Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason

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Public Relations Specialist

thomason@uab.edu • (205) 975-8858

Specific beats include: The Arts at UAB; Alys Stephens Center ; AEIVA; ArtPlay ; Arts in Medicine; Student Affairs and Student Life; Career & Professional Development Services; Veterans Services; Lecture Series; Homecoming; Issues management ; Administrative News; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Art and Art History; Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Department of Music; Department of Theatre; Department of Communication Studies; Institute for Human Rights; WBHM; National Alumni Society; The Graduate School; Development

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6
With the ASO, Grammy Award winner White — formerly half of The Civil Wars — will reimagine the Southern rock, Americana and country hits that made him famous.

UAB Music students win at state singing competition

UAB Music students win at state singing competition
Music majors Austin Green and Reagan Martin and physics major Jackson Hanle won top prizes in the Alabama State Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Could learning magic arts benefit adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy?

Could learning magic arts benefit adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy?

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded UAB Arts in Medicine a research grant to study whether magic arts training can help improve motor and social-emotional function.

UAB Piano Series presents Rachel Breen on March 26

UAB Piano Series presents Rachel Breen on March 26
Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” by Gramophone UK. She will perform works by Bach, Medtner, Schoenberg and Mozart.

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Patti LaBelle on March 19

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Patti LaBelle on March 19

Grammy Award-winner LaBelle is an R&B icon, named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Singers, with hits from “Lady Marmalade” to “New Attitude.”

March 9, join UAB’s Chamber Music @ AEIVA, inspired by “Black is Beautiful”

March 9, join UAB’s Chamber Music @ AEIVA, inspired by “Black is Beautiful”

UAB graduate and award-winning composer Eric Mobley and Gospel Choir Director Reginald Jackson, Ph.D., will perform works in response to Kwame Brathwaite’s photography exhibition at UAB’s Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.

2023 Alabama State Spelling Bee will be March 18 at UAB

2023 Alabama State Spelling Bee will be March 18 at UAB
The winner of the state bee will represent Alabama at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on May 28.

March 10, see Victor Wooten featuring Steve Bailey and Derico Watson in Bass Extremes

March 10, see Victor Wooten featuring Steve Bailey and Derico Watson in Bass Extremes
Wooten has been called the most influential bassist of the last two decades and one of the Top 10 Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine.

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Meshell Ndegeocello on March 9

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Meshell Ndegeocello on March 9
A 10-time Grammy nominee, Ndegeocello is a composer, a producer and a virtuoso on the electric bass guitar. She is a featured artist for the MUSE musicians conference.

When tragedy happens, how to help children understand

When tragedy happens, how to help children understand
An expert in family communication and social support, Samantha Shebib, Ph.D., offers her expertise to help navigate these complicated and difficult conversations.
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