Updated July 8, 2010
Thursday, June 10
UAB Music presents "Vox Humana: A Concert of Multimedia and Electroacoustic Music," 7:30 p.m., UAB's Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.uab.edu/cas/music. The UAB Department of Music presents a concert of electronic music and visual media. The theme of the concert, "Vox Humana," focuses on the worlds of experimental computer music and the written word. The program is curated by UAB Assistant Professor of Music William Price, D.M.A., and features works by composers Matthew Dotson, James Mobberley and John Crabtree.
Friday, June 11
UAB Music presents the Summer Drumline Camp Concert Finale, 5 p.m. in UAB's Mini-Park, between 13th and 14th streets South on University Boulevard, weather permitting. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.music.uab.edu. The UAB Department of Music presents a culminating concert featuring participants in their Summer Drumline Camp.
Saturday, June 19
UAB Music presents the Summer Music Camp Concert Finale, 11:30 a.m., UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.music.uab.edu. The UAB Department of Music presents a culminating concert featuring participants in their annual Summer Music Camp.
Saturday, June 26
UAB Music presents the Summer Percussion Camp Concert Finale, 11 a.m., UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.music.uab.edu. The UAB Department of Music presents a culminating concert featuring participants in their Summer Percussion Camp.
Sunday, July 4
UAB Music presents the annual Fourth of July Concert, 7:30 p.m., on the lawn at UAB's Bartow Arena, 617 13th St. South. Free admission. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.music.uab.edu. The 75-member UAB Summer Band will perform patriotic songs, traditional band music, pop tunes, Disney favorites, movie and Broadway themes and more. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics for the concert then watch the fireworks show atop Red Mountain. Win a chance to conduct the band. The band is directed by Sue Samuels, Ph.D.
Friday, July 23
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
UAB Music presents the Electro-Acoustic Percussion Group in Concert, 5:30 p.m., UAB's Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. Free Admission. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.uab.edu/cas/music. Presented by the UAB Department of Music and directed by Assistant Professor Gene Fambrough, D.M.A.
Thursday, July 22-Saturday, July 24
UAB Gospel Choir Youth Gospel Choir Workshop, UAB Hulsey Center, 950 13th St. South. The UAB Youth Gospel Choir is for ages 12-18. The fee is $20. The workshop choir will be limited to 120 voices (40 voices per section) and will be closed once the roster is full. Both the UAB Gospel Choir and the Youth Gospel Choir will perform live July 25 at the choir's annual summer concert at UAB's Alys Stephens Center. The choir is directed by Kevin Turner, D.D. For more details, call 205-934-6155 or e-mail kturner@uab.edu. Additional information will be posted on www.myspace.com/uabgospelchoir and www.facebook.com/uabgospelchoir.
Sunday, July 25
UAB Gospel Choir Summer Concert, 6 p.m., UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $5. Call 205-934-7376 or go to www.uab.edu/cas/music. This year the choir will host the annual summer concert on a Sunday. The concert will feature a combined UAB Gospel Choir and a first-ever UAB Youth Workshop Gospel Choir. The choir is directed by Kevin Turner, D.D.
About the UAB Department of Music
UAB is the first all-Steinway piano school in Alabama. The UAB Department of Music presents more than 150 concerts, recitals, master classes, and lectures each year - many of them free - for more than 400,000 people throughout the region. The department features 17 ensembles. It is part of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, home to academic disciplines that include the arts, humanities, sciences and the School of Education.