Maestro Thierry Fischer on the 2014-15 Masterworks Series
After the 2014-15 Utah Symphony season announcement, we were able to take some time with Music Director Thierry Fischer to ask him a few questions about what we can expect to experience with the...
View ArticleProcrastinate Spring Cleaning
I have several ways to help you procrastinate spring cleaning for at least a week: 03/28-03/29 — Go see Rodgers & Hammerstein at Abravanel Hall; you know you’ll want to sing along. Friday is almost...
View ArticleA Brief Look at Musical Films
Ohhhhhh-kla-homa where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! Did you read that without singing it? I didn’t type it without singing it, and now that song is sure to be stuck in my head for the rest...
View ArticleQ & A with Chris Botti
Chris Botti has been playing the trumpet since he was twelve years old. And in my humble opinion, he has taken the trumpet and transformed it into more than what people normally think of. He doesn’t...
View ArticleJohan H. Benthin: Nielsen Symphony No. 5
This weekend the Utah Symphony continues its Carl Nielsen Symphony Cycle. On display in the lobby on Friday and Saturday will be a painting by Johan H. Benthin (1936-2006) representing Carl Nielsen’s...
View ArticleThe Beat Goes On: Music of the Baby Boomers
My step-father spent his teenage years on the beach in southern California in the 1960s. His first car was a 1969 Mustang, and one of his favorite bands was The Beach Boys. So naturally, thirty years...
View ArticleQ&A with Matthew Zalkind
You will be performing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. Have you performed this as a solo cellist before? What do you like about this particular piece of music? I have performed Rococo...
View ArticleConstruction at Kimball Junction
If you’re headed up to the Deer Valley Music Festival in Park City this summer, be prepared for some minor road construction. As part of UDOT’s Renovate I-80 initiative, the stretch of road between the...
View Article7 Teenagers who are Making Their Dreams Come True
Congratulations to the seven soloists who have been selected to perform in the 55th Annual Salute to Youth concert next week on September 30! One of our core missions at Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is...
View ArticleAbravanel Memories: Bonnie Mangold
This is the first post in our Mahler Memories Series, which will provide highlights from oral histories of Utah Symphony musicians who played under Maestro Maurice Abravanel. During interviews...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Julia Lawrence
Our Mahler Memories Series provides highlights from oral histories of Utah Symphony musicians who played under Maestro Maurice Abravanel. During interviews conducted during the 2014-15 season, these...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Carolee Baron
Our Mahler Memories Series provides highlights from oral histories of Utah Symphony musicians who played under Maestro Maurice Abravanel. During interviews conducted during the 2014-15 season, these...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Tom Baron
Our Mahler Memories Series provides highlights from oral histories of Utah Symphony musicians who played under Maestro Maurice Abravanel. During interviews conducted during the 2014-15 season, these...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Claudia Norton
Our Mahler Memories Series provides highlights from oral histories of Utah Symphony musicians who played under Maestro Maurice Abravanel. During interviews conducted during the 2014-15 season, these...
View ArticleMysterioso: Music, Magic, and Mayhem – Artists’ Profiles
Joseph Gabriel Johnny Carson introduced Joseph Gabriel, and what transpired on the Tonight Show stage for the next several minutes was sufficient to amaze millions of viewers and leave Carson himself...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Lynette Stewart
LYNNETTE STEWART: Utah Symphony violin, 1969-present (46 years) I was raised in Utah, and as a teenager I played Utah Symphony’s Salute to Youth. Then I went to BYU for a year. At the end of that year,...
View ArticleCommunity Collaboration Spotlight: The Madeleine Choir School
Q: Over the history of the school, how has The Madeleine Choir School used music to celebrate? The Choir School was established in 1996 very much in the tradition of the European Cathedral Choir...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Craig Fineshriber
Craig Fineshriber (Principal Percussion and Librarian, 1971-1994; Principal Percussion, 1971-2011) First Experiences When you’re only sixteen, and Abravanel was conducting the orchestra, there are...
View ArticleMahler Memories: Frances Darger
Frances Darger (violin, 1942-2012) Patient Determination Abravanel gradually, slowly built the whole thing up like you can’t believe. He got into the community, he bought a house, he moved here, he was...
View Article2016/17 Season Crossword Contest Update
Hello clever crossword players! A few of you pointed out some typos in our crossword clues. We have uploaded a new PDF, if you’ve been working on this contest, please download the new document! Thanks...
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