Music Between the Waves 2011 Supported by a grant from BP

University of South Alabama: University Chorale - Friday, November 25

The University Chorale will perform as Bellingrath launches the 16th Annual Magic Christmas in Lights. The group will perform on the Great Lawn and the Emerald Forest is lit by sweepstakes winner, Valerie Howard. They will also perform on the South Terrace of the Bellingrath Museum Home.  

The University Chorale is a highly select ensemble of voices that perform challenging choral literature of diverse styles and periods. The Chorale is led by Dr. Laura Moore and is the most visible representative of the choral area, and its members are students of the highest musical caliber. 

Home Four the Holidays - Saturday, December 3

Join Mobile Opera artists Scott & Sarah Wright, Stacey Driskell & Tommy Rowell, with the lovely piano sounds of Christopher Lovely, for a nostalgic holiday concert right out of 1943. The forties era produced beautiful tunes and meaningful lyrics that four popular singers have blended into a sentimental journey with Christmas trimmings.

Performances at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 and 7:30 PM on the South Terrace

Roman Street - Friday, December 9

Roman Street is a local band from Mobile, Ala who specializes in creating a worldly fusion of flamenco and jazz.  The guitarists of Roman Street have incorporated their international training and travels into their unique musical sound. Roman Street combines traditional and modern musical elements to create a one-of-a-kind sound that appeals to audiences of all ages.

**DO YOU WANT CHRISTMAS ?** Roman Street’s Christmas music blends elements of their exotic music into classical Christmas melodies we know and love. Tonight’s Christmas performance by Roman Street has been made possible by a grant from BP..

Performances at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 and 7:30 PM on the South Terrace

Mithril - Saturday, December 17

Mithril is a local band dedicated to performing traditional Celtic music with hints of folk, classical, and Middle Eastern tones to their sound. They have played all over the Southeast, setting an attendance record at the Mobile Symphony for their performance. The members of Mithril have traveled from Nova Scotia to Ireland and performed alongside some of the most respected Celtic musicians to create true authenticity to their Celtic sound.

Mithril - Andra Bohnet, Tom Morley, Ben Harper and David Hughes - will perform at Magic Christmas in Lights thanks to a grant from BP. The ensemble uses a wide array of traditional instruments, including Irish flute, whistle, fife, Celtic harp, fiddle, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, bodhran and harmonium.  The have come to bring a Celtic sense to our holiday season, and to transport us to the lands of Ireland for the night.

Performances at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 and 7:30 PM on the South Terrace

More about Music Between the Waves...

On March 8, Governor Robert Bentley announced that BP would provide $16 million to promote tourism events and travel along the Alabama Gulf Coast. One of the local projects receiving promotion funds included $250,000 for Music between the Waves concert series on Dauphin Island and in South Mobile County.  "Alabama was hardest hit of all the Gulf Coast states by last year's BP Oil Spill, said Bentley.”Alabama will use these funds to promote tourism to our Gulf Coast communities as that we can begin to recoup the losses suffered since the disaster."