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2022 Season
Season Sponsors - Carolyn and Thad Long Buy any 4 tickets and receive an automatic 10% discount. Tickets available online HERE or call 205-253-1313

The Merry Widow

************************* June 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2022
Our 7th Annual Birmingham Music Club Operetta ProductionHarrison Theatre, Samford UniversityFriday June 3, 2022, 7:30 pmSaturday, June 4, 2022, 7:30 pmSunday Matinee, June 5, 2022, 2:30 pmTickets $40 (Students $20) Savor Franz Lehar’s classic light opera, ever a favorite, with colorful characters, comedy, dancing,and exquisite, memorable songs! Wonderfully talented cast and beautiful orchestra.Kristin Kenning, Director and Brian Viliunas, Conductor Sponsored by Wyatt & Susan HaskellSponsoring Partners:Dr. Chandler & Jane Paris SmithThe Guild of the Birmingham Music Club More Details Here Cast List, Production Team, and Orchestra ************************* Tickets available online HERE or call 205-253-1313(For assistance with Socially-Distanced Seating, please call.) Buy any 4 tickets and receive an automatic 10% discount. *************************

The 2nd Annual Magic City Clarinet Festival

University of Montevallo Center for the ArtsSaturday, May 14, 2022, 10:00 am - 4:30 pmTickets $25 Join clarinetists and music lovers from far & wide at University of Montevallo’s sparkling new state-of-the-art
Center for the Arts! Enjoy the workshops, vendors, competitions, camaraderie, and a marvelous day offine performances on the newly dedicated Rebecca J. Luker Stage.Brian Viliunas, Artistic DirectorSponsored by Dr. Andrew Duxbury More Details Schedule of Classes & Performances

michael j. & mary Anne freeman parlor concert

MIKE MOSS
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 2:30 pmThe Parlor Concert featuringMike Moss, Solo Guitar The Clubhouse on HighlandSunday, April 24, 2022, 2:30 pmWine & Cheese Reception (2 pm & at intermission)Tickets $30 – limited to 50 seats! Our traditional Parlor Concert stars exceptional guitarist Mike Moss. Mesmerizing and delightful, you won’t believe there is only one person playing, but it’s true! Sponsored by Michael J. & MaryAnne Freeman Tickets available online HERE or call 205-253-1313

