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SUMMARY:Steele-Weberpal Trio at UAB
DESCRIPTION:Steele-Weberpal Trio at UAB\nNew Music for String and Piano\nSun.\, March 21\, 2027 – 6PM\nHulsey Recital Hall\, UAB\n\nFREE EVENT!\n\nJulianne Steele\, violin\nHellen Weberpal Habshey\, cello\nChris Steele\, piano
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/steele-weberpal-trio-at-uab/
LOCATION:UAB – Hulsey Recital Hall\, 950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T210000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
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LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T145405Z
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SUMMARY:Schultz-Delfin Duo at Samford
DESCRIPTION:Schultz-Delfin Duo at Samford\nNew Music for Flute and Piano\nThurs.\, Nov. 12\, 2027 – 7:30PM\nBrock Recital Hall\, Samford University\n\nFREE EVENT!\n\nDiane Boyd Schultz\, flute\nMichael Delfin\, piano\nThis project is funded by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/schultz-delfin-duo-at-samford/
LOCATION:Brock Recital Hall at Samford University\, 800 Lakeshore Dr\, Homewood\, 35229\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T203000
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CREATED:20260807T123116Z
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SUMMARY:BAMA DIY/BYO Concert at UAB
DESCRIPTION:BAMA DIY/BYO Concert at UAB\nThurs.\, Sept. 17\, 2026 – 7PM\nHulsey Recital Hall\, UAB\n\nFREE EVENT!\n\nComposers and performers performing their own music.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bama-diy-byo-concert-at-uab/
LOCATION:UAB – Hulsey Recital Hall\, 950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260301T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260301T200000
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SUMMARY:Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo in Huntsville
DESCRIPTION:Pianists Adam Bowles and Kathryn Fouse present a program of piano music. \nDate & Time: March 1\, 2026; 6pm \nLocation: University of Alabama in Huntsville\, 13th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival \nThis activity is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bowles-fouse-huntsville2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260213T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260213T143000
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CREATED:20260202T145300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T145300Z
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SUMMARY:Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo at the Alabama School for the Blind
DESCRIPTION:Pianists Adam Bowles and Kathryn Fouse present a program of piano music. \nDate & Time: February 13\, 1:30pm \nLocation: Alabama School for the Blind (Talladega) \nOther upcoming presentations of this Duo: \n\nSUNDAY 3/1/2026\n\n6PM – University of Alabama in Huntsville\, 13th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival\n\n\n\nThis activity is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bowles-fouse-piano-duo-at-the-alabama-school-for-the-blind/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T133000
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SUMMARY:Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo at Thompson High School
DESCRIPTION:Pianists Adam Bowles and Kathryn Fouse present a program of piano music. \nDate & Time: February 12\, 1pm \nLocation: Thompson High School Performing Arts Center (Alabaster) \nOther upcoming presentations of this Duo: \n\nFRIDAY 2/13/2026\n\n1:30PM – Alabama School for the Blind (Talladega)\n\n\nSUNDAY 3/1/2026\n\n6PM – University of Alabama in Huntsville\, 13th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival\n\n\n\nThis activity is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bowles-fouse-piano-duo-at-thompson-high-school/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260211T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260211T130000
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CREATED:20260202T144749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T145619Z
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SUMMARY:Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo at Wallace State
DESCRIPTION:Pianists Adam Bowles and Kathryn Fouse present a program of piano music. \nDate & Time: February 11\, 11am \nLocation: Wallace State Community College (Hanceville) \nOther upcoming presentations of this Duo: \n\nTHURSDAY 2/12/2026\n\n1PM – Thompson High School Performing Arts Center (Alabaster)\n\n\nFRIDAY 2/13/2026\n\n1:30PM – Alabama School for the Blind (Talladega)\n\n\nSUNDAY 3/1/2026\n\n6PM – University of Alabama in Huntsville\, 13th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival\n\n\n\nThis activity is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bowles-fouse-piano-duo-wallace/
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260210T213000
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CREATED:20260121T154920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T145700Z
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SUMMARY:Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo Recital at Samford
DESCRIPTION:Pianists Adam Bowles and Kathryn Fouse present a program of piano music. \nDate & Time: February 10\, 7:30– 9:30 PM \nLocation: Samford University\, Brock Recital Hall \nOther upcoming presentations of this Duo: \n\nWEDNESDAY 2/11/2026\n\n11AM – Wallace State Community College (Hanceville)\n\n\nTHURSDAY 2/12/2026\n\n1PM – Thompson High School Performing Arts Center (Alabaster)\n\n\nFRIDAY 2/13/2026\n\n1:30PM – Alabama School for the Blind (Talladega)\n\n\nSUNDAY 3/1/2026\n\n6PM – University of Alabama in Huntsville\, 13th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival\n\n\n\nThis activity is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bowles-fouse-piano-duo-recital/
LOCATION:Brock Recital Hall at Samford University\, 800 Lakeshore Dr\, Homewood\, 35229\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T173000
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SUMMARY:Birmingham Art Music Alliance: 30th Anniversary Concert Series\, featuring cellist Craig Hultgren
DESCRIPTION:Hansell / Hulsey Center\, Hulsey Recital Hall\n950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL 35233\nView map  | Free Event | Add to calendar  \n\n\nCraig Hultgren performs fresh repertoire for the cello\, representing directions in contemporary music from traditional to experimental\, acoustic to electronic\, and structured to improvisational. This concert commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance\, in consideration of Hultgren’s significant role as a founder of the organization\, champion of Alabama composers\, and persistent activist for new music.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/birmingham-art-music-alliance-30th-anniversary-concert-series-featuring-cellist-craig-hultgren/
LOCATION:UAB – Hulsey Recital Hall\, 950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250324T203000
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SUMMARY:Vuorovesi Trio
