UAB Piano Series presents Robert Henry on March 9
Pianist Robert Henry will perform Sunday, March 9, for the final installment of the University of Alabama at Birmingham 2013-2014 Piano Series.Henry, an internationally distinguished pianist who has won universal acclaim as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, accompanist and chamber musician, will perform an all-Chopin recital at 4 p.m. in UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. The UAB Piano Series is presented by the UAB Department of Music. Tickets are $15; $5 for UAB students. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Music online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.
On the program are “Chopin” from “Carnaval,” Op. 9, composed by Robert Schumann; and Chopin’s Étude in A-flat major, from “Trois Nouvelles Études”; Étude in A-flat major, Op. 25, No. 1 (“Aeolian Harp”); Étude in A-flat major, Op. 10, No. 10; Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2; Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1; Barcarolle, Op. 60; “The Four Ballades”; and Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (“Heroic”).
UAB Music to present “Musical Extravaganza” concert March 16
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music will present “Around the World in 80 Minutes: A Musical Extravaganza,” featuring UAB bands, choirs, ensembles and soloists, at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16.
Hosted by Fox 6 WBRC news anchors Sarah Verser and Mickey Ferguson, performers will include many of UAB’s award-winning faculty and student ensembles, including the Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Computer Music Ensemble, Opera Workshop, recording artist and jazz guitarist Eric Essix, international operatic bass-baritone Won Cho, and sensational faculty-student piano duo Yakov and Aleksandra ‘Sasha’ Kasman.
UAB Concert Choir releases new CD, “Unceasing Love”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Concert Choir recently released a new CD on Jan. 28, to help fund the choir’s trip to the eighth World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, in July.The CD, “Unceasing Love,” is be available for $10 at digital outlets including iTunes and Amazon. The UAB Departmnent of Music has copies of the CD for sale in person and via the department’s online store for that same price. Included on the CD are highlights from live performances on the choir’s past two regional tours, which included trips to Knoxville, Tenn., Philadelphia, Pa., Virginia Beach, Va., and Greenville, S.C. The repertoire includes a variety of styles with pieces by Lotti, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and American composers Paulus, Gjeilo, Whitacre, Ticheli, Dawson, Hogan and more.
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