Michele Baer has musical passion to inspire

Imagine…feeling the peace of the gospel while hearing messages from the Lord delivered through the voice of a “new Karen Carpenter.” Even at an early age, Michele Baer’s rich, warm tone captivated audiences. She has performed in musical theater and benefit concerts; composed music for youth conferences; directed choirs; and participated regularly as a speaker at “Especially for Youth.” Her first released CD, Out of the Dust, and her latest, Never Give Up: Songs of Faith and Family, have brought peace and hope to listeners everywhere.  Read more

Open auditions for Church film productions

It’s time, once again, for Open Auditions! We’d like to know if those in our talent file wish to audition for “speaking” roles. If your interests are in “Extra” or “Voice Over” work only, NO audition is necessary. We have your information and photograph: that’s all we need. Also, if you’ve auditioned for LDS Casting recently (within the last year) you don’t need to audition again. If you have not auditioned recently, are seventeen (17) years of age or older (see below), and wish to receive a rating in our Talent File, or to improve your existing rating, please read on. Read more

Current LDS Music News of the Phoenix area

SEPTEMBER 10TH – Hope Benefit Concert for Plane Crash survivors- Mesa High School- Mesa
SEPTEMBER 5-27TH – Family Musical, Blackbeard, Herberger Theatre, Phoenix
SEPTEMBER 11TH – Country Music opener- Brent Slade Band- Queen Creek High School
SEPTEMBER 26TH – Family Band – Riverview in Mesa
SEPTEMBER 3RD – Wholesome, High School &up-Dance Company RezoN8 Dance- Mesa
ONGOING- Polynesian Dancers Needed- Dutton Family Singers- Branson, Missouri
ONGOING- Interfaith Choir- 8pm- Kimball Stake Center- Mesa
ONGOING- Organ Courses and books online for church organists Read more

Concerts, dance and stage auditions

Local concert listings; upcoming fall season stage auditions, and dance auditions. Read more

The Cricket and Seagull: Benefit Concert for “Mothers Without Borders” featuring Jericho Road

Even with 6,000 children a day (yes, a day!) being orphaned by AIDS world-wide, Kathy Headlee Miner is not discouraged. She talks about the founding of “Mothers Without Borders,” not shutting out problems just because they seem overwhelming, and why the term “success” is irrelevant.

Always articulate and passionate about what she does, Kathy shares *a new painting* from Liz Lemon Swindle depicting Christ in Africa and an upcoming *concert by Jericho Road* which are two ways you can make a difference in the world right now, plus the 2008 fundraiser boutique in Layton, UT—a way to make your Christmas budget reach farther around the world than you’d ever imagined.Read more

Writing Hit Songs Online

Great songwriters aren’t born, they’re made. And songwriting professor Jimmy Kachulis has been shaping students for years at Berklee College of Music in Boston and, more recently, with Berkleemusic, the college’s award-winning online continuing education division. His newly redesigned online course, Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs, brings his expertise in writing commercial hits to students around the world. Read more

Sizzling Strings and Showtime Utah

Showtime Utah is a professional musical variety dinner theater located half an hour South of Salt Lake City and ten minutes north of Provo, Utah in historic downtown Pleasant Grove.

The Old West Dinner-Show Adventure, every Friday and Saturday night, is unlike any other theater experience in Utah. Due to its uniqueness and continuing popularity, full page articles on Showtime Utah have been written in top Utah News sources: The Deseret News, The Daily Herald, Focus, Utah Valley Magazine, UVU Review, and The Daily Universe.  Read more

New magazine spotlights Mormon artists of all kinds

Mormon Artist is a bimonthly magazine dedicated to covering the Latter-day Saint arts community. Published online at mormonartist.net and in print through MagCloud.com, it primarily runs interviews with artists of all sorts. Read more

Free Hope Benefit Concert in Arizona

Sponsored by the Mesa High School Student Council in honor Christian Nielson and his wife Stephanie. They were in a serious plane crash on August 16, 2008. Read more

Mindy Gledhill live at Sammy’s Cafe

What: Concert
Host: Sammy’s Cafe
Start Time: Wednesday, September 10 at 8:00pm
Where: Sammy’s Cafe 27 North 100 West Provo, Utah
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Opera Under the Stars, An Evening of Acclaimed Opera Performances