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Birmingham Art Music Alliance and Hoover Public Library at Hoover Public Library\, Hoover AL \nMarch\, 24 2025\nThe Vuorovesi Trio presents a concert of music for flute\, oboe\, and clarinet by living composers. \nThe Birmingham Art Music Alliance and Hoover Public Library present the Vuorovesi Trio\, one of the leading woodwind trios of the combination of flute\, oboe and clarinet. The program includes music from the trio’s repertoire and new works by Alabama composers Michael Coleman\, Monroe Golden\, Gavin Green\, Holland Hopson\, Joseph Landers\, and William Price. \nThis activity is supported by Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nVuorovesi Trio (Finnish for “tide”) is comprised of University of Alabama School of Music faculty members Diane Boyd Schultz\, Mary Lindsey Bailey\, Osiris J. Molina\, the trio specializes in the unique repertoire for that combination\, and has already garnered significant critical acclaim. Their recent performances include a special concert at the historic Cervantes Hall in Havana\, Cuba\, and as featured performers at the most recent International Double Reed Society Conference\, National Flute Association Convention\, and the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/vuorovesi-trio/
LOCATION:Hoover Library Plaza\, 200 Municipal Dr\, Hoover\, AL\, 35216\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250218T203000
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CREATED:20250212T174623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T180453Z
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SUMMARY:Jacob Elkin\, Trombonist in Birmingham\, AL
DESCRIPTION:February 18 @ 6 pm\,  FREE EVENT! \nDownload and share an event flyer! \nJacob Elkin\, Trombonist at the Birmingham Public Library (see directions below) \nLOUD AT THE LIBRARY and BAMA present virtuoso trombonist JACOB ELKIN who will perform music from his repertoire and works by Alabama composers. Elkin is a NYC based composer/performer who specializes in electronics\, spatialization\, improvisation\, and microtonality. \nJacob Elkin is a NYC based trombonist who specializes in electronics\, spatialization\, improvisation\, and microtonality. In addition to music from his repertoire\, he will present works by Alabama composers. \nMichael Coleman’s “Sliding Interest #6” is from a series of graphic scores\, for sliding instruments\, based on interest rate graphs. Both “Meander” by Monroe Golden and “By Wit and Reason\, Which We Call Science” by Holland Hopson feature live computer processing. Golden’s piece references the meandering path of a Cretan labyrinth and utilizes the natural harmonics of the trombone. Hopson’s work is inspired by John Dowland’s lute songs of the English Renaissance. William Price’s lyrical and virtuosic “Statements” for solo trombone uses different musical styles to delineate the separate movements. A spontaneous performance will pair Elkin with Birmingham’s leading improvisor\, LaDonna Smith. \nJacob Elkin has performed on some of the most prestigious stages of the world including Carnegie Hall\, Avery Fisher Hall\, Jazz at Lincoln Center\, and The Kimmel Center. He has presented lecture performances at Mozarteum University Salzburg\, the University of London\, and The Contemporary Art Center Seoul\, South Korea. He has premiered new works for trombone in chamber settings with New York Composers Circle\, Mimesis Ensemble\, Contemporaneous\, Ensemble Mise-en\, and The New York Trombone Consort with David Taylor. He has premiered solo works for trombone by Hubert Howe\, Dary John Mizelle\, Monroe Golden\, Joseph Pehrson\, Jin-Hee Han\, Josh Oxford\, and many others. Mr. Elkin has been written about in many publications including Broadway World\, OperaWire\, New Music USA\, I Care if you Listen\, Classical Music Daily\, and Avant Music News. His music is available on WAW and Ablaze records and has been played on WKCR New York Radio. He is on faculty at The United Nations International School. \nFor more info\, visit jacobelkin.com \nThis activity is supported by Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/elkin2025-birmingham/
LOCATION:Birmingham Public Library\, 2100 Park Place\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35203\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250217T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250217T210000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20250212T160020Z
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SUMMARY:Jacob Elkin\, Trombonist in Tuscaloosa\, AL
DESCRIPTION:Jacob Elkin\, Trombonist \nPresented by Birmingham Art Music Alliance and University of Alabama School of Music – FREE EVENT! \nFebruary 17\,  2025\, 7:30-9 PM at University of Alabama Recital Hall\, Tuscaloosa AL \nVirtuoso trombonist Jacob Elkin will perform music from his repertoire and works by Alabama composers with emphasis on interactive electronics\, spatialization\, improvisation\, and microtonality. \nJacob Elkin is a NYC based trombonist who specializes in electronics\, spatialization\, improvisation\, and microtonality. In addition to music from his repertoire\, he will present works by Alabama composers. \nMichael Coleman’s “Sliding Interest #6” is from a series of graphic scores\, for sliding instruments\, based on interest rate graphs. Both “Meander” by Monroe Golden and “By Wit and Reason\, Which We Call Science” by Holland Hopson feature live computer processing. Golden’s piece references the meandering path of a Cretan labyrinth and utilizes the natural harmonics of the trombone. Hopson’s work is inspired by John Dowland’s lute songs of the English Renaissance. William Price’s lyrical and virtuosic “Statements” for solo trombone uses different musical styles to delineate the separate movements. A spontaneous performance will pair Elkin with Birmingham’s leading improvisor\, LaDonna Smith. \nJacob Elkin has performed on some of the most prestigious stages of the world including Carnegie Hall\, Avery Fisher Hall\, Jazz at Lincoln Center\, and The Kimmel Center. He has presented lecture performances at Mozarteum University Salzburg\, the University of London\, and The Contemporary Art Center Seoul\, South Korea. He has premiered new works for trombone in chamber settings with New York Composers Circle\, Mimesis Ensemble\, Contemporaneous\, Ensemble Mise-en\, and The New York Trombone Consort with David Taylor. He has premiered solo works for trombone by Hubert Howe\, Dary John Mizelle\, Monroe Golden\, Joseph Pehrson\, Jin-Hee Han\, Josh Oxford\, and many others. Mr. Elkin has been written about in many publications including Broadway World\, OperaWire\, New Music USA\, I Care if you Listen\, Classical Music Daily\, and Avant Music News. His music is available on WAW and Ablaze records and has been played on WKCR New York Radio. He is on faculty at The United Nations International School. \nFor more info\, visit jacobelkin.com \n  \nThis activity is supported by Alabama State Council on the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/elkin2025-tuscaloosa/
LOCATION:University of Alabama Recital Hall\, 810 2nd Ave\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T213000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20250129T161309Z
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SUMMARY:Neil Rolnick + A Year of Deep Listening with Iron Giant Free Association and Birmingham Art Music Alliance Composers
DESCRIPTION:Download and share a flyer for this event! \nEast Village Arts | 7611 1st Avenue North | Birmingham\, AL \n\n\nThursday\, February 6\, 2025  |  7:30 PM   | $10 Admission\n\nComposer/performer Neil Rolnick—a pioneer in the use of computers in performance and a leading figure in the New York downtown composer scene—plays a solo set. Iron Giant Free Association and BAMA composers will celebrate the release of the book A Year of Deep Listening with performances of selected scores.\n\n\n\nMore info about Neil Rolnick: https://www.neilrolnick.com/\nMore info about A Year of Deep Listening: terranovapress.com/books/a-year-of-deep-listening-for-pauline-oliveros
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/neil-rolnick-a-year-of-deep-listening-with-iron-giant-free-association-and-birmingham-art-music-alliance-composers/
