 Michael Babbitt, Spectrasonics sound designer, will give a presentation on Omnisphere and Stylus RMX at the UAB Department of Music Student Convocation, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 12:20 PM in the Hulsey Recital Hall. Michael Babbitt, who goes by the moniker MIDIhead, is an award winning composer/song writer, remixer, producer, vocalist, and DJ. His work has been heard on the CSI series, Dexter, and Prison Break, and in video games such as Dance Revolution. Most recently, Michael has recorded with artists Shane Gibson (Korn) and Peter DiStefano (Porno For Pyros) as well as produced remixes for the No. 1 DJ in America, Kaskade. |
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 Iron Giant Percussion Ensemble was formed when music students Sam Herman, Brett Huffman, Seth Noble and Justin Wallace collaborated outside of class. You can catch them August 30, at 7:30 p.m. at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center's Sirote Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. Iron Giant received the honor of a commissioned concert by the Birmingham Art Music Alliance to be presented for the 2012-13 season. Free. Call 205-934-7376 or visit www.uab.edu/music. |
 The UAB Gospel Choir will present a special Sunday night summer concert with a focus on inspirational music. The Choir will perform favorites by the late Walter Hawkins, Milton Brunson and the legendary Mattie Moss Clark, at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 29, 2012.
“It’s a night of music that stretches from the hits of the 1970s to the brand new music of 2012,” says Kevin P. Turner, D.D., UAB Gospel Choir director. Proceeds from this concert will go towards the live recording scheduled for this fall at our 17th anniversary concert.” All seats are $5 general admission. Kevin P. Turner, director
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 UAB Opera’s production of Man of La Mancha will boast a cast featuring some of Alabama’s finest college singers. There will be two performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15 and Saturday, March 17, in UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $10, $15 and $20. Students with a valid ID from any area college and those under the age of 18 can purchase $5 tickets. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets.
Man of La Mancha is based on the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish contemporary of William Shakespeare. Originally a 1959 play by Dale Wasserman, it was transformed into a musical and premiered in 1964, winning five Tony awards, including Best Musical. The musical has been revived four times on Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theater. The story is a play within a play: Cervantes and his servant are imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, and the story of Don Quixote is enacted by Cervantes and the prisoners. Don Quixote’s song “The Impossible Dream” has become a standard, and the musical has been translated into eight languages.
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 Presented by the Deparment of Music, the UAB Piano Series brings the world’s finest pianists to Birmingham. On Sunday, March 11, 2012, pianist Dmitry Rachmanov will be the featured artist. Rachmanov has won prizes at the Kapell, Senigallia and Awerbuch competitions, received the ArtsLink grant and held a fellowship from the American Pianists’ Association. He has performed at London’s Barbican and South Bank, the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall and festivals including Banff in Canada, Prussia Cove in England, Moulin d’Andé in France, Upbeat-Hvar in Croatia and Spoleto USA. His recital “The Art of the 19th Century Russian Character Piece” was noted by The New York Times for the “considerable color and focus” he brought to each work. The concert will take place at 4 p.m. in UAB's Alys Stephens Center. 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $15, $5 for UAB students and staff with valid ID. Call 205-975-2787.
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 Ken Scott, legendary recording engineer of the Beatles White Album, will present "From Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust” on Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pm in the Hulsey Recital Hall. This lecture is part of the Jemison Visiting Professorship in the Humanities and is presented by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences and the UAB Department of Music. Admission is free and open to the public. In his presentation, Ken Scott will discuss his career working with the Beatles and other rock icons such as the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Elton John, David Bowie, Supertramp, Devo, Missing Persons, Level 42 and others. |
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