Upcoming Events

10
Dec

Jacki Hunt Senior Recital

Arts/Entertainment | Student Recital

Senior percussion recital for Jacki Hunt, a student of Benjy Krauss and Jason Nicholson. Cold Pressed by Dave Hollinden, Table Talk by Alyssa Weinberg, Northern Lights by Eric Ewazen, and Mudra by Bob Becker will be performed. Other performers include Matt Rau, Ari Gammon, Laura Thomas, and Ben Gittins.

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
11
Dec

Exhibition #3

Arts/Entertainment

Exhibition with details TBD

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries |
12
Dec

Exhibition #3

Arts/Entertainment

Exhibition with details TBD

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries |
13
Dec

Exhibition #3

Arts/Entertainment

Exhibition with details TBD

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries |
14
Dec

Exhibition #3

Arts/Entertainment

Exhibition with details TBD

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries |
14
Dec

Youth Conservatory Christmas Recital

Arts/Entertainment

Come get in the holiday spirit by watching outstanding young pianists perform festive music! Sponsored by the USU Youth Conservatory.

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
15
Dec

Exhibition #3

Arts/Entertainment

Exhibition with details TBD

9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries |
18
Dec

Cache Children's Choir

Arts/Entertainment

Concert with program TBD

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall |
20
Jan

Michelle Broadment's Alumna Recital

Arts/Entertainment

Soprano Michelle Broadbent Hatch, a seasoned performer across four continents, holds performance degrees from Utah State University and Brigham Young University. Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Opera Performance at Arizona State University, she has been a long-time student of Darrell Babidge from the Juilliard School. Hatch also studied with baritone Gordon Hawkins at Arizona State University, Oberlin Conservatory in Italy, and with Daniel Ferro from the Juilliard School. In addition to numerous guest recitalist appearances, she has taken on leading roles in various operas, including Moore’s "The Ballad of Baby Doe," Menotti’s "The Old Maid and the Thief," Vaughan Williams’ "Riders to the Sea," de Falla’s "La Vida Breve," Smetana’s "The Bartered Bride," and the title role in Puccini’s "Suor Angelica."

As the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including BYU Singer of the Year and the Outstanding Opera Performance Award, Hatch triumphed in the Concerto Competition at both of her alma maters and was a district winner in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions.

On Jan. 20, Hatch will showcase her favorite arias and art songs, featuring works by Faure, Brahms, Schuman, and Puccini. The recital will also include new repertoire by Mark Adamo, Ricky Ian Gordon, and Jonathan Dove, among others. This performance marks the culmination of her doctoral studies at ASU and is the final installment of a three-part recital series.

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
23
Jan

Fry Street Quartet

Arts/Entertainment

Description TBA

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
26
Jan

Wassermann

Arts/Entertainment

Description TBA

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
27
Jan

Music Therapy Senior Gala

Arts/Entertainment

Help us celebrate the hard-earned skills and many talents of our music therapy
seniors at this unique final jury event. Seniors will be showcasing their musicality,
knowledge, and capacity on a variety of instruments while being featured on a program
of clinical songs they have memorized in collaborations with their peers. The unique
and exciting twist of this jury is that the program will not be known to the performers
until the event begins! The individual and ensemble selections will all be announced to
guests and performers alike at 7pm on Saturday, 1/27/24. The event is free and open to
all friends, family, colleagues, classmates, and community members who wish to cheer
on our seniors at this very special event. We hope to see you there

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
31
Jan

Jazz Jams

Arts/Entertainment

An eagerly awaited tradition around the Music Department is our series of monthly jam sessions, in which a guest artist (or two or three) from outside Cache Valley visits to perform jazz standards with USU students and community members in a relaxed environment. Come and sit in on a tune, or just sit back, relax, and enjoy the music. Jam sessions are completely unscripted, so you never know what exactly will happen, but it’s great fun watching musicians perform without a net!

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Taggart Student Center |
31
Jan

Jazz Jams

Arts/Entertainment

This concert will feature the Caine Jazz Combo along with a guest artist and jazz students from Music Department performing standard jazz tunes. The jam session is open to all and people are encouraged to bring their instrument and join in.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | TSC, HUB |
01
Feb

CMSL: Alethia Trio

Arts/Entertainment

An "outstanding ensemble" with "confidence and understanding of musicians beyond their years" - Palm Beach Daily News Lili Boulanger | D'un Matin de Printemps Andrea Casarrubios | luzAzul: Passacaglia for Piano Trio Clara Schumann | Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 Fanny Mendelssohn | Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
08
Feb

Jazz Night at Elite Hall

Arts/Entertainment

Join us for this annual fundraiser for two great causes: The Larry Smith Jazz Scholarship and The Elite Hall Restoration Fund. Throw yourself back to the roaring 20's and experience live music, dinner, and dancing on Utah's only spring-loaded dance floor! Dance lessons included starting at 6:00 pm. Optional catered dinner is available on Friday and Saturday night. Buy tickets online or at the door. Advanced purchase of dinner tickets is preferred.

