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Friday, 1/27/17 | 11:00am | B018 Old Cabell Hall | Free
The composers of the University of Virginia's Composition and Computer Technologies PhD Program present a colloquium by Yarn | Wire on contemporary techniques in piano and percussion for performers. Yarn | Wire is a chamber quartet that specializes in the performance of 20th and 21st century music, with a unique instrumental combination of two pianists (Laura Barger and Ning Yu) and two percussionists (Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg). This free event will take place at 11:00am on Friday, 1/27/17 in room B018 Old Cabell Hall. Click here more information about this free event. This events are sponsored by the UVA Arts Council Enriching the Arts on Grounds.
Friday, 1/27/17 | 8:00pm | Old Cabell Hall | Free
The composers of the University of Virginia’s Composition and Computer Technologies PhD Program present Yarn | Wire as their visiting ensemble for 2017. Yarn | Wire is a chamber quartet that specializes in the performance of 20th and 21st century music, with a unique instrumental combination of two pianists and two percussionists. The collaboration between Yarn | Wire and the University of Virginia will culminate in a free concert that will take place in Old Cabell Hall on January 27th at 8pm. The concert will feature eight premieres for two pianists, two percussionists and electronics by the university’s composers, whose explorations encompass a strikingly broad spectrum of acoustic and electronic sound worlds. In addition to the concert, Yarn | Wire will offer a colloquium on contemporary techniques in piano and percussion for performers from the Music Department of the University of Virginia. Click here for more information. This events are sponsored by the UVA Arts Council Enriching the Arts on Grounds.
Saturday, 1/28/17 | 8:00pm | Old Cabell Hall | Free
The University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music presents Mozart and Mid-Winter Soundscapes. Enjoy wintry-world ecoacoustic recordings and music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Saturday, January 28th at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall. This free concert is made possible by the UVA Music Synergies project & the UVA Vice Provost for the Arts. Click here for more information on this event.
University of Virginia Chamber Music Series presents the Rivanna String Quartet
Sunday, 1/29/17 | 3:30pm | Old Cabell Hall | $15 General / $13 Faculty & Staff / $5 Students / Free for UVA Students who reserve in advance and those under 18
The Rivanna String Quartet rings in the new year with an evening of exemplar string quartets on Sunday, January 29 at 3:30pm in Old Cabell Hall. This resident ensemble is comprised of McIntire Department of Music string faculty members Daniel Sender and David Sariti, violins; Ayn Balija, viola; and Adam Carter, cello. The program includes William Grant Still's poetic Lyric String Quartette. Gabriel Fauré's ethereal La bonne chanson, op. 61 with Pamela Beasley, soprano, and John Mayhood, piano, and Maurice Ravel's invigorating String Quartet in F Major. Click here for more information and tickets.
UVA Flute Forum
Saturday, 2/4/17 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Old Cabell Hall | Free
The UVA Flute Forum is a day-long flute festival which features master classes, workshops, and recitals. This year's Forum will feature Mimi Stillman, international flute soloist, and Charles Abramovic, alongside guest artists Elizabeth Lantz Crone, Keith Hanlon, Kyle Ruempler, Naomi Seidman, and Joan Sparks. Click here for information on featured guest artists. While all events are free and open to the public, participants are encouraged to register in advance for the UVA Flute Forum. For more information, please contact Kelly Sulick at kas6am@virginia.edu. This event is supported by the Eleanor Shea Music Trust.
The McIntire Department of Music is pleased to present a master class with pianist Charles Abramovic. Charles Abramovic has won critical acclaim for his international performances as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborator with leading instrumentalists and singers. He has appeared as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Colorado Philharmonic, the Florida Philharmonic, and the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra. He is a Professor of Keyboard Studies at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music in Philadelphia where he has taught since 1988. The master class, which features students from the piano studios of the University of Virginia, is free and open to the public. Click here for more information about Charles Abramovic.
Saturday, 2/4/17 | 3:30pm | Old Cabell Hall | Free
The McIntire Department of Music presents a flute and piano recital with Mimi Stillman, flute and Charles Abramovic, piano. Mimi Stillman is one of the most celebrated and innovative flutists of her generation, critically acclaimed for her dazzling artistry and communicative powers. She has been hailed by The New York Times as “a consummate and charismatic performer” and called “the coolest flute player” by Philadelphia Magazine. This free event is supported by the Eleanor Shea Music Trust. Earlier in the day Mimi Stillman and Charles Abramovic will be participating in the 2017 UVA Flute Forum. Click here for more information on the performers.
