University of Utah School of Music

09/23/2026

It's time to register for the University of Utah High School Honors Workshop! This unique and elite honor band experience is open to students grades 9-12.

While many honor bands focus on large-ensemble performance, the U emphasizes individual musicianship. Participants will perform in a large honor band, attend masterclasses with Utah Symphony and U faculty, explore chamber music (woodwind ensemble, brass ensemble, percussion ensemble), and receive coaching and mentorship from faculty and current U students.

Auditions are due Oct. 19. Learn more, link in bio.

09/15/2026

FACULTY CONCERT Oct 7 | 7:30 p.m.
Experience an all-Russian program, featuring one of Shostakovich’s earliest works, Piano Trio No. (1923) 1 and one of his last works, Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 (1967) for piano trio and voice. Featuring School of Music faculty Hasse Borup, violin; Michael Kaufman, cello; and Steven Vanhauwaert, piano, with guest vocalist Jin-Xiang Yu.

09/04/2026

SEPT 11-12 | 7:30 p.m.
Guerilla Opera and Urban Jazz Dance Company present Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible, a boundary-breaking chamber opera composed by Elisabet Curbelo, Associate Professor of Electroacoustic Composition at the Univeristy of Utah, and inspired by Federico García Lorca’s evocative poetry. Get tickets now!

https://www.finearts.utah.edu/news/the-finer-points-blog/ululations-and-gurgles-of-the-invisible

08/31/2026

Visit the U Music booth at Arts Bash this Wednesday 9/2! We’ll be on Library Plaza from 11am-2pm. Grab some swag learn how you can get involved with our department programs and student clubs.

And don’t forget to snag free food and take a seat by the Main Stage:

12-12:15pm | Chair Kim Councill shares a season announcement, followed by Michie Scholarship Jazz Combo students
1:40-1:55 | Creative Arts Therapies Group Drumming (audience participation encouraged and no experience necessary!)

@‌uofu_choirs @‌uofu_harps .jazz @‌marchingutes @‌uofuopera @‌uofuperc

07/02/2026

Faculty advisor of Utah Medical Orchestra (UMO), Perry G. Fine, was featured in Virginia Commonwealth University news. Read about his venture from anesthesiology professor to composing symphonies - 'Music is medicine!' Link in bio.

The School of Music is piloting an exciting partnership with UMO this fall, where graduate student Elizabeth Ames will work under recent alum and UMO Music Director, Lauren Tian.

06/10/2026

Songwriter and performer George M. Cohan looms large in the American canon with tunes like “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Give my Regards to Broadway.” In honor of America’s 250th, has organized a lecture recital: George M. Cohen’s Irish American Patriotism on Broadway. This Sunday, the U’s School of Music Associate Professor Elizabeth Craft, PhD, will share all things Cohen with the help of several performers from the SOM family. Join her June 14th at 10AM-11AM at .

04/29/2026

University of Utah Piano Outreach Program students, Trang Le and Ashley Black performed live on KRCL 90.9FM. The mom and daughter take lessons at Kearns Library. Watch them play the Swan Lake Ballet Main Theme by P.I. Tchaikovsky arr. T. Brown

University of Utah's Piano Outreach Program - "Swan Lake"

04/17/2026

Stella Wadsworth is the School of Music’s 2026 College of Fine Arts Outstanding Senior!
 
🏫 Major: Instrumental Performance BM
 
💭 Three words that describe you: Resilient, Disciplined, Grateful
 
⭐ What inspires you: I am most inspired by my husband, who is the most passionate and hard-working musician that I know. I also take much of my inspiration from the wonderful musicians of the Utah Symphony, and from watching other musicians perform well. 
 
🎉 Stella was nominated for her academic achievements, artistic and scholarly accomplishments, and ongoing commitment to their craft.
 
Read about her many accomplishments, as well as those of the other CFA Outstanding Seniors at the link in our bio!
 

 

04/09/2026

Congratulations to Sorn Torkelson on his acceptance to Yale School of Music's Graduate program! Unlocking a bright future ahead! 💫