UTAH SYMPHONY, Masterworks Series, “New Year’s in Vienna,” Thierry Fischer, conductor, the concert will feature music by Shostakovich, Borodin, Berlioz, Johann Strauss, Jr., Lumbye, Rihm and Brahms, January 2-3, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, $10-$69 (tickets are $5 more on the day of the performance), see website or contact box office for information regarding student tickets, 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.arttix.org, for further ticket information please call 801-533-6683, www.utahsymphony.org.
JAZZSLC, “Frank Vignola’s Five Generations of Guitar Artistry,” featuring Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gene Burtoncini, Martin Taylor, Julian Lage, Ed Laub and Vinny Raniola, January 3, 7:30 p.m., Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, $33.50 general, $10 students, 801-355-2787, www.arttix.org.
SINE NOMINE CONSORT, “Twelfth Night,” an early music concert based on England’s centuries’ old celebration marking the end of the winter festival (12th night after Christmas) which was both secular and sacred, this year’s program, played on period instruments, includes songs popularly rendered by British galley choirs in English pubs during the 12 days of Christmas, movements from the Christmas Concerto by Corelli, as well as other favorite Christmas classics, January 4, 6 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 S. Foothill, free.
THE GRAND THEATRE, “To Billie & Ella with Love,” Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, the concert features the songs of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, January 8-10, 7:30 p.m., Salt Lake Community College, 1575 S. State St., $15 general, 801-957-3322, www.the-grand.org.
UTAH SYMPHONY, Masterworks Series, “Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker,’’’ Mark Wigglesworth, conductor, the concert will feature music by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, January 9-10, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, $10-$69 (tickets are $5 more on the day of the performance), see website or contact box office for information regarding student tickets, 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.arttix.org, for further ticket information please call 801-533-6683, www.utahsymphony.org. Note: There will be a “Finishing Touches” final rehearsal performance on January 9, 10 a.m., $16.
EXCELLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES, Bob Bailey and Emilee Floor with the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra, January 10, 7 p.m., Viridian Center, 8030 S. 1825 West, West Jordan, free.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Utah Crosstalk, surround-sound music accompanied by live instrumental and vocal performers, January 10, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free. Note: visiting composer Mark Applebaum, whose work will be featured in the concert, will give a lecture at 3 p.m., in room E-400 Harris Fine Arts Center.
NOVA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES, soprano Tony Arnold returns to NOVA for Messiaen’s poignant song cycle Harawi, the first half of the concert features the Choristers of the Madeleine Choir School singing Gregorian Chant, and Mormon Tabernacle organist Richard Elliott performing Bach’s magnificent Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, January 11, 3 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, $20 general, $18 seniors (60+ years), $5 students, free for U. students, tickets online or cash or checks at the door, www.novachambermusicseries.org.
CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE, Eccles Organ Festival, Renée Anne Louprette, Rutgers University, January 11, 8 p.m., free, 801-328-8941 for more information, www.utcotm.org.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Young Artists of Voice, January 13, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Fry Street Quartet and NOVA Chamber Music Series guests Kathryn Eberle, violin, and Jason Hardink, piano, in an all-Beethoven program consisting of the Violin Sonata in C minor, op. 30, no. 2, and the String Quartet in E flat major, op. 127, January 13, 8 p.m., The Performance Hall, Chase Fine Arts Center, $5-$10, USU students free with ID, 435-797-8022, www.arts.usu.edu.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Neil Thornock, faculty artist and Hilary Demske, guest artist, January 14, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF SALT LAKE CITY, Takács Quartet, the concert will feature Schubert’s,Quartet in C minor, Quartetsatz, Quartet in A minor, Rosamunde, and Quartet in D minor, Death and the Maiden, January 15, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, $30 general, $10 students with ID, tickets available at the door, www.cmsofslc.org.
UTAH SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Vladimir Kulenovich, conductor, program features Debussy, Francaix Poulenc and Ibert, January 15, 8 p.m., St. Mary’s Church, U-224 at White Pine Canyon Rd., Park City, $35 general, $10 students/under 30 with ID, 801-533-6683, www.usuo.org.
EXCELLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES, Michael Lucarelli, classical guitar, January 15, 7:30 p.m., Gallivan Center, free.
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Utah Symphony Chamber Orchestra, David Loebel, guest conductor, program features Debussy, Francaix, Poulenc and Ibert, January 16, 8 p.m., The Performance Hall, Chase Fine Arts Center, $5-$10, USU students free with ID, 435-797-8022, www.arts.usu.edu.
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Sybarite 5, string quintet performing works across genres, Sami Merdinian and Sarah Metcalf, violins, Angela Pickett, viola, Laura Metcalf, cello, and Louis Levitt, bass, January 16, 7:30 p.m., Allred Theatre, Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Ogden, $20 general, $15 students, 801-626-7000, www.wsuculturalaffairs.org or www.weberstatetickets.com.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band, Steve Call, director, January 16, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Vocal Point, January 16, 7:30 p.m., January 17, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, $10-$12 general, 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.
