Pianist Andrew Tyson, free student & faculty recitals, tuba/flute: UAB Music October performances

The UAB Department of Music presents award-winning pianist Andrew Tyson and an array of free faculty, student and guest recitals in October.

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Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011

UAB Faculty Recital: James Zingara, trumpet, with pianist Kseniia Polstiankina
, 2:30 p.m., UAB’s Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.

 

tyson_piano_storySunday, Oct. 9
UAB Piano Series: Andrew Tyson
, 4 p.m., UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. The UAB Piano Series brings some of the world’s finest pianists to Birmingham. In May, Tyson, 24, was named a winner of The Juilliard School’s 2011 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. A prize-winner in both the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition and the National Chopin Competition of the United States, Tyson also was a semifinalist in the 2010 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw — his first venture into international competitions. Tickets are $15, $5 for UAB students and staff with valid ID. Call 205-975-2787. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.

 

Sunday, Oct. 23
UAB Voice Studio Recital
, 3 p.m., UAB’s Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. Featuring the students of Won Cho, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and Paul Mosteller. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.

 

Tuesday, Oct. 25
UAB Fall Choral Concert
, 7 p.m., Southside Baptist Church, 11th Avenue South at 19th Street. Choral works will include Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.

 

denise_gainey_student_storyThursday, Oct. 27
UAB Faculty Recital: Denise Gainey, clarinet
, “Conversations between Friends,” 7 p.m., UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. With Kseniia Polstiankina, piano; Kristine Hurst, soprano; Judy Hicks, harp; London Silas-Shavers, clarinet; and Robert Janssen, clarinet. Featuring works by Reade, Poulenc, Copland, Shocker and Bassi. Free admission. Call 205-975-2787. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.

 

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Wednesday, Oct. 31

UAB Guest Artist Recital: Benjamin Miles, tuba, and Sarah Miles, flute, noon, UAB’s Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music.