6:00 pm - 10:15 pm |
09
Feb

Jazz Night at Elite Hall

Arts/Entertainment

Join us for this annual fundraiser for two great causes: The Larry Smith Jazz Scholarship and The Elite Hall Restoration Fund. Throw yourself back to the roaring 20's and experience live music, dinner, and dancing on Utah's only spring-loaded dance floor! Dance lessons included starting at 6:00 pm. Optional catered dinner is available on Friday and Saturday night. Buy tickets online or at the door. Advanced purchase of dinner tickets is preferred.

6:00 pm - 10:15 pm |
10
Feb

Jazz Night at Elite Hall

Arts/Entertainment

Join us for this annual fundraiser for two great causes: The Larry Smith Jazz Scholarship and The Elite Hall Restoration Fund. Throw yourself back to the roaring 20's and experience live music, dinner, and dancing on Utah's only spring-loaded dance floor! Dance lessons included starting at 6:00 pm. Optional catered dinner is available on Friday and Saturday night. Buy tickets online or at the door. Advanced purchase of dinner tickets is preferred.

6:00 pm - 10:15 pm |
10
Feb

An American Songbook with the American Festival Chorus & Orchestra

Arts/Entertainment

Enjoy an evening filled with some of the most classic and influential American popular songs, jazz standards and show tunes from George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Rodgers & Hammerstein to the music of today. Commonly described as, "the soundtrack of our lives," this toe-tapping, soul-reaching music is sure to have audiences humming along to their favorites. For audiences 8+.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall |
12
Feb

Aria Competition

Arts/Entertainment

An Opera competition between singers at The Caine College of Music.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
15
Feb

Symphonic Band

Arts/Entertainment

Concerts are part of the band large ensemble curriculum. As capstone events, they typically occur twice per semester. Students are required to participate in these events as a large part of their grades, and these concerts are the culmination of several weeks of classroom rehearsals. All concerts are associated with one or more of the band ensembles: MUSC 4700 Wind Orchestra MUSC 3795 Wind Symphony MUSC 3790 Symphonic Band MUSC 3785 Marching Band

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall |
17
Feb

Faculty Flute Recital

Arts/Entertainment

Join Flutist, Dr. Jeiran Hasan, and Pianist, Amy Glenn for an event in partnership with the NEHMA and the Black and African American Student Program Organization in celebration of Black History Month. This recital will feature repertoire by living black female composers and pairings of NEHMA collections, with a talk on the pieces by NEHMA curator, Katie Lee Koven. A reception in the museum follows the recital.

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
23
Feb

Wind Orchestra

Arts/Entertainment

The Wind Orchestra, the "flagship ensemble" of the USU Bands, is a 45-member ensemble of the finest wind and percussion players on campus. Each performance includes contemporary wind music, as well as time-tested standard band repertoire.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall |
23
Feb

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
24
Feb

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
24
Feb

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
28
Feb

Jazz Jams

Arts/Entertainment

This concert will feature the Caine Jazz Combo along with a guest artist and jazz students from Music Department performing standard jazz tunes. The jam session is open to all and people are encouraged to bring their instrument and join in.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | TSC, HUB |
28
Feb

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
29
Feb

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
01
Mar

World Music Therapy Day

Arts/Entertainment

Description TBA

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
01
Mar

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
02
Mar

UST Floyd Collins

Arts/Entertainment

This haunting musical, featuring a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. In 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he is trapped 200 feet underground.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
05
Mar

Music Honors Recital

Arts/Entertainment

A showcase of students in music who are pursuing Honors.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Family Life Building |
06
Mar

Guitar, Bass, Drums Festival Clinic

Arts/Entertainment

The USU Guitar, Bass and Drums Festival is an annual event that features some of the top guitar, bass and drum musicians in the country. Festival events include masterclasses, a guest artist panel discussion, and an evening performance.

10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
06
Mar

Guitar, Bass and Drums Festival Performance

Arts/Entertainment

The USU Guitar, Bass and Drums Festival is an annual event that features some of the top guitar, bass and drum musicians in the country. Festival events include masterclasses, a guest artist panel discussion, and an evening performance.

