USA Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert April 30
Posted on April 27, 2025 by Keith Bohnet

Students of the USA Symphony Orchestra will perform their Spring Concert on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Amongst other works, the program will feature Mozart's Symphony No. 20 in D major, as well as Hindemith's "Trauermusik" for orchestra and solo viola. The ensemble is directed by USA string faculty Leonard Ligon, and USA string faculty Ashley Overby will be the featured solo violist on the Hindemith.
Additionally, USA Symphony Orchestra will welcome special guests, the students from the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra Chamber Strings Ensemble. The MSYO Chamber Strings prepares students to enter the MSYO, and this group is also directed by Leonard Ligon. In this concert, they will play a few selections before the USA Symphony Orchestra begins, and then they will join the orchestra for the final piece of the evening.
Admission to this Department of Music concert is free and open to the public. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.
This concert is presently scheduled to appear on the USA Department of Music Live Stream page available on our website. Please check this linked site for more up-to-date information about watching this performance virtually at southalabama.edu/colleges/music/livestream
Please visit our website homepage for information about USA's Department of Music -- southalabama.edu/music
Need directions to Laidlaw? Just go to Google Maps and enter "USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center." We're actually on the corner of University Blvd. and USA Drive South.
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