LOCATION:East Village Arts of Birmigham\, 7611 1st Ave N\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Birmingham%20Art%20Music%20Alliance":MAILTO:info@artmusic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T193000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20241003T181119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T181451Z
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SUMMARY:Iron Giant Free Association @ AEIVA
DESCRIPTION:Iron Giant Free AssociationSam Herman * Brett Huffman * Seth Noble * Justin WallaceThursday\, October 24\, 2024Reception 5:30 pm / Concert 6:00 pm \nAbroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts1221 10th Avenue South\, Birmingham\, AL 35205Free Admission \n-=-=-=-=-PROGRAMdifférance – Mark LackeyVersicles for Aries – Kyle McGuckenA Play on Words – William Price Melanie Williams\, soprano * Iron Giant\, vocalistsThus Spoke the Giant – Joseph Landersas reflected in the glimmer of the black pond – Holland HopsonArmature – Monroe Golden / Iron Giant-=-=-=-=-Iron Giant Free Association plays new music by local composers in boundary-stretching performances\, with connections to a solo survey exhibition of abstract painter Odili Donald Odita.Iron Giant has worked with members of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance to create a group of flexible compositions that reward creative investment from performers and audiences alike. Details of each piece are changeable\, so the sounds differ from performance to performance. Pieces from that body of work were selected for this concert because of commonalities with Odita’s aesthetic. Integral to Kyle McGucken’s Versicles for Aries\, Holland Hopson’s as reflected in the glimmer of the black pond\, and Monroe Golden’s Armature are composite textures built from smaller\, repeating units. Joseph Landers’ Thus Spoke the Giant involves the interplay of repeated figures\, and Mark Lackey’s différance explores constantly-shifting time. In UAB professor William Price’s A Play on Words for singer and four vocalists\, the text is broken into its fundamental parts and reconfigured in different contexts. Soprano Melanie Williams joins Iron Giant to realize Price’s work.This activity is supported by Alabama State Council on the Arts.The Iron Giant Free Association evolved from Iron Giant Percussion\, with the quartet of founders — Sam Herman\, Brett Huffman\, Seth Noble\, and Justin Wallace — remaining as core members. Established in 2011 and based in Birmingham (AL)\, the ensemble has performed alongside artists such as Sō Percussion\, Third Coast Percussion\, Glenn Kotche of Wilco\, and Norman Westberg of Swans. Iron Giant has collaborated with many Alabama music & arts mainstays including the Birmingham Art Music Alliance\, Sanspointe Dance Company\, John Scalici\, and the UAB Percussion Ensemble. Their eclectic vocabulary of chamber music\, ambient\, noise\, and post rock\, combined with meditative improvisatory sensibilities makes for a listening experience both cerebral and visceral. http://irongiantbhm.comThe Birmingham Art Music Alliance (BAMA) is a nonprofit organization with the twofold mission of promoting music by Alabama composers and presenting concerts of recently created art music to communities in Birmingham and beyond. Members include local composers\, professional performers\, students\, and enthusiasts who wish to preserve and maintain the long tradition of music as a living art form. http://artmusic.org \nVIew more info about this event here.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/iron-giant-free-association-aeiva/
LOCATION:UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts\, 1221 10th Avenue South\, Birmingham\, 35205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T213000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20241003T180127Z
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SUMMARY:Iron Giant Free Association @ East Village Arts
DESCRIPTION:Birmingham Art Music Alliance and East Village Arts present \nIron Giant Free Association \nThursday\, October 10\, 2024 at 7:30PM\nEast Village Arts of Birmingham\n7611 1st Ave N\, Birmingham\, AL 35206\nFree Admission \nIron Giant Free Association premieres new music by local composers in boundary-stretching performance. \nIron Giant has worked with members of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance to create a group of flexible compositions that reward creative investment from performers and audiences alike. The details of each piece are changeable\, so the sounds differ from performance to performance. This is the first concert of a series of programs\, with the following compositions receiving their world premiere. \n\nIron Segments – Michael Coleman\nArmature – Monroe Golden / Iron Giant\nas reflected in the glimmer of the black pond – Holland Hopson\ndifferance – Mark Lackey\nThus Spoke the Giant – Joseph Landers\nVersicles for Aries – Kyle McGucken\nImprovisation – LaDonna Smith / Iron Giant\n\nThis activity is supported by Alabama State Council on the Arts. \nIron Giant Free Association evolved from Iron Giant Percussion\, with the quartet of founders — Sam Herman\, Brett Huffman\, Seth Noble\, and Justin Wallace — remaining as core members. Established in 2011 and based in Birmingham (AL)\, the ensemble has performed alongside artists such as Sō Percussion\, Third Coast Percussion\, Glenn Kotche of Wilco\, and Norman Westberg of Swans. Iron Giant has collaborated with many Alabama music & arts mainstays including the Birmingham Art Music Alliance\, Sanspointe Dance Company\, John Scalici\, and the UAB Percussion Ensemble. Their eclectic vocabulary of chamber music\, ambient\, noise\, and post rock\, combined with meditative improvisatory sensibilities makes for a listening experience both cerebral and visceral. \nThe Birmingham Art Music Alliance (BAMA) is a nonprofit organization with the twofold mission of promoting music by Alabama composers and presenting concerts of recently created art music to communities in Birmingham and beyond. Members include local composers\, professional performers\, students\, and enthusiasts who wish to preserve and maintain the long tradition of music as a living art form. \nEast Village Arts is a membership based co-operative of artists\, musicians\, and patrons\, who believe that diversity and collective creativity is the strength of a healthy community. \nhttp://irongiantbhm.com\nhttp://artmusic.org\nhttp://evabham.org
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2024-irongiantfreeassociation/
LOCATION:East Village Arts of Birmigham\, 7611 1st Ave N\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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SUMMARY:2024 Birmingham New Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Birmingham Art Music Alliance (BAMA) announces the 10th Anniversary BIRMINGHAM NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL\, seven concerts between May 5-13\, 2024. This year’s festival presents a wide range of music by Alabama composers including solo piano\, four chamber music ensembles\, choral music\, live electronics\, improvised music\, and new takes on Appalachian folk music. The festival will take place at Birmingham First United Methodist Church\, East Village Arts\, Samford University’s Brock Recital Hall\, and UAB’s Hulsey Recital Hall. All concerts are free. The festival was implemented in 2014 to further BAMA’s mission of promoting music by Alabama composers and presenting concerts of recently created art music to communities in Birmingham. The 2024 festival honors two composers who died in 2023\, Joe L. Alexander and Ed Robertson. Our guest composer is New York City-based Robert Voisey\, who founded the 60X60 and Fifteen Minutes of Fame projects. \n2024 Birmingham New Music Festival May 5-13\, 2024\nClick the image above to download a PDF of the program for all 2024 Birmingham New Music Festival events. \nFree Admission for All Events! – http://fest.artmusic.org\nClick on event titles for more details. \nSunday\, May 5\, 2024 at 4 PM\nTO BE A PEOPLE – Music of Ed Robertson\nBirmingham First United Methodist Church\n518 19th St North \n\nMonday\, May 6\, 2024 at 7 PM\nIN MEDIAS RES – Vuorovesi Trio / BAMA Players\nHulsey Recital Hall\nUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham \n\nTuesday\, May 7\, 2024 at 7 PM\nSOUNDSCAPES – Electroacoustic Music\nHulsey Recital Hall\nUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham \n\nFriday\, May 10\, 2024 at 7:30 PM\nAROUND STRAVINSKY – BAMA Players\nBrock Recital Hall\nSamford University \n\nSaturday\, May 11\, 2024 at 2 PM\nAU NATUREL – Solo Pianists / LeBaron Trio\nHulsey Recital Hall\nUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham \n\nSaturday\, May 11\, 2024 at 5 PM\nTHE NEXT MOMENT – Mostly Improv\nEast Village Arts\n7611 1st Ave North \n\nMonday\, May 13\, 2024 at 7 PM\nESTHER & HOLLAND – New Old-Time Music\nEast Village Arts\n7611 1st Ave North \n\nTO BE A PEOPLE \nThe opening concert at Birmingham First United Methodist Church (518 19th St N ) on Sunday 5/5\, 4 PM is dedicated to the music of Ed Robertson\, one of BAMA’s founding members who served the organization as president and in other leadership roles. ASO concertmaster Daniel Szasz and pianist Eun-Hee Park perform Saints Fantasy\, a set of variations on When the Saints Go Marching In for violin and piano. Adam Bowles presents Changing Landscapes for solo piano\, and Craig Hultgren plays Night Scenes for scordatura cello (a winning entry in the Hultgren Cello Works Biennial competition). The concert closes with a selection of Robertson’s choral music conducted by Patrick Evans. \n\nIN MEDIAS RES \nOn Monday 5/6\, 7 PM\, in Hulsey Recital Hall on the UAB campus\, the BAMA Players (violinist Sarah Nordlund Dennis\, violist Meredith Treaster\, cellist Samuel Nordlund\, and pianist Ken Watson) and Vuorovesi Trio (flutist Diane Boyd Schultz\, oboist Mary Lindsay Bailey\, and clarinetist Osiris J. Molina) present IN MEDIAS RES\, a concert of acoustic chamber music. On the first set\, The BAMA Players perform Brian C. Moon’s La Chose Verte for violin and piano\, Tom Reiner’s Piano Quartet No. IV\, and Charles Norman Mason’s Tree for piano trio\, based on Richard Powers’ novel The Overstory. Then the Vurovesi Trio present Joseph Landers’ Six Pieces for Flute\, Oboe\, and Clarinet. The final set with the BAMA Players includes a piece from Matthew Scott Phillips’ Sundial series\, Sic Praeterit Aetas for piano trio\, Michael Coleman’s String Trio no. 1\, and “Interlude 1” and “Movement II” from the multi-movement piano trio In Medias Res by William Price. \n\nSOUNDSCAPES \nIn UAB’s Hulsey Recital Hall at 7 PM is the Tuesday 5/7 concert SOUNDSCAPES\, a program of electroacoustic music performed in real time. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Joe L. Alexander\, an active BAMA member during the first decade of the organization before securing teaching positions in Louisiana and Mississippi. Opening the concert are two works for cello and fixed media: Alexander’s Ce cE CE ceLLo and Monroe Golden’s turkey-call inspired Pinhoti\, presented by Craig Hultgren. Lori Ardovino performs her Nattmara for clarinet and soundfile\, and Joe’s long-time friend and colleague Alan Goldspiel plays the title track\, Soundscapes for guitar and soundfile. Soprano Melanie Williams and performance group Iron Giant (Sam Herman\, Brett Huffman\, Seth Noble\, and Justin Wallace) realize William Price’s A Play on Words for female voice and four male voices. Craig Hultgren closes the concert with three works for the ecello with live processing: Mark Lackey’s A Word with Narcissus\, Brian C. Moon’s unLearn\, and Holland Hopson’s Snakeskin (Verso). \n\nAROUND STRAVINSKY \nThe concert on Friday 5/10\, 7:30 PM\, in Samford University’s Brock Recital Hall\, centers on Igor Stravinsky’s Septet – a landmark composition that reflects the shift in his music from neoclassic to serialist. The BAMA Players (clarinetist Brad Whitfield\, bassoonist Cameron Bonner\, hornist Valerie Sly\, violinist Sarah Nordlund Dennis\, violist Chris Lowry\, cellist Peter Garrett\, and pianist Eun-Hee Park) perform Septet and premiere works by Joseph Landers\, Mark Lackey\, Holland Hopson\, Wesley Johnson\, and Matthew Scott Phillips that are inspired by Stravinsky’s pivotal work. \n\nAU NATUREL \nThemes of nature characterize this afternoon program of piano solos and art songs on Saturday 5/11\, 2 PM\, at UAB’s Hulsey Recital Hall. Kenneth Kuhn begins the concert with Overture to The Revelation of Nature\, a piano realization of the opening movement of his large-scale orchestral work. Pensacola composer/pianist Michael Coleman performs his poco più di niente\, Robert Voisey’s Persistence of Melancholy\, and Kadisha Onalbayeva’s Alla. The LeBaron Trio (soprano Melanie Williams\, clarinetist Lori Ardovino\, and pianist Laurie Middaugh) plays a set that includes Ardovino’s Adventures in Wonderland\, a setting of texts by Lewis Carroll relating to water animals. Adam Bowles closes the program with performances of Kyle McGucken’s meditative Pothos Variations and Joshua David Davis’ Prelude and Fugue titled The Arctic Snow. \n\nTHE NEXT MOMENT \nStarting at 5 PM on Saturday 5/11 at East Village Arts (7611 1st Ave N) is an event featuring free improvisation and compositions with improvisatory elements. Performing are Birmingham’s leading improvisor Ladonna Smith\, cellist Craig Hultgren\, pianists Michael Coleman and Joshua David Davis\, banjoist Holland Hopson\, and guest composer/vocalist Robert Voisey. Voisey is based in NYC and is the founder of 60X60 and Fifteen Minutes of Fame\, two projects that have given voice to composers around the world for decades. \n\nESTHER & HOLLAND \nOn Monday 5/13\, 7 PM\, at East Village Arts\, fiddler Esther Morgan-Ellis and banjoist Holland Hopson present original tunes that push the boundaries of old-time music. Georgia-based Morgan-Ellis and Hopson embrace the tradition of ‘crooked’ tunes with a set of their own works that stretch the soundworld of southern Appalachian music. \n\n 
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2024bnmf/
LOCATION:Various Locations in the Birmingham Area\, Birmingham\, AL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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SUMMARY:As Seen from Railroad Park - Cahaba Saxophone Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Railroad Park – 17th Street Plaza – Free Event\n \nClick the image above to view/download a PDF of the event flyer. \n-Download a copy of the program for this event-\nBirmingham Art Music Alliance presents the Cahaba Saxophone Quartet in a performance of works inspired by Railroad Park. The program will take place in the park\, at the 17th Street Plaza\, and feature music by Lori Ardovino\, Joel Scott Davis\, Holland Hopson\, Kenneth A. Kuhn\, Joseph Landers\, and Jasmine Young. Referents include the Birmingham skyline\, the statue of Vulcan\, echoes of the iron and steel industry from Red Mountain and the railroads\, and the loss of the Birmingham Terminal Station which launched local preservation movements. Members of the Cahaba Sax Quartet are Lori Ardovino\, Kim Bain\, Jon Remley\, and Sallie White. \nThe Birmingham Art Music Alliance is an autonomous nonprofit organization with the twofold mission of promoting music by Alabama composers and presenting concerts of recently created art music to communities in Birmingham and beyond. Members include local composers\, professional performers\, students\, and enthusiasts who wish to preserve and maintain the long tradition of music as a living art form. \nAs Seen from Railroad Park – Cahaba Saxophone Quartet\nSaturday\, October 16\, 2021\, 5 PM\, Free Event\nThis program/project has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/rrpark2021/
