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Libby Gardner Concert Hall. (Photo courtesy of Scott Catron via Flickr)

U Opera’s ‘Scenes’: An Outstanding Display of Student Talent

By Josi Hinds, Arts Writer February 19, 2024

  In front of a towering organ on a two-tiered stage, the students in the U Opera displayed their talent in a performance at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall on Saturday night. They were joined by...

Arts Pass Event Sundays @ 7: Jazz (Courtesy of University of Utah School of Music)

Jazz Is Alive and Well at the University of Utah

By Grier Abercrombie, Arts Writer September 21, 2023

  This past Sunday, the Arts Pass Event Sundays @ 7: Jazz featured faculty and students alike playing together on stage, collaborating and clashing in a soundscape of jazzy excellence. Jazz On...

Poster for University of Utah School of Music Opera Puccini Double Bill.

U Opera Students Perform Puccini

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor April 26, 2023

  The University of Utah’s School of Music Opera Department stunned audiences with a Puccini double bill this past weekend, April 14 and 15. Let’s Go to the Opera Though the thrill of the...

An electronic soundboard (Photo via the University of Utah School of Musics official website)

‘Crosstalk’: Electroacoustic Performance Brings Student Composers’ Music to Life

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer December 7, 2022

  For a significant amount of human history, being professionally trained as a music composer was left to the blessed few with wealth and connections. However, right here at the University of Utah,...

(Portrait of Hasse Borup via the University of Utahs faculty page)

‘Artivism for Earth’ Continues the Conversation on Climate Change

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor May 2, 2022

  In the year since Artivism for Earth’s initial launch, and six months since highlighting their work for the Chronicle’s Environmental Issue, Co-founders Hasse Borup and Elisbaet Curbelo found...

Photo via The Daily Utah Chronicle archives

Artivism for Earth: Behind the Collaborative Climate Project

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor October 26, 2021

  The news of climate change’s effects on our planet is depressing, dare I say numbing. Caught in worrying about things I can’t control, it can be difficult to care about climate...

(Courtesy University of Utah School of Music)

U Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ Prevails Amid Restrictive Circumstances

By Luke Jackson May 15, 2021

  A spotlight shines on a dark eerie stage. Giuseppe Verdi’s ominous score fills the air. A crumbled figure rises out of the darkness. A court jester, deformed, defeated, disgraced. He begins...

Chiang Ta-Lai Landscape. (Courtesy Utah Museum of Fine Arts)

Music and Art Combine in New UMFA Exhibit ‘Sight & Sound’

By Heather Graham, Assistant Copy Chief, Arts Writer May 1, 2021

  If you have ever looked at a painting and wondered what the painting would sound like, the "Sight & Sound" project, hosted by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, might be able to tell you. The...

(Photo by Adam Fondren | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Fall and Winter Arts at the U Flourish Amid Pandemic

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor November 22, 2020

  Even as the days grow colder and the University of Utah campus barrels into a semester wrap-up featuring online instruction, the arts here at the U continue to flourish. A plethora of events...

Students from the Utah Ballet Department perform in a dress rehearsel in the Marriot Center for Dance on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.

Defying Expectations: How Six Student Artists Are Continuing to Create

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor August 13, 2020

  The art world has experienced massive shifts over the past few months. From the rolling news of cancellation and closures in March and April to attempts to redefine and reopen artistic spaces...

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