More than 862 students will walk in two graduation ceremonies Dec. 13 at Bartow Arena, and 178 doctoral candidates will be recognized in a separate ceremony Dec. 10.

Choirs from Helena, Calera, Springville, Ramsay and John Carroll Catholic high schools will perform with UAB choirs and the UAB Trumpet Ensemble and Flute Ensemble.

Two Richard Smallwood songs arranged by Henry Panion III, Ph.D., “Anthem of Praise” and “Bless the Lord,” are on the program for the Nov. 9 concert “Symphonic Gospel: Celebration.”

UAB Homecoming Week’s star attractions include UAB’s legendary Gurney Derby, the UAB Homecoming Parade, the Battle for the Bones BBQ Competition and UAB Football vs. Memphis.

Most performances are free and open to the public, including a faculty lecture on Tchaikovsky by Yakov Kasman, spirituals from Won Cho, music from alumnus Eric Mobley and more.

Camp can be challenging, but these preseason training tips from experts with the UAB Marching Blazers can help student musicians succeed.

The “Opera in One Act,” composed by UAB Music Professor Craig Brandwein with libretto by David Sellers, features a cast of singers, and many instrumentalists, who are recent graduates of the UAB music program.

The Emmy-nominated film won 14 Telly Awards, including Gold for General: History in the Television category and Gold for Craft: Original Score in the Film & Shorts category.

The Florence native, 22, is graduating from UAB with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater, then working professionally this summer, signing with an agency and moving to New York.

Cameron Rodgers-Johnson will go on to study music composition after taking advantage of performance opportunities at UAB and graduating with high distinguished honors.

More than 3,071 students are eligible to graduate this semester, and at least 1,715 students will participate in commencement exercises.

The UAB Department of Music will host Grammy In the Schools and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on Wednesday, April 30, at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Presented by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, Arts Week events showcase students from the departments of Art and Art History, English, History, Music, and Theatre.

The Van Cliburn 2013 finalist will perform a program of works by Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nadia Boulanger and Franz Liszt.

The UAB Piano Series will present Fei-Fei Dong on March 23, plus the PRISM concert March 31 will showcase students and faculty.

After four years of playing with the UAB Marching Blazers, Jonah Ross will graduate with his bachelor’s degree from the UAB School of Engineering.

More than half of the university’s 1,954 graduating students will walk in commencement this semester. The UAB President’s Medal will be awarded to Marnix E. Heersink, M.D.

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.”

Reagan Martin, Austin Green and Sierra Frazier all plan to pursue graduate studies in music and music education.

Meet the couples who met in the Marching Blazers, and the students marching this year whose alumni parents are passing along their Blazer spirit.