Located in northern Utah's Cache Valley, USU's eight academic colleges, School of Graduate Studies and statewide outreach Extension offices provide comprehensive programs to Utah and the world. Amplified, yes, but there's no electricity involved. Take 24 pianos and place them on stage together. Each piano has 88 keys. That's 2,000-plus keys.
Tickets are available at the door.
This year's Monster Concert features more than 300 young pianists and two monsters. It is the largest fundraising event for the program, and proceeds support scholarships in the piano area. To have 24 pianos in one hall is pretty unusual. The young musicians love performing in this venue and young audience members love the monsters' stunts. While the majority of the performers are young, and many audience members are young people, the concert is really designed for the entire family, van der Beek continued.