WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN MUSIC (JAN. 7-13, 2015)

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

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.

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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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