Listen to beautiful music in beautiful surroundings. Make it a point to attend the free concerts in the Brigham Young Historic Park on summer evenings. June and July concerts begin at 8:00 P.M. August concerts begin at 7:30 P.M. (visit the Upcoming Events tab at link below for the complete summer schedule). You can also enjoy informative garden talks throughout the summer.
The park is located at the southeast corner of State Street and North Temple (Second Avenue). Seating is available, but visitors can also bring blankets or their own lawn chairs.
Critics call Chris Proctor’s guitar playing “breathtaking,” “haunting,” and “rich.” They describe his compositions as “spectacular,” “elegant,” and “exquisite.” They trace the roots of his style to folk, jazz, pop, and classical music, and, when all else fails, they try and categorize his playing as “baroque folk,” or “Instrumental Americana.” The guitar press compares him to Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges. Another reviewer ventures this analysis: “In his taut, faceted compositions, Chris gives the guitar sole responsibility for a piece’s rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic components, and in the process creates full-voiced ‘guitar songs.’ His playing illuminates the instrument’s deepest voices and most sonorous qualities, rendering a pop-folk equivalent of the classical guitar sonata.”
I have been involved with music ever since I can remember. I started my musical journey at a very young age by taking piano lessons and I was so excited that I would skip ahead through lessons and memorize all the songs in every book. At the same time I also participated in children choirs and loved performing. After my first experiences on stage I knew this is where I belonged.
I soon began playing the clarinet in elementary school and then switched to the oboe in middle school. My grandfather played the bass guitar during the 60’s in an Akron Ohio band called the “Blues Society”. When he passed away my older sister bought a bass guitar to help remember him. I picked up that bass guitar at age 11 and fell in love with Jazz music. I have played in my middle school, high school, and college jazz bands. I also played the bass in a few project bands.
I wrote my first song “Walk Away”when I was 14 and couldn’t stop writing after that. I started playing in bands and writing songs on my own, and collaborating with other musicians. It was difficult to write songs when playing the bass guitar so I turned back to the piano and later taught myself to play the guitar. For me music is like colors on a canvas. When I hear music I see color. Writing songs is like this thing inside of me dying to get out.
I love to perform and find myself completely at home on stage. It is the place where I am most comfortable. I have independently recorded and released two full-length albums and I am working on promoting and playing around the Utah. I find recording a little frustrating because it is so hard to make the final product sound the way I hear it in my head.
In my current music project I go by the name Arienette. I’ve been working full time on my music other than attending a semester of music classes at Salt Lake community College. The summer of 2011 has been quite busy for me I’ve been playing shows twice a week and promoting my new CD. I look forward to the future and the possibilities it might hold for me.
“I’m a singer/songwriter committed to sharing and exploring further my journey into awareness and discovering more deeply my connection to the universe. I’m excited to share my personal discovery of the fullness of what a gift this life is and that it’s up to each one of us to create the life that we want. Every obstacle holds a huge gift for us to mine if we choose to perceive it that way. And the opportunity to explore and make choices that embody our own personal truth can be a continuous learning experience full of joy and surprise and love. I want love and connection and adventure and abundance! I hope you’ll join me on my journey in some fashion and that we will find new ways to love, explore and connect.
Mary Tebbs has been called “The Ellen DeGeneres of singer/songwriters,” and for good reason! Her off-the-cuff, quick-witted and endearing performance style will have you laughing in one moment and then she’ll surprise you with a lyrical depth and wisdom that will have you embracing each melodic word.
Mary started her musical adventure in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1989 when a couple of friends heard her make up a song on the spot after her first run in with José Cuervo. The song “Substance Abuse” set Mary on her way to sharing her personality through song. Since then, she’s been writing, singing, and playing whenever she can and has been recognized and awarded for her songwriting and live performances.
She formed her first band in 1992 and has found her true love is not only writing but sharing her songs with a listening audience. The Las Vegas Weekly says, “Tebbs is full of weathered innocence, dealing with love, sensuality and heartache, building it all on a solid foundation of blues and slow mountain funk.”
“There’s nothing more fulfilling than reaching through to people’s hearts and souls with my music. To see and feel them respond and be moved by something that’s at my core connects me with them like nothing else,” Mary says.