LOCATION:Railroad Park\, 1600 1st Ave S\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T200000
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SUMMARY:Live From My Living Room with Miolina
DESCRIPTION:“Live From My Living Room\,” presented by Hoover Public Library seeks to connect musicians with music lovers in a digital space. This week they are presenting music by Miolina\, a violin duo from New York. \nView this event via the player below or participate via Hoover Public Library’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Visit the official page for this event for more information. The performance will also be archived by Hoover Public Library on both platforms if you can’t watch live. \n \nViolin duo Miolina (Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold\, violins) has been called “talented and dedicated” by Arts Birmingham\, and described as displaying “aggressive and virtuosic prowess” with “brilliance of sound\, technical mastery\, and stunning expressivity” by I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.\n \nA member of New Music USA’s Impact Cohort\, Miolina has been attracting audiences since their inception in 2012. Mioi and Lynn are creating and shaping the violin duo repertoire of the 21st century. To date\, Miolina has premiered dozens of violin duos. They have had successful shows in NYC at venues such as the National Opera Center\, Tenri Cultural Institute\, (le) Poisson Rouge\, Spectrum\, KGB Espionage Museum\, Rockwood Music Hall\, Gallery MC\, Parsons School of Design\, and The Morbid Anatomy Museum. They’ve also performed concerts around the U.S. and abroad in Birmingham\, Chicago\, Copenhagen\, Los Angeles\, Malmö\, Pensacola\, Philadelphia\, San Francisco\, Washington DC\, Paris\, and Tokyo. \nMiolina has participated in festivals/residencies/series including Avaloch Farm\, Birmingham New Music Festival\, Composers Concordance\, Concrete Timbre\, C-Y Series\, Electronic Music Midwest\, Infuse Présente\, NWEAMO\, North/South Consonance\, and Sonic Circuits. They are recipients of numerous grants including Adami\, American-Scandinavian Foundation\, Japan Foundation NY\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, New Music USA\, and New York Women Composers. As part of their outreach and educational programs\, Miolina has performed at senior centers and soup kitchens\, as well as working with students at The Alabama School for the Blind\, The Juilliard School\, Queens College\, and Rutgers University. \nTheir debut album was released in 2018 on Composers Concordance Records/Naxos\, and they can be heard on 2020’s ‘Le Passager\,’ performing Jean-Baptiste Favory’s work UNISONO V\, available on French label ACEL records. Upcoming albums include one with works by Alabama composers\, as well as one featuring works by NYC composers.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/miolina2021/
LOCATION:Virtual Events Only
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200921
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SUMMARY:2020 (Virtual) Birmingham New Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Birmingham New Music Festival\, presented by the Birmingham Art Music Alliance\, has gone virtual! Join us for 5 streaming concerts\, written by Alabama composers and performed by local musicians. As always\, all events are free! \n\n \nChris Steele\, piano\nThursday\, August 27 @ 7PM \nMusic by Michael Coleman\, Monroe Golden\, Mark Lackey\, Matthew Scott Phillips\, William Price\, and Chris Steele.\nPresented in partnership with the Hoover Library and the Live From My Living Room series. \nParticipation link: Event concluded. Thanks for joining us! \n\nCraig Hultgren\, cello\nSunday\, August 30 @ 5PM \nMusic by Jeffrey Hoover\, Dorothy Hindman\, Holland Hopson\, Caitlin Johnson\, and Charles Norman Mason. \nEvent concluded. Thanks for joining us! \nView the premiere replay here: https://youtu.be/TMfXmS_yfAE \n\nLeBaron Trio/Vinna Trio\nSunday\, September 6 @ 5PM \nMusic by Lori Ardovino\, Michael Coleman\, Michael Hacker\, Kenneth A. Kuhn\, Mark Lackey\, and Tom Reiner. \nEvent concluded. Thanks for joining us! \nView the premiere replay here: https://youtu.be/ab1xYsGAEdA \n\nChris Steele\, piano\nSunday\, September 13 @ 5PM \nMusic by Michael Coleman\, Monroe Golden\, Mark Lackey\, Matthew Scott Phillips\, William Price\, and Chris Steele. \nEvent concluded. Thanks for joining us! \nView the premiere replay here: https://youtu.be/NqToTTk-8rI  \n\nSolos and Duos\nSunday\, September 20 @ 5PM \nMusic by Donnie Ashworth\, Michael Coleman\, Meg Ford\, Wesley Johnson\, Logan Lowery\, Eric Mobley\, and Brian C. Moon. \nParticipation link: https://youtu.be/da1DVahCzQo \n\n 
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2020bnmf/
LOCATION:Virtual Events Only
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T211908Z
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SUMMARY:All upcoming events are postponed
DESCRIPTION:Due to the current situation related to COVID-19\, we have decided to postpone all upcoming events. Please check back later to view our updated schedule.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/events-postponed/
LOCATION:Various Locations in the Birmingham Area\, Birmingham\, AL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191112T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T155221Z
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SUMMARY:"Arias and Art Songs"
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars! \nA collection of Birmingham’s best musicians will perform a program of arias and art songs written by Birmingham Art Music Alliance composers. \nCheck back soon or follow us on Facebook for complete details as soon as they are released.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/arias-and-art-songs/
LOCATION:Reynolds-Kirshbaum Recital Hall\, Alys Stephens Center\, 1200 10th Ave S\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35294\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191023
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20190823T155519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T184327Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Birmingham New Music Festival (BNMF)
DESCRIPTION:Click on the image above to download a poster for the 2019 Birmingham New Music Festival. \n \nThe 2019 Birmingham New Music Festival is made possible in part by grants from the\nAlabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nJoin us for the 2019 Birmingham New Music Festival! We have more events this year in more locations\, and as always\, all events are free! We hope to see you at this year’s events! See below for complete details. \n\nMOSTLY IMPROV NIGHT\nOctober 12\, 2019 at 7PM\nEast Village Arts of Birmingham\n7611 1st Ave N\, Birmingham\, AL 35206 \nThe opening concert of the 2019 Birmingham New Music Festival –directed by Birmingham improv luminary LaDonna Smith — features several distinctive approaches to improvisation. Holland Hopson will premiere “Crow Chases Red-Tailed Hawk” for bullroarers and other aerophones with interactive computer processes. Geni Skendo will be performing thrice on contrabass flute: his own duo “Orange Prism” with keyboardist Michael Dubruiel\, Brian Moon’s “Aeronaut” with fixed media\, and a realization of Scott Bazar’s graphic score “Midnight Campus” which also features Holland Hopson on banjo and LaDonna Smith on viola. Two other premiere performances are Pensacola composer Michael Coleman’s “outside box #1” for deconstructed piano\, and “Kulning