BYU Bravo! program example

BYU COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Dean Ed Adams

Associate

Associate Dean Jeremy Grimshaw

Associate Dean Eric Gillett

BRAVO! ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Dean Ed Adams

Producer/Presenter

Lyndsay Keith

Department of Dance

Shayla Bott

Department of Theatre & Media Arts

Megan Sanborn Jones

School of Music

Diane Reich

Assistant Dean

Assistant

Assistant Dean

Don Powell

CFAC MARKETING AND PRODUCTION

Director Troy Streeter

Production Manager/ Technical Director

Jared Patching

Lighting Operations Manager Mark Ohran

Assistant

Audio Operations Manager

Troy Streeter

Assistant

Tiffany Parker

Projection

Operations Manager

Kevin Anthony

Business Manager Brian Olson

Assistant

Director, Marketing and Production

Troy Streeter

BRAVO! Producer and Presenter

Lyndsay Keith

CFAC EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Assistant Dean

Writers

Cate Ferraro

Travel

Kenya

Madison Thunhorst

Marketing Services

Rex Kocherhans

Creative Services

Social Media Specialists

Gabby Huntsman

Lauren Lake

Web

Alexander Chopelas

Photographer Emma Olson

Alie Carter

On behalf of the College of Fine Arts and Communications and the BRAVO! team, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this special concert honoring America's veterans. The BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series presents unparalleled performances to BYU students, faculty, staff, and the community. We search the globe for artists who are not only masters of their craft—whose performances will make you want to shout "Bravo!"—but also demonstrate gifts for mentoring

inspiring greatness and creativity through their art. To inspire others through the arts is exactly what we strive to do here at BYU. Music, dance, and theatre have a powerful ability to enrich, heal, connect, and teach us, often in ways that nothing else can. In the words of Karl Paulnack, “Art is one of the ways in which we say, ‘I am alive, and my life has meaning.’” I hope that the beauty and truth you find in this and other BRAVO! performances this season will add meaning and purpose to life for you, in whatever way you need it. Thank you for spending an evening with us!

Lyndsay Keith, BRAVO! PRODUCER/PRESENTER

DEREK KLENA Celebrity guest artist

Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson Featured speaker

Brigadier General

Derek J. O'Malley Patriots Award Recipient

DEREK KLENA

LT. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

Hymn to the Fallen John Williams

The Prayer

David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis featuring Derek Klena b. 1949; b. 1944; 1927–2009; b. 1938 arr. Jim Kessler

Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson, featured speaker

Come What May

David Baerwald and Kevin Gilbert featuring Derek Klena and Bailee Johnson b. 1960; 1966–1996 arr. Carl Hammer

God of Our Fathers

The Stars and Stripes Forever

George W. Warren 1828–1902 arr. Claude T. Smith

John Philip Sousa 1854–1932

Derek Klena

Derek Klena Celebrity Guest Artist

Derek Klena is well-known for his recently-concluded run as Christian in the Tony Award-winning Moulin Rouge! for which he won a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Replacement, and for originating the role of Dimitry in Ahrens/Flaherty/McNally’s Anastasia. He made his Broadway debut as Fiyero in the 10th-anniversary company of Wicked and was featured in the original Broadway cast of Jason Robert Brown’s The Bridges of Madison County.

Derek first broke onto the NYC theatre scene in the 2012 Off-Broadway revival of Carrie, where he quickly garnered attention from Oscar, Grammy, and Tony winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to originate the lead role of Eddie Birdlace in Dogfight. He received a Clive Barnes Award Nomination for his performance. He also starred in Alanis Morissette’s critically acclaimed musical Jagged Little Pill, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He recently starred as Joe Gillis opposite Stephanie J. Block in the Kennedy Center’s limited run of Sunset Boulevard, which was part of their Broadway Center Stage program.

Other notable theatre credits include Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Unknown Soldier, directed by Trip Cullman; Signature Theatre’s Diner, written by Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson; and the Hollywood Bowl’s star-studded production of Hairspray, directed by Jerry Mitchell.

