Utah music, dance 2010: Lots of concerts already planned for new year

The new year is always something special. The feeling of renewal isn't duplicated at any other time of the year.

This month, with 2010, the dance and music season will resume, and while some of these companies and organizations have been around for awhile, the outlook is fresh.

Here is a calendar of this year's classical music, jazz and dance performances so far.

Make note: The time and performances can change without notice.

JANUARY

6-7: XV Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition auditions, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah

7: Utah Symphony, conductor Roberto Minczuk, de Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University

8-9: Utah Symphony, conductor Roberto Minczuk, pianist Stewart Goodyear, Abravanel Hall

9: African Drums, Ring Around the Rose, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

10: "An Evening of Chamber Music," Lynn Maxine Rosen & Friends, Congregation Kol Ami

11: Ahmad Jamal, jazz, Sheraton City Center

12: Viktor Uzur, cello, Val A. Browning Center, Weber State University

12-16: BYU Young Artists of Voice competition, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU

13: Jazz at the Station, Ogden's Union Station, Ogden

13: St. Petersburg String Quartet, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.

13: ?Serhiy Salov, piano, Waterford School auditorium

14: Serhiy Salov, piano, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

15: WSU Gospel Music Festival, Val A. Browning Center, WSU

15-16: Living Legends, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU

16-24: "Carmen," Utah Opera, Capitol Theatre

17: Contemporary Music Consortium, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

18: "A Night of Broadway," SCERA Shell, Orem

18: Martin Luther King Concert, Murray High School Auditorium

20: Q'd Up, jazz, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU

21: Utah Philharmonia Concerto Winners, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U.