ANNOUNCING THE FOURTH SEASON of the DOWNTOWN CONCERT SERIES at the Cathedral of Saint Paul – for 2025-2026! Download the season flyer HERE.
This concert series seeks to bring the best of art and sacred music to our Cathedral as an offering to the Diocese, city, and parish. This year includes a Palestrina 500th anniversary concert, one of North America’s most inspired concert organists, two of Alabama’s finest university choirs, and much more!
Each month from September 2025 through May 2026 (except February), we will offer free concerts by musicians chosen from among the best local, national, and even international talent. Desiring especially to showcase the recently-completed Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, our season this year includes several notable organists.
Our next FREE concert is on FRIDAY, APRIL 17, at 7:00PM as we present THE AEOLIANS of OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY! One of Alabama’s greatest musical treasures, the group was formed in 1946 and has been a cultural fixture ever since. In the past 20 years especially, the group has achieved international notoriety, including a concert invitation by the President of the United States and wins in the World Choir Games and other prestigious competitions. Aeolian performances present a repertoire of choral music which ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st Century. They have become an authoritative exponent of Negro spirituals and work songs which express the yearnings of their forefathers to be free. This concert is their first solo concert in Birmingham in decades: come support this wonderful group! The program may be found HERE the week of the concert.
All concerts are offered free of charge and are hosted inside the Cathedral church, located at 2120 3rd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203 (parking information here). We encourage all to dress in “smart casual” or better. Consider combining your concert attendance with supper out at one of our fine downtown Birmingham restaurants. Off-duty police security will be on site at the Cathedral during each concert, for everyone’s safety and comfort.
This series is made possible due to your generosity! If you are interested in sponsoring all or part of a concert or in becoming a Sustainer of our high-quality program of Sacred Music at Saint Paul’s, please contact Bruce E. Ludwick, Jr., Director of Music and Organist of the Cathedral, for more information: Ludwick@stpaulsbhm.org. Appropriate donor recognition will be given in program notes and spoken announcements.
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