TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A concert by organist and composer Dr. Pamela Decker will highlight the 2011 University of Alabama Church Music Conference from Friday, January 21, to Saturday, January 22, at the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.

Decker, Professor of Organ and Music Theory at the University of Arizona, will perform at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 22, in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall. Decker has performed in the United States, Europe, the Baltic Region and Canada. She has been a featured recitalist in many conventions and festivals, including the American Guild of Organists National Convention (opening recital in 1992), the Annual Conference on Organ Music at the University of Michigan and the Tallinn International Organ Festival. Her compositions have been performed in at least nineteen countries and recorded commercially. She also will offer an organ masterclass and a workshop in organ improvisation and composition at the conference.

The Decker concert will cap two days of concerts and workshops with topics such as organ and vocal masterclasses, choral repertoire, children’s choirs, hymnody and instruments in worship. The festival concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 21, in the Moody concert hall, will feature the first-place winner of the 2011 University of Alabama Organ Scholarship Competition, Faythe Freese and UA music faculty.  A free reception will follow the Friday evening concert.

The conference, under the direction of Dr. Faythe Freese, UA Professor of Organ, attracts more than 100 church musicians each year from the Southeastern United States and Canada. Topics for workshops this year include Children’s Choirs, led by Susan Berg, who works with the Birmingham Boys Choir; and an exploration of Celtic worship with Dr. David Perry Ouzts, Associate for Music and Liturgical Ministries at Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis, Tenn. Masterclasses in organ and voice and workshops on Hymnody, Organ Repertoire for Church, Choral Music Education and the Church, Sacred Instrumental Repertoire, and a Choral Reading Session will be also be offered.

Tickets for the performances are $12 for adults, $7 for seniors and students with ID and free for conference participants. The conference costs $85 if registered by noon Friday, January 14.  Masterclass registration for performers is $10. Registration at the door is $95. Lunch on Saturday is included in the registration fee if the registration was received before noon on Friday, January 14. Registrations for three-to-four participants from one church will receive $10 off per person, and five or more participants from one church will receive $20 off per person if received before noon January 14.

For group rates and further information, contact Freese at 205/348-3329, faythefreese@earthlink.net. To register online, or for more information on the conference and performances, go to http://music.ua.edu/departments/organ/church-music-conference/.

The School of Music is part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Teams.

January 6, 2011 – UA Opera Theatre, Paul Houghtaling, Director, wins second and third place in the finals of the Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition at the national convention of the National Opera Association (NOA), San Antonio, TX.

January 14, 2011 – Faculty Chamber Recital: Paul Houghtaling, solo narrator. Faculty Chamber Recital hosted by Jonathan Whitaker, trombone. Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat. Concert Hall, 7:30 pm.

January 20, 2011 – Senior Recital: Leslie Procter, mezzo-soprano, with Arthur Bosarge, piano. Works of Rossini, Schumann, Milhaud, and Ben Moore. Recital Hall, 5:30 p.m.

January 20, 2011 – Guest Recital: Jennifer Cowgill, soprano, Darton College, Albany, GA with Laurie Middaugh, piano. Works of Clara Schumann, Barber, Verdi, Puccini, and others. 7:30 pm.

January 21, 2011 – Master Class: Jennifer Cowgill, soprano, Darton College, Albany, GA. 2:30 pm. 

January 22, 2011 – Master Class:  Susan Fleming, mezzo-soprano, UA Church Music Conference, Choral/Opera Room. 12:15-1:15 pm. 

January 23, 2011 – Guest Recital and Master Class:  Stephen Cary, tenor, with Kevin Chance, piano. Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. Works of Handel, Brahms, Strauss, Tosti, and Moreno. Legacy Hall, River Center for the Performing Arts, Recital at 4:00 pm; Master Class at 5:15 pm. 

January 24, 2011 – DMA Recital: James Seay, tenor. Works of Duparc, Mascagni, Tosti, Vaughan-Williams.  Recital Hall, 5:30 pm. 

