School of Music

Celebrating the resilience and joy of live music, artists and scholars from the U School of Music present an unforgettable evening of classical masterpieces and new, original compositions. Following the arc of time from the 1600s to the present, the program invites audience members to immerse themselves in the sound-world of early historical instruments: harpsichord, recorder, and baroque violin, and the most recent, cutting-edge creations in the electro-acoustic genre. Mozart’s sparkling operatic aria “Porgi amor” from "The Marriage of Figaro" and Brahms’s piano trio in B major highlight the agile virtuosity of the human voice, strings, and piano.

Kyle Johnson’s new film offers a way past this stumbling block when it comes to new music by opting for two strategies. First, he has chosen as his subject the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds, for many decades a trailblazing figure who bridges the worlds of traditional instruments and voice, computer-processed sound, and multimedial collaborations.

On the surface, the four children of Leroy and Naomi Robertson share little in common. With distinct personalities, temperaments, and goals, each pursued a unique life path.

Michael Sammons, D.M.A. serves as the Percussion Area Head at the University of Utah and is recognized as a versatile performer in solo, chamber, symphonic, marching percussion and non-western musical styles.