Published on February 29, 2012 at 6 p.m. by Sean Flynt  

Â鶹¹û¶³'s School of the Arts will present its annual Concerto-Aria concert Tuesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall.

The concert will feature the Â鶹¹û¶³ Orchestra and four student musicians--Andrew Adair, Garret Brown, Leah Doss and John Robertson--selected during a university-wide competition in December, 2011.

The program:

Carmen Suite no. 1   (Bizet): Â鶹¹û¶³ Orchestra, Brian Viliunas, conducting           

Un bocconcin d’amante  (Salieri): Leah Doss, soprano

Sugaria Concerto for Marimba   (Sammut): Garrett Brown, marimba

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra  (Hummel): Andrew Adair, trumpet

Piano Concerto no. 2  op. 22 in g minor (Saint-Saens): John Robertson, piano

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.