Performance Listing (April 2013)

Virginia Tech students in the Percussion and Marimba Ensembles perform an evening recital. Student recitals are free and open to the public.   

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

Tau Beta Sigma presents an a cappella concert featuring some of Virginia Tech's premiere a cappella groups. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door one hour prior to the event.

The Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Travis J. Cross, presents a send-off concert in advance of their tour to northern Virginia and New York City, where they perform at Carnegie Hall. Student ensemble concerts are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student. Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Candice Flake and Jenna George perform a shared junior recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Grand Finale Concert--Elizabeth Jeanne Schumann, piano, Maria Lambros, viola, & Avanti Ensemble.  Pianist Elizabeth Jeanne Schumann needs no introduction to the Blacksburg audience! She joins David Ehrlich, violin, Ben Wyatt, cello, Teresa Ehrlich, piano, and guest violist Maria Lambros for this grand finale event of the season. This rich program includes Schubert’s String Trio in Bb, music for piano 4-hands, and Faure’s popular Piano Quartet in C minor. Order your tickets early to get a seat for this concert, or you may be disappointed!  For ticket information, click here.

Dr. John Walker presents an afternoon oboe recital.  Faculty/Guest Artist Recitals are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student.  Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Caorlyn McKenzie performs an evening senior saxophone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

Tyler Lundy performs a senior tuba recital, including works by Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Sear, and Mozart. Performers will include Michael Minor, tuba, and Jay Crone, piano.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The Colorado Quartet conducts a masterclass for Virginia Tech string students.  The class is free and open to the public.

The Colorado Quartet returns to Virginia Tech to complete the Beethoven Cycle in two separate performances with two separate programs, one on Saturday, April 13, 2013 8pm and one on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 3pm.  The Colorado Quartet has been a groundbreaking ensemble for nearly three decades. Catapulted onto the scene by back-to-back wins at the Banff International String Quartet and Naumburg competitions, it was the first all-women quartet to attain international stature. The first female quartet in history to perform the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle in Europe and North America, its recording of the cycle is available on the Parnassus label. Of the Late quartets, Fanfare Magazine said: The Colorado Quartet tears into these works with a combined tension, cohesion, grace, and complete understanding of the music. “.. if it's the music and what the music says that interests you, well, this is the only set of the late quartets you'll ever need. These four women bring Beethoven to intense, blazing life. The program will feature all works by Beethoven.  Tickets are $15 General |$12 Seniors/Faculty/Staff | $5 Students and Youth under 18 years old. Tickets are available at the Student Centers and Activities Office and at the performance hall door one hour prior to the performance on a seats-available basis. For more information contact the Student Centers and Activities Ticket Office at 540.231.5615 or go to www.tickets.vt.edu.  All sales final and refunds cannot be issued.

The Colorado Quartet returns to Virginia Tech to complete the Beethoven Cycle in two separate performances with two separate programs, one on Saturday, April 13, 2013 8pm and one on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 3pm.  The Colorado Quartet has been a groundbreaking ensemble for nearly three decades. Catapulted onto the scene by back-to-back wins at the Banff International String Quartet and Naumburg competitions, it was the first all-women quartet to attain international stature. The first female quartet in history to perform the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle in Europe and North America, its recording of the cycle is available on the Parnassus label. Of the Late quartets, Fanfare Magazine said: The Colorado Quartet tears into these works with a combined tension, cohesion, grace, and complete understanding of the music. “.. if it's the music and what the music says that interests you, well, this is the only set of the late quartets you'll ever need. These four women bring Beethoven to intense, blazing life. The program will feature all works by Beethoven.  Tickets are $15 General |$12 Seniors/Faculty/Staff | $5 Students and Youth under 18 years old. Tickets are available at the Student Centers and Activities Office and at the performance hall door one hour prior to the performance on a seats-available basis. For more information contact the Student Centers and Activities Ticket Office at 540.231.5615 or go to www.tickets.vt.edu.  All sales final and refunds cannot be issued.

Kristen Fowler performs a senior horn recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

Selected students of the Virginia Tech String Project perform an evening recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Steven Eckert presents a senior trombone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The Virginia Tech Choirs join the Blacksburg Master Chorale, full professional orchestra and soloists in an evening of celebration! Featured works will include Fauré's Requiem and Copland’s Old American Songs with guest soloist, Kerry Wilkerson.  Don't miss this monumental event! Tickets are $25 general / $10 student and will be available at the door one hour prior to the performance.

Sophomore music majors perform a shared non-degree recital.  Featuring Becca Soltesz and Elizabeth Remchuck on french horn and Taylor Light and Deja Rasberry-Dickey on flute.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The Campus Band, conducted by Polly Middleton, and the Symphony Band, conducted by David McKee, present a spring concert. Student ensemble concerts are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student. Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance. 

Elemental Winds, a student woodwind quintet, performs and evening recital. Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Guest artist Tom Teasley presents a masterclass for percussion students.  Tom is a Yamaha Artist.  This class is free and open to the public.

Guest artist Tom Teasley performs an evening recital.  Tom Teasley is a Yamaha Artist and is described in the Washington Post as “a percussionist in the widