Soprano Diane McNaron’s Kurt Weill Retrospective, not heard in Birmingham in nearly a decade, will be presented with New York pianist Thomas Bagwell. Bagwell, a Birmingham native who has not appeared here in fifteen years, will open the program with the rare and atmospheric Berg Piano Sonata. These two [...]

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The IRS tax deadline is approaching, and that means it’s time for 1040 Fest.
The event is an annual music festival sponsored by Birmingham’s Central City Neighborhood Association & held across the street from the city’s downtown post office each year on tax day.
The residents and their event partners take advantage of the branch’s extended hours [...]

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I was listening to KEXP this morning online in Seattle - they’ve been a big supporter of many of our local acts in recent years. Well, they’re actually on the last day of their pledge drive over there. If I did my math correctly, it’ll be history at around 4 p.m. today Central time.
While I [...]

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Jazz JamFest features special jazz performers each fourth Sunday of the month at the historic Carver Theatre. The stage becomes yours as you lead your own jam session with the band.
This month’s special guest is Cleve Eaton, a recognized name in the jazz world, as a producer, composer and arranger. Eaton is known for his [...]

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First United Methodist Church of Birmingham invites you to visit their sanctuary on a Sunday evening and enjoy one of the best choirs in the Southeast. Their chancel choir will be accompanied by members of The Alabama Symphony Orchestra as they perform The Celestial Country by Charles Ives.
Dinner will be served following the concert in [...]

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We’re posting this a little later than we wanted to… but we wanted to be sure that you were aware of just what you’re missing if you’re not showing up at Vulcan Park’s Collective Perspectives series on Tuesdays this month.
Here’s a taste of this week’s performance by Miles College’s jazz band, the [...]

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Led by Daniel Western, director of jazz studies at Miles College, this week hear Milestones perform hot jazz from the 1920s, when the quintessential American art form underscored dancing and fun on Birmingham’s west side, along with “Tuxedo Junction” and other circa 1940 big band classics.
Part of the Collective Perspectives 2008 series.
About the series: 
Vulcan Park [...]

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