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  • High school students join UAB choirs in song for “Christmas at the Alys” on Dec. 5
    More than 200 voices in the UAB Concert Choir and choirs from Helena, Calera, Springville and Indian Springs will join in singing “Carol of the Bells” and “O Holy Night.”
  • Three music students who helped bring UAB Opera back after the pandemic are graduating
    Reagan Martin, Austin Green and Sierra Frazier all plan to pursue graduate studies in music and music education.
  • More than music: Alumni couples, legacy families in the UAB Marching Blazers
    Meet the couples who met in the Marching Blazers, and the students marching this year whose alumni parents are passing along their Blazer spirit.
  • UAB’s new music therapy program is pitch-perfect for founding Director Ja’Bria Barber
    Earlier this year, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Music announced a new music therapy concentration. The news hit all the right notes for Ja’Bria Barber, Ph.D., so, even though she has no connections to the Birmingham area, she left her home near Charlotte, North Carolina, in August to join UAB as the founding Director of Music Therapy on the university-side of campus.
  • UAB students: Get $10 tickets to shows at the Alys Stephens Center
    The Alys Stephens Center and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra offer discounted tickets to UAB students. Plus, check out free student rush tickets one hour before showtime, and the new Pay What You Choose series.
  • The World Stage: UAB music students and faculty perform across the globe
    Singing Michael Trotta’s “Requiem” is nothing new for University of Alabama at Birmingham senior Sierra Frazier.
  • 12 honored for excellence in teaching
    The 2024 honorees for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College, and the Graduate School.
  • Stevie Wonder asks Henry Panion III to conduct, arrange orchestras on new 11-city tour
    Wonder and Panion, both Grammy Award winners, have collaborated musically for more than 30 years. Panion will conduct orchestras in each city for Wonder’s performances.
  • UAB Piano Series presents Alabama native and UAB alum Cahill Smith on Sept. 22
    An accomplished performer and devoted teacher, Smith is a UAB alumnus, graduate of the Eastman School of Music and associate professor of piano at Utah State University.
  • Fall performances from the UAB Department of Music
    This season’s offerings will include the UAB Piano Series with alumnus Cahill Smith and “Gospel Goes Classical” with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, plus free recitals and concerts from faculty and students.
  • UAB Marching Blazers celebrate 30 years with retrospective show for 2024
    For the 30th anniversary season, the band dug into the archives to craft a show of songs from different decades, including “Liberty Fanfare,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Thriller” and more.
  • Summer 2024 photo recap
    Throughout Summer 2024, faculty, staff, and students across the College of Arts and Sciences facilitated camps and on-campus experiences for middle school, high school, and college students.
  • UAB summer commencement will be Aug. 10 at Bartow Arena
    This semester, at least 1,621 students are eligible to graduate, and 892 students are expected to walk in two ceremonies.
  • This July 4, see a free concert by the UAB Summer Band outside Bartow Arena
    Enjoy the annual concert of patriotic music and movie soundtrack tunes beginning at 7 p.m., then watch the fireworks show shot from Red Mountain at 9 p.m.
  • Henry Panion III to lead National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center in tribute to Richard Smallwood
    Panion, having worked with Richard Smallwood as conductor and arranger, was tapped by The Kennedy Center for his unique experience at merging gospel and classical music, particularly with the symphony orchestra.
  • 2024 winners of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
    The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time, regular faculty members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching.
  • Spring commencement at UAB will be April 26-27
    This semester, at least 2,963 students are eligible to graduate, and more than 1,871 students are expected to walk in the three ceremonies in Bartow Arena.
  • Celebrating CAS Authors: 20 faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences published books in 2023
    Twenty faculty members across multiple departments in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences wrote or edited 23 books last year.
  • World premiere performance of music and films inspired by Alabamians, “The Courage Lies Within You,” is April 13
    In this free multimedia presentation, the UAB Chamber Trio will perform 11 new works of music, with original films created by students in honor of noteworthy people from Alabama.
  • UAB Concert Choir set for Italian tour from June 4-13
    The choir plus student and faculty soloists will perform the European premiere of a new 40-minute multimovement masterwork for choir and orchestra in Italy.

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