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BYU alums release free song and video

Stephen Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University, teamed up with BYU alumni and some of Utah’s finest studio musicians to create a gift of music this Christmas season.

The song, “Joy to Everyone This Christmas,” is part of an effort to share love, peace and joy this Christmas. BYU alumni, faculty, staff and students pooled their expertise to produce a music video and Web site as a medium to share their gift. The song was released on www.joytoeveryone.com this week.

Emmy-award winning composer and producer Sam Cardon and vocalists Jenny Jordan Frogley and David Osmond collaborated with Jones to write and produce the song. University photographer Mark Philbrick provided images from around the world to be used in the music video. Philbrick’s photos represent people from all parts of the globe to echo the words of the song: “Let all the world join … every nation and land. Everyone.”

The project started when BYU alum Carlos Martins asked Jones, a respected composer, to write a Christmas song for his language school. Martins is the president of Wizard Language Institute, which employs music as a tool for students learning English, primarily in Latin America.

In the spring of this year, Jones was driving up Interstate 15 when inspiration hit him. “Joy to Everyone This Christmas” was born as Jones pulled his car over and composed the first notes and lyrics.

The song and music video are available as free downloads at www.joytoeveryone.com.

Open house — The senior design students of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at BYU will be presenting posters describing their projects on Monday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. An open house will be held in the step-down lounge of the Clyde Building to highlight their accomplishments this semester. Please come meet with the students to discuss their projects and provide feedback on their work. Light refreshments will be served.

Concert — Join us for the 33rd annual Adventssingen, a concert of traditional Christmas music from Germany, Switzerland and Austria, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Provo Tabernacle. For more information, contact AnnMarie Hamar at (801) 422-4253 or annmarie_hamar@byu.edu.

FHE — Families from the community and student family home evening groups are invited to the Museum of Peoples and Cultures for special guided tours and activities on Monday night. Cost is $5 per group. Tours start at 6:30 p.m. for families and 7:30 p.m. for students. For more information or to schedule, contact the Museum of Peoples and Cultures at (801) 422-0020 or mpc@byu.edu. Information also available at mpc.byu.edu.

Devotional — Elder Bruce D. Porter will speak at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday in the Marriott Center.

Lecture — Jacob Dayan, Israeli consul general at the Los Angeles consulate, will present a Middle East Briefing at the Kennedy Center for International Studies at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. This lecture will be archived online. For a complete schedule of David M. Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu.

Concert — BYU Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kory Katseanes, will present a concert in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Tickets are $11, or $8 with a BYU or student ID. To purchase tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit byuarts.com.

Performance — The Jazz Lab Band will perform in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mark Ammons will direct the free performance.

Lecture — Raymond Taras, professor of international relations and director of the World Literature Program at Tulane University, will present “A Europe of Phobiasfi How Immigration is Making the EU Paranoid” at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. The lecture will be at noon on Wednesday in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

Lecture — Thomas G. Alexander will present “Thomas L. Kane and the ‘Mormon Problem’ in National Politics” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. This lecture accompanies the exhibit “In Honorable Remembrance: Thomas L. Kane and the Latter-day Saints.” Kane was a non-Mormon attorney and military officer who acted as liaison and advocate for the LDS Church at several key points during the 1800s.

Concert — BYU Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, conducted by Donald Petersen, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the De Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $11, or $8 with a BYU or student ID. To purchase tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit byuarts.com.

Concert — The Madsen Recital Hall will host the String Chamber Night at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Claudine Bigelow will conduct the free performance.

Discussion — Dr. Juliana Boerio-Goates, from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Dr. Scott Steffensen, from the Department of Psychology, will lead a discussion on “The Female Brain” by Louann Brizendine at noon on Thursday in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to the Women’s Research Institute at wri@byu.edu or (801) 422-4609 by Monday.

Lecture — Andrei S. Markovits, the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, will present a Sports and Global Society Lecture titled “Sports and Culture in Europe and America: A Mirror of Modern Life” at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. The lecture will be at

4 p.m. on Thursday in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

Concert — A Brass Chamber Night music showcase will be presented in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is free.

Concert — The University Chorale will perform in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Paul Broomhead will conduct and admission is free.

