<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>I hope you don't mind allowing me to blow my own horn, but please scroll down to the School of Music Events. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> ----- Forwarded message from uanews <uanews@ADVANCE.UA.EDU> -----     Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:54:01 -0500     From: uanews <uanews@ADVANCE.UA.EDU> Reply-To: uanews <uanews@ADVANCE.UA.EDU>  Subject: Dialog Extra for the Week of April 24, 2006       To: UA@bama.ua.edu Dialog Extra for the Week of April 24, 2006   PERFORMANCES/EXHIBITS *        'Two Gentlemen of Verona' *        School of Music Events *        Gospel Choir's 35th Anniversary *        UA History Exhibit *        Photography Exhibit *        SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS - The UA College of Arts and Sciences School of Music will sponsor several events this month. Unless otherwise indicated, all events will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building and are free and open to the public. For more information call 348-7111 or visit www.music.ua.edu/calendar.   UA Professor Gerald Loren Welker, director and conductor of the Alabama Wind Ensemble, will conduct the group for his final time Tuesday, April 25. The program will include "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovich, a world premiere performance of "Short'N Suite (To Gerald Welker)" by Willem Blees, a world premiere performance of "Black Fire" by Nigel Clark with violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved, and "Regina di Saba" by Ottorino Respighi. Twenty years of favorites will be performed by the Alabama Wind Ensemble with alumni of the ensemble. The pieces will include "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" by John Williams, "October" by Eric Whitacre, "March" from First Suite in E-flat by Gustav Holst, "Variations on a Korean Folksong" by Jon Barnes Chance, "With Each Sunset" by Richard Saucedo, "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" by Richard Wagner, "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, and "Swedish Folk Song" by Peter Graham. The Crimson Handbell Ringers will be in concert Saturday, April 29 at 4 p.m. in the Choral/Opera Room of the Moody Music Building. Willem Blees directs the group. The concert will feature "Celebration" by Eugene Butler; "Fughetta" by George Frideric Handel; "Festival Overture" by Mary McLeary; "Festivity on 'Westminster Chimes'" arranged by Ellen Jane Lorenz; "Sine Nomine" by Ralph Vaughn Williams; "O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" arranged by Christine Anderson; "Moon River" by Henry Mancini; "Caprice" and "Outburst" by Cynthia Dobrinsky; "Beauty and the Beast" by Alan Menken; and "Danza Festivo" by Arnold Sherman.                           Other events at the School of Music this month include the Alabama Women's Chorale on April 24, The Huxford Symphony on April 27, and the Alabama Contemporary Ensemble on April 29.     </DIV></BODY></HTML>