January 24, 2011 – Guest Performance: Doff Procter, baritone, with University of Montevallo faculty members and members of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Tres Sonetos de Neruda, Three Songs for Tenor and Chamber Ensemble, by Jody Landers. University of Montevallo, LeBaron Recital Hall, 7:30 pm. 

January 28, 2011 – Master Class: Paul Houghtaling, bass-baritone. Binghamton University (SUNY). Master class on Baroque repertoire and ornamentation. 9:30 am.  

January 29, 2011 – Guest Artist: Paul Houghtaling, bass-baritone. Music of the 19^th Century Italian Salon. Baldwin House Concert Series, Binghamton, NY. 8:00 pm. 

January 29, 2011 – Joint Recital:  Jennifer Griffith Cowgill, soprano, and faculty member Diane Boyd Schultz, flutist.  Dueling Diva’s: Duets for Flute and Voice, at the Florida Flute Association Convention, Orlando, FL. Works of Fürstenau, Mozart, Saint-Säens and others. Noon.
 
January 29, 2011 – Joint Master Class: Jennifer Griffith Cowgill, soprano, and Diane Boyd Schultz, flutist.  Improve Your Tone-Naturally! at the Florida Flute Association Convention, Orlando, FL.  1:00 pm. 

February 3, 2011 – Soloist: Susan Fleming, mezzo-soprano. Honor Band Opening Concert.  Music of Frank Ticheli.  Concert Hall. 7:30 pm. 

February 7, 2011 – Guest Recital and Master Class: Paul Houghtaling, bass-baritone, with Kevin Chance, piano. University of Louisiana Lafayatte. Works of Bach, Handel Duparc and Bowles. Recital 8:00 pm; Master Class 10:00 am. 

February 13, 2011 – Junior Recital: Camille Sonnier, soprano, with Kevin Chance, piano, and Kyndal Sonnier, oboe. Works of Bernstein, Debussy, Vaughan-Williams, and others. Recital Hall, 6:00 pm. 

February 18 and 19, 2011 – Soloist: Paul Houghtaling, bass-baritone.  Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.  Duruflè Requiem. 8:00 pm http://www.alabamasymphony.org/choral.html

February 27, 2011 – Guest Recital: Michelle Debruyn, soprano. Faculty member, Columbus State University, Georgia, with Yien Wang, piano, Lisa Oberlander, clarinet, and Amy Griffiths, saxophone. Works of Rorem, Laitman, Meiburg, and Derr. Recital Hall, 2:00 pm.

March 4-6, 2011 – UA Opera Theatre: A Festival of American One-Act Operas; World Premiere of Amir Zaheri’s The Raven’s Revenge; Alabama Premiere of Dan Shore’s The Beautiful Bridegroom, Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, and Kupferman’s In a Garden. Choral Opera Room, 7:30 pm (March 4 and 5), 3:00 pm (March 6).

March 7, 2011 – Lecture: Paul Houghtaling will present a talk on the current state of the ongoing “Opera & Pre-K” curriculum. Forum on Research and Teaching in the Disciplines, sponsored by the College of Education.  College of Education Dean’s Conference Room, 1:00 pm.

March 8, 2011 – UA Opera Theatre: Stars of the Opera Theatre, Paul Houghtaling, director. “Terrific Tuesday” Concert Series, Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa, AL. Alabama Power Recital Hall, 1:00 pm.

March 21, 2011 – Guest Soloist:  Stephen Cary, tenor. Columbus State University Choirs, Columbus, GA. Honegger’s King David.  River Center for the Performing Arts.  8:00 pm.

March 25, 2011 – Composition Recital: Dawn Neely, soprano (DMA candidate). DMA Composition Recital of David Mahloch. Vocal works. Recital Hall, 5:30 pm.