Song” by Matthew Scott Phillips for violinist Hilarie Harp Rivas. LaDonna Smith will play “Streaming from another World” with collaborator Leland Scott Davis on jazz drums\, frame drum\, and tablas. \nCo-sponsored by East Village Arts of Birmingham. \n\nEDWARD FORSTMAN – DUX\nSunday\, October 13\, 2019 at 2:30PM\nUniversity of Alabama Moody Recital Hall\n810 Second Avenue\, Tuscaloosa\, AL 35401 \nEdward Forstman explores contemporary music as a solo pianist and collaborator. For this solo show in Tuscaloosa\, Forstman is presenting solo piano music of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance\, which has for almost 25 years provided a platform for the exploration of the musical avant garde in the Deep South. He is presenting their music alongside Zosha Di Castri’s “DUX\,” a violent portrait of the political tensions during the 2016 election\, as a reflection on the resistance of the arts to the wider culture and his most recent memories of living in Alabama in 2017. About the BAMA works: Monroe Golden’s “81” uses a series of nine partials (the last being the 81st) as material for 9 linked episodes of 9 bars each\, fancifully relating back to the original series. “Starscapes” by Mark Lackey is a grandly neo-Romantic fantasy. Michael Coleman’s “Chaconne” is inspired by the style of incidental music\, creating a glassy surface over a repeating harmonic progression. William Price’s “Petite Scherzo” combines virtuosity with humor in a twisted two-part invention. “Incongruity” by Monroe Golden augments the equal temperament of the piano with a fixed-media track in extended just intonation for a concertino together that percolates towards its conclusion. Holland Hopson’s “Slow Light from the Farthest Star” is a beautiful exploration of a chord progression via MaxMSP. \nCo-sponsored by New College. \n\nADAM BOWLES\, PIANO\nTuesday\, October 15 at 7:30PM\nUniversity of Montevallo LeBaron Recital Hall\nMaxine Couch Davis Hall\, Highland St\, Montevallo\, AL 35115 \nPianist Adam Bowles is a dedicated performer of newly composed art music who also remains an active and passionate interpreter of established solo piano\, chamber music\, and vocal repertoire. Dr. Bowles frequently performs throughout the country with the Luna Nova ensemble – of which he is a founding member. He holds degrees from Eastman School of Music (BM) and New England Conservatory (MM)\, and received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. During the 2019 Birmingham New Music Festival\, Bowles will perform an entire program of music by Alabama composers at venues in Montevallo\, Hanceville\, and Anniston. This concert will include solo piano compositions This concert will include solo piano compositions “Life” by W. F. Smith Leithart\, “Petite Scherzo” by William Price\, “Gigue” by Aurelia Gooden\, “Trio for Piano Alone” by Matthew Scott Phillips\, “Changing Landscapes” by Ed Robertson\, “Madam I’m Adam” by Monroe Golden\, and “Prelude No. 3 in G-minor” by Kenneth A. Kuhn. \nCo-sponsored by the University of Montevallo Music Department. \n\nCHAMBER MUSIC\nWednesday\, October 16\, 2019 at 7:30PM\nSamford University Brock Recital Hall\n800 Lakeshore Drive\, Birmingham\, AL 35209 \nCellist Craig Hultgren returns to Birmingham to perform solo works by two emeritus professors of composition\, “Cello Sketches” by Alan Schmitz from the University of Northern Iowa and “Bare ruin’d choirs…” by James A. Jensen from Samford University. Two new solo piano works will be premiered by the composers: Samford professor Mark Lackey’s “Return” and Kenneth A. Kuhn’s “Movement in C-major.” Improvisational artist LaDonna Smith will play “Streaming from another World” with collaborator Leland Scott Davis on jazz drums\, frame drum\, and tablas. The LeBaron Trio (soprano Melanie Williams\, clarinetist Lori Ardovino\, and pianist Laurie Middaugh) will perform Joseph Landers’ “Accuse Me Not\,” Ed Robertson’s “Seven Cinquains of Adelaide Crapsey\,” and Ardovino’s “Letters Poetry by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672).” \nCo-sponsored by the Samford University Division of Music. \n\nELECTROACOUSTIC\nThursday\, October 17\, 2019 at 7PM\nUAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall\n950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL 35205 \nOpening the concert is Andrew Raffo Dewar’s “Spatial Study (2019)” for live electronics\, which traces the motion of sound particles in 3D ambisonic space. Violinist Meg Ford will perform her own “Improvisation with Field Recordings.” Craig Hultgren will present two works for electric cello with fixed media\, “unLearn” by local composer Brian C. Moon and “Lacrimosa MMXVIII” by University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus professor Joseph Koykkars. Guitarist Jeremy Grall will play William Price’s “Crucible\,” exploring the wide range\, unique extended techniques\, and non-traditional harmonic resources offered by the instrument. Joel Scott Davis’ “Triptych” is a multi-movement fixed-media piece with video by Drew Young. The concert closes with Geni Skendo’s “Burningham” with David Phy on trombone and Skendo on contrabass flute. \nCo-sponsored by the UAB Department of Music. \n\nADAM BOWLES\, PIANO\nMonday\, October 21\, 2019 at 11AM\nWallace State Community College\, Burrow Center Recital Hall\n801 Main St NW\, Hanceville\, AL 35077 \nPianist Adam Bowles will perform an abridged version of the entire program of music by Alabama composers presented completely in Montevallo and Anniston. This concert will include solo piano compositions “Life” by W. F. Smith Leithart\, “Petite Scherzo” by William Price\, “Gigue” by Aurelia Gooden\, “Trio for Piano Alone” by Matthew Scott Phillips\, “Changing Landscapes” by Ed Robertson\, and “Prelude No. 3 in G-minor” by Kenneth A. Kuhn. \nCo-sponsored by Wallace State Community College. \n\nADAM BOWLES\, PIANO\nTuesday\, October 22\, 2019 at 7:30PM\nAnniston First United Methodist Church\n1400 Noble Street\, Anniston\, AL 36202 \nThe 2019 festival closes with pianist Adam Bowles’ repeat performance of this program of music by Alabama composers. This concert will include solo piano compositions “Life” by W. F. Smith Leithart\, “Petite Scherzo” by William Price\, “Gigue” by Aurelia Gooden\, “Trio for Piano Alone” by Matthew Scott Phillips\, “Changing Landscapes” by Ed Robertson\, “Madam I’m Adam” by Monroe Golden\, and “Prelude No. 3 in G-minor” by Kenneth A. Kuhn. \nCo-sponsored Jacksonville State University’s Foothills Piano Festival.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2019bnmf/
LOCATION:Various Locations in the Birmingham Area\, Birmingham\, AL\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190914T170000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music @ AEIVA
DESCRIPTION:Free Event!\nSaturday Sept 14\, 5:00pm\nAbroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts\, 1221 10th Avenue South \nChamber music in conjunction with AEIVA’s latest art exhibits and the Alys Stephens Center’s EMERGE Fest\, with music from BAMA composers Joel Davis\, Eric Mobley\, and Matthew S. Phillips. \nClick here for more information on EMERGE Fest.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/aeiva-fall2019/
LOCATION:UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts\, 1221 10th Avenue South\, Birmingham\, 35205\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190430T190000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20190410T144215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T150047Z
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SUMMARY:BAMA Players - Spring 2019
