We believe the arts serve as a voice for the people. Through creative expression artists confront injustice, transcend barriers, and create shared understanding. We believe it is important that the Modlin Center creates space for these important conversations.
Although the world has changed in how we gather at the moment, our mission to offer diverse and vibrant arts experiences that engage, inspire, and enrich our community has not changed.
Weekly, we will share performing arts experiences from Modlin Center artists that you can enjoy from your home. We will also highlight some of the work for which we are most proud — bringing arts-based educational experiences to University of Richmond students, area K-12 schools, Richmond community, and our patrons.
While the Modlin Center may be closed, the show must go on. Click here for an ever-growing list of organizations that are offering free online visual and performing arts experiences.
RICHMOND SYMPHONY BEETHOVEN SUMMER SERIES featuring
RONALD A. CRUTCHER, cello
and JOANNE KONG, piano
July 9 | 6:30pm
Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher, president of the University of Richmond, cello, performing with Dr. Joanne Kong, director of accompaniment and coordinator of Chamber Ensembles, piano, kick off the Richmond Symphony's online weekly summer concert series. Created in collaboration with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCUarts Department of Music, this year's theme honors the Beethoven's 250th birthday.
Six intimate, one-hour online concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano complete the concert series.
ONLINE JAZZ FESTIVALS
If you love jazz, this weekend presents you several virtual jazz festivals and concerts to enjoy.
Visit Dizzy's Club Facebook page and the Jazz at Lincoln Center YouTube page tonight at 7:30pm for a 2017 live at Dizzy’s performance by Allison Miller & Boom Tic Boom. Miller performed at the Modlin Center for the Arts this past January
Running through June 29, DC Jazz Fest From Home presents Live From Our Living Rooms, a virtual schedule of artists performing live from their homes and music-based humanities presentations by jazz artists.
This weekend’s Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Stay Home Sessions features a mix of national and local jazz musicians, including some artists who have performed at the Modlin Center — Pedrito Martínez, Béla Fleck, and Abigail Washburn.
Saturday, June 27 is the monthly installment of These Digital Times a free, online music festival presented by the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.
CONCERTS FOR KIDS
& POP UP CLASSROOM
Online | Weekly
Lincoln Center At Home offers weekly Concerts for Kids that bring world-class performances and diverse musical perspectives to your home. New performances are released on Wednesdays and Sundays and are also available on-demand.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
While school is out for the summer Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom is open. Lincoln Center artists and educators lead a creative learning activity that utilizes simple materials that can be found at home. Follow Lincoln Center Education on Facebook for daily doses of creative art making.
VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM:
ALLISON MILLER
During the 2019-2020 season, the Modlin Center for the Arts co-commissioned In Our Veins: Rivers and Social Change, a multimedia music project created by Allison Miller, a jazz drummer, composer, and educator.
The chamber jazz ensemble used music, video, and tap dancing to explore the social and environmental changes inspired by five American rivers (Susquehanna, Delaware, James, Hudson, and Schuylkill). Rivers are the lifeline of America, and in the19th and 20th centuries many social movements took place around waterways.Watch these video highlights of the performance at the Modlin Center.
This project was commissioned by the Jazz Touring Network, a program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The co‐commissioning of this project was led by Lake Placid Center for the Arts in partnership with Ars Nova Workshop, Light up the Queen Foundation, Modlin Center for the Arts, and Weis Center for the Arts.
University of Richmond Experts Share Research, Knowledge, and Helpful Tips Related to COVID-19
From mathematical modeling of infectious disease to healthy eating to the economic impact,
Jonathan Richardson, assistant professor of biology and urban ecologist is quoted in "Five Reasons You Might be Seeing More Wildlife During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in Science News.
Faculty Experts Respond to Protests
UR faculty share their expertise and insight as protests continue following the death of George Floyd.
Corinna Barrett Lain, professor of law, legal historian, and death penalty scholar, penned "What Made George Floyd's Death Different?" in the Richmond Times Dispatch.
RPL PRESENTS
Online
Richmond Public Library presents a virtual storytime and related craft each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning on their YouTube channel.
CHURCH HILL TUNNEL TOUR
Online
Richmond Story House, a local nonprofit located in Church Hill, launched their second streaming audio walking tour that guides listeners from Libby Hill Park to Jefferson Park, following the trail of the tunnel below and telling the story of its late 1800s construction and 1925 collapse.
RVA VIRTUAL PRIDE MARKET
Online | June 27
An online shopping and awareness event to support, celebrate, and promote the visibility of Richmond’s LGBTQ+ makers, artists, small business owners, and organizations.
CIVIL RIGHTS RICHMOND:
MUSEUM IN A BOX
University Museums is creating a free resource, Civil Rights Richmond: Museum in a Box that will be available both online soon and as a portable, physical resource (once COVID-19 dissipates).
Each box includes lesson plans based on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) and relevant activities to encourage discussion, observation, and investigation. If would like to be notified when this resource is available, please contact Martha Wright, assistant curator of academic and public engagement.
LEARN MORE
Made possible by grant funding from Virginia Humanities
INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS
For information on performances that have been canceled, please visit our website.
Account credits and refunds have been processed for all performances from March 14, 2020. For questions or inquiries regarding account credits and refunds for tickets to canceled performances, please email the ticket office at modlinarts@richmond.edu.
"PLAYFUL & ESOTERIC" PLAYLIST
McKenna Dunbar
Student Marketing Associate | Rising Sophomore
"These are some of the songs I have been listening to a lot during these trying times. They are all of different genres spanning from indie, rap, R&B, blues, and pop. I think this playlist is playful and esoteric — one meant for moments where you just sit with your thoughts. Each song holds a story of hope, happiness, pain, love, peace, or struggle. I hope you find a song that resonates with you. No matter your age, these songs will offer a new perspective on the meaning of life and how you personally interact with the world.
Etta James "At Last"
Joji "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK"
Bomba Estéreo "Bosque"
The Mamas and the Papas "Snowqueen of Texas"
Willow "Wait a minute!"
Choker "Juno"
Mac Miller "2009"
Nena "99 Luftballons"
Simon & Garfunkel "America"
The Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra "(I’ll be with you) Apple Blossom Time"
Lil Peep "Star Shopping"
Lord Huron "Wait by the River"
Rex Orange County "Happiness"
Daniel Caesar "Best Part"
Harry Styles "Falling"
Lana Del Rey "Looking for America"
girls in red "girls"
Frank Ocean "Chanel"
David Bowie "Five Years — 2012 Remaster"
