Mobile Symphony String Academy: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School String Students in the Mobile Area                                                                                             JOIN the Mobile Symphony String Academy in Downtown Mobile, AL                            Learn to play new repertoire, polish your string techniques and learn new ones, perform exciting music and make new friends that also LOVE playing violin, viola,  cello or bass!                                                                                                                        When:Mondays, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (90 minutes for 25 weeks starting Monday, August 19, 2019)                                                                                                                     Where: Larkins Center, 257 Dauphin St. Mobile, AL 36602                             Conductor: Daniela Pardo                                                                                           Minimum Enrollment: 8 students                                                                                         Fee: $390.                                                                                                                              Register at: mobilesymphony.org or call (251)432-2010

NEW! Mobile Symphony Eastern Shore String Academy.                            Middle and High School String Students in Fairhope, Daphne,                       and Spanish Fort Areas                                                                                                   JOIN the Mobile Symphony Eastern Shore String Academy in Fairhope, AL                Learn to play new repertoire, polish your string techniques and learn new ones, perform exciting music and make new friends that also LOVE playing violin, viola,  cello or bass!                                                                                                                               When: Thursdays, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

(75 minutes for 30 weeks starting Thursday, August 22, 2019)

Where: St. Lawrence Catholic Parish 370 S Section St. Fairhope, AL 36532

Conductor:Jose Sunderland     

Fee: $390

Minimum Enrollment:8 students

Register at: mobilesymphony.org or call (251)432-2010

Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra.                                                                       Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra is a highly skilled honors youth orchestra. If you are selected for this ensemble, you will have the opportunity to rehearse and perform the very best of the orchestral repertoire with other young artists from across the Gulf Coast. You will experience music making at a very high level under the expert baton of Maestro Iván del Prado.

Auditions include two major scales, a solo of your choice from the standard repertory of your instrument, and orchestral excerpts. More information can be found online at www.mobilesymphony.org/mysoauditioninformationor by calling 251-432-2010

Fall is in the air and it’s the most colorful season of the year! We have an enchanting opportunity for you to make your fall palette come to life every Tuesday with us at Dockside Sip & Paint! You don’t have to worry about bringing your rainbows of color, we will provide everything; including the 16 x 20 gallery wrapped canvas!

Be sure to come early and stop by our local shops to grab yourself a drink (21 ) to sip while painting your autumn masterpiece! Every Tuesday will be a new design! Classes start at 6:00 pm! This spectacular event is for adults 18 and older, 21 and older if you want to have an alcoholic beverage. J

What: Dockside Sip & Paint with Paint Art Live (For adults 16 )

Where: Dockside, behind the Boat Bar

When: Tuesdays: Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24 | Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 6PM

Cost: $20 per person, pre-register link

The Mobile Arts Council’s Gallery @ Room 1927 hosts the
Visual Arts Achievement Program (VAAP) exhibition from February 5^th
to March 1^st, 2020. VAAP is an arts education program that
recognizes talent in the visual arts from 6^th through 12^th
grade students at the local and state level. The District 1 juried exhibition
will end with an awards ceremony and reception in the gallery from 2 to 4 p.m.
on Sunday, March 1^st.

District 1 includes Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia,
Mobile, Monroe, and Washington counties. Every student who receives a District
Award will be recognized at the State Awards Ceremony, held by the Alabama
State Council on the Arts, in Montgomery this April.

Concurrently, the Young at Art show, which showcases works
from District 1 elementary school students, will also hang from February 5^th
to March 1^st. The Gallery @ Room 1927, located next to the Saenger
Theatre entrance, is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is
always free to visit.