Professional Performing Arts at
Brigham Young University
The 2023–24 BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series features a lineup of world-class artists you won’t want to miss! The exciting new season features husband-and-wife Broadway stars Santino and Jessica Fontana, Scottish folk band Ímar, comedy/drama duo The Stakeout, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Brass, and so much more! Get your season tickets for first access to the best seats at the best prices!
Utah Symphony: ¡Celebración Sinfónica!
This annual concert, a staple in the Salt Lake community, comes to BYU for the first time to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with iconic Latin American orchestral, popular, and traditional music. Enrico Lopez-Yañez, the Principal Pops Conductor of the Nashville Symphony and a well-known conductor of popular music, leads the Utah Symphony in this celebratory evening.
Este concierto anual, un elemento básico en la comunidad de Salt Lake, llega a BYU por primera vez para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con música orquestal, popular y tradicional icónica de Latinoamericana. Enrico Lopez-Yañez, el director titular del pop de la Nashville Symphony y bien conocido director de música popular, dirige la Utah Symphony en esta noche festiva.
September 19 | El 19 de septiembre
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. | Martes a las 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall | Sala de conciertos
Tickets on sale August 16 | en venta el 16 de agosto
Santino and Jessica Fontana
Broadway power couple Santino and Jessica Fontana join forces for this duo concert of musical theatre favorites. Jessica Fontana’s credits include Broadway’s Baby It’s You! and the title role in Cinderella; Pipe Dream in New York City Center’s Encores! Series; and Off-Broadway in Once Upon a Mattress. Santino Fontana provided the voice for Prince Hans in Disney’s hit film Frozen and originated the lead role in Broadway’s Tootsie, for which he won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. Join this stellar husband-and-wife team for an unforgettable performance.
September 23
Saturday, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale August 16
When You Wish Upon a Star:
A Jazz Tribute to 100 Years of Disney
Celebrate 100 years of Disney through the lens of jazz with the five-piece house band of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, led by pianist and music director Sean Mason and featuring vocalists Kim Nalley and Sasha Dobson. Hear jazz renditions of iconic favorites like “Someday My Prince Will Come” and “Everybody Wants to Be a Cat” in this tribute to the 100-year legacy of Disney.
This production is not affiliated with, sponsored, or authorized by The Walt Disney Company.
October 3
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale August 16
Itzhak Perlman with the BYU Philharmonic
We welcome the incomparable Itzhak Perlman back for a rare two-night engagement, this time performing the Mendelssohn violin concerto with the BYU Philharmonic. The winner of fifteen Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Itzhak Perlman is a titan in the field of classical music.
Please note that tickets from the postponed February 2023 concerts will be honored this October. Additional tickets may be for sale starting September 6. Please check the event page at arts.byu.edu for updates.
October 11–12
Wednesday–Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale September 6 (see above)
Windscape Woodwind Quintet
and Orion String Quartet
The Orion String Quartet and Windscape quintet collaborate in a performance of the late flutist Samuel Baron’s transcription of Bach’s Art of the Fugue for string quartet and wind quintet. Join these two critically acclaimed chamber ensembles, both known for their performances of classical masterworks as well as new works of the 20th and 21st centuries, for an evening of Bach reinterpreted alongside standard favorites.
November 2
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale August 16
For Heroes Proved: Veterans Day Celebration
featuring Derek Klena and the BYU Wind Symphony
Celebrate Veterans Day with this patriotic tribute concert featuring Tony-nominated Broadway star Derek Klena (Anastasia, Moulin Rouge!, Wicked) and the BYU Wind Symphony. In honor of their service, local veterans and their families are invited to attend free of charge.*
November 10
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale August 16
*Please contact the Ticket Office for details.
Michael Moschen
Widely regarded as the father of contact juggling, Michael Moschen dazzles with his new show, Mysterious Forces, an exploration of creativity and the creative process. Renowned as both a solo performer and collaborator, Moschen has performed with leading circus arts companies and Off-Broadway acts across the world and is the only variety artist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. His work extends to the films Hair, Annie, and Labyrinth, in which he choreographed and juggled with crystal balls as the hands of David Bowie.
