December 14. Holiday Pops/Family concert featuring Santa’s Guide to the Orchestra; 2:00 Matinee Performance. Jim Bobick; University of Utah Opera students; Robert Baldwin and Oswaldo Machado, conductors. We KNOW you have always wanted to sing with a symphony, and this will be your chance! Bring the entire family for a holiday-themed program that’s sure to...
The Salt Lake Symphony is pleased to provide the soundtrack of the future talent, presenting the members of the annual Summer Arts Piano Competition in concert.
Dance the night away with live music from the Salt Lake Symphony, the Mark Chaney Jazz Trio and special floor shows by the BYU Ballroom Dance Team. It’s a tradition and fundraiser like none other in Salt Lake City, and the ballroom dance event of the season. Come support YOUR Salt Lake Symphony and dance...
Each year, we invite able young musicians to participate our annual side-by-side event. This year, our young colleagues will join us to perform Alexander Borodin’s powerful Polovtsian Dances. The spirit of music continues throughout the program, with a performance of American composer Augusta Read Thomas’s reflective Violin Concerto, No. 1, “Spirit Musings.” Soloist Hasse Borup...
A sense of place permeates our April program, featuring a world premiere piece for clarinet and orchestra depicting the mountain bike trails of the region. Laura Grantier, former principal clarinetist of the U.S. Navy Band, has commissioned the work from composer Nadine Silverman especially to be premiered with the Salt Lake Symphony. The program opens...
Our final concert is an exploration of sound and silence. Our friend Phillip Bimstein will host the evening, and our very own Charlotte Bell will transform the pre-concert talk into a meditation and listening workshop. Gorecki’s powerful Symphony no. 3 with soprano Melissa Heath will provide the main sonic exploration of the evening, a work...