Since 1995 she has garnered many awards for her songwriting, claiming the Best Songwriter three years running from the City Weekly (Salt Lake-based weekly newspaper), Best Solo Performer, Best Folk/Acoustic, and receiving a national nomination for Best Jazz Song from GLAMA (Gay Lesbian American Music Awards – based in New York City) for her song “Big Mouth.”
Mary has had the honor of sharing a stage with a wide range of national acts like Weezer, Melissa Ferrick, Karma, Luscious Jackson, Blessid Union of Souls, and The Young Dubliners, to name a few. Her stylistic range allows her to be heard by a wide audience.
Mary has a catalog of over 200 songs that continues to grow as each day offers new inspiration. The City Weekly has described her songs as “Swinging music that’s not afraid to wear its heart on two or three sleeves.”
Mary’s range in songwriting is vast. Seeing her live is like traveling through a landscape dotted with varying emotions. Her music is about sensuality, human emotion, honesty and humor. Her performances are about laughter, reality, getting lost in love, and moving through heartbreak. She’ll have you laughing out loud with songs like “Big Titty Girl,” you’ll feel warmed over with joy when you hear “Blizzard,” and “Make It Light,” you’ll want to rock out to “Wake Up Call,” then feeling sexy with “Tip Of Your Heart,” and she can bring you to tears with a heartbreaking song like “Walk Away.” Mary’s personal favorites, “Regarding Bluedog” and “Fly” offer provocative journeys through self-liberation and love.
Mary’s talent lies in her ability to incorporate many different styles without mimicking anyone. With influences ranging from The Carpenter’s, Hank Williams Sr., Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Ryan Adams, and Squeeze, she adapts warmth, richness, groove, and the down-to-earth realness of simplicity.
One of Mary’s dreams is to become a published songwriter, and believes she has the ability to write any style of song. “One of my greatest pleasures in my musical experience is having someone else sing one of my tunes. It’s one of the rare times that I can listen to and enjoy the song rather than critique it.”
Melody with Tyler Forsberg formed January 2009 after performing solo for several years. Tyler, having been in several bands including Blind Iris, and Eggs Blackstone, has an extensive resume and a talent for guitar riffs and tempos. Melody, a singer songwriter since childhood, feels a newly written song like a warm blanket on a cold day with lyrics that can haunt even the most peaceful soul.
Before signing to a major record label, Carlile with twin brothers Tim and Phil Hanseroth, performed in local Seattle establishments like The Crocodile, Tractor Tavern, and Paragon. Carlile sold their self-released recordings during their local performances. Carlile began to attract the attention of the music industry after Dave Matthews heard her band perform at the 2003 Sasquatch! Music Festival.
Spektor has appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (once), Late Night with Conan O’Brien (three times), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (twice), Jimmy Kimmel Live (twice), Last Call with Carson Daly (five times), Late Show with David Letterman, CBS News Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, and Australia’s Rove Live. Since January 2005, Spektor has performed on a bright red Baldwin baby grand piano. She plays a seafoam Epiphone Wildkat archtop hollow-body electric guitar.
Buy tickets online for Regina Spektor and you will automatically receive a download of an album video montage, created by Regina Spektor and Director Adria Petty! This exclusive video is included with each ticket purchased online and is available ONLY through this offer. You can’t find it anywhere else!
For each one (1) ticket purchased you will receive one (1) code good for one (1) download of the video. Download code(s) will be emailed to you approximately 3-5 business days after your ticket purchase and are good for 30-days after the tour is completed. You will receive one download code for each ticket you purchased – so if you bought four tickets, you’ll get four downloads of the video.
Summer Concert Series is on the front lawn every Saturday night throughout the summer. Concerts are FREE and begin at 7:00 PM. Dinner on the Lawn is available before the concerts and is served from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.
This years Twilight Concert Series presents Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Thursday July 28, 2011 at Pioneer Park.
I have been involved with music ever since I can remember. I started my musical journey at a very young age by taking piano lessons and I was so excited that I would skip ahead through lessons and memorize all the songs in every book. At the same time I also participated in children choirs and loved performing. After my first experiences on stage I knew this is where I belonged.