George Dyer and Greg Pearson are the featured artists for “Opera Under the Stars, An Evening of Acclaimed Opera Performances” outdoors at the Gallivan Center on Friday, September 5th,2008 at 8:30. The concert is free to the public. George performed in “Opera Under the Stars” last year with Genevieve Christianson to an appreciative audience. George’s upcoming performances are listed on his new website: http://www.georgedyer.com.
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The Lowe Family in Concert

The Lowe Family
Friday, September 26, 2008 at 8pm
The Lowe Family Comes To Salt Lake City!
Capitol Theatre
On sale 7/29/08 at 10am.
Some gifts you hold in your hand, others you hold in your heart. For the Lowe Family, this musical heritage is a gift they cherish. For as long as they can remember, they have been sharing that gift with audiences around the globe. It’s a legacy of love from one generation to the next and from their hearts to yours. Read more

Utah’s Own Brenn Hill Live in Concert at Bella’s Fresh Mexican Grill
September 20: Farr West, UT

Bella’s Fresh Mexican Grill will be hosting Brenn Hill in concert. The event includes dinner. For tickets, call or email Maree at 801-791-2281, maree_cottam@msn.com.
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The O. C. Tanner Gift of Music Concert, An American Songbook

The concert will feature the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony, conducted by Erich Kunzel, with Denyce Graves and Brian Stokes Mitchell.
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The Energetic Due West in Concert at Bella’s Fresh Mexican Grill

Bella’s Fresh Mexican Grill will be hosting Due West in concert. For tickets, call or email Maree at 801-791-2281, maree_cottam@msn.com Read more

Auditions for Savior of the World

Latter-day Saint actors and singers are invited to audition for the Church-produced musical Savior of the World, which will be presented in the Conference Center Theater during the Christmas season.Those who wish to audition should call 801-240-6492. To see audition dates and locations Read more

LDS singer relies on faith — in English and Spanish

The title song on Lily Rubio’s CD is “Entiendeme,” which translates in English to “Understand Me.” And that’s what Rubio hopes you will do by listening to her music — get a better idea of who she is and where she is coming from.

She hopes you will know she is a Christian artist, who has a positive, uplifting message for everyone.
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Disharmony at iTunes

The trend towards free music and artists’ concerns about album sales are forcing Apple to rethink the future of iTunes, says Stephen Foley.
Five billion and counting fast. That is how many songs have been downloaded since Apple’s iTunes music store flung open its digital doors in 2003, putting more than 8 million individual tracks within a click and a dollar of anyone with a computer. Read more

Singer from Utah chasing dreams on Broadway

Dallyn Vail Bayles is living the stereotypical life of the aspiring thespian. He’s now in New York — well, he actually lives in New Providence, N.J., which is a train-commute away — where he holds down 2 1/2 jobs, one as an administrative assistant at a legal firm, one as an usher at the New American theater and the other as an intern at a talent agency. Read more

Sam Payne at the Sandy Amphitheater Sept 5

Raised by musical parents who transplanted their family to Provo, Utah from Southern California, Payne became an accomplished actor and children’s performer. In 1997, the ‘Sam Payne Trio’ was formed and their popularity immediately spread. In 1999, Payne formed another group called the ‘Utah Jazz Quintet’ that became known for their polished and innovative interpretations of jazz standards. Today, Payne has returned to his roots and the performance of his original music. With his arresting stage presence, his craft as a poet and his soaring tenor voice audiences have come to know him as an engaging performer and entertainer. Read more

The Cricket and Seagull: “A Brighter Day” with LDS guitarist Michael Dowdle

It must be fun to be Michael Dowdle—to have the musical chops to play anything on the guitar. So when it came time to do an album of anything he wanted, why did he choose a genre that showcases peace over virtuosity, and relaxation over flashiness?