December 2
Saturday, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
West Campus Mainstage Theatre
Tickets on sale August 16
Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band:
Christmas Bells Are Swingin’!
Swing in the holidays with the iconic quintet Boston Brass, joined by local all-star brass players to create a boisterous big band of brass and rhythm section. Featuring arrangements of Christmas favorites made famous by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this energetic program celebrates the joy of the season.
December 13
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale October 18
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas
Known as “a global ambassador of the Spanish guitar” (Billboard), Pablo Sáinz-Villegas brings his mastery of the classical guitar to BYU. Since his debut with the New York Philharmonic, Sáinz-Villegas has performed in more than 40 countries and won over 30 international awards. His virtuosity and commitment to developing new repertoire for Spanish classical guitar have made him a popular soloist throughout the world.
Este concierto anual, un elemento básico en la comunidad de Salt Lake, Conocido como “un embajador mundial de la guitarra española” (Billboard), Pablo Sáinz-Villegas aporta su dominio de la guitarra clásica a BYU. Desde su debut con la Filarmónica de Nueva York, Sáinz-Villegas se ha presentado en más de 40 países y ha ganado más de 30 premios internacionales. Su virtuosismo y compromiso con el desarrollo de nuevo repertorio para la guitarra clásica española lo han convertido en un solista popular en todo el mundo.
January 27 | El 27 de enero
Saturday, 7:30 p.m. | El sábado a las 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall | Sala de conciertos
Tickets on sale November 16 | en venta el 16 de noviembre
Eighth Blackbird
A chamber ensemble at the cutting edge of modern classical music, Eighth Blackbird presents a concert of new music as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of BYU’s Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Since the sextet’s founding in 1996, Eighth Blackbird has won four Grammy Awards and commissioned and premiered hundreds of works. This concert will feature 2020 Barlow Prize winner Bekah Simms’s commissioned piece, metamold, and Barlow Endowment Commission recipient Viet Cuong’s concerto Vital Sines with BYU’s Wind Symphony.
February 9
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale November 16
Utah Symphony with Tabea Zimmermann
Virtuoso violist Tabea Zimmermann joins the Utah Symphony for a special performance, featuring the U.S. premiere of Swiss composer Michael Jarrell’s Émergences-Résurgences, a piece written for Zimmermann and co-commissioned by the Utah Symphony. An award-winning and sought-after soloist, Zimmermann has premiered many new works for viola throughout the world.
Rising-star music director of Chicago Opera Theater Lidiya Yankovskaya, who has conducted more than 40 world premieres, makes her Utah Symphony debut with this concert. For more information and a preview playlist, click here.
February 22
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale November 16
Mark Lettieri Group
Five-time Grammy Award winner Mark Lettieri brings his quartet to BYU for a concert of genre-defying, guitar-based instrumental music. Known for his work with the bands Snarky Puppy and the Fearless Flyers, Lettieri is an in-demand guitarist, composer, producer, and instructor who has recorded and performed in virtually every genre of popular music. He tours his award-winning original music around the globe with his quartet, the Mark Lettieri Group. During his time on campus, he will also work with students in BYU’s commercial music program to write and record an original single.
March 2
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale November 16
Ímar
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Ímar, a Glasgow-based quintet whose members own a heavyweight collective haul of top prizes across the UK, for a concert of folk music both traditional and new. With members of Scottish, Irish, English, and Manx origin, this supergroup incorporates music from a variety of traditions—and featuring a variety of instruments, from the bodhrán to the bouzouki—to create its innovative style.
March 12
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Hall
Tickets on sale November 16
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Join the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, part of one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the U.S., for a thrilling evening of dance. The ABT Studio Company features 12 to 18 up-and-coming dancers between the ages of 17 and 21 and presents repertoire both classical and contemporary.
March 30
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Richards Building Dance Performance Theatre
Tickets on sale November 16
The Stakeout
Fresh off its NYC off-Broadway run, The Stakeout is a comedy drama about two men on a stakeout of two men who may be on a stakeout of them. From multi-award-winning actor/playwright Martin Dockery, seasoned actor Andrew Broaddus, and director Vanessa Quesnelle comes a uniquely funny and heartrending story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
April 12–13
Friday–Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
West Campus Mainstage Theatre
Tickets on sale November 16