DESCRIPTION:Click the image above to download a poster for this event. \n \nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! \nTuesday\, April 30\, 2019;  7 PM\nUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham\nHulsey Recital Hall \nThe BAMA Players are Hillary Tidman\, flute; Erica Howard\, oboe; Brad Whitfield\, clarinet; Adam Bowles\, piano; Sarah Nordlund Dennis\, violin; Pei-ju WU\, violin; Meredith Treastor\, viola; Laura Usiskin\, cello \nFeaturing compositions by Micheal Coleman\, Joel Davis\, Monroe Golden\, Kerry joiner\, Kenneth Kuhn\, Weston McCurry\, Eric Mobley\, Catherine Neville\, Matthew Scott Phillips\, and Tom Reiner.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/bamaplayers-spring2019/
LOCATION:UAB – Hulsey Recital Hall\, 950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190407T180000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20190327T162720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T162720Z
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SUMMARY:UAB Chamber Trio
DESCRIPTION:  \nUAB Chamber Trio \nFree event\, and open to the public! \n  \nThe UAB Chamber Trio\nSunday\, April 7\, 2019 – 4 PM\n@UAB Hulsey Recital Hall \nThe Birmingham Art Music Alliance is pleased to present the UAB Chamber Trio with special guests Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk\, soprano and Julianne Odahowski Steele\, violin. \nThis program will feature original compositions by:\nMark Lackey\, Lori Laitman\, Weston McCurry\, Matthew Scott Phillips\, William Price\, Tom Reiner\, and Chris Steele.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/uab-chamber-trio-2019/
LOCATION:UAB – Hulsey Recital Hall\, 950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190221T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190221T193000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20190204T155928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190204T165019Z
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music @ AEIVA - February 21\, 2019
DESCRIPTION:“Chamber Music @ AEIVA” is a free concert series that aims to present quality chamber music in an engaging\, inviting environment. The series offers semesterly concerts that connect music with the art on display at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA). \nExhibitions: Stitching History From the Holocaust\, Irene Grau’s incohérent walk \nMusic: The works are from composers Holland Hopson\, Kenneth Kuhn\, Eric Mobley\, Brian C. Moon\, and Tom Reiner\, from the Birmingham Art Music Alliance. \nPerformers: Performing musicians include UAB Department of Music faculty and members of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra\, including Sarah Dennis and Pei-Ju Wu\, violins; Zak Enikeev\, viola; Laura Usiskin\, cello; and Chris Steele\, piano. \nComplimentary wine and hors d’oeuvre reception starting at 5:00 pm followed by a one-hour performance at 5:30 pm. \nFor more information\, visit this page\, or view the Facebook Event page for this concert.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/aeiva-feb2019/
LOCATION:UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts\, 1221 10th Avenue South\, Birmingham\, 35205\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181101T190000
DTSTAMP:20261004T135053
CREATED:20181003T143409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T145317Z
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SUMMARY:The Blair Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Birmingham Art Music Alliance presents The Blair Collective in concert\nDate & Time: November 1\, 2018 at 7PM\nPlace: Hulsey Recital Hall\, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)\, Birmingham\, AL\nAdmission: Free \nThe Birmingham Art Music Alliance\, in conjunction with the UAB Department of Music\, will present The Blair Collective in concert on Nov. 1\, 2018 at 7PM in Hulsey Recital Hall. \nThe ensemble consists of music faculty from the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University\, and includes saxophonist Brian Utley\, bassoonist Peter Kolkay\, percussionist Ji Hye Jung\, and pianist Melissa Rose. \nThe program will feature new works of music by Monroe Golden\, Mark Lackey\, Tom Reiner\, and William Price. The concert is free. \n\nPerformer Bios\nSaxophonist Brian Utley is Senior Lecturer in Saxophone at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music\, where he also coordinates the Chamber Music Program. He received the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in saxophone performance\, with a minor in music theory\, from Louisiana State University. He also holds the M.M. from L.S.U. and the B.M. from Murray State University\, and his primary saxophone teachers include Griffin Campbell and Scott Erickson. Prior to his appointment at Vanderbilt\, Utley served as Associate Professor of Saxophone at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches\, Texas. \nUtley has been a featured soloist with the Vanderbilt Wind Symphony and the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra\, and is a regular classical saxophonist with the Nashville Symphony. As a chamber musician\, Utley has performed with Intersection\, a Nashville-based contemporary music ensemble\, with the Blair Woodwind Quintet and the Stone Fort Wind Quintet\, and is a co-founder of the award-winning Red Stick Saxophone Quartet. \nHe is a regular recitalist at regional and national conferences of the North American Saxophone Alliance\, and has performed at multiple NACUSA conferences\, World Saxophone Congresses\, U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposia\, and new music festivals. As an advocate of new music\, he has premiered works by noted composers including David Froom\, Leonard Mark Lewis\, Stephen Lias\, Lidiuno Pitombeira\, and William Price. Utley is also a regular guest artist and clinician at universities and secondary schools throughout the country\, and serves frequently as an adjudicator for local\, state and regional competitions. \nHis first solo recording\, Characters\, is available on the Mark Records label. The project features 21st-century works by American composers\, including three world premiere recordings. Utley is an endorsing artist for Légère Reeds\, and performs on Légère Signature Series Reeds exclusively. \n\nCalled “stunningly virtuosic” by The New York Times and “superb” by the The Washington Post\, bassoonist Peter Kolkay claimed First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in 2002 and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004. He is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and a member of the IRIS Orchestra in Germantown\, Tenn. He is Associate Professor of Bassoon at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. \nCurrent season highlights include a recording of Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat\, a chamber music appearance on the String Theory series in Chattanooga\, and a solo performance at Bargemusic in Brooklyn\, N.Y. Kolkay’s recent seasons have included solo recitals at Wolf Trap\, Merkin Hall\, St. Martin’s Abbey (Wash.)\, and the Teatro Nacional in Panama City; concerto appearances with the South Carolina\, Rochester\, and Westchester Philharmonics and Waukesha Symphony; and chamber music engagements at Music@Menlo\, the Mainly Mozart Festival\, the Spoleto USA Festival\, and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival. \nKolkay actively engages with composers in the creation of new works. He recently performed the world premiere of Joan Tower’s bassoon concerto\, Red Maple\, with the South Carolina Philharmonic\, and will premiere a new work for solo bassoon by Gordon Beeferman in February 2015. Kolkay has premiered solo and chamber works by Judah Adashi\, Elliott Carter\, Katherine Hoover\, Harold Meltzer\, Russell Platt\, John Fitz Rogers\, and Charles Wuorinen. His debut solo CD\, titled BassoonMusic and released in August 2011 on CAG Records\, spotlights works by 21st-century American composers. Kolkay was awarded the Carlos Surinach Prize by the BMI Foundation for outstanding service to American music by an emerging artist. \nKolkay earned a doctorate from Yale University as a student of Frank Morelli and a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music\, where he studied with John Hunt and Jean Barr. A native of Naperville\, Ill.