Michael talks about being both a soloist and a session player; playing both what you love and what’s put in front of you, and turning it all into “A Brighter Day.” Read more

Nashville Songwriters Association International Events

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) consists of a body of creative minds, including songwriters from all genres of music, professional and amateur, who are committed to protecting the rights and future of the profession of songwriting, and to educate, elevate, and celebrate the songwriter and to act as a unifying force within the music community and the community at large. Read more

LDS Music News of the Phoenix area

TONIGHT- AUGUST 28TH - Faculty/Artist Concert- Chandler-Gilbert Comm. College- Chandler
AUGUST- LDS Chamber Choir Auditions- Mesa
SEPTEMBER 3RD – Wholesome, High School &up-Dance Company RezoN8 Dance- Mesa
SEPTEMBER 5-27TH – Family Musical, Blackbeard, Herberger Theatre, Phoenix
SEPTEMBER 11TH – Country Music opener- Brent Slade Band- Queen Creek High School
ONGOING- Polynesian Dancers Needed- Dutton Family Singers- Branson, Missouri
ONGOING- Interfaith Choir- 8pm- Kimball Stake Center- Mesa
ONGOING- Organ Courses and books online for church organists Read more

Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband Contest

Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband have a brand new AWESOME video for their song “Be The One” They had a film crew follow them around for part of their summer tour and capture the band’s interaction with fans, life on the road, and even a trip to the pool.

If you text betheone (all one word) to 66937 from your mobile phone, you will be entered to win a framed handwritten lyric sheet for “Be The One”. When you send your text, the band will send a message back to you and you MUST reply Y to that message to enter the contest. The winner will be picked and notified by the band through text message on November 3, 2008. This would be a great Christmas present just in time for the holiday season!
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William Joseph’s new release is stunning

When William Joseph sat down to write the songs that appear on his new album Beyond, he had a very clear vision of how he wanted the music to sound. “I wanted it to be memorable,” he says. “I wanted it to be moving, inspiring, and thought-provoking.” William and his team, executive producer David Foster and producers Jochem van der Saag and William Ross, have accomplished all that and more on Beyond — a bold, confident collection of instrumentals that showcases the Phoenix native’s artistry as a musician, composer, and performer. Read more

3 New Jazz/Blues/R&B Jukebox Artists are a Triple Threat

Ryan Innes, Shaun Barrowes, and Chasey Curry are fabulous, skilled new artists just added to http://www.yourLDSNeighborhood.com/Jukebox. All three have been around the block, and their work shows it.

Ryan Innes is a tremendous singer who performes constantly and has a national quality vocal style. He writes original songs and is working on his first album. He’s attending BYU-Provo.

Shaun Barrowes is a singer/writer/pianist who’s spent time in L.A. and now lives in Sanish Fork, UT. He tours and is making a living at it. He has a killer big band tune on the Jazz/Blues/R&B button on the Jukebox called Hop, Skip and a Jump.

Chasey Curry is from Temecula, CA, and is now attending BYU-Provo. Her brand new album is extremely well done and in the R&B Gospel groove. She’s got the sound and the licks- especially for being only 18.

You gotta hear these people to believe it.
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Polynesian dancers needed

Polynesian dancers needed who are LDS, or have very high moral standards. You must have an existing passport or visa, or be a U.S. citizen. The Duttons are putting on a very fast-paced entertaining  Polynesian show called “Island Fire”, with dances and music from Samoa, Tonga, Hawaii and Fiji. They do 5-6 shows per week in Branson, Missouri from Sept. through Dec (Jan, Feb. off) then March thru Dec. and will train dancers. If you are interested contact Nanci Wudel at nanciwudel@gmail.com
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Dallyn Vail Bayles in Concert

Dallyn performs songs from his beloved “Prayer” album at the Covey Center in Provo, Friday, September 5. Call 801-852-7007 for tickets.
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8th Annual LDS Film Festival 2009 CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Call for Entries 2009 is now online. We invite and encourage all local and LDS filmmakers to participate in the 8th LDS Film Festival 2009 and submit their work to the festival. The success of the LDS Film Festival is a direct result of the quality and diversity of the work submitted.
Highlights are again the Short Film Competition, Feature Film Exhibition, 24-Hour Filmmaking Marathon, Special Screenings, and the 7-Page Script Competition. With an attendance of over 6500, the last LDS Film Festival was a tremendous success and offered huge exposure to filmmakers and screenwriters.
For deadlines and entry guidelines go to:
http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org
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Steady and Sure Enhanced Cd available now

New enhanced Cd version contains the bonus song Time, by the Gibbons, 4 new instrumental tracks and 3 new remixed songs. Read more