The schedule features pianists Clayton Stevenson and Rachel Breen, guest artists, and a variety of faculty recitals featuring art songs, chamber music, and more.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Music will enjoy performances by students, faculty and guest musicians this spring.
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences Music Department presents recitals and concerts each fall and spring semester. Many of the performances are free and open to the public.
Buy your tickets now for the UAB Piano Series performance by Clayton Stevenson on Sunday, January 22nd at 4:00 PM. Pianist Rachel Breen will conclude the series with a performance on Sunday, March 26th. Both performances are free.
Most performances are held at the Halsey Center for the Arts’ Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall and UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. For the latest information on performances, please check the UAB Campus Calendar, contact the UAB Department of Music at 205-934-7376, or visit uab.edu/music.
Upcoming performances include:
Cho WonSunday, January 22nd
UAB piano series featuring Clayton Stephenson, piano, 4 p.m. Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at UAB. Stevenson, a finalist of the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform a program of works by Scriabin, Bach, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Egon Petri, Art He Tatum and George Gershwin. Tickets are $15. $5 for a student through grade 12 and his UAB employee. Free for UAB students. Call 205-975-2787 or visit AlysStephens.org.
Wednesday, February 1
School of Music Potpourri, 12:20 p.m., Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall, UAB. Performance by faculty members of the UAB Department of Music. Free admission.
February 5 (Sun)
UAB’s School of Music Recital: Patrick Evans (baritone), Yakov Kassmann (piano), James Zingara (trumpet), Mary Delgobo (cello) at 5 p.m. at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Includes oratorio arias by Bach, Handel and Mendelssohn, Kurt Hein Weil’s Whitman’s Four Songs, and Bernstein and Weil’s theater songs. Free admission.
Wednesday, February 15th
Music Department Student Recital, 12:20 p.m., at UAB’s Mary Culp-Halsey Recital Hall.
A recital by a music major student concert. Free admission.
February 19 (Sun)
UAB’s Faculty of Music Recital, “Korean Tapestry: Art Songs Composed by Korean Women,” with Won Cho on bass, Kyung Cho on soprano, and Unni Park on piano at 2 p.m. at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Free admission.
prema buttFebruary 19 (Sun)
UAB’s Music Division Guest Artists Concert, Prema Bhat, Indian Classical Vocalist, Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall, UAB, 7pm. Free admission.
Friday, February 24th
UAB’s Faculty of Music Recital: Emily Jaworski Collias, Mezzo-Soprano, UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center at 7pm. A program of 21st century chamber works for mezzo-soprano by UAB faculty and members of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Free admission.
February 26 (Sun)
UAB’s Music Division Wind Symphony and Symphony Band concert at 7pm at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Directed by Sean Murray and Carla Morantz, it features a diverse program of traditional windband masterpieces and contemporary settings. Free admission.
March 5 (Sun)
UAB Clarinet Symposium Concert at 2:00 pm at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Featuring clarinetists of all ages and abilities. This is an announcement from the Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences. Free admission.
Dennis Gainey and Yakov KasmanTuesday, March 7
UAB School of Music Recital: “Something Old and Something New”. Featuring Dennis Gainey (clarinet) and Yakov Kasman (piano), it will be held at UAB’s Alice Stevens Her Performing Arts Center from 7pm. Introducing her solo and chamber music past and present works. Free admission.
Thursday, March 9
Chamber Music @ AEIVA, 5:30 pm reception, 6:00 pm concert, Abroms Engel Institute for Visual Arts. Chamber Music @ AEIVA is a free concert series that brings together music and the art exhibited at his AEIVA, showcasing quality chamber music in an engaging and engaging setting. Free admission.
Saturday, March 11th
UAB’s Music Division Jazz Summit Concert at 3pm at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Free admission.
March 23 (Thursday)
UAB School of Music Recital: An Evening of Art Songs featuring the work of Craig Brandwayne at 7pm at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Free admission.
