(Be sure to visit our monthly concert calendar by clicking on “Events Calendar.”)
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.
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 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, Robert Brandt, faculty artist, January 23, 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, 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 percent discount U. staff, faculty and alumni association 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.