March 26, 2011 – Senior Recital: Amy Lawson, soprano, with Kevin Chance, piano. Works of Handel, Poulenc, Berg, Landon, and others. Recital Hall, 8:00 pm

March 27, 2011 – Senior Recital: Laura Ashley Missildine, mezzo-soprano, with Kevin Chance, piano. Works of Hahn, Rossini, Bernstein, Schubert, and Arlen. Recital Hall, 2:00 pm.

March 31-April 2, 2011 – University Singers, John Ratledge, conductor: Alabama Choral Directors Association Invitational Choral Festival. Guest Artist and Endowed Chair, Renee Clausen.  Master class, April 1, 1:00-5:00 pm. Concert, April 2, Concert Hall, 7:30 pm.

April 5, 2011 – UA Opera Theatre. One Night Only: An Annual Evening of our Broadway Favorites. Choral Opera Room, 7:30 pm.

April 9, 2011 – Guest Artists: Jennifer Griffith Cowgill, soprano, Dawn Neely, soprano (DMA candidate) with Osiris Molina, clarinet, and Kevin Chance, piano. Ned Rorem’s Ariel, Crumb’s Federico’s Little Songs for Children, and Berg’s Fünf Geistliche Lieder, Opus 15.  “Second Saturday” Chamber Music Series, Saint James Chapel, Chicago, IL.

April 16, 2011 – Masters Recital: Kathleen Buccleugh, soprano, with Jonathan Roberts, piano. Works of Marx, Donizetti, Rhodes, Guridi, Guastavino, Whitacre.  Recital Hall,  6:00 pm.

April 22, 2011 – Choral Concert: University Singers, John Ratledge, conductor, and University Chorus with the Huxford Symphony Orchestra. Mozart Requiem and Britten Cantata Misericordium with student soloists. Concert Hall, 7:00 pm.

May 13-21, 2011 – The Druid City Opera Workshop. http://music.ua.edu/departments/opera/druid-city-opera-workshop/

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Tuscaloosa, AL – The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences School of Music presents a faculty chamber recital featuring Jonathan Whitaker, trombone on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama. The program will include “Sonata à 3, No. 1 in D minor” by Antonio Bertali, “Ave Maria” by Charles Gounod, “Geistliches Wiegenlied” by Johannes Brahms and “L’histoire du soldat” by Igor Stravinsky. Whitaker will be accompanied by UA School of Music faculty members including Jubal Fulks and Gesa Kordes, violin; Jennifer Mann, bassoon; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium; Charles “Skip” Snead, horn; Kevin Chance, piano; Michael Johnson, bass; Osiris Molina, clarinet; Eric Yates, trumpet; and Beth Gottlieb, percussion. Ken Ozzello will conduct “L’histoire du soldat,” and Paul Houghtaling will narrate. The concert is FREE and open to the public.  For more information visit: www.music.ua.edu/calendar or call 348-7111.

Dr. Jonathan Whitaker is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at The University of Alabama. He is an active performer as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.  He is a founding member of the Stentorian Consort along with three other prominent professional trombone players. Stentorian Consort released their first CD “Myths and Legends” in August of 2007 on Albany Records. “Myths and Legends” contains all premiere recordings of original compositions for trombone quartet by composers Eric Ewazen, Fisher Tull, Charles Wourinen, Leslie Bassett, John LaMontaine and others.  Stentorian Consort has been featured at trombone conferences and workshops and is currently working on their second recording to be released in 2009. Whitaker can also be heard on Dee Stewart’s CD entitled D+ (Dee Plus) performing with the Indiana University Trombone Faculty.  Whitaker performs regularly with the Harrisburg (PA), Arkansas, Pine Bluff and Shreveport (LA) Symphonies and serves as Principal Trombone with the South Arkansas Symphony. He has also held positions and performed with the Duluth-Superior Symphony (MN), Owensboro Symphony (KY), Evansville Philharmonic (IN), Richmond Symphony (IN), Jackson Symphony (TN) and the Paducah Symphony (KY). He has appeared as a soloist with the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, the Indiana University Symphonic Band, the Indiana University Concert Band, the Augustana College Symphonic Band, the Purdue University Symphony Orchestra and the Henderson State University Wind Ensemble. He also performed the American premier of Johan de Meij’s T-Bone Concerto with the Murray State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

In 2005, Dr. Whitaker was selected as one of 16 participants for the Alessi Seminar and was a featured soloist twice that year. Since 2005, Whitaker has served as the chief administrator for the Alessi Seminar.  The 2007 Seminar experienced record attendance and continues to grow each year. Whitaker was also the key organizer of the commissioning project for Eric Ewazen’s Visions of Light with the world premier performed at the 2003 Midwest Clinic by the New York Philharmonic’s Principal Trombonist Joseph Alessi and the IU Wind Ensemble.

Dr. Whitaker holds degrees in trombone performance from Murray State University and the University of Minnesota and the Doctor of Music degree in Brass Pedagogy at Indiana University where he served as Associate Instructor of Trombone from 2001-2004. He has taught in the Caldwell County School District and is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor for high school music festivals throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Dr. Whitaker’s primary teachers include Ray Conklin, Tom Ashworth, M. Dee Stewart, Peter Ellefson and Joseph Alessi with additional studies with Arnold Jacobs, Edward Kleinhammer, Michael Mulcahy, Charlie Vernon and Douglas Wright.

Jonathan Whitaker is an artist/clinician for Conn-Selmer, Inc. and plays Greg Black Mouthpieces exclusively.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —As part of the annual 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream celebration, the The Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation and the Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee will sponsor a concert headlined by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall at The University of Alabama.

The ASO will perform “Dream, Child. Hope,” an original composition by Adolphus Hailstork, as the featured work of the performance. It will be performed by the orchestra as well as an ensemble of 70 singers drawn from three area groups. The Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Choir will feature members of the newly formed African Negro Children’s Ensemble led by Dr. Gregory McPherson as well as female voices from the Prentice Concert Chorale and the UA Afro American Gospel Choir. More information is available at http://realizingthedream.ua.edu/index.html.

The Alabama Symphony Orchestra commissioned “Dream” as part of its Reflect and Rejoice concerts. The text for the composition is drawn from the poems of three Birmingham schoolchildren. Among the texts are the lines: “The sweet sound of music. Music is hope. A dream in every child.”

Also participating will be conductor Michael Morgan, music director and conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony; and concert violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain. Roumain also will perform two of his compositions: “Tuscaloosa Meditations” and “Voodoo Violin Concerto No. 1.” The concert also will feature “American Fanfare” by Hailstork as well as works by Michael Abels and William Grant Still.

Hailstork received his doctorate in composition from Michigan State University, where he was a student of H. Owen Reed. He completed earlier studies at the Manhattan School of Music under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, the American Institute at Fontainebleau with Nadia Boulanger and Howard University with Mark Fax. Hailstork’s works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.

A native of Margate, Fla., Roumain studied music as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he serves as a visiting professor of composition. He recently collaborated and performed with Lady Gaga on “American Idol” and was profiled as a “New Face of Classical Music” in Esquire magazine.

Morgan also serves as music director of the Sacramento Philharmonic and artistic director of the Oakland Youth Orchestra. Morgan makes about 100 appearances in the nation’s schools each year, particularly in the East Bay, and he is highly regarded as a champion of arts education and minority access to the arts.

The Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation is a sponsor of this year’s concert. The foundation was founded in 1990 by Gloria Moody and her husband, the late Tuscaloosa businessman Frank McCorkle Moody, to support the arts and music. In addition to bringing world-class performers to Alabama, the Moody Foundation has endowed scholarships at The University of Alabama and supported arts organizations elsewhere in the United States.

Previous Moody Foundation sponsored artists have included bass Samuel Ramey; New York Metropolitan Opera soprano Benita Valente; cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax in a joint recital; pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Christopher O’Riley, and Olga Kern; violinists Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, and Leila Josefowicz; the Guarneri String Quartet; flutist Ransom Wilson. In 2007-2008, Glorida Moody celebrated “20 Years in the Moody Concert Hall” with QuinTango; pianist Drew Mays; Indra Thomas, soprano; and the Frank Moody Memorial Concert featuring the Alabama Symphony Orchestra with violinist Itzhak Perlman.

The “Realizing the Dream” concert brings together different parts of the community in ways that are fresh and rewarding. The Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee is comprised of faculty and staff from Shelton State Community College, Stillman College and The University of Alabama. The committee’s mission is to raise consciousness about injustice and promote equality, peace and social justice by creating educational and cultural opportunities for growth, empowerment and social change so that every person may experience the bounty of life’s abundant possibilities.

Tickets are $15 and are on sale at the School of Music box office, which can be reached at 205 – 348-7111 between the hours of 8 am and noon and 1 -4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. If tickets are still available, they will be on sale in the box office located in the front of the Moody Music Building one hour prior to the show.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences School of Music will present its annual show of holiday music, “Hilaritas,” on Friday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on campus.

The performances will feature the Alabama Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Chris Kozak, UA Director of Jazz Studies, and the University Singers under the direction of John Ratledge, UA Director of Choral Activities.

“Hilaritas” is a Greek word that translates loosely into “Live joyfully, and be proud of what you are.” The program has been a Tuscaloosa holiday tradition since 1969 when the University Singers and the Jazz Ensemble gave their first performance of holiday music by this name.

Ticket prices are $12 for seating section A, $8 for seating section B, and half price for students, seniors, and children and are available by calling the UA School of Music Box Office at 205-348-7111.

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TUSCALOOSA – The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences School of Music presents the Alabama Contemporary Ensemble in concert on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.  The program will include “Fünf geistliche Lieder für Sopran und fünf Instruments, Op. 15” by Anton Webern, “Suite, Op. 29” by Arnold Schoenberg, and “Quartet for Violin, Viola, Clarinet, and Piano” by Frederic Goossen. The program will also feature two electronic works by student composers Young jin Jeon and Daniel Holmes. Dr. Marvin Johnson, Associate Professor of Theory, is the director. The concert is FREE and open to the public. For more information, call 205-348-7111.  For a full listing of this season’s events, visit: www.music.ua.edu/calendar.

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Tuscaloosa, AL – The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences School of Music presents the Huxford Symphony Orchestra on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama. The program will include the Fanfare to La Péri by Paul Dukas, “Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major” by Alexander Arutiunian, and Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz. Carlton McCreery, UA Professor of Orchestra Studies is the director of the orchestra. UA Assistant Professor of Trumpet Eric Yates will accompany on the Arutiunian concerto. The concert is FREE and open to the public.  For more information visit: http://www.music.ua.edu/calendar or call 348-7111.

Carlton McCreery maintains an active career as both cellist and conductor.  In addition to performing with the internationally acclaimed ­Cadek Trio, Mr. McCreery serves as Director of Orchestral Studies at The University of Alabama. Mr. McCreery has studied with such noted cellists as Gregor Piatigorsky, Antonio Janigro and Lynn Harrell. Mr. McCreery’s conducting teachers include Elizabeth A. H. Green and Karl Melles at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has served as a member of the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Center. He has collaborated with such noted artists as Aaron Copland, Pierre Boulez, Robert Shaw, David Schiffrin, and William Prencil.

Dr. Eric Yates joined The University of Alabama School of Music faculty as Trumpet Professor in 2007. He is Principal Trumpet of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, First Trumpet in The University of Alabama Faculty Brass Quintet, and an in-demand soloist and clinician. Dr. Yates earned his Doctor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the trumpet studio at Northwestern University’s School of Music in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois.

In 2009, he performed as a featured guest artist at the 7th Annual Romantic Trumpet Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Yates’ trumpet performance skills and experience encompass all aspects of classical trumpet playing, from modern symphonic, chamber, and solo playing to authentic period performance on historic natural trumpets. His principal teachers include Charlie Geyer, Barbara Butler, Vincent Cichowicz, and Gary Armstrong.  Dr. Yates is a Courtois Performing Artist.

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(Tuscaloosa, AL)-The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences School of Music presents the University Chorus in concert with the Shelton Singers on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. The University Chorus will be conducted by UA Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education Dr. Marvin E. Latimer Jr., and graduate student Rocky Tejada. Jonathan Roberts is the collaborative pianist. The University Chorus will perform “Revecy venir du Printans” by Claude LeJeune, exceprts from Cantata BWV 16, “Herr Gott, dich loben wir” by J. S. Bach, and “Christmas Cantata” (Sinfonia Sacra) by Daniel Pinkham. The Shelton Singers will be conducted by Glinda Blackshear and Mark Brown. Kay Mutert is the collaborative pianist. The Shelton Singers will perform “Hodie Christus natus est” by Giovanni Gabrieli, “Through the Dark” by Andrea Ramsey, “Shenandoah” arranged by James Erb, and “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel” arranged by Moses Hogan. The combined choirs will perform “Five Mystical Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This concert is FREE and open to the public.  For more information call 205-348-7111. For a complete listing of events visit: www.music.ua.edu/calendar.

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(Tuscaloosa, AL) – The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences School of Music presents the University Singers in concert on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. The program will include “Crist and St. Marie” by St. Godric, “Kyrie” from Chichester Mass by William Albright, “Plorate filii Israel” from Jepthah by Giacomo Carissimi, “An die Heimat, Op. 64, No. 1” by Johannes Brahms, “Shenandoah” an American folksong by James Erb, “Tonight Eternity Alone” by René Clausen, “Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine” by Eric Whitacre, “Soneto de la Noche” by Morten Lauridsen, “I Can Tell the World” by Moses Hogan, and “Ezekiel Saw de Wheel” by William Dawson. UA Professor Dr. John H. Ratledge is the conductor, and DMA candidate Imgyu Kang will be the assistant conductor. UA Instructor of Class piano and Accompanying Pam Gordon is the collaborative pianist. This concert is FREE and open to the public.  For more information call 205-348-7111. For a complete listing of events visit: www.music.ua.edu/calendar.

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TUSCALOOSA, AL – The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences School of Music presents the UA Percussion Ensembles in concert on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the campus of The University of Alabama. UA Instructor of Percussion Beth Gottlieb and UA Assistant Professor Jennifer Caputo are the directors. Selections for the African Drumming Ensemble include “Atsiagbekor,” a traditional song of the Ewe ethnic group in Ghana. Selections for the University of Alabama Percussion Ensemble include “William Tell Overture” by Gioachino Rossini, and “La Fiesta de la Posada” by Dave Brubeck. The University of Alabama Chamber Percussion Ensemble will perform “Identity Crisis” by Michael Aukofer, and “Prelude Op. 28, No. 4” by Frédéric Chopin. UA Director of Bands Dr. Kenneth Ozzello will conduct the Chopin piece. The University of Alabama Mallet Orchestra will perform “Farandole” from L’Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet with graduate student Brian Radock conducting. Other ensembles and selections include “Dirty Beats,” performed by The Tidy Trash Percussion Ensemble, and “Amparito Roca” by Jamie Texidor and Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 in C Minor, “Sonata Pathetique” by Ludwig van Beethoven, both performed by the University of Alabama Rolling Tide Mallet Ensemble. The concert will conclude with The University of Alabama Large Percussion Ensemble performing “Ars Moreindi” by Mike Patton, with UA Director of Jazz Studies Chris Kozak on bass guitar. This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit http://music.ua.edu/calendar-of-events/ or call 205-348-7111.