Rachel BreenMarch 26 (Sun)
UAB Music Department Piano Series featuring Rachel Breen, 4 p.m. at UAB’s Alice Stephens Performing Arts Center. American pianist Rachel Breen has won top prizes at the Honens International Piano Competition, the Beethoven International Competition in Vienna, the Georges Ciffra International Competition and the Nuova Coppa Pianisti International Competition. She was named Young Her Artist of the 2021-23 Association of Music Clubs of America and in 2021 she won the Kurt Her Alten Prize at her university in Hannover, Germany. Tickets are her $15. $5 for a student through grade 12 and her UAB employee. Free for UAB students. Call 205-975-2787 or visit AlysStephens.org.
Monday, March 27th
UAB Music Division’s 4th Annual PRISM Concert at 7pm at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. This department-wide concert features faculty and student solo and ensemble performances ranging from classical and gospel to jazz and computer music and everything in between. Tickets are $25 open to the general public. $15 for UAB employees. Free to all UAB students. Call 205-975-2787 or visit AlysStephens.org.
April 2nd (Sun)
UAB’s Music Division Guest Artist Concert: Caitlan Jones, Percussion at 7pm at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Free admission.
UAB Department of Music Jazz EnsembleApril 4 (Tue)
UAB Music Department Jazz Ensemble concert at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center at 7:00 pm. Directed by Stephen Roberts. Free admission.
Wednesday, April 5th
The UAB Division Brass Ensemble at a 7:00 p.m. concert at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Free admission.
Thursday, April 6th
UAB School of Music Student Senior Recital: Emily Howell, Horn at 7pm at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Free admission.
Monday, April 10th
7:00 p.m. UAB Division Music Percussion Ensemble concert at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Directed by Jean Fambrough. Free admission.
Tuesday, April 11th
UAB Music Division Honors Recital and Awards Convocation, 7:00 p.m. at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Free admission.
Wednesday, April 12th
UAB’s Mary Culp-Hulsey Recital Hall performed at 7:00 pm with a jazz combo and guitar ensemble from the UAB Music Department. Directed by Steven Roberts and Carlos Pino. Free admission.
Thursday, April 13th
UAB Student Young Performing Artists Program recital featuring Mary Elisa Wagner on piano at 7:00 pm at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Wagner is a student of Yakov Kasman. Free admission.
Friday, April 14th
UAB’s Music Division Steel City Band Concert at 7pm at UAB’s Mary Culp Halsey Recital Hall. Free admission.
Sunday, April 16th
UAB’s Music Department Piano Studio and Piano Ensemble concert at UAB’s Mary Culp-Halsey Recital Hall at 4:00 pm. Directed by Yakov Kasman and Tatiana Kasman. Free admission.
UAB Department of Music Gospel ChoirMonday, April 17th
Concert of UAB’s Musical Gospel Choir at 7:00 PM at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Directed by Reginald Jackson, it features traditional and contemporary gospel music. Tickets are $10. Free for UAB students. Call 205-975-2787 or visit AlysStephens.org.
Tuesday, April 18th
UAB’s Music Division Wind Symphony and Symphony Band concert at 7pm at UAB’s Alice Stevens Performing Arts Center. Directed by Sean Murray and Carla Morantz, it features a diverse program of traditional windband masterpieces and contemporary settings. Free admission.
Wednesday, April 19th
UAB Department of Music Computer Music Ensemble concert at 7pm at UAB’s Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall. Directed by Dr. Matthew Scott Phillips. Free admission.
Thursday, April 20th
UAB Student Young Performing Artists Program Recital: Elizabeth Choynacki, Piano, 7 p.m. at UAB’s Mary Culp-Halsey Recital Hall. Chojnacki is a student of Yakov Kasman. Free admission.
Friday, April 21st
UAB Department of Music Concert Choir and Chamber Singers Spring Choir Concert at South Side Baptist Church at 7pm. Directed by Brian Kittredge and Elizabeth Fisher.
Free admission.
