The Madeleine Festival gets underway this weekend with a performance by Brady Allred and his Salt Lake Choral Artists.

Also appearing at the festival will be a trumpet/organ duo, a folk music ensemble, the cathedral choir and orchestra as well as a tribute to Roland Hayes.

This year’s Madeleine Award recipient is Mauricio Mixco, professor emeritus at the University of Utah. Mixco has worked tirelessly to preserve highly endangered Native American languages.

Below is a schedule of events. Concerts are held in the Cathedral of the Madeleine, and unless otherwise noted, begin at 8 p.m. and are free of charge.

• April 12 — Salt Lake Choral Artists, Brady Allred, conductor; Alexander Gretchaninoff, Passion Week. The work is an a cappella setting of 13 Russian Orthodox liturgical texts for Holy Week (Passion Week).
• April 19 — Robert Sims and Christopher Brooks present “Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor.” Sims and Brooks discuss their new book on Roland Hayes, who was the first African-American man to reach international fame as a concert artist. After the discussion Sims will perform a selection of spirituals arranged by Hayes.
• April 26 — Ghislain Leroy and Romain Leleu. Music for trumpet and organ. The program will span works for trumpet and organ from the renaissance to today.
• May 3 — Danza Azteca de Salt Lake City Grupo Quetzalcoatl and Mariachi de Mi Tierra. Aztec Dance is one of the most basic expressions of artistic and cultural spirit of the native people of Mexico. For the Aztecs this tradition was a part of life, the dance represents the eternal search of man for cosmic harmony and integration of body and spirit and is considered a form of prayer.
• May 10 — The Choir and Orchestra of the Cathedral of the Madeleine; Charles Gounod, Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile. This setting of the Mass was selected by Bishop Lawrence Scanlan, the Cathedral of the Madeleine’s builder and first bishop, for the Cathedral Rite of Dedication in August 1909. The concert commemorates the 100th anniversary of Scanlan’s death.
• May 27 — The Madeleine Award Dinner in Honor of Mauricio Mixco. Please call the cathedral office at 801-328-6941 for information and reservations.