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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN MUSIC (JAN. 14-20, 2015)

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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.

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN THEATRE (JAN. 14-20, 2015)

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PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY, Alabama Story, by Kenneth Jones, a gentle children’s book with an apparent hidden message stirs the passions of a segregationist senator and a no-nonsense state librarian in 1959 Montgomery, just as the civil rights movement is flowering, inspired by true events, through January 24, 7:30 p.m. (Monday-Thursday evenings), 8 p.m. (Friday and Saturday evenings), also 2 p.m. matinees (on Saturdays), $25-$44 (tickets will be $5 higher when purchased on day of performance), 801-581-6961, www.pioneertheatre.org.

CENTERPOINT LEGACY THEATRE, The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson,, directed by Karen Whiting, the inspiring true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, through February 7, 7:30 p.m., also 2:30 p.m. matinees on January 31, February 2 and 7, Barlow Main Stage, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, $17.25-$23.25, 801-298-1302, www.centerpointtheatre.org.

TERRACE PLAZA PLAYHOUSE, The Marvelous Wonderettes, this smash off-Broadway hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts, through February 7, 7:30 p.m., 99 E. 4700 South, Ogden, $12-$14 general, $11-$13 seniors/students, $9-$11 children (12 and under), 801-393-0070, http://terraceplayhouse.com.

HALE CENTRE THEATRE-WEST VALLEY CITY, Is He Dead?, by Mark Twain, it’s 1846 and talented French artist Millet feels honor bound to save his fiancée and her father from financial ruin, but Millet soon realizes that great paintings make much more money after the artist dies, so in desperation he fakes his own death and becomes his “sister,” through February 7, 12:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances, $49 general (December 31), $28-$31 general, $16 children ages 5-11, 801-984-9000, www.halecentretheatre.org.

HALE CENTRE THEATRE-OREM, Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon, when newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter arrive at their first New York apartment the honeymoon comes to a screeching halt as they confront a needy mother-in-law, an eccentric neighbor and the inevitable adjustment to married life, through February 7, 7:30 p.m., also 3 p.m. matinees on January 17, 24, 31 and February 7, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, $11 (preview performances), $34-$38 (December 31), $16-$22 general, $12-$16 children, 801-226-8600, www.haletheater.org.

DESERT STAR PLAYHOUSE, Pirates of the Scaribbean, by Ben E. Millet, through March 21, 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8:30 p.m., also 2:30 p.m. matinees, $18.95 adults, $10.95 children (11 years and under), 4861 S. State, 801-266-2600, www.desertstar.biz.

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, musical by Rupert Holmes, based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel of the same name, directed by Rob Moffat, Edwin Drood mysteriously disappears one stormy Christmas Eve, but no one knows if he’s been murdered, and if so, who did it, at the end the audience votes on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale, January 15-17 and 29-31, 7:30 p.m., also 2 p.m. matinees on January 17 and 31, Noorda Theatre, $12 general, $8 students, 801-863-7529, or box office located in Noorda Theatre, or Campus Connection, www.uvu.edu/arts.

UTAH CHILDREN’S THEATRE, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, dramatized by Joseph Robinette from a story by C.S. Lewis, siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent out of London during World War II, in the darkness of the old country house where they are sent the children stumble through an old wardrobe to the land of Narnia, where it is always winter and never Christmas under the White Witch’s reign, January 16-17, 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances, 3605 S. State St., $14 general, 801-532-6000, www.uctheatre.org.

HERITAGE THEATRE, Five on a Honeymoon, by Ruth and Nathan Hale, a young widowed mother of three has just remarried, and her new husband sets out to bring some badly needed discipline into the children’s lives, the subsequent explosions bring an evening of wackiness and hilarity, January 16-February 7, 7:30 p.m., $10 general, $9 seniors/children under 12, S. Highway 89, Peery, 435-723-8392, www.heritagetheatreutah.com. 

THE ECHO THEATRE, Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, directed by Eve Speer, a shipwreck, separated identical twins, mistaken identities, romance and one pair of yellow stockings, the Echo’s production will be accentuated by music with a talented cast of musician/actors who play everything from violin to French horn, January 16-February 14, 7:30 p.m., also 2:30 p.m. matinee on January 24, preview performance January 15, 7:30 p.m. 15 N. 100 East, Provo, $10 general, $9 students (presale), $12 general/students, $8 seniors (day of performance), $6 general (preview performance), $8 general (matinee performance), www.theechotheatre.com.

THE OFF BROADWAY THEATRE, Hunger Game of Thrones, the story takes place in a strange land where hunger is common – a hunger for food, for power and betrayal, the G-rated family friendly show follows the tale of a beautiful female archer who not only brings peace to her homeland but thwarts corrupt tyrant kings who have illegally and villainously usurped the throne, January 16-February 21, 7:30 p.m., 272 S. Main, $10-$16, $11 Mondays, 801-355-4628, www.theobt.org.