Community Calendar

Mobile Vocal Arts – an intergenerational Choral Society opportunity offered to the residents of Mobile and Baldwin Counties – is beginning its 27th season on Monday, August 18th, 2025.
This choral organization has given performances in Carnegie Hall and in European capitals on several occasions. Membership in the Choral Society is open to all interested individuals who love to sing and who are open to performing a wide range/variety of music genre/concerts. There is NO membership fee.
Rehearsals are held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church located at 1050 Azalea Road in Mobile. Rehearsals begin at 7:00 p.m. Mobile Vocal Arts prepares and presents approximately – five to six concerts in their ten and a half-month season that begins in late August and runs to late June.
If interested &/or for additional information – contact Terry D. Maddox, M.M. at either 251 406-1454 or at terrydalemaddox@gmail.com

Dr. Rachael Webb will present a USA Faculty Clarinet Recital in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall on Monday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Webb will be joined by USA faculty colleague Dr. Robert Holm, pianist, Dr. Amy Selkirk, oboist, and Dr. Andra Bohnet, flutist. Music on the program will include the Hindemith Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, the Malcolm Arnold Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet.

In honor of Women's History Month, Dr. Amy Selkirk will present a USA Faculty Oboe Recital featuring solo and chamber works for oboe and English horn composed entirely by women. The program includes music by "Madam" Leschanzky, Ruth Gipps, Madeleine Dring, and Alyssa Morris. The performance will take place in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Selkirk will be joined by USA faculty colleagues Dr. Robert Holm, piano, and Dr. Andra Bohnet, flute.

Welcome to the high-energy, emotionally charged dance party inspired by the tension, obsession, and enemies-to-lovers chaos of Heated Rivalry. Built around forbidden attraction, late-night adrenaline, and messy feelings you don’t know what to do with, this party lives in the space between competition and connection.

Expect to hear the show’s soundtrack alongside music from the 2010s that moves between aggressive, heart-pounding energy and dramatic, emotional release. This is a night for side-eye, screaming lyrics at strangers, locking eyes across the room, and letting the tension live a little too long.

The Music at St. Mary’s series continues with an ORGAN RECITAL featuring TREVOR KAHLBAUGH (Albany, NY), Sunday, March 22 at 4:30 p.m. Music of J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Herbert Howells, Maurice Duruflé, and Jean Langlais. The half-hour concert is followed by CHORAL EVENSONG 5:00 PM, with The St. Mary’s Choir, directed by John Lowe. Music of Philip W. J. Stopford, St. Mary’s own Greg Evans, Joseph Barnby, Harold Friedell, and Gilbert M. Martin.

A reception (wine and hors d'oeuvres) follows the evensong. The event is live-streamed at www.stmarysoth.org under 'Watch Online.' St. Mary’s on the Highlands is located at 1910 12th Ave. South in Five Points.

The motor court is reserved for handicapped parking SUNDAYS ONLY.
The small lot at the AT&T building- This lot is available on SUNDAYS ONLY.
Street Parking on both sides of 12th Avenue west of 19th Street.
Please note: the lot across 12th Avenue behind Mellow Mushroom is a private lot to which we do not have access. Violators will be towed.

The USA Piano Ensembles will perform their Spring Concert on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Piano ensemble music traditionally features works written for one-piano four-hands, two-pianos four-hands, and even two-pianos eight-hands. Come to the concert and find out which combinations will be utilized! The Piano Ensembles are directed by Dr. Robert Holm.

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).

Somewhere between comedy and mysticism lies the heart of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. It has been a subject of scholarly debate, a source of audience delight, and an operatic super-hit since 1791. Both entertaining and thought provoking, it sparkles with the music of the incomparable master, Mozart.

Somewhere between comedy and mysticism lies the heart of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. It has been a subject of scholarly debate, a source of audience delight, and an operatic super-hit since 1791. Both entertaining and thought provoking, it sparkles with the music of the incomparable master, Mozart.

Somewhere between comedy and mysticism lies the heart of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. It has been a subject of scholarly debate, a source of audience delight, and an operatic super-hit since 1791. Both entertaining and thought provoking, it sparkles with the music of the incomparable master, Mozart.

The USA Percussion Ensemble and Jaguar Steel will perform their Spring Concert on Monday, March 30 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. Jaguar Steel will perform traditional music of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as arrangements of contemporary popular music and more. Both ensembles are are under the direction of Brian Nozny and Matthew Greenwood.

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).