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-AEIVA Presents Thornton Dial: I, Too, Am Alabama
I, Too, Am Alabama is the first retrospective covering Thornton Dial’s entire career. This is also the first large-scale exhibition of his work in his home state of Alabama.
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-ArtPlay Fall Classes Registration Open!
Registration is now open for Fall Classes with a multitude of opportunities in dance, acting, movement, craft-making, writing, and visual arts. Classes begin October 2, so register today...
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Meet The Artist Series The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare
We begin with Aesop’s classic fable of The Tortoise and the Hare but continue the story, which finds them 10 years down the road, now with children of...
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-Movement for Parkinson's Class
This global program features highly-experienced dance professionals from Southern Danceworks, teaching with an emphasis on physical and artistic movement potential. Movement for Parkinson’s is modeled after an evidence-based...
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Lunch & Learn Thornton Dial Exhibition Special
Join ArtPlay during your lunch hour for an in-depth and first-hand discussion with special guests, artists Richard Dial and Jakob Dwight. This event is inspired by AEIVA’s THORNTON DIAL: I,
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AEIVA Presents Movie, Pizza and a Tour
Movie, Pizza, and a Tour returns with a very special presentation! Alabama Public Television’s Monograph is honored to bring you a very special episode paying tribute to...
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UAB Department of Music Presents Choral Masterworks Festival
Requiem by Michael John Trotta – World Premiere Brian Kittredge, director...
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UAB Department of Music Presents Wind Symphony and Symphony Band Concert #1
Diverse program of traditional wind band masterworks and cutting-edge contemporary settings. Directed by Sean Murray and Cara Morantz...
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Department of Theatre Presents A New Brain
Music & lyrics by William Finn & book by Finn & James Lapine Directed by Cooper Ellis & Roy Lightner Musical Direction by Carolyn Violi
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ASC Presents Concert Artists Guild Series: Vision Duo
Vision Duo, comprising violinist Ariel Horowitz and percussionist Britton-René Collins, performs classical works with a contemporary twist. Through an explora-tion of musical genres and sonic possibilities for violin...
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Meet The Artist Series Vision Duo
Vision Duo, comprising violinist Ariel Horowitz and percussionist Britton-René Collins, performs classical works with a contemporary twist. Through an exploration of musical genres and sonic possibilities for violin...
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ArtPlay Presents Vocabby's World Secrets About Spiders
Beep Beep! Join Vocabby’s World®️ and your ArtPlay friends to learn new vocabulary words about the garden! We will explore new words through song, movement and creativity. (Children...
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Mental Health Monday The Domestic Violence Epidemic in America
Susann Clark and Meredith Montgomery will share the story of their daughter and sister, Megan, and how they are working to realize her vision of DV prevention in...
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UAB Department of Music and AEIVA Present Chamber Music at AEIVA
In partnership with UAB Department of Music, AEIVA will present a thoughtfully curated selection of music in conjunction with poetry readings by Alabama’s Poet Laureate, Ashley Jones. The...
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Meet The Artist Series Little Red's Most Unusual Day
Our friends at Opera Birmingham have a treat prepared for us with this spectacular retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Treat your students to something different, something spectacular...
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ASC Presents Rosanne Cash
One of the country’s pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four Grammy Awards and nominations for 11 more.
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ASC Presents Lizz Wright
Acclaimed vocalist Lizz Wright is a steward of American music, bringing brilliant color and vibrancy to singular original works and compositions by some of the greatest songwriters of...
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Coffee Concert Beethoven's Third Symphony: Erica (Coffee Concert)
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Program to Include Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3, “Eroica” Explore the revolutionary and stirring Eroica (Heroic) Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Masterworks presented by EBSCO Beethoven's Third Symphony: Erica
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Program to Include Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1Brian Raphael Nabors: Letters from BirminghamLudwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Explore the revolutionary and stirring Eroica (Heroic) Symphony...
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ArtPlay Presents ArtPlay Family Halloween Party
Get the whole family dressed up in your favorite costumes and join other families for fun Halloween activities, food and music at the ArtPlay house.
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UAB Arts in Medicine Presents Raising Our Voices Documentary Premiere + Healing Harmonies
Join UAB Arts in Medicine for a celebration of life highlighting the experiences of people impacted by cancer. We will hear from our dynamic Healing Harmonies choir, directed by...
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UAB Department of Music Presents Piano Series Fall Concert
Boris Slutsky Works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Rachmaninov...
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Lunch & Learn Geena Davis Institute
Join speaker Madeline Di Nonno, President and CEO of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and moderator Dr. Paulette Dilworth, Vice President of UAB Office of Diversity,
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ASC Presents Concert Artists Guild Series: The Balourdet String Quartet
The Balourdet String Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at...
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UAB Department of Music Faculty Recital
Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, soprano Yakov Kasman, piano Refugees and Immigrants: music by and about those who left their homeland. Music by Handel, Hahn, Alan Louis Smith, Rachmaninov, Dvorak, and...
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Department of Theatre Presents Sense & Sensibility
By Kate Hamill Directed by Santiago Sosa A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive...
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AEIVA and Department of English Presents Spoken Word
In partnership with the UAB Department of English and Creative Writing Program. UAB students will write and perform poetry in response to the works and themes of AEIVA’s...
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ASC Presents Geena Davis
An inspirational evening with this two-time Academy Award-winner as she speaks about her career, new book and her work with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media engages film and television...
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ArtPlay Presents Veterans Day Mini Camp
Join ArtPlay’s amazing teaching artists as we explore music, visual arts, theatre and so much more. This is a day long mini-camp with plenty of fun and plenty...
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UAB Department of Music Piano Studio and Piano Ensemble Concert
Yakov Kasman and Tatiana Kasman, directors...
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Mental Health Monday Comfort in Dying
In honor of National Hospice/Palliative Care Month, UAB Palliative Care experts will discuss the cultural stigma around death and why it is important to share our end-of-life wishes...
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UAB Department of Music Gospel Choir Fall Concert
Reginald Jackson, director Traditional and Contemporary Gospel Music...
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UAB Department of Music Jazz Combos and Guitar Ensemble Concert
Steven Roberts and Carlos Pino, directors...
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-Masterworks presented by EBSCO West Side Story
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Program to Include Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 2, “Short Symphony”Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic DancesBrian Raphael Nabors: Hammond Organ Concerto Join us to celebrate one...
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UAB Department of Music Christmas at the Alys
The UAB Concert Choir and invited ensembles celebrate the sounds of the season.
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Mental Health Monday Art Therapy for Healing
Dr. Chris Strang and Dr. Patricia Isis, board certified art therapists, return for our annual session to discuss the role of clinical art therapy for healing, and how...
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ASC Presents Voctave
A cappella sensation Voctave has had over 150 million social media views of their videos, and their latest album, The Spirit of the Season, Deluxe Edition, reached No.
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ASC Presents Punch Brothers and Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart
Punch Brothers have built their sound on a platform of virtuosic instrumentalism and dazzling arrangements. Formed in the late 2000s after the dissolution of mandolinist Chris Thile’s former...
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ArtPlay Presents Mini Makers Holiday Gift Workshop
Join ArtPlay during the holiday season to make gifts for special people in your life. No matter what you are celebrating, ArtPlay has a fun day full of...
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SuperPOPS! Special Event New Year's Eve: A Viennese Celebration
Artists Carlos Izcar Conductor Join our annual New Year’s Eve tradition! Toast the end of 2022 with a nod to the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day performances and...
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-Masterworks presented by EBSCO Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Anthony McGill Clarinet Program to Include Carlos Izcaray: Geometric UnityJulio Racine: Concertino for Clarinet and OrchestraCarlos Izcaray: Clarinet ConcertoSergei Prokofiev: Symphony...
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ASC Presents An Evening with Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding
The duo of jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch and jazz vocalist Esperanza Spalding are celebrating the release of their album “Alive at the Village Vanguard” recorded at...
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Alabama Dance Festival + ASC Presents Helen Simoneau Danse: Delicate Power
Delicate Power examines the different ways we yield, share or exert power as individuals and within communities. The work subverts expectations of power by asking: What does power look like...
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ASC Presents Tommy Emmanuel
“Songs are our teachers. They show us the depth of the human race and its unrelenting desire to create.” — Tommy Emmanuel Anytime you talk to any...
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Mental Health Monday Dance for Health: The Impact on Whole-Person Wellness
Every week Melissa Turnage, UAB Dancer in Residence teaches dance to people from ages 5 – 95 receiving inpatient treatment for psychiatric disorders. Melissa and others will discuss...
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-Masterworks presented by EBSCO Grieg's Piano Concerto with Joyce Yang
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Joyce Yang Piano Program to Include Schumann: Overture from GenovevaEdvard Grieg: Piano ConcertoJean Sibelius: Symphony No.1 Joyce Yang, “an astonishing virtuoso with tremendous suggestive power...
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ASC Presents Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation
Winnie the Pooh has been charming children of all ages for nearly 100 years, and now the gentle, honey-craving bear gets a fresh take. Disney’s Winnie the Pooh:
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Meet The Artist Series Winnie The Pooh
Winnie the Pooh has been charming children of all ages for nearly 100 years, and now the gentle, honey-craving bear gets a fresh take and takes the stage...
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Meet The Artist Series Dedication: the Essix Group featuring Tracy Hamlin
Dedication is a tribute to Black history icons who have made their mark in the cause of civil rights, music, sports and American culture. Featuring Birmingham’s own...
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Lunch & Learn Gullah Culture
Join ArtPlay at lunch over Zoom and learn about South Carolina’s Gullah culture. We will be guided by Alana Adams, Senior Director of Education for the Arts Center...
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Coffee Concert Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Program to Include Hector Berlioz: Le Corsaire OvertureFelix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, “Italian” Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony famously serves as a musical postcard, documenting his travels through...
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ASC Presents Will Downing's Sophisticated Soul Explosion featuring special guests Maysa, Jonathan Butler, and poet Hank Stewart
Will Downing With a career that spans over 35 years and 25 albums, Will Downing is one of the most versatile and loved voices of our time. Known...
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Mental Health Monday Ritual & Community Healing
Guests will discuss the history of healing rituals and community healing practices with roots dating back to our Paleolithic ancestors. We will explore some of these practices that...
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Department of Theatre Presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By Tom Stoppard Directed by Dennis McLernon Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as...
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Meet The Artist Series Ranky Tanky
RANKY TANKY has achieved many firsts for South Carolina’s West African-rooted Gullah community since their formation, earning yet another milestone at the 2019 Grammy Awards by taking home...
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ASC Presents Ranky Tanky feat. Lisa Fischer
Ranky Tanky has achieved many firsts for South Carolina’s West African-rooted Gullah community since their formation, earning yet another milestone at the 2019 Grammy Awards by taking home...
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SuperPOPS! Birmingham Does Broadway
Artists Christopher ConfessoreConductor Hear talented local performers singing the best of Broadway with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra! The concert will feature beloved composers and some of your favorite...
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UAB Department of Music Wind Symphony and Symphony Band Concert #2
Sean Murray and Cara Morantz, directors Diverse program of traditional wind band masterworks and cutting-edge contemporary settings.
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Coffee Concert The Planets
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the direction of Dr. Philip L. Copeland Program to Include Gustav Holst: The Planets From the robust and captivating Mars...
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Masterworks presented by EBSCO The Planets
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Women of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus Under the direction of Dr. Philip L. Copeland Program to Include Avner...
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Department of Theatre Presents Sanctuary City
By Martyna Majok Directed by Bailey Dumlao The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright returns with an unforgettable account of two young immigrants fighting to establish a place for...
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UAB Department of Music Faculty Music Recital
Denise Gainey, clarinet Yakov Kasman, piano ‘ Something Old and Something New’ featuring solo and chamber works past and present.
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ASC Presents Meshell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello’s music twists and turns through so many genres – R&B, pop, jazz, hip-hop – that it’s hard to put a finger on just where she wants...
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ASC Presents Victor Wooten featuring Steve Bailey & Derico Watson BASS EXTREMES
Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist...
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Lunch & Learn Bollywood Cinema
Join ArtPlay at lunch over Zoom and learn about the rich history of Bollywood film and the first museum dedicated to Indian cinema with friends from the National...
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ASC Presents Patti LaBelle
Beautiful does not describe the incomparable force known to the world as Patti LaBelle. As time continues to evolve, the soulful songbird’s name has become synonymous with grace, style, elegance and class. Belting
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Mental Health Monday Exploring Forest Bathing & Ecotherapy
Spending time in nature can have positive benefits for our health. Learn about practices that include forest bathing, horticultural therapy, and other nature-based therapeutic activities. Please contact Lauren...
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-Meet The Artist Series Romeo and Juliet: The Classic Rediscovered
RANKY TANKY has achieved many firsts for South Carolina’s West African-rooted Gullah community since their formation, earning yet another milestone at the 2019 Grammy Awards by taking home...
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UAB Department of Music Faculty Music Recital
An Evening of Art Songs composed by Craig Brandwein...
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SuperPOPS! Fire & Rain: Folk Anthems of the 70's
Artists Christopher ConfessoreConductor Swearingen & Kelli Guest Artists Fire & Rain is a beautiful collection of classics by James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, America, Jim...
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ASC Presents Taj Express: Bollywood Jukebox
After two blockbuster seasons in North America, Taj Express returns to the Jemison Concert Hall with a brand-new show: “Bollywood Jukebox.” Taj Express: Bollywood Jukebox explodes with the...
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Meet The Artist Series Taj Express
Taj Express: Bollywood Jukebox explodes with the sounds of India and Bollywood, featuring vibrant and expressive hits of the genre with a unique mix of the traditional, classic,
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ASC and ASO Presents John Paul White with Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Four-time Grammy Award-winning artist, formerly half of The Civil Wars, John Paul White joins the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in a unique crossover performance reimagining the Southern Rock, Americana, and Country...
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Department of Theatre Presents Into The Woods
Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & book by James Lapine Directed by Valerie Accetta Musical Direction by Carolyn Violi The Brothers Grimm hit the...
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Coffee Concert Brahms' Fourth Symphony
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Program to Include Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Brahms’ 4th symphony is a tragically beautiful and melancholy work.
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Masterworks presented by EBSCO Brahms' Fourth Symphony
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus Under the direction of Dr. Philip L. Copeland Program to Include Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Brahms’ 4th symphony is...
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Mental Health Monday Supporting Our LGBTQ+ Youth
More than half of LGBTQ+ youth in the US report experiencing symptom of anxiety and depression and 45% have seriously considered suicide according to the Trevor Project. This...
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UAB Department of Music Gospel Choir Spring Concert
Reginald Jackson, director Traditional and Contemporary Gospel Music...
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UAB Department of Music Wind Symphony and Symphony Band Concert #3
Sean Murray and Cara Morantz, directors Diverse program of traditional wind band masterworks and cutting-edge contemporary settings.
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ASC Presents Smokey Robinson
Once pronounced by Bob Dylan as America’s “greatest living poet,” acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson’s career spans over 4 decades of hits. He has received numerous awards including the...
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SuperPOPS! Movie Night with Chris Confessore
Artists Christopher ConfessoreConductor Daniel Szasz Violin Join us for an evening of cinematic scores and film classics. Your favorite movie works will be performed by the Alabama Symphony...
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ASC Presents Sheila E.
Guided by the forces of family, faith, and music, Sheila E. has made a name for herself as one of the most talented musical icons over the decades.
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Coffee Concert Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Program to Include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Carlos Izcaray conducts the 22/23 Coffee season finale featuring Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony – an urgent,
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-Masterworks presented by EBSCO Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
Artists Carlos Izcaray Conductor Tessa Lark Violin Program to Include Brian Raphael Nabors: PulseJennifer Higdon: Violin ConcertoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony is an...
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Mental Health Monday Mental Health Awareness Month: Suicide Prevalence and Prevention
In the United States, suicide has been among the top 9 leading causes of death for people ages 10 – 64 according to the CDC. While there are...
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Mental Health Monday Caring for the Family Caregiver
As of 2020 almost 1 in 5 people in the United States were providing unpaid care to an adult with functional needs, according to the National Alliance for...
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Mental Health Monday Homelessness in Birmingham
Homelessness continues to be a problem nationally and locally. In July, guests will discuss the current state of homelessness in Birmingham, local efforts to reduce the rate of...
