Arts & Entertainment
Xavier Foley To Perform Live Drive-In Concert On UAB Campus On Nov. 18
The 7 p.m. concert will be in the 15F parking lot located behind the former Business and Engineering Complex.
October 30, 2020
By Tehreem Khan
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Double bassist and winner of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Xavier Foley will perform a LIVE Drive-in concert Wednesday, Nov. 18, presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $10-$15 per person; children under 12 are admitted free. For full event information, or to purchase tickets, visit AlysStephens.org or call the ASC Box Office at 205-975-2787.
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The 7 p.m. concert will be in the 15F parking lot located behind the former Business and Engineering Complex and adjacent to UAB Young Memorial Baseball Field. The lot will open at 5 p.m., and vehicles will be parked in order of arrival. Chez Fonfon is the official drive-in restaurant partner for LIVE Drive-in concerts.
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Foley is building an international reputation as an emerging young artist of outstanding potential. He is first-prize winner of the 2011 International Society of Bassists Competition and only the second double bassist in the 57-year history of Young Concert Artists to win and join its roster. His performances transcend language; he performs music from around the world and communicates his virtuosity and passion for it on the double bass, which is rarely presented as a solo instrument. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Sphinx Symphony and Sphinx Virtuosi at Carnegie Hall, and at music festivals countrywide.
Foley, of Marietta, Georgia, is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and an alumnus of the Perlman Music Program. Foley is also a composer who infuses music with his passion for social equity. Recently, he was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and the Sphinx Organization for a new work, “For Justice and Peace,” to promote social justice.
The next LIVE Drive-in concert from the Alys Stephens Center this fall will be Eric Essix and Holiday Soul on Dec. 13.
This press release was produced by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The views expressed here are the author’s own.