9:00–9:30 AM
Registration & Check-In

9:30–10:30 AM
Symphonic Life: On Stage & On the Podium with Carlos Izcaray, ASO Music Director

10:30–11:30 AM
Music Education Pathways with Gregory Gumina (Jefferson County Schools) and James Crumb (Birmingham City Schools)

11:30 AM–12:15 PM
Work–Life Balance in Music with Kelvin Binion, Musician & Educator

12:15–1:30 PM
Lunch Break -Join us at AEIVA, across the street from the Alys Stephens Center, where student tour guides walk you through the Virginia L. Montgomery exhibition, which is a combination of didactic and visual thinking strategies.

1:30–2:30 PM
Performance: Alabama A&M; University Wind Ensemble, directed by Carlton Jeffery Wright

2:45–3:45 PM
Creativity & Artistic Voice with Yogi Dada

4:00–5:00 PM
Healing Through Music with Ja’Bria Barber

5:00–7:00 PM
Dinner on Your Own

7:00 PM
FREE Concert — Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Scott Joplin, Arranged by Alfred Reed
The Strenuous Life

Chandler L. Wilson
Spirit of Hope

Samuel R. Hazo
Ride

Mario Warren
Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears

Brand Karrick
They Shall Run and Be Free

Dr. Mary Jo Ghory

This program is made possible by a grant from The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, including support from the Community Foundation’s Unrestricted Community Fund; the Emily Fund for Education and the Arts; the Harry Milton Datnoff Fund; and the Shanks Fund for Theatre and Performing Arts. 

Additional support has been provided by Regions Financial Corporation and also by Dr. Mary Jo Ghory.