\, Mr. Kolkay holds a bachelor’s degree from Lawrence University in Appleton\, Wis.\, where he studied with Monte Perkins. \n\nPercussionist Ji Hye Jung has been praised as “spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “extraordinary” by the Ventura County Star\, with the Times further describing her as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.” Jung began concertizing in her native South Korea at the age of 9\, going on to perform more than 100 concerts\, including solo appearances with every major orchestra in Korea. Soon after coming to the United States in 2004\, Jung garnered consecutive first prizes at the 2006 Linz International Marimba Competition and the 2007 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition. \nWith percussion repertoire still in its formative stages\, Jung feels strongly about collaborating with composers to further the creation of a new voice for the art form. She has commissioned and premiered works by several important composers\, including Kevin Puts\, Alejandro Viñao\, Paul Lansky\, John Serry\, Lukas Ligeti\, and Jason Treuting. In 2013\, she made the premiere recording of Michael Torke’s marimba concerto Mojave\, and in 2014 recorded Phillip Glass’ Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra for the Naxos label. Jung frequently performs with many of today’s most important conductors and instrumentalists. For six years she has served as principal percussionist with West Coast chamber ensemble Camerata Pacifica\, with whom she has premiered works by Bright Sheng and Huang Ruo. She has also recorded Stravinsky’s Les Noces with JoAnn Falletta at the Virginia Arts Festival\, performed as soloist with David Robertson conducting an all-Messiaen program at Carnegie Hall\, and made her concerto debut with the Houston Symphony under the baton of Hans Graf in 2005. Other performance credits include appearances at Portugal’s Tomarimbando Festival\, the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Ireland\, The Intimacy of Creativity in Hong Kong\, the Grand Teton Music Festival\, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Festival\, and the Grachtenfestival in Holland. \nIn 2015\, Jung was named Associate Professor of Percussion at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. She previously served as Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of Kansas for six years. An active educator and clinician\, Jung has presented master classes at the Curtis Institute\, the Peabody Conservatory\, Rice University\, Beijing’s Central Conservatory\, and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice\, Poland. Jung completed a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University\, both under the tutelage of Robert van Sice. As an artist endorser\, she proudly represents Pearl/Adams instruments\, Vic Firth sticks and mallets\, and Zildjian cymbals. \n\nPianist Melissa Rose has a 30-year career partnering with instrumentalists and singers in concerts throughout the United States and at venues in Argentina\, Malta\, Santorini and Russia. She is a sought-after collaborative pianist whom critics describe as “powerfully musical” (Kansas City Star) and “an exceptional partner” (kcmetropolis.org). Rose has performed for 23 years with the Summerfest Chamber Music Series in Kansas City. In Nashville she is a member of ALIAS Chamber Ensemble and performs frequently with the Nashville Ballet. She has recorded and edited arrangements for viola/piano of the Tonadillas by Granados (ViolaSound)\, one of which was included in the 2017 Grammy-nominated music film The Music of Strangers. Her chamber music recordings are on the Naxos\, Centaur\, Blue Griffin\, Delos\, Good Child Music\, and Navona Records labels. \nAs a pianist keenly interested in performing contemporary music\, Rose has participated in numerous premieres and residencies with leading American composers. In the early post-Soviet period\, she brought contemporary American music to audiences in Moscow and Kazan\, Tatarstan\, performing solo recitals and collaborating with Russian musicians in chamber music. More recently\, she recorded two works by Paul Moravec: Tempest Fantasy with ALIAS (Delos 2016) and a premiere of the Trio with Leslie Norton\, horn\, and Jared Hauser\, oboe (forthcoming on Good Child Music). \nShe received the master’s degree in solo piano performance from the Yale School of Music and a D.M.A. in collaborative piano from the University of Michigan\, where she studied with Martin Katz. She started her teaching career at Truman State University\, and in 1996 joined the faculty at Blair\, where she teaches courses in collaborative piano and chamber music and also serves as associate dean of the collegiate program.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/blaircollective/
LOCATION:UAB – Hulsey Recital Hall\, 950 13th Street South\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
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SUMMARY:2018 Birmingham New Music Festival at Samford
DESCRIPTION:Free event\, no ticket needed! \nOn Sunday\, October 21\, 2018; at 2:30 PM\, we are proud to present the BAMA Players\, a lineup of first-rate professional musicians from the Birmingham area\, playing music by local composers in beautiful Brock Recital Hall at Samford University. Composers include Joel Scott Davis\, Kenneth A. Kuhn\, Mark Lackey\, Joseph Landers\, W. F. Smith Leithart\, Matthew Scott Phillips\, and Tom Reiner. \nThe performers for BAMA Players are Lisa Wienhold (flute)\, Brad Whitfield (clarinet)\, Adam Alan Bowles (piano)\, Sarah Dennis (violin)\, Pei-Ju Wu (violin)\, Meredith Treastor (viola)\, and Laura Usiskin\, cello
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2018bnmf-samford/
LOCATION:Brock Recital Hall at Samford University\, 800 Lakeshore Dr\, Homewood\, 35229\, United States
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SUMMARY:BNMF Free Improvisation Night
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, October 20\, 2018; at 6pm\, join us for an evening of spontaneous and pre-meditated improvisations by BAMA members. There will be solo\, duo\, trios and group improvisations using Shakuhachi\, Shamisen\, Electric Saxophone\, Bass Flute\, Electric Sitar\, 5 string Viola\, Electric Bass & Percussion. Performers include Geni Skendo\, LaDonna Smith\, Andrew Raffo Dewar\, Davey Williams\, and special guests.
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2018-improv-night/
LOCATION:Arts Town at East Lake Station\, 7611 1st Ave N\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35206\, United States
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SUMMARY:2018 Birmingham New Music Festival at Hoover Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Free event\, no ticket needed! \nOn Friday\, October 19\, 2018; at 8 PM\, we are happy to present a program in the Plaza of the Hoover Public Library. Composers include Michael Coleman\, Shawn Crouch\, Monroe Golden\, Matthew Scott Phillips\, Tom Reiner\, Alan Schmitz\, and Geni Skendo. \nPerformers for this event include Trent Bradford(highland pipes)\, Seth Noble (vibraphone)\, Craig Hultgren (cello)\, and Geni Skendo (flute).
URL:https://artmusic.org/event/2018bnmf-hoover/
LOCATION:Hoover Library Plaza\, 200 Municipal Dr\, Hoover\, AL\, 35216\, United States
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