WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN MUSIC (APRIL 1-7, 2015)

(Be sure to visit our monthly concert calendar by clicking on “Events Calendar.”)

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Songwriters Showcase, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Cow Bop with Bruce Forman, April 1, 7:30 p.m., The Performance Hall, $5-$10, 435-797-8022, www.arts.usu.edu.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Jazz Voices, “Jazz Voices: Greatest Hits!,” Allen M. Matthews, director, April 2, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, $6 general, 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Jazz Repertory Ensemble, April 2, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall in David Gardner Hall, $10 general, $6 seniors, staff, faculty, and non-U. students, free for U. students, 801-581-7100, www.kingtix.com.

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY, Browning String Quartet, April 2, 7:30 p.m., Garrison Choral Room (VBC 136), Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, $6-$7, 800-978-8457, www.weberstatetickets.com.

AMERICAN FESTIVAL CHORUS, “St. John Passion,” Craig Jessop, music director, featuring the American Festival Singers, USU Choral Scholars and Orchestra,  April 3, 7:30 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, 85 E. 100 North, Logan, free, $10 suggested donation.

CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE, Good Friday Choral Meditation, “Stabat Mater,” by Pergolesi, April 3, 3 p.m., free, www.utcotm.org.

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, “Giving Wings to the Mind,” Women’s Choir, Men’s Choir and Concert Choir, Cherilyn Worthen and Reed Criddle, conductors, a mesmerizing blend of voices featuring music that “gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything” (Plato), April 3, 7:30 p.m., Ragan Theatre, $10 general, $5 students, 801-863-7529, or box office located in Noorda Theatre, or Campus Connection, www.uvu.edu/arts.

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY, WSU Spring ChoirFest, April 3, 7:30 p.m., Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, $6-$7, 800-978-8457, www.weberstatetickets.com.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Fry Street Quartet, As One, Laura Kaminsky, composer, Mark Campbell, librettist, Kimberly Reed, filmmaker, Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano, and Kelly Markgraf, baritone, a new chamber opera that relates the experiences and inner life of a transgender person moving toward self-realization, April 7, 7:30 p.m., The Performance Hall, $10-$15, 435-797-8022, www.arts.usu.edu. Note: There will be a dress rehearsal on April 6, 7:30 p.m., free and open to the public.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Percussion Ensemble, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall in David Gardner Hall, $10 general, $6 seniors, staff, faculty, and non-U. students, free for U. students, 801-581-7100, www.kingtix.com.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Group for Experimental Music, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY, WSU String Chamber Ensembles, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Garrison Choral Room (VBC 136), Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, $6-$7, 800-978-8457, www.weberstatetickets.com.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, “Evening of Percussion,” featuring Panoramic Steel and Percussion Ensemble, Ron Brough, director, Gamelan Bintang Wahyu, Jeremy Grimshaw, director, April 7, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, $10 general ($4 off with BYU or student ID, $1 off seniors and BYU alumni), 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.

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About Edward Reichel

Edward Reichel, author, writer and composer, has been covering the classical music scene in Utah since 1997. For many years he served as the primary music critic for the Deseret News. He has also written for a number of publications, including Chamber Music Magazine, OPERA Magazine, 15 Bytes, Park City Magazine and Salt Lake Magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He can be reached at ed.reichel@gmail.com. Reichel Recommends is also on Twitter @ReichelArts.

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