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  • March 12
    7:30 PM
    Thursday, March 12, 7:30 PM EDT
    University Singers Concert

    University Singers is the University of Alabama’s premier vocal ensemble. Made up of undergraduate and graduate singers representing over thirty academic disciplines, this ensemble serves as an ambassador for the university both on- and off-campus. University Singers explores a wide variety of repertoire with a focus on storytelling through the choral art and frequently commissions and premiers works by living composers. Throughout their history, the University Singers have toured nationally and internationally, most recently completing a performance tour of Germany. This ensemble was honored to be selected as a featured choir for the 2025 Alabama Music Educators Association Conference and the 2024 Alabama Vocal Association All-State Choral Festival, and was named a finalist for the 2025 American Prize in Choral Performance. University Singers is known for thoughtful and innovative staged performances, flexibility in vocal styles, and passionate choral singing. This ensemble is open to sophomore through graduate students only. Auditions for each academic year occur in April of the previous semester. Learn more about the audition process. All concerts are open to the public, free of charge and begin at 7:30 PM (unless otherwise announced). Concerts are available to view online on the UA School of Music YouTube channel

    • 1 hr 30 min
    Livestream Bass
  • March 23
    12:00 PM
    Monday, March 23, 12:00 PM EDT
    Guest Artist Masterclass: Dr. Arie Vandewaa, Trombone

    Arie VandeWaa has been recently appointed to the rank of Assistant Professor of Trombone at Louisiana State University. Dr. VandeWaa is the bass trombonist for the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and principal trombone for the Mobile Opera Orchestra and for the Mobile Ballet. Dr. VandeWaa comes from his previous positions at the University of South Alabama where he taught courses in trombone, brass pedagogy, and music industry studies. An Edwards Instruments Performing Artist, Dr. VandeWaa has worked as a freelance trombonist in the Southeast since 2010 and, in addition to his orchestral appointments in Mobile, has performed on both tenor and bass trombone with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, The Mobile Big Band Society, The Druid City Big Band, The Pensacola Jazz Society, as well as various other Jazz, Commercial, Second Line, and Chamber ensembles throughout the Gulf Coast region. Dr. VandeWaa has also maintained a healthy trombone studio, and has taught private lessons and working as a low brass clinician for multiple colleges and schools throughout the Southeast. Dr. VandeWaa completed his Bachelor’s degree in music with elective studies in Business at the University of South Alabama, where he studied trombone under Dr. Greg Gruner, and completed his Master’s and Doctoral Degrees at the University of Alabama, where he studied Trombone Performance with Dr. Jon Whitaker.

    • 2 hr
    Livestream Trombone Bass Tenor Symphony Orchestra