Zhen Wang, visiting composer colloquium: Chinese elements with electronic music
Friday, 2/10/17 | 3:30pm | 107 Old Cabell Hall | Free
The University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music presents a colloquium by CCT Visiting Scholar Zhen Wang on Friday, February 10th at 3:30pm in 107 Old Cabell Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Click here for more information on Zhen Wang and this event.
Alan Weinstein Cello Master Class
Saturday, 2/11/17 | 1:00pm | 107 Old Cabell Hall | Free
Guest cellist, Alan Weinstein, will be teaching UVA cello students in an open master class on Saturday, February 11th at 1pm in Old Cabell Hall room 107. Mr. Weinstein is Associate Professor of Cello at Virginia Tech University. He is a founding member of the Kandinsky Trio with which he has performed and collaborated internationally, including multiple television and radio broadcasts. Click here for more information on Mr. Weinstein.
Brass Fest 2017
Saturday, 2/18/17 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Old Cabell Hall | Free
The University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Music will host the third annual UVA Brass Fest on Saturday, February 18th, 2017 from 10am-5pm in Old Cabell Hall. The UVA Brass Fest will feature Jay Ferree principal horn from the Richmond Symphony along with the UVA brass faculty members Rachel Duncan (trumpet), Nathaniel Lee (trombone), and Katy Ambrose (horn). Click here for detailed information on times, events, and locations. This day long event is free and open to the public.
Know the Score - Pre-Concert Lecture with Richard Will
Saturday, 2/18/17 | 7:15pm | Minor Hall Auditorium | Free
The Charlottesville Symphony is pleased to offer free Pre-Concert Lectures, led by McIntire Department of Music Professor Richard Will, before all Saturday night Masterworks performances during the 2016-17 season. Pre-Concert Lectures are free and begin 45 minutes prior to Saturday night performances (7:15pm). Click here for more information on this event.
Saturday, 2/18/17 | 8:00pm | Old Cabell Hall | Tickets
Sunday, 2/19/17 | 3:30pm | MLK Performing Arts Center at Charlottesville High School | Tickets
The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia continues its 2016-17 season with concerts on Saturday, February 18, 8:00pm, at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia and Sunday, February 19, 3:30pm, at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center. Both performances will be conducted by Adam Boyles, the second of three Music Director finalists selected following Kate Tamarkin’s decision to retire at the end of the current season.
The program, selected by Boyles, includes two contrasting works by Nordic musicians. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor features guest artist Bella Hristova, described by the Washington Post as “a player of impressive power and control.” Dane Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 has been dubbed “The Inextinguishable” and is best known for dueling tympanists in the final movement of the work. Click here for more information or tickets on these events.
- Student, Faculty, & Staff News -
Nomi Dave has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for
the Humanities for the 2017 calendar year. The fellowship supports
completion of her book,
The Revolution’s Echoes: Music, Politics and Pleasure in Guinea,
on music and authoritarianism in the Republic of Guinea. Nomi is
Assistant Professor in the McIntire Department of Music, researching the
relationship between music, voice, politics,
emotion, and violence.
Ted Coffey performed Petals III: Note the Self last week at APAP in New York City, half of an evening-length work made with acclaimed dancers Jennifer Nugent and Paul Matteson. On January 20th, he performed his live score for Story / Time with Bill T. Jones and his Company at the Granada in Santa Barbara.
Instructor Turns Students Loose to Create These Wild New Forms of Music
"Since musician and composer Peter Bussigel joined the University of Virginia faculty in 2015 as a Jefferson Teaching Resident in Interdisciplinary Arts, he's been opening student's ears to the potential of experimental electronic music." In this UVAToday article by Jane Kelly, she explores the impact that Professor Bussigel has had as an instructor at the McIntire Department of Music. Click here to read more about this electronic music movement right here at UVA and watch a video documenting his work.
- Affiliated Events -
AUDITIONS
The Women's Chorus is holding auditions 1/25-1/29 in Old Cabell Hall. Sign up online at virginiawomenschorus.org
The Virginia Glee Club is holding auditions Thursday, 1/26 from 1-5:30pm and Friday, 1/27 from 1-6:00pm in Old Cabell Hall.
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Venice Baroque Orchestra with Nicola Benedetti, violin
Tuesday, 2/14/17 | 7:30pm | Old Cabell Hall | $35/$28/$12/$5 student rush tickets
Tickets on sale January 31 & new tickets daily
Tickets are available at the UVA Box Office: 434-924-3376 and online.
“Concert Recording of the Year” – Echo Klassik Awards
Vivaldi’s THE FOUR SEASONS plus Geminiani, Galuppi, Avison & more Vivaldi
Principal Underwriter: Vesta Lee Gordo
The Virginia Glee Club presents SingFest 2017: An A Cappella Palooza
Saturday, 2/18/17 | 7:00pm | McLeod Hall | $5 General Admission
Joined by the Virginia Gentlemen, the Virginia Women's Chorus, The Academical Village People, Hoos in Treble, Harmonious Hoo, the Virginia Belles, the Sil'hooettes, the New Dominions, and the Flying V's, the Virginia Glee Club is proud to host this evening of vocal power. Tickets are only $5 and proceeds from this aca-mazing concert go to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank! Be there to show your support for UVA student vocal groups and to help our community members in need.
- Other Information -
Unveiling of MLK Jr. Plaque at Old Cabell Hall
On January 23, 2017, a dedicated ceremony was held for a plaque commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March 21st, 1963 speech at Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. The plaque was donated by brothers William and Wesley Harris. Photo credit to Dan Addison.
Private Lessons
Registration is 1/18 - 2/1. There is no late registration.
Music instruction is offered for credit on all instruments and voice;
registration takes place at the beginning of the fall and spring
semesters. There is a fee for private lessons, which is in addition to regular tuition. Grades for private instruction are calculated in your GPA, and will
appear on your UVA transcript. Full-time UVA students may apply the
credit hours from music lessons to their degree program; however, you
may only apply up to 16 music performance credits toward the 120 hours required for graduation. More Information here.
UVA Arts Magazine
The University of Virginia Vice Provost for the Arts presents the Fall 2016 edition of the UVA Arts Magazine. Music is well-represented in this edition where you can read about Kate Tamarkin’s conducting community, Judith Shatin’s new American Composer’s Orchestra piece, Music PhD alum Aurie Hsu's work with belly dance and robots, and Richard Will’s Bluegrass Workshop.
Performance Concentration
The McIntire Department of Music is pleased to announce that auditions for the Performance Concentration will take place on March 16th, 2017, 12:45-3:15pm in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. The Performance Concentration is a two-year intensive program for rising third-year music majors who have a passion for performance. The Concentration augments the music major with an additional 21 credits, and features the exciting Performance Concentration Seminar, a multi-disciplinary studio class where students receive high-level feedback from UVA’s distinguished performance faculty and peers. Other highlights include funding for two years of advanced private lessons, a group recital in the first year, and a fully-produced solo recital in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium in the final year of the program. See a video about the Performance Concentration here. For application information, eligibility requirements, and other details, please visit the Performance Concentration webpage.
Marching Band Administrative and Events Assistant
The Cavalier Marching Band, a unit of the McIntire Department of Music in the College of Arts & Sciences, is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the part-time position of Marching Band Administrative and Events Assistant. For more information please visit: http://music.virginia.edu/open-positions
Assistant Professor in Hip Hop and the Global South
The University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor, tenure-track, in Hip Hop and the Global South, focusing on scholarship and/or production. Areas of teaching, research, and performance specialization might include (but are not limited to) hip hop, DJ culture, and related forms of music (such as house, electronica, gqom), African-American, Asian, Latin American or Caribbean musics, hip hop production, or other modes of performative creativity. Click here for more information.
Student Help Wanted!
The UVA Music Department is looking for students to work as a Front Desk Supervisor and for Interns in the publicity department. We are seeking talented individuals to fill the following positions:
Desk Supervisor, Photography Intern, Publicity Intern, Volunteer Coordinator
More information and applications at http://music.virginia.edu/student-jobs and http://music.virginia.edu/internships
Module Hours: Daily 9:00am - 10:45pm
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