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
06
Mar

Guitar, Bass and Drums Festival Performance

Arts/Entertainment

The USU Guitar, Bass and Drums Festival is an annual event that features some of the top guitar, bass and drum musicians in the country. Festival events include masterclasses, a guest artist panel discussion, and an evening performance.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
07
Mar

UST The Boy At The Edge of Everything

Arts/Entertainment

In the middle of his over-scheduled 12-and-a-bit-year-old life, Simon Ives dreams of a place where he can just stop and be. Meanwhile, at the farthest point in the universe, The Boy at the Edge of Everything lives by himself, lonely and bored. When Simon is rocketed into space (through an unlikely series of events involving ‘lots and lots of fireworks’), their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Black Box Theatre |
08
Mar

UST The Boy At The Edge of Everything

Arts/Entertainment

In the middle of his over-scheduled 12-and-a-bit-year-old life, Simon Ives dreams of a place where he can just stop and be. Meanwhile, at the farthest point in the universe, The Boy at the Edge of Everything lives by himself, lonely and bored. When Simon is rocketed into space (through an unlikely series of events involving ‘lots and lots of fireworks’), their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Black Box Theatre |
09
Mar

UST The Boy At The Edge of Everything

Arts/Entertainment

In the middle of his over-scheduled 12-and-a-bit-year-old life, Simon Ives dreams of a place where he can just stop and be. Meanwhile, at the farthest point in the universe, The Boy at the Edge of Everything lives by himself, lonely and bored. When Simon is rocketed into space (through an unlikely series of events involving ‘lots and lots of fireworks’), their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Black Box Theatre |
20
Mar

Jazz Combos

Arts/Entertainment

This concert will feature student jazz combos directed by USU professors and graduate assistants. Students will be performing classic tunes from the jazz tradition as well as contemporary tunes from today’s jazz masters.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
21
Mar

CMSL: Viano Quartet Clinic

Arts/Entertainment

Praised for their "virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention" (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet are one of the most sought-after performing young ensembles. Lucy Wang, Violin Hao Zhou, Violin Aiden Kane, Viola Tate Zawadiuk, Cello

10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
21
Mar

CMSL: Viano Quartet

Arts/Entertainment

Praised for their "virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention" (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet are one of the most sought-after performing young ensembles. Lucy Wang, Violin Hao Zhou, Violin Aiden Kane, Viola Tate Zawadiuk, Cello

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
27
Mar

Jazz Jams

Arts/Entertainment

This concert will feature the Caine Jazz Combo along with a guest artist and jazz students from Music Department performing standard jazz tunes. The jam session is open to all and people are encouraged to bring their instrument and join in.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | TSC, HUB |
30
Mar

Music Therapy Songwriting Series: Songwriter Showcase

Arts/Entertainment

Description TBA

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
02
Apr

Caine Ensembles

Arts/Entertainment

The Caine Ensembles concert, presented twice a year, showcases some of USU's finest musicians. Come enjoy top-tier chamber music performed by the Caine Brass Quintet, Caine Percussion Ensemble, Caine Saxophone Quartet, Caine String Quartet, and Caine Woodwind Quintet.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
05
Apr

Music Scholars Series: Dr. Megan Lavengood

Arts/Entertainment

What is "our music"? As an institution in the intermountain West, USU is located in a place associated with many different kinds of music. The decisions we make about which of these we foreground have profound implications. What do our students deserve to learn? Which faculty have the responsibility—or the right—to teach each repertoire? And how, as a university, do we define the collective “us” we seek to serve? Dr. Megan Lavengood is an Associate Professor and Area Director of Music Theory at George Mason University, where she teaches undergraduate core theory and graduate courses in advanced theory topics. Her research primarily deals with popular music, timbre, synthesizers, and recording techniques. She has also published on video game music, music theory pedagogy, and public music theory.

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Family Life Building |
09
Apr

Jazz Jams

Arts/Entertainment

This concert will feature the Caine Jazz Combo along with a guest artist and jazz students from Music Department performing standard jazz tunes. The jam session is open to all and people are encouraged to bring their instrument and join in.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | TSC, HUB |
12
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
13
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
13
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
14
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
17
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
18
Apr

Symphonic Band

Arts/Entertainment

Thomas Rohrer may provide a more specific description closer to the performance date. Use this description for now: Concerts are part of the band large ensemble curriculum. As capstone events, they typically occur twice per semester. Students are required to participate in these events as a large part of their grades, and these concerts are the culmination of several weeks of classroom rehearsals. All concerts are associated with one or more of the band ensembles: MUSC 4700 Wind Orchestra MUSC 3795 Wind Symphony MUSC 3790 Symphonic Band MUSC 3785 Marching Band

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall |
19
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
20
Apr

UST The Tempest

Arts/Entertainment

Magic, secret identities, and conflict abound inn William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Come experience the intrigue, the magic, and see for yourself how all will resolve.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre |
27
Apr

AFCO: The Restoration - An Oratoria by Merrill Bradshaw with the Logan Institute Singers

Arts/Entertainment

Merrill Bradshaw was one of the most celebrated Utah composers of the 20th Century. As professor of composition at Brigham Young University, he composed in all genres of classical music. His magnum opus, The Restoration, which premiered 50 years ago, is written for large symphonic chorus, chamber choir, solo vocal quartet, and symphony orchestra. It is considered the culmination of his life's work as a composer. For ages 8+.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chase Fine Arts Center, Daines Concert Hall |