Magic City Clarinet Festival

Birmingham Music Club presentsThe Magic City Clarinet FestivalBrian Viliunas, Artistic Directorat the Birmingham Museum of Art2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd. 35203 Saturday, August 7, 202110:00 am - 4:30 pmSponsored by Dr. Andrew Duxbury Click HERE to Order Tickets Online Organized by Birmingham Music Club orchestra conductor Brian Viliunas,this all-day festival will bring clarinetists of all ages to Birminghamfor masterclasses, performances, vendors, camaraderie, and fun! And, you don't have to be a clarinetist to enjoy this event -EVERYONE will love the live performances -just come on out and savor some wonderful live music!See an advance copy of the PROGRAM. Read more about the performers and presenters HERE.There will be 12 performances during the day, according to the following schedule: Performances10:30 Brian Viliunas, clarinet with Brad Diamond , tenor and Laurie Middaugh, piano11:00 Marissa Stanfill, clarinet with piano accompaniment11:30 Lori Ardovino, clarinet with The LeBaron Trio (Laurie Middaugh, piano and Melanie Williams, soprano)12:00 Brad Whitfield, clarinet12:30 Osiris Molina, demi-clarinet 1:00 Katrina Philips, clarinet with Laurie Middaugh, piano1:30 Meghan Merciers, clarinet with Trio Leo (Whitney O'Neal, flute and Karen Cantrell, piano)2:00 Lisa Oberlander, clarinet with Laurie Middaugh, piano2:30 Columbus State University Clarinets3:00 Michael Saddekni, clarinet with Chuck King, trumpet; Tony Lombardo, banjo; and Leah Pogwizd, bass3:30 313th Army Band Clarinets4:00 Alabama Winds There will be also be 12 classes during the day, according to the following schedule:Classes:10:30 313th Army Band - So you want to have a career in the military?11:00 Wolfgang Lohff - How to find a good instrument or optimize your own11:30 Brian Viliunas - The Checklist Manifesto12:00 Michael Saddekni - Learning Jazz Improvisation12:30 Lisa Canning - Developing a Portfolio Career in Music: How to make a living doing a few things in music you love to do1:00 Lori Ardovino - "Switching to bass clarinet: helpful hints and tips"1:30 Don Prater - Woodwind Doubling for Single Reeds and Flute2:00 Brad Whitfield - Audition Success: from All State to professional auditions2:30 Osiris Molina - It's Not You, It's Me: Fostering a Healthy Relationship With Your Mouthpiece3:00 Katrina Philips - Creating an Optimal Clarinet Sound: a Look at Embouchure, Breathing, Tonguing and Reeds3:30 Meghan Merciers - Repertoire: accompanied and unaccompanied4:00 Lisa Oberlander - Focus on the Fundamentals in Your RepertoireSee an advance copy of the PROGRAM.Read more about the performers and presenters HERE.All Attendees are welcome to attend and/or participate in any of the Masterclasses. In addition, this event will include an incredible opportunity to participate as the student/performerin a performance master class with some of the clarinet professors attending. If you are interested in auditioning to be the student/performer for a master class, please submit a YouTube video introducing yourself and an example of you playing a solo or étude. Please send the link to Brian Viliunas at bviliuna@samford.edu.Vendors representing Gadsden Music, Lohff and Pfeiffer,Collins Hornworks, Rodriguez Musical Services,Rovner ligatures, Alabama School of Fine Arts, and more, will be on hand.Vendor Booths are $100 each, and we still have a few available. Please email BrianViliunas@gmail.com for more information. Please note that no food or drink is currently available at the Birmingham Museum of Art.We'll have a list of restaurants within walking distance, and Big Daddy's Bar-B-Q Food Truck will be nearby.For the latest information about COVID safety precautionsat the Birmingham Museum of Art, please click here. Attendee Ticket $50* *Promo Code Discounts - Save with these Promo Codes! Individual Attendee Tickets are only $30 with Promo Code Listen&LearnBuy 4 or more and your tickets are only $25 each, with Promo Code BUY4 Parents & Chaperones will be admitted free of charge.Just register at the Birmingham Music Club Table when you arrive,to receive your lanyard & Parent/Chaperone Badge.Click HERE to Order Tickets Online Sponsored in part bywebassets/WelchGroupFoundationLogo.jpeg

Birmingham Music Club presents

Sweethearts in Song

Directed by Kristin Kenning

Live-Streamed from the Lyric TheatreBirmingham, Alabamavia YouTube & Facebook, Free-of-Charge(see links & instructions below)Sunday, June 6, 20212:30 pm CDT Enjoy some of the greatest love songs of all time, performed bygenuine sweethearts, singing to each other, and for you!Songs by Sigmund Romberg, Franz Lehar, Irving Berlin,Mozart, Sondheim, Gershwin, and more! Starring ◊ Terrance Brown & Tiffany Bostic-Brown ◊ Won & Kyoung Cho ◊ Evan & Carin GunterAccompanied by Music Director John RobertsonDirected by award-winning Light Opera Director Kristin KenningLive-Streamed Free-of-ChargeLive-Streamed Video Links & Instructions:To access the concert video using Facebook1) Go to https://www.facebook.com/bhammusicclub/live_videos/ 2) You don't need a Facebook account or a password to watch it here.3) Make sure your computer's sound is on.4) When you get there, fast-forward to 6:32 minutes in, when the show begins.The concert was also simulcast by the Lyric Theatre on Facebook.com/LyricTheatre and the Alabama Theatre on Facebook.com/theALTheatre.To access the concert on YouTube1) Click this link https://youtu.be/XYRxudAYlSU. 2) You don't need a YouTube account or a password to watch it here.3) Make sure your computer's sound is on.4) Fast-forward to 6:32 minutes in, when the actual show begins.If you watch YouTube on your TV, via Roku for example, or YouTube.com/tv1) Go to Search, and key in SWEETHEARTS IN SONG. (It may bring up some similar titles, but you'll be able to spot it from the header.)2) Once you've selected it, hold down your fast-forward key until you get to 6:32 minutes in, when the show actually begins. To see the Program Song List, click HERE.To see Bios of the Artists, click HERE. To see the Virtual Program, click HERE. As there will be no revenue from ticket sales,this live-streamed concert is 100% reliant on donations. Please consider joining our Lead Sponsors,Wyatt & Susan Haskellin helping to make this event possible.The Birmingham Music Club is a 501c3 nonprofit, and100% of your donation will go to paying the artists and renting the Lyric Theatre for this event.Especially given the challenges for artists and theaters this past year, you can be sure thatALL contributions are VERY MUCH needed and appreciated.To contribute online, Click Here or go to our "Contribute" tab above, or contactWarren Page, Development ManagerPhone: 205-999-6339 Email: Warren@BhamMusicClub.org Also Sponsored By webassets/WelchGroupFoundationLogo.jpeg

