, Pardoe Theatre, BYU
10: Jazz Lab Band, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU
10: "Season of Fifths," BYU Philharmonic Orchestra, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
13: BYU University Chorale, Provo Tabernacle
13: U. Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
13: University Bands, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
14: Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra and University Campus Symphony, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
15: Roy L. Halverson Young Artist Concert, Heritage Theatre, Cedar City
16-17: "Pictures at an Exhibition," Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, violinist Leila Josefowicz, Abravanel Hall
17: Martha Graham Dance Company, Kingsbury Hall, U.
17: U. Women's Chorus, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
19: New Music Ensemble, Dumke Recital Hall, U.
20: U. Jazz Big Bands, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
22: "Sheherazade," Utah Symphony, conductor Garry Walker, percussionist Colin Currie, Val A. Browning Center, WSU
22-23: Murray Dance Company, Murray High School Auditorium
22-24: "Propel," Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
23-24: "Dialogues of the Carmelites," Kingsbury Hall, U.
23: Nebo Philharmonic, American Leadership Academy, Spanish Fork
23-24: Children's Dance Theatre, Capitol Theatre
23-24: "Dialogues of the Carmelites," Utah Lyric Opera, Kingsbury Hall, U.
23-24: "Sheherazade," Utah Symphony, conductor Garry Walker, percussionist Colin Currie, Abravanel Hall
24: Caleb Chapman & the Crescent All Stars, the Grand Theatre, SLCC
24: Early Music Ensemble, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, U.
24: Murray Concert Band, Murray High School Auditoriium
25: U. Honors String Quartets, Dumke Recital Hall, U.
26: U. Singers and A Cappella Choir, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
27: "Sibelius' Fifth," Cho's Anatomy, Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, Abravanel Hall
27: U. Jazz Combos, Dumke Recital Hall, U.
28: Emerson String Quartet, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
30-May1: The Temptations and the Utah Symphony, conductor Jerry Steichen, Abravanel Hall
MAY
2: Nova Chamber Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
3: The Beverly Sorenson Young Artists Concert, Utah Chamber Artists, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
3: Poncho Sanchez, Sheraton City Center
4: Pat Metheny, jazz guitar, Kingsbury Hall, U.
7-8: "Evening of Dance," BYU Young DanceMakers, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
7-8: Utah Symphony, conductor Claus Peter Flor, pianist Stephen Hough, Abravanel Hall
8: Bronson Brothers, the Grand Theatre, SLCC
8: Piano Monster Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
8: "Rippletales," dance and music, Ring Around the Rose, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
9: Madeleine Festival, Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Cathedral of the Madeleine
14: BYU Ballroom Dance Company, de Jong Concert Hall, BYU
15: "Lux Aeterna," Salt Lake Choral Artists, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.
15: Murray Symphony Concerto Night, Murray High School Auditorium
15-23: "Suor Angelica" & "Gianni Schicchi," Utah Opera, Capitol Theatre
21-29: "Innovations," Ballet West, Rose Wager Performing Arts Center
25: "2009 All-Star Evening," Utah Symphony, conductor David Cho, Abravanel Hall
28-29: Mahler's "Titan," Utah Symphony, conductor Carlo Rizzi, pianist Jean-Louis Steuerman, Abravanel Hall
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