Ostraka and Utopia: Music of the French Court

Ed Reichel previews the concert HERE.

Monday, October 22, 8:00 PM    Vieve Gore Concert Hall
                                                            Westminster College
                                                            1700 S 1200 E, Salt Lake City

Admission: $15 general, call 801-832-2457 or purchase online.
Students from any institution FREE with valid ID.
Children seven and up only, please.

John Lenti, lute & theorbo • David Walker, baroque guitar • Josh Lee, viola da gamba

Utopia joins nationally touring string trio Ostraka to present intimate lute songs, passionate duets, and fiery instrumental variations from seventeenth-century France.

Heaven to Earth: A German Baroque Christmas

Friday, December 7, 8:00 PM                Cathedral Church of St. Mark
Saturday, December 8, 8:00 PM            231 E 100 S, Salt Lake City
Sunday, December 9, 5:00 PM

Admission: Pay as able (suggested $15 general / $12 senior / $10 student)

Tyler Nelson, tenor • Ricky Parkinson, bass • Leslie Henrie, violin
Jonathan Rhodes-Lee, harpsichord • Josh Lee, viola da gamba

Capture the expectation and joy of the holiday season in the refined music of Baroque Germany. Works of J. S. Bach, his contemporaries, and predecessors express the sublime on a human scale.

Harp of Éire: Six Centuries of Irish Music

Friday, March 8, 8:00 PM                 Holy Family Catholic Church

                                                                    1100 E 5550, South Ogden

Saturday, March 9, 8:00 PM            Cathedral of St. Mark
Sunday, March 10, 5:00 PM                    231 E 100 S, Salt Lake City

Admission: Pay as able (suggested $15 general / $12 senior / $10 student)

Tona Yost, mezzo-soprano • Ricky Parkinson, bass

Lisa Chaufty, flute & recorder • Bronwen Beecher, fiddle
Therese Honey, Celtic harp

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day early with music from the land of poets, saints, and scholars. Two Celtic harps, fiddle, and flute lead you on a journey from the earliest chant to favorite nineteenth-century ballads.

The Morning Trumpet: American Medieval

Friday, May 10, 8:00 PM                Cathedral of St. Mark
Saturday, May 11, 8:00 PM            231 E 100 S, Salt Lake City

Admission: Pay as able (suggested $15 general / $12 senior / $10 student)

Valerie Hart Nelson, mezzo-soprano • Ricky Parkinson, bass
Mary Danzig, fiddle • Peter Danzig, mandolin, guitar & banjo

British settlers came to the New World to escape the Old but unknowingly recreated the sounds of their ancestors. Folk duo Otter Creek helps us explore the parallels between early American, medieval, and Renaissance music.