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The master class April 15 with Indian slide guitar master Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and ethnic percussionist Pandit Subhen Chatterjee is open to the public.

Hemminger, a tenor and aspiring composer, and Valencia Callens, a soprano, have won awards based on their performances and merit.

Students will enjoy a master class in clarinet and piano when Duo Pegasus visits UAB April 5; the public can enjoy a free concert that night.

The UAB Percussion Ensemble and marimba artist Michael Burritt will perform with area high school all-star musicians in a free public concert.

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The Drum Major for Justice Award is given to people who carry on the philosophy, vision and mission of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Spalding is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. April 15, in a free show as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Civil Rights Commemorative Series.
The Marching Blazers competed against 17 other bands from around the world and performed the UAB Fight Song, “Land of 1,000 Dances” and more.

Essix will teach music technology and jazz guitar and will perform in the Faculty Jazz Combo as a new member of the UAB Department of Music.

“WOOSH,” a new work by Assistant Professor of Music Price, has been selected for the 2013 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival.

The UAB Gospel Choir is set for two tours, including one to the U.S. Virgin Islands, a live concert at UAB and the national release of their new CD.

Art & technology meet for this free festival, with digital projections created by Birmingham artists, live music, dance, digital graffiti wall and more.

Yakov Kasman to perform with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, Canada, Feb. 22-23; on campus March 5.

American pianist Daneshpour will perform works by Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Prokofiev when she closes the UAB Piano Series season.

“Sans Titre VII,” composed by William Price, will be performed at the Ohio conference by James Zingara, one of a dozen performances planned.

The choir won in the “Song of the Year” category, for its inspirational remix of the R&B classic “Don’t Ask My Neighbors.”

Enjoy a free early-music recital Feb. 10 featuring a newly refurbished Italian harpsichord, soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and guest artists.
UAB’s Henry Panion will conduct the Blind Boys of Alabama and the ASO in a special concert to commemorate 1963 and raise money for scholarships.

Four music students collaborated to form Iron Giant Percussion in 2010; now the group is a resident quartet at UAB.

Elizabethtown College’s Badgerow will perform on the music department’s newly restored harpsichord for his guest artist recital Feb. 2.

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Second annual Brass Symposium for high-school and college-level students to be held Feb. 8-9

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