Events at this location

The USA Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band will perform their Spring Concert on Monday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Featuring everything from classic works to newly composed pieces, the USA Percussion Ensemble will present a concert highlighting a variety of musical instruments, styles, and colors. The USA Steel Band will perform traditional music of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as arrangements of contemporary popular music and more. Both ensembles are under the direction of Dr. Brian Nozny.

The USA Trombone Choir will perform their Fall Concert on Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.  The ensemble is directed by Dr. Arie VandeWaa. 

Tickets for this Musical Arts Series event will be sold at the door only. Admission is $8 general and $5 for USA faculty & staff, USA students, youths under 18 and all senior citizens (cash or card accepted presently). Musical Arts Series season passes will of course be honored for admission to this event. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136

Dr. Edisher Savitski, pianist, will present a guest faculty recital on Saturday, April 1 at 3:00 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.  Savitski’s program will include Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 7.

Admission to this Department of Music concert is free and open to the public. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.

Dr. Clayton Maddox, tubist, will present a faculty recital on Sunday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. The recital is a “Tribute to Women” which will feature both women composers and women performers, including pianist Dr. Doreen Lee, flutist Dr. Andra Bohnet, trumpeter Dr. Julia Bell, hornist Jodi Wood, and euphoniumist Kimiko Yamada. Music will include the tuba concerto “War and Rumors of War” by Barbara York and Florence Price’s “Adoration.”

USA Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Spring Concert

Clayton Maddox, director

Saturday, April 8, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.

Laidlaw Recital Hall

USA Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Spring Concert April 8

The USA Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble will perform their Spring Tuba Concert on Saturday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. The ensemble is directed by Dr. Clayton Maddox and the program will include music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, John Philip Sousa, Katahj Copley, and more.

Admission to this Department of Music concert is free and open to the public. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.

This concert is presently scheduled to appear on the USA Department of Music Live Stream page available on our website. Please check this linked site for more up-to-date information about watching this performance virtually —

https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/music/livestream.html

Please visit our website homepage for information about USA’s Department of Music — www.southalabama.edu/music

Need directions to Laidlaw? Just go to Google Maps at maps.google.com and enter “USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center.” We’re actually on the corner of University Blvd. and USA Drive South.