SALT LAKE SYMPHONY, Family Concert, “Music, the Final Frontier,” Robert Baldwin, music director and conductor, January 17, 2 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, $10 general, $3 students, seniors, and children, 801-531-7501 or at the door with cash, check or credit card, www.saltlakesymphony.org.
UTAH OPERA, “The Pearl Fishers,” by Bizet, two men test the strength of their friendship when a beautiful woman stirs up an old rivalry and a dangerous love triangle, desire and deception build and threaten to separate the friends forever, leaving compassion and trust as the lovers’ only path for survival, the depth of love is tested and a choice between love and honor must be made, Carlos Izcaray, conductor, Kristine McIntyre, stage director, Andrea Carroll, soprano, Brian Stucki, tenor, Craig Irvin, baritone, Derrick Parker, bass-baritone, January 17, 19, 21, 23, 7:30 p.m., January 25, 2 p.m., Capitol Theatre, $10-$95 general ($5 more if purchased on the day of the performance), 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.utahopera.org.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Q’d Up, faculty Jazz Quintet, Ray Smith Saxophone, Steve Lindeman, keyboards, Eric Hansen, bass, Ron Brough and Jay Lawrence, drums and percussion, January 21, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, Opera Studio, Handel’s Semele, Michael Chipman, director, the opera is a darkly comedic story of a mortal woman’s tryst with a dangerous god, chaos ensues in the wake of unbridled lust, jealousy and revenge, January 23-24, 7:30 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Jewett Center for the Performing Arts, $5 general, free for Westminster students, faculty and staff, 801-832-2457, www.westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Robert Brandt, faculty artist, January 23, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Primrose Memorial Concert, in honor of legendary violist William Primrose (1903-82), Atar Arad, viola, and Jeffrey Shumway, piano, January 24, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
KINGSBURY HALL PRESENTS, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, the all-singing, all plucking ensemble returns with their toe-tapping music and hilarious banter, January 26, 7:30 p.m., $24.50-$49.50 general, $5 U. students with ID, $10 non U students, $10 % discount U. staff, faculty and alumni assoc. members with ID or membership card, Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, 801-581-7100, www.kingtix.com.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, Concert Series, “Ysaÿe Violin Sonatas,” violinists Yuki MacQueen, Alex Martin and David Porter perform the complete Sonatas for Solo Violin by Eugène Ysaÿe, the 19th century Belgian virtuoso known in his day as the “King of the Violin,” January 26, 7:30 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, $15 general, students and Westminster faculty and staff free with ID, www.westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents.
UTAH VALLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND PHILHARMONIA, Winter Concert, Cheung Chau, conductor. January 26, 7:30 p.m., Covey Center for the Arts, 425 W. Center Street, Provo, $10 general, $5 students and seniors, www.coveycenter.org.
UTAH PREMIER BRASS, “Return of the Celts,” Kirt Saville, music director, January 28, 7 p.m., Covey Center for the Arts, 425 W. Center Street, Provo, free, www.coveycenter.org.
UTAH SYMPHONY, presented by The Ogden Symphony Ballet Association, Masterworks Series, “Strauss’ ‘A Hero’s Life,’” Thierry Fischer, conductor, Baiba Skride, violin, the concert will feature music by Wagner, Berg, and R. Strauss, January 29, 7:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, $16-$37, for more information and tickets, www.symphonyballet.org.
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOGAN, Trio Solisti, January 29, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall, Utah State University, $24 general, $10 student (with ID), tickets may be purchased online or at the door, 435-797-8022, www.arts.usu.edu.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Music Composition Faculty Recital, January 29, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, American Piano Duo, Jeffrey Shumway and guest artist Del Parkinson, piano, January 29, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.
EXCELLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES, Steve Lyman Quintet, January 29, 7:30 p.m., Gallivan Center, free.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, “Winterfest,” presents Vocal Point, BYU’s famed a cappella group, January 30-31, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., LDS Conference Center Theatre, $10 general, 801-570-0080 or 866-537-8457, tickets.
UTAH SYMPHONY, Masterworks Series, “Strauss’ ‘A Hero’s Life,’” Thierry Fischer, conductor, Baiba Skride, violin, the concert will feature music by Wagner, Berg, and R. Strauss, January 30-31, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, $10-$69 (tickets are $5 more on the day of the performance), see website or contact box office for information regarding student tickets, 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.arttix.org, for further ticket information please call 801-533-6683, www.utahsymphony.org.
GIFTED MUSIC SCHOOL, Roberto Diaz, viola, April Clayton, flute, Gifted Music School Orchestra, Barlow Bradford, conductor, program consists of two works by Mozart, the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364, and the Flute Concerto in D major, K. 314, January 31, 5 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 S. Foothill Dr., free but tickets are required, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gifted-music-school-winter-concert-tickets-15287910552. Note: Roberto Diaz will hold a master class in the Salt Lake Recital Hall, 200 S. 320 East, on January 31 from 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m., free but tickets are required, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roberto-diaz-viola-master-class-offered-by-gifted-music-school-tickets-15304636580.
MURRAY CONCERT BAND, Dr. Craig Ferrin, principal conductor, “Winter Concert,” January 31, 7:30 p.m., Murray High School Auditorium, free.