Utah/Idaho Performing Arts Company

06/29/2022

A foreign exchange student needs a host family. See below.

12/06/2020

Hi friends! It's been awhile. Too long, perhaps. With COVID, we decided to not produce anything for the time being.

Tonight would have been our annual Christmas concert where 100% of donations go to a charitable organization.

It's sad to not have this concert this evening, but safety is more important.

Be safe out there. Stay healthy.

12/09/2019

From our concert tonight.

12/07/2019

Joey Calkins | Tenor
(Most recently with UNIPAC; “War and Peace”)
Mr. Calkins is a singer, stage director, and impresario. Past credits include Jacey Squires, The Music Man (Empress); Albert, Dear, Ruth (PG Players); Vinnie, Lucky Stiff (Empress); Director, Facing East (UNIPAC); Conductor, Pirates of Penzance (UNIPAC); Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas (UNIPAC); Rev. Parris, The Crucible (UNIPAC); Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Draper Arts Council); Lighting Designer, Steel Magnolias (DHT); Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte in Concert (AF Arts Council); Madama Butterfly (Utah Lyric Opera); and Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, Anything Goes (Music Theatre of Idaho). Upcoming engagements include Director, The Imaginary Invalid (Avonlea Theater Company) and a solo vocal recital featuring the works of Henry Purcell.

The Music Man Jacey Squires (Quartet) 14 June 2019 to 6 July 2019 Empress Theatre | Magna, Utah Crazy For You Assistant Costumer July 2019 Sugar Factory Playhouse | West Jordan, Utah Vocal Recital...

12/05/2019

Natalia Bell | Cello
(Most recently with UNIPAC; Considering Matthew Shepard)
Ms. Bell was born in Minnesota where she started playing cello at seven years old. After moving to Salt Lake in 2007 she picked it back up again and never let go. Natalia was the president of her high school Orchestra Council and was the section leader of SLCC’s Chamber Orchestra where she is studying music. She is a librarian now and pursuing a career in music Librarianship.

12/03/2019

Jacob Pohlsander | Baritone*
Mr. Pohlsander has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Dixie State University and is a recent graduate from the University of Redlands located in Redlands, CA with a Masters in Music: Vocal Performance. While in California, Jacob worked as a professional caroler and established a successful voice studio. He has performed as a soloist in productions of Handel's Messiah by the Southwest Symphony in St. George, and the Orchestra of Southern Utah in Cedar City. Jacob works at Day Murray Music and has a studio above the store where he teaches both Musical Theater and Classical singing.

12/01/2019

Georgia G. Wadsworth | Soprano
(Most recently with UNIPAC; “War and Peace”)
Ms. Wadsworth has studied vocal performance and has her own private studio in Cedar Hills. She is a former faculty member at Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts as the Vocal Technique teacher. She was elected by her peers to serve as President of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Central Utah from 2006-2010. She has sung with Utah Lyric Opera, Utah Light Opera, and the Virginia Symphony Opera. Some of her favorite Musical Theatre roles performed are Grettle-Sound of Music, Julie-Saturday's Warrior, Lily-The Secret Garden, Cinderella-Into The Woods, Thea-Fiorello. Her favorite role has been Madame Goldentrill from Mozart's The Impresario. She has sung as the Messiah soprano soloist at both Tyler Texas and The Grand Theatre in Utah. She has also been associated with Lex de Azevedo for 20 years, performing and recording on several albums. During that time, she's been to Israel twice on recording/performing projects.

11/30/2019

M. Ryan Taylor | Baritone
(Most recently with UNIPAC; “What Child is This?”
Mr. Taylor is a composer, baritone, and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed in his own operas, Abinadi and The Other Wise Man, as well as Tarfuffe, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cosi fan tutte and others. His musical theater credits include Broadway reviews, Footloose, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver, and Damn Yankees. He is the Artistic Director for the American Fork Youth Choirs where he also directs the Ukulele Youth Choirs. His adult community ensemble, The Happy Valley Ukes, performs across the Wasatch Front at Christmas and in the Spring. Ryan enjoys composing and collaborating with other artists and continues to write new songs, art songs, and opera. His choral compositions and arrangements have been performed by numerous choirs, both nationally and internationally. MRyanTaylor.com serves as a gateway to explore Ryan's many projects. If you're interested in a collaboration, a performance, taking lessons, or just saying hello, he is best contacted at [email protected].

11/29/2019

Kelly Richardson | Violin
(Most recently with UNIPAC; Considering Matthew Shepard)
Mr. Richardson of Murray, Utah, began playing piano at the age of four. His grandfather taught him to play the violin, followed by concertmasters of the Utah Symphony, Bolshoi Ballet, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh Orchestras. As composer, Kelly's teachers have included David Raksin, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, Fred Steiner, Merrill Jenson, Stan Funicelli, and many others. His most recent work, "Seven Tales of Edgar Allen Poe" for Viola and Orchestra, was commissioned by Joel Rosenberg. His music has been recorded at MGM, 20th Century Fox
and Universal Studios. He has written music for Ballet West, the New York Chamber Society, and former New York Philharmonic principal violist, Paul Neubauer. His works have been performed by National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, the Elbland Philharmonic Orchestra throughout Saxony, Germany, in New York City's Carnegie Hall and Central Park, in St. Petersburg, Russia by the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and by the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Russia.