Birmingham Music Club Presents

The Live-Streamed Parlor Concert

featuring CHOKO AIKEN, Pianoand her Jazz Combo

July 26, 2020, 3:00 pm

Sponsored byMichael J. and MaryAnne FreemanAlso Sponsored byAlabama State Council on the ArtsandLyric Fine Arts Theatre
Live-streamed atFacebook.com/BhamMusicClub,Facebook.com/LyricTheatre,andFacebook.com/PublicTelevision Originally scheduled for April 19 as our traditionalParlor Concert at the Clubhouse on Highland,we first rescheduled it to Sunday, July 26, hopingit would be safe to have gatherings by then. But since it is not, we have changed it to aLive-Streamed Concert!Same artists, same concert program, same date,but you will now be viewing it fromthe comfort & safety of your own home. You do not need a ticket to view this concert.Original Ticketholders have already receivedan e-mail message with special instructions.With a Donation of $25 or more to the Birmingham Music Club,receive a gift of an exclusive Souvenir DVD of the concert.We also encourage you to support theLyric Fine Arts TheatreandAlabama Public Television. The concert will also be simulcast on YouTube.To view it on YouTube Click Here.The musicians:Choko Aiken on Piano and PianacaSteven Roberts on TrumpetGary Wheat on Tenor SaxophonePei-Ju Wu on ViolinAbe Becker on BassMichael Glaser on Drums The program: Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy (arranged as Bossanova) Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven (arranged as Swing) Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie (arranged as a Jazz Waltz) Jupiter by Gustav Holst ( arranged as 4/5 Swing) Pavane by Gabriel Fauré (arranged as Slow Ballade/ Bossa) Piano Concerto No.2, in C minor, Op. 18, by Sergei Rachmaninoff (arranged as Intro-Up Swing-Bossanova-Med Swing) Satin Doll by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Johnny Mercer. (Med Slow Swing) Take the A Train by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Med Up Swing) Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard (Latin) Movin' Up by Sharon Harris (Shuffle – Med Swing to upbeat Swing)What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss (Pianica solo by Choko Aiken)

Love at the Lyric: Maestro Loves Mardi Gras

A concert for the whole family

Sunday, February 16, 2020, 2:30 pmThe Lyric Theatre1800 3rd Avenue North Reserved Seating: $30 & $25 adults, $15 &$10 studentsSeason Tickets are only $50 each (2 for $100) and include bothLove at the Lyric: Maestro Loves Mardi Gras and The Red Mill.To order by phone, please callRandi Bourdages, Ticket Coordinator, at 205-253-1313.For more information, please email her at BhamMusicClub@gmail.comFor ongoing announcements, please sign up below to make sure we have your email address, and also"Like" our Facebook Page facebook.com/BhamMusicClub.

Birmingham Music Club

Presents

The Young People's Concert

Maestro Goes to MARDI GRAS

Tuesday, October 1, 20199:30 am and 12:30 pmAlabama Theatre Live Orchestra and singersFeaturing music from in and around New Orleans Tickets only $5 per student.Teachers and chaperones - Free. For reservations, email BhamMusicClub@gmail.com or call/text 205-253-1313 A Note to Teachers -The 9:30 show usually sells out first. If your group needs to come to that show,please email BhamMusicClub@gmail.com right away.Sponsored by The Daniel Foundation, Jemison Investments, The Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Caring Foundation of BlueCross BlueShield Alabama, and the Support the Arts License Tag Fund Poster Design by Mark Marquis

Birmingham Music Club

presents

H.M.S. PINAFORE

JUNE 7-8-9, 2019

Birmingham Music Clubpresents the Gilbert & Sullivan ClassicH.M.S. Pinaforeat theAlys Stephens Center's Sirote Theatre1200 10th Avenue South 35205 Friday June 7, 2019, 7:30 pmSaturday June 8, 2019, 7:30 pmSunday June 9, 2019, 2:30 pm Reserved Seating $35, Students $15A Birmingham Music Club Production Edit Text ********************************** Order HMS Pinafore Tickets Here: (Friday and Saturday performances were fantastic! But if you missed them, you still have 1 more chance.) Sunday afternoon, June 9, 2:30 tickets Tickets also available through the Alys Stephens Center Box Office975-ARTS (205-975-2787)