Event — The Stories from Around the World program, designed for preschoolers and toddlers, explores the folk tales of different nations around the world every Thursday at 11 a.m., through Dec. 26, at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 700 N. 100 East in Provo. A new theme is introduced each week and includes a story and corresponding craft. Free admission. For more information visit mpc.byu.edu

Performance — Under the direction of Ralph B. Woodward, the Salt Lake Children’s Choir will present a special Christmas program at noon on Saturday in the Hinckley Center Assembly Hall. A catered lunch will be served. An extra fee is required for this event. BYU Women is an organization for all female faculty and staff, as well as the female spouses of faculty or staff. Yearly dues are $10. For additional information contact BYU Women president Evelyn Dalebout at (801) 375-5712 or evie321@yahoo.com.

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Visit postponed — Said T. Jawad, ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States, was scheduled to speak at Utah Valley University on Monday. However, because of an urgent meeting request from the U.S. Department of Defense and the president-elect Barack Obama administration, the visit has been postponed. The embassy’s deputy chief of mission and political counselor, M. Ashraf Haidari, will represent the ambassador in his absence at the originally scheduled discussion starting at 10 a.m. on Monday in the Library Auditorium (LI 120). Haidari will be delivering the intended speech written by the ambassador. A military reception scheduled for later that evening will be canceled until the ambassador’s visit to Utah is rescheduled.

Kurt Bestor to Perform Christmas Concert at UVU — With Christmas around the corner, Kurt Bestor, a Utah-based music composer and performer, will be performing his fourth annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Monday in the McKay Events Center. The concert will recognize local cancer survivors of Central Utah Cancer Center and raise funds for UVU student scholarships.

“A Celebration of Life — A Kurt Bestor Christmas” will feature Bestor’s award-winning band, a professional chamber orchestra and special unannounced guests. The winner of Bestor’s Singer Search, which made a stop at UVU in October, will also be featured at the concert.

The annual concert is sponsored by Central Utah Cancer Center and will feature Bestor’s new song, dedicated to local cancer survivors. This is Bestor’s fourth annual holiday concert at UVU. Bestor’s experience includes more than 40 film scores and more than 40 themes for national TV programs and commercials. His awards include Outstanding Film Score Award at the New York Film Festival as well as an Emmy for his collaboration with Sam Cardon for the original music on ABC’s coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics.

All proceeds from the concert will go toward UVU student scholarships. Ticket prices are $40 for front floor, $30 for back floor, $20 for lower bowl, $15 for upper bowl and $10 for UVU students, faculty and staff. Tickets can be purchased at the McKay Events Center ticket office at (801) 863-7475 or through www.smithstix.com. For group rates and availability, contact Nancy Cannon at (801) 863-8844. For more information on Kurt Bestor, visit www.kurtbestor.com.

Winter concert — The UVU Ballroom Dance Co. Winter Concert 2008 will be at 2 p.m and 7:30 p.m. on Monday in the Regan Theatre. Tickets are $8 per person for the 2 p.m. show, and $10 per person for the 7:30 p.m. show. Get your tickets at Campus Connection, a ballroom company member or at the door.

Governor appoints new UVU board member — Utah Valley University recently received a new member to its board of trustees, Greg Butterfield, managing partner of SageCreek Partners, an asset management and outsourced post-construction customer service company. Butterfield will be replacing Jason Chaffetz, who was recently elected to represent Utah’s 3rd Congressional District in Washington, D.C.

With more than 23 years of executive level experience in the software industry, Butterfield brings an extensive track record of business development and achievement to the university.

The board of trustees, instituted in 1978, comprises eight trustee members that are appointed by the governor. Each appointee serves a four-year term, usually rotating June 30 of all odd-numbered years. Members of the board meet, on average, eight times annually to make governance decisions regarding the university, including strategic goals and accountability.

Voice of Africa in Orem — With the goal to promote African cultural awareness, UVU students in the performance group “Voice of Africa” (VOACA/Sawuti ya Africa) will be performing at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Cherry Hill Elementary School, 50 E. 1650 South in Orem. The performance is free and open to the public.

The performing group depicts the struggles, beauty and passion of Africa through dance, music and song. The group has nine members and began performing three months ago. The performance will include dancing and singing to the beating of drums. They will perform pieces such as “Fubebe,” “Ba

Lesa Ni Ba Tata” and “Nyame Kokroko,” portraying the spirit and history of Africa. VOACA has also performed in the recent “Mockingbird Fly” at UVU which portrayed the history of civil rights in the U.S. and the bonds of slavery.