Editing Brigham Young University (section)

== Performing arts ==
[[File:BYUclarillon.jpg|right|thumb|The [[BYU Centennial Carillon]] stands at the north end of campus.]]

=== Dance ===
The [[BYU Ballroom Dance Company]] is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world,<ref>{{cite web| title = BYU Ballroom Dance Company| publisher = Dance.com| date = January 20, 2006| url = http://www.rounddance.com/artman/publish/cat_index_35.shtml| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040118050931/http://www.rounddance.com/artman/publish/cat_index_35.shtml| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 18, 2004| access-date = March 12, 2008| df = mdy-all}}</ref> having won the U.S. National Formation Dance Championship every year since 1982.<ref name=dancetwo>{{cite web| last = Benjamin| first = Bob| title = BYU Ballroom Dance| publisher = Dance.com| date = January 20, 2006| url = http://www.rounddance.com/artman/publish/BYU_Ballroom_Dance_Company_20060120.shtml| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061023232942/http://www.rounddance.com/artman/publish/BYU_Ballroom_Dance_Company_20060120.shtml| url-status = dead| archive-date = October 23, 2006| access-date = January 21, 2008| df = mdy-all}}</ref>  BYU's ballroom dance team has won first place in Latin or Standard (or both) many times when they have competed at the [[Blackpool Dance Festival]], and they were the first U.S. team to win the formation championships at the famed British Championships in Blackpool, England in 1972.<ref name=dance>{{cite web| title = Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company| publisher = Midsummer Arts Faire| url = http://www.artsfaire.org/byu_dancers.html| access-date = January 21, 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071121113158/http://www.artsfaire.org/byu_dancers.html| archive-date = November 21, 2007| df = mdy-all}}</ref>  The NDCA National [[DanceSport]] championships have been held at BYU for several years, and BYU holds dozens of ballroom dance classes each semester and has consequently the largest collegiate ballroom dance program in the world.<ref name = dancetwo/> In addition, BYU has a number of other notable dance teams and programs. These teams include the Theatre Ballet, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Living Legends, and International Folk Dance Ensemble. The Living Legends perform Latin, Native American, and Polynesian dancing. BYU boasts one of the largest dance departments in the nation.  Many students from all different majors across campus participate in various dance classes each semester.

=== Music ===
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The [[Young Ambassadors]] are a song and dance performing group with a 50-year history at BYU. Prior to 1970 the group was known as Curtain Time USA. In the 1960s their world tour stops included [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]], and [[Iraq]]. The group first performed as the Young Ambassadors at [[Expo '70]] in [[Japan]], and has since performed in over 56 nations. The royalty of [[Thailand]] and [[Jordan]], along with persons of high office in countries such as [[India]], have been among their audiences.<ref>{{cite web| title = Young Ambassadors| publisher = BYU| url = http://pam.byu.edu/SimilarPage.asp?title=Young%20Ambassadors| access-date = January 21, 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080211183845/http://pam.byu.edu/similarpage.asp?title=Young%20Ambassadors| archive-date = February 11, 2008| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:BYU Concert Choir with Poppies.jpg|thumb|left|The [[BYU choirs|Concert Choir]] in performance]]

The BYU Opera Workshop gave the first North American performance of the [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] opera [[The Pilgrim's Progress]] on April 28, 1969, directed by Max C. Golightly.<ref>Stephen Connock, The Pilgrim's Progress in Performance, ENO London 2012</ref>

BYU's Wind Symphony and Chamber Orchestra have toured many countries including [[Denmark]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Russia]], the [[British Isles]], and [[Central Europe]].  The Symphonic Band is also an [[Musical ensemble|ensemble]] dedicated to developing the musician, but with a less strenuous focus on [[performance]].  Additionally, BYU has a [[marching band]] program called the Cougar Marching Band.<ref>{{cite web| title = BYU Bands| publisher = BYU| date = May 11, 2006| url = http://bands.byu.edu/information/general_info.html| access-date = January 21, 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20040711031148/http://bands.byu.edu/information/general_info.html| archive-date = July 11, 2004| df = mdy-all}}</ref>

BYU has a choral program with over 500 members.  The four BYU auditioned [[BYU choirs|choirs]] include the 40-member [[BYU choirs|BYU Singers]], the 90-member [[BYU choirs|BYU Concert Choir]], the 200-member [[BYU choirs|BYU Men's Chorus]] (the largest male collegiate choir in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web| title = Brigham Young University Men's Chorus| publisher = BYU| year = 2008| url = http://menschorus.byu.edu| access-date = January 21, 2008| archive-date = January 15, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080115010548/http://menschorus.byu.edu/| url-status = live}}</ref>), and the 190-member [[BYU choirs|BYU Women's Chorus]].<ref>{{cite web| title = BYU Concert Choir| publisher = BYU| url = http://concertchoir.byu.edu/| access-date = January 21, 2008| archive-date = March 19, 2003| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030319030537/http://concertchoir.byu.edu/| url-status = dead}}</ref> Both the BYU Men's Chorus and BYU Singers have toured across the [[United States]] and around the globe. Each of the four groups has recorded several times under BYU's label ''[[Tantara Records]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title = Tantara Records| url = https://tantararecords.com/| access-date = May 26, 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100826022629/http://www.tantararecords.com/| archive-date = August 26, 2010| df = mdy-all}}</ref>

BYU's a cappella groups, [[Vocal Point]] and [[Noteworthy (vocal group)|Noteworthy]] are among the top groups in the country, both of them having been crowned [[International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella]] winners, in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Both groups release multiple music videos a year and operate under BYU's Performing Arts Management.

BYU also has a [[Music of Bali|Balinese]] [[gamelan]] ensemble, Gamelan Bintang Wahyu.