Vaudeville Variete

SOLD OUT !IF YOU HAVE TICKETS YOU CANNOT USE, PLEASE CALL OR TEXT 205-253-1313.TO BE ON THE WAITING LIST, PLEASE CALL OR TEXT 205-253-1313. IF YOU CALL, PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.THANK-YOU! Sunday, February 24, 2:30 pm at the Lyric TheatreAn old-fashioned, top-notch, fun-filled, and talent-packed variety show! Don't miss a chance to see all these Birmingham Starstogether on the stage of the beautiful, historic Lyric Theatre!Louise Beard as Master of Ceremonies, The Birmingham Sugar Babies, Jan Hunter, Kristi Tingle Higginbotham, Bill Bugg, Won Cho,Junior League of Birmingham Choral Group, The Ramblers, Vicki Hallman, Sam Banana & The Bunch, Rob Robinson, Hortense, Sweet Licks Dixieland Band, City Lights, Joell Regal, Maurice Nix, Jamarius Lambert, Lara Vickery, and Ron Bourdages

The michael j. & mary anne freeman Parlor Concert Featuring Rebecca Rafla

The Parlor Concert Featuring Rebecca Rafla IS SOLD OUT!(April 28, 2019, at the Clubhouse on Highland) You may call or text 205-253-1313,or email BhamMusicClub@gmail.comto be put on a waiting list,in case there are any cancellations.

birmingham music club 2019 season

maestro goes to tuxedo junction

Oct. 17th, 2018

Birmingham Music Club and Patty McDonald present OPERETTA SPECTACULAR!

Great Moments of Light Opera Over the Centuries A Birmingham Music Club ProductionIn Conjunction with The Mayor’s Office and the Alabama 200: Bicentennial CelebrationDirected by Kristin Kenning- Friday, June 8, 7:30 pm-Saturday, June 9, 7:30 pm - Sunday, June 10, 2:30 pmAlys Stephens Center's Sirote Theatre1200 10th Avenue South, 35205Reserved Seating: $35 adults, $15 studentsBeautiful, memorable songs and production numbers from the deeply romanticto the wildly humorous - all from two centuries’ worth of wonderful Light Operas. Incredible singers and a fantastic live orchestra bring all to life, in a way that onlyour treasured and award-winning light opera director Kristin Kenning can envision and achieve! To order by phone, please call 205-975-2787 (ASC Box Office).For more information, please call/text 205-253-1313 (Birmingham Music Club).

the michael j. & mary anne freman parlor concert

Featuring the Daniel Szasz & Friends String Quartet
  • Sponsored by Michael J. and MaryAnne Freeman
  • Sunday, April 29, 2018, 2:30 pm
  • The Clubhouse on Highland
  • 2908 Highland Avenue South, 35205
  • General Admission, Limited to 88 seats,
  • All seats $25
  • Parlor concerts have the special feel of earlier days of the Birmingham Music Club,
  • and the Clubhouse on Highland is the perfect setting.
  • For our Parlor Concert this year, symphony concertmaster
  • Daniel Szasz has put together an international and amazingly versatile string quartet,
  • to play a very special, educational, entertaining, and unforgettable program for us!
  • There will also be wine & cheese refreshments before the concert and during intermission,
  • sponsored by Carolyn Van Laare & John Quenelle, and presented by Jane Hicks.
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  • please call 205-253-1313.

DREW MAYS MORE LOVE AT THE LYRIC

Sunday, February 11, 2018, 2:30 pmThe Lyric Theatre1800 3rd Ave North, 35203Reserved Seating: $30 & $25 adults, $15 students Award-winning pianist DREW MAYS has created another beautiful new program especially for this Birmingham Music Club concert!Can you believe it? It’s our 3rd Annual “Love at the Lyric” Concert! The thrilling concert by Drew Mays on Valentine’s Day in 2016 was one of the very first events to be held in the beautiful, historic, newly restored Lyric Theatre. It was such a wonderful experience, we decided to present “Love at the Lyric” as an annual event, to be held on the Sunday before Valentine’s Day each year. Last year, The Warblers performed a fabulous “Love at the Lyric” concert,and this year, Drew Mays returns on piano, with a beautiful, all-new program for us!(Drew Mays is better known to many as Birmingham's beloved Ophthalmologist, Dr. Mays!)Heartfelt Appreciation to our Sponsors:The Guild of the Birmingham Music ClubGloria Narramore MoodyAlabama Piano Gallery and Steinway & SonsJemison Investment Company, Inc.Cameron and Scott VowellJim Snow and AssociatesThree 7 CapitalPatrick CatherCharles Collat