On television, Derek can be seen in the pivotal role of Wes in the Max series, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and he will soon reprise his role in season two. Derek is known for his memorable arc as DJ Fingablast on Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Netflix hit Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Other TV credits include City on a Hill, The Code, and A Holiday Spectacular

IG: @derek_klena X: @DerekKlena

DEREK KLENA

Supporting our Veterans:

Utah is proud to be home of nearly 140,000 veterans and 16,700 active duty, National Guard, and Reserve members. With support from communities, various government and nonprofit organizations are dedicated to assisting, honoring, and remembering their service and sacrifice and that of their families. Scan this code to find ways you can show your support and give back to veterans and service members.

Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness—and their family members, friends, and supporters—can call or chat online with the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, where trained counselors are ready to talk confidentially 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Caring, qualified responders at the Veterans Crisis Line are here to help. Confidential crisis support for veterans and their loved ones is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Contact the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then press 1, chat online, or text 838255.

Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson

Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson

Featured speaker

Deidre M. Henderson is Utah’s ninth lieutenant governor, serving as the Beehive State’s second highest elected official, chief election officer, and secretary of state. Lt. Gov. Henderson has dedicated her time in office to removing barriers to success for Utahns, ensuring elections are well run, and bolstering the state’s relationship with Native American tribes.

While in office, Lt. Gov. Henderson created Return Utah, a firstin-the-nation state program for Utahns who have been out of the workforce for an extended period. The program helps Utahns gain relevant experience as they re-enter the workforce.

She also turned tragedy into triumph. After her cousin Mandy Mayne was ambushed and killed in 2022, Lt. Gov. Henderson set out on a statewide tour with the Mayne family to address how Utah responds to domestic violence incidents. After months of hard work, the Legislature unanimously passed S.B. 117, a bill that expanded tools for law enforcement to help victims of intimate partner violence.

Lt. Gov. Henderson works closely with Utah’s eight federally recognized Native American tribes on infrastructure, education, healthcare, and economic development issues. Her work with leaders from the Navajo Nation and southeastern Utah helped secure a deal to bring running water to the Diné community of Westwater.

Lt. Gov. Henderson served eight years in the Utah Senate representing south Utah County. As a senator, she built a reputation as a strong conservative and champion of women and families.

While serving as lieutenant governor, she returned to college to earn a bachelor’s degree in history from Brigham Young University. Her passion for history is reflected in her own career as she stands on the shoulders of Utah’s many history-making women.

Lt. Gov. Henderson and her husband Gabe reside in Spanish Fork and love spending time with family, going to the theater, and visiting rural Utah.

IG: @deidrehenderson

LT. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

Brigadier General Derek J. O'Malley

Brigadier General Derek J. O'Malley Patriots Award Recipient

Brig. Gen. Derek "Maestro" O'Malley is the Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. As the Deputy Director, he leads the future concepts divisions for the execution of aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America, to include the Canadian, Alaskan, and continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Regions within the bi-national command. Brig. Gen. O'Malley received his commission as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program from Brigham Young University, Utah, in 1996.

He has accumulated more than 3,000 flight hours including operational flying assignments in the F-16, F-35A, and A-10C. He is a distinguished graduate and former instructor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, and was also in the initial cadre for the F-35A Lightning II. Brig. Gen. O'Malley has held leadership positions at the squadron, group, and wing levels, and has commanded a fighter wing and the U.S. Air Force’s sole combat wing in Afghanistan, where he culminated the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing’s 19 years of combat operations. Prior to his current position, he served as the Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division. He has deployed in support of operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Resolute Support, and Freedom's Sentinel.

Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith Conductor, BYU Wind Symphony

Shawn Smith serves as associate professor of conducting and director of bands in the Brigham Young University School of Music. Prior to his appointment at BYU, he spent sixteen years as director of bands at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

In high demand as a band and orchestra conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, Smith has been invited to conduct professional and educational ensembles throughout the United States, South America, Central America, and Europe, including engagements with two of the finest professional bands in South America, the State Symphonic Band of São Paulo (Brazil) and the State Symphonic Band of Córdoba (Argentina). Smith has also been invited to conduct region and all-state bands in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Texas, and Utah.

Equally at home with opera and musical theater productions, Smith has conducted pit orchestras for The Marriage of Figaro and a six-week run of Les Misérables. His performances have been heard numerous times on American Public Media’s Performance Today, the most popular classical music radio program in the United States. In 2015 Smith was awarded second place for the American Prize in Conducting—Professional Band Division.

In the area of research, Smith has been published in the Journal of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and in Alta Musica and has presented research at national and international conferences in the United States, Europe, and South America. Smith has also given numerous educational clinics, workshops, and speeches, most notably at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, and at state music conferences throughout the United States.

An accomplished trumpeter, Smith has performed with the Corpus Christi Symphony (Texas), the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra (Idaho), the Acadiana Symphony (Louisiana), Keith Brion’s New Sousa Band, and the Temptations.

Smith holds a doctor of musical arts degree in instrumental conducting from Arizona State University, and master of music and bachelor of music education degrees from Louisiana State University and Boise State University, respectively.

SHAWN SMITH

Baritone Shea Owens was recently a guest soloist with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for its Love Thy Neighbor special event. He was also recently a member of the soloist ensemble at Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland, where his roles included Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Marcello in La bohème, Valentin in Faust, and Alvaro in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, among others.

On the concert stage he sang Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Cimarosa’s Il maestro di cappella, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, and Haydn’s The Seasons with the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen. He sang Colonel Ricci in Sondheim’s Passion at the Théâtre du Chátelet and joined the orchestra of the Grand Théatre de Genève in concerts of well-known operatic repertoire. While living in New York he was a frequent guest with the New York Festival of Song and was an extra chorister at the Metropolitan Opera. He received training as a young artist at Wolf Trap Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Central City Opera, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Brigham Young University and his Master of Music from Rice University.

Mr. Owens is now the director of opera at Brigham Young University and recently sang his first performances of the title role of Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the university’s choirs at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. This past season he returned to Utah Opera as Samuel in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance after previously joining the company as a member of its Resident Artist Program. Along with traditional operatic and concert work, he especially enjoys the challenge and novelty of interpreting the works of contemporary composers and has sung Charlie in Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers alongside legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. He also recently recorded an album with his wife, soprano Madison Leonard, and pianist Artem Belogurov titled To the Thawing Wind: Songs of Paul Edward Gay

Other recent highlights include the Forever Mighty tour of Utah with the Utah Symphony as a guest soloist, along with his wife, soprano Madison Leonard; the role of Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Central City Opera; and Carmina Burana with Konzert und Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland. Upcoming engagements include a multimedia chamber opera by BYU colleague Steven Ricks titled Baucis and Philemon, and the role of The Pilot in Utah Opera's upcoming production of The Little Prince

Web: sheaowens.com

Shea Owens

Narrator

Shea Owens

PEPPERFOX PHOTO

Bailee Johnson Guest Student Vocalist

Bailee Johnson is currently a BYU student studying music dance theatre. Bailee made her Hale Theater Orem debut in 2010 as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. She has also been seen as Belle in A Christmas Carol (HCTO), a disciple in Godspell (BYU), Ellie Blake in Freaky Friday (HCTO), Fredrika Armfeldt in A Little Night Music (Utah Repertory Theatre), and the title role in Annie (Herriman Arts Council). She has also played lead roles in films such as The Christmas Dragon and Christmas Oranges, as well as the roles of Paige on the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Made to Order, Shelly Flinders in the 2016 film Saturday’s Warrior, and was a guest star on the BYUtv show Extinct. She has trained with Ballet West and the Jackie College School of Ballet, and was also awarded Best Actress Under 18 from the Filmed in Utah Awards.

IG: @baileejohnson.jpg • Web: talentmg.com

Bailee Johnson

BYU Wind Symphony

The finest woodwind, brass, and percussion players at Brigham Young University perform with the Wind Symphony, under the direction of Shawn Smith. The BYU Wind Symphony maintains an active performance schedule with programming that ranges from wind band classics to some of the newest wind repertoire. Participation in commissioning consortiums and hosting composers and guest conductors on campus offers ensemble members wonderful musical experiences.

In addition to on-campus concerts, the ensemble has been honored with performances at the Music Educators National Conference and Convention; the College Band Directors Association, National and Division Conventions; and the American Bandmasters Association National Conference. The BYU Wind Symphony has recently been honored with an invitation to perform at the 2024 International Conference of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, in South Korea.

As BYU’s premier wind band, the Wind Symphony has been presented in many of the United States, and in over twenty countries—including China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand, and many European countries.

“We were so honored to have the BYU Wind Symphony perform… Your presentation was outstanding… All who attended were extremely impressed, particularly the ambassadors and diplomats. It was a beautiful program… Thank you for your wonderful gifts.”

—William H. Child, Director, Visitors Center, Washington DC

“The Wind Symphony of the Brigham Young University in Utah enthralled Manilans with its smooth, seamless, expressive rendition of a varied program pulled from its widely ranging repertoire... The young musicians, ages 16 to 28, impressively rose to both the technical and interpretive demands of every piece, revealing exceptional training and discipline no less than inherent musicality and solid musicianship... One could go on and on with the ensemble’s remarkable performance because the audience remained seated even after four encores!”

—Rosalinda L. Orosa, The Philippine Star, Manila, Philippines

Piccolo

Hadley Holman

Flute

Lillie Gardner*

Melodie Wride

Arielle Cline

Madison Franklin

Oboe

Rachel Johnson*

Kaylee Smith

English Horn

Kate Christensen

Bassoon

Emma Johnson*

Katelyn Herron

Contrabassoon

Blake Lind

Eb Clarinet

Dallin Jorgensen

Clarinet

Matthew Johnson*

Reuben Allan

Spencer Quantz

Carly Conner

Nick Rowe

Rachel Phillips

Bass Clarinet

Noah Hill

Mason Roberts

Contrabass Clarinet

Jackson Lauritzen

Alto Sax

Joshua Olson*

Marty Bodell

Tenor Sax

Spencer Carlson

Bari Sax

Ethan Petersen

Trumpet

Alec Clark*

Bryant Jordan

Ben Roberts

Kylee Bergstresser

Austin Miranda

Thomas Longhurst

Horn

Ily Olsen*

Jenny Wagstaff

Spencer Landon

Meagan Brown

Joseph Ducos

Trombone

Graeme Clayton*

Aneisha Booth

Britta Schramm

Alexis Judd, Bass

Hannah Oman

Euphonium

Joel McClain*

Olivia Hiatt

Tuba

Emma Hogge*

Connor Hemmert

Percussion

Ella Packard*

Josh Purvis

Jacob Ward

Dallin Jepsen

Clay Battles

Bass

Alexander Willey

Piano

Tim McKay

Harp

Annelise Hunter

*Principal

MICHAEL MOSCHEN

December 2

Get your tickets now for these upcoming performances:

BOSTON BRASS AND THE BRASS ALL-STARS BIG BAND: CHRISTMAS BELLS ARE SWINGIN'!

December 13

PABLO SÁINZ-VILLEGAS

January 27

WAYNE

SORCE

2023–24 SEASON:

Utah Symphony: ¡Celebración Sinfónica! SEPTEMBER 19

Santino and Jessica Fontana SEPTEMBER 23

When You Wish Upon a Star: A Jazz Tribute to 100 Years of Disney OCTOBER 3

Itzhak Perlman with the BYU Philharmonic OCTOBER 11–12

Windscape Woodwind Quintet and Orion String Quartet NOVEMBER 2

For Heroes Proved: Veterans Day Celebration featuring Derek Klena and the BYU Wind Symphony NOVEMBER 10

Michael Moschen DECEMBER 2

Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band: Christmas Bells Are Swingin'! DECEMBER 13

Pablo Sáinz-Villegas JANUARY 27

Eighth Blackbird FEBRUARY 9

Utah Symphony with Tabea Zimmermann FEBRUARY 22

Mark Lettieri Group MARCH 2

Ímar MARCH 12

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company MARCH 30

The Stakeout APRIL 12–13