The 2007-2008 Season

October 7 at 2:30 p.m.

William DeVan Faculty Recital
Hill Recital Hall

Pianist William DeVan will perform the 24 Preludes of Frédéric Chopin, Opus 28, and the two last sonatas of Beethoven, Opus 110 and Opus 111.
Admission is free.

October 31 at 9:00 p.m.

Organ Spooktacular: James Cook Faculty Recital
Hill Recital Hall

Join the fun as BSC organists pull out all the stops for a whacky hour of music and foolishness. Who knew the King of Instruments could stoop so low?! An evening of music and entertainment for the entire BSC Family.
Admission is free.

November 10 at 7:30 p.m.

BAMA Concert, featuring Guitarist Paul Bowman
Hill Recital Hall

Guest performer, BSC First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick. Paul Bowman is an internationally renowned classical guitarist who specializes in music by living composers. Presented in conjunction with the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, this program of works by Alabama composers will include music by BSC Professors Dorothy Hindman and Charles Norman Mason, BSC alumna Mary Elizabeth Neal, BSC graduate student Matthew Phillips, and local composers Monroe Golden and Joseph Landers.

Of Bowman, The Birmingham News writes, “The New York-trained German resident performed ... with unbridled expression and virtuosity, bounding across the fingerboard with abandon. ... Bowman showed, as he did all evening, that high performance standards exist as much for new music as for old.”
Admission is $3 at the door.

November 30 at 7:30 p.m.
December 2 at 4:30 p.m.

71st Service of Lessons and Carols Presented by the Choirs of Birmingham-Southern College Canterbury United Methdodist Church
Admission is free.

December 3 at 4:00 p.m.

Dorsey and Frances Whittington Concerto/Aria Competition
Hill Recital Hall

January 17 at 7:30 p.m.

60X60 Concert
Hill Recital Hall

This hour-long concert features 60 new compositions, each of which lasts 60 seconds or less. The pieces were written specifically for this concert by composers from all over the world. Two of the works will be by faculty composers Charles Norman Mason and Dorothy Hindman. The concert is sponsored by Vox Novus, Living Music Foundation, and Birmingham-Southern College.
Admission is free.

February 14, 11:00 a.m.

Provost Forum: My Twentieth Century, by Martin Bresnick
Hill Recital Hall, Birmingham Southern College
Free Admission, open to the public

Friday, February 15, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Martin Bresnick Masterclass with BSC students
Hill 117, Birmingham Southern College
Contact Dr. Mason for permission to attend

Friday, February 15, 7:30 pm

Concert: Composer Martin Bresnick and Pianist Lisa Moore with special guests Karen Bentley Pollick, violin Nadine Whitney, mezzo soprano Sursum Corda
Hill Recital Hall, Birmingham Southern College
Free Admission, Open to the public

February 17 at 3:00 p.m.

Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Ridings ’88, performs with BSC student winners of the Dorsey and Frances Whittington Competition
Hill Recital Hall
Admission is free.

March 15 at 10:00 a.m.

Voice Competition:
The National Career Award Competition in Voice: National Society of Arts and Letters
Hill Recital Hall
For more information, contact Jacqueline
Leary-Warsaw, 205/226-4962 or jwarsaw@bsc.edu.

April 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Voice Concert:
Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw, soprano
Steven Rainbolt, baritone
Robert Muckenfuss, piano
Hill Recital Hall

Three outstanding artists! One exquisite evening! BSC Voice Professor Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw joins forces with Hosokawa Master Class guest artists Steven Rainbolt and Robert Muckenfuss in an incomparable performance of provocative and musically rich operatic arias, duets, and songs. This special concert marks a long-standing musical collaboration of these three talented performers.
Admission is free.

April 13 at 4:00 p.m.

BSC Concert Choir Homecoming Concert
Canterbury United Methodist Church
Admission is free.

April 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Southern Chorale Spring Concert
Under the direction of Dr. David Smith
Hill Recital Hall
Admission is free.

May 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Hilltop Singers Season Finale
Hill Recital Hall
Admission is free.