Naughty Marietta

On June 9 & 11, 2017,The Birmingham Music Club& Patty McDonaldpresented Naughty MariettaA Light Opera by Victor Herbert, directed by Kristin Kenning Alys Stephens Center's Sirote Theatre1200 10th Avenue South Friday, June 9, 2017, 7:30 pmandSunday, June 11, 2017, 2:30 pm Reserved seats $35 (students $15)For assistance, please call or text the Birmingham Music Club at 205-253-1313,or email us at BhamMusicClub@gmail.com

Birmingham Music Club Michael J. and MaryAnne Freeman present The Parlor Concert Featuring Ron Shinn, Piano and Brian Viliunas, Clarinet

On Sunday, April 23, 2017, 2:30 pmThe Birmingham Music Club&Michael J. and MaryAnne Freemanpresent The Parlor Concert FeaturingRon Shinn, Piano and Brian Viliunas, ClarinetThe Clubhouse on Highand2908 Highland Avenue, 35205 General Admission, all seats $20, limited to 88 seatsComplimentary Wine and Cheese Refreshments and Iced Tea beginning at 2:00Sponsored by Carolyn Van Laare and John Quenelle,and presented by Jane Hicks For more information, please call or textthe Birmingham Music Club at 205-253-1313,or email us at BhamMusicClub@gmail.com

Maestro Goes To Broadway

Young People's Concert - Maestro Goes to Motown Samford University Wright Center October 15, 2014, 10am and 1pm

This region-wide collaboration, created by BMC Executive Director, Ron Bourdages, features an 18-piece orchestra of professional and student musicians from diverse musical backgrounds including ASFA, UA, UAB, Birmingham-Southern College, Lawson State Community College and the Birmingham Heritage Band. The show will educate and inspire more than 2,000 students, their teachers, and all artist participants. It will promote cross-cultural conversations, celebrate performing artists with Alabama roots, and preserve the state's cultural heritage. (Public performance, Hoover Library, Tuesday, October 14, 7:00 p.m.)

William Devan

World Class Pianist
Throughout his career, acclaimed international concert pianist and former Birmingham-Southern College Artist-in-Residence, Dr. Devan has also made classical music accessible to young people with his Classics for Children Piano Series and master classes he has led at the Alabama School of Math and Science in Mobile, the Avondale School in Birmingham and the Savannah, Georgia Arts Academy.
Devan is the first American winner of the "Vianna da Motta" competition in Lisbon, Portugal and recipient of two Mellon Foundation grants; he is co-author of Schumann: Solo Piano Literature, a comprehensive guide to the piano works of Robert Schumann and contributing author of A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers: Strategies to Develop the Mind and Body for Optimal Performance; Devan received his BA and MA from the Julliard School of Music and holds a Konzertexamen diploma from the Hochschule Fur Musik and Theater in Hanover, Germany.

Terrance Brown & Tiffany Bostic-Brown


with the members of The Red Mountain Chamber OrchestraWhat a special evening! The Music Club returns to the intimate and elegant Clubhouse On Highland with a special presentation of a husband and wife opera singing team. Both Terrance & Tiffany have powerful, exciting voices!
 Seating is limited to 100, so order your tickets today!
Dr. Terrance Brown, professional opera/ concert singer and Director of Vocal Studies and Opera at the University of North Alabama, received his Bachelor of Music at Samford University and his Doctor of Musical Arts from LSU. An internationally recognized concert and operatic artist, Brown recently appeared as a soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra; he also sang Brahms' Requiem with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Honors include: regional finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New Orleans and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards. Brown's wife, Soprano Tiffany Bostic-Brown, also a UNA faculty member, received her Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University; and her Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees at LSU. She has been recognized internationally as a concert artist, recitalist, and operatic artist. Performance credits include: the mother in Hansel and Gretel, Micaëla in Carmen, First lady in The Magic Flute, and many more. Dr. Bostic-Brown made her Carnegie Hall debut in spring 2012.

The Desert Song Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at ASFA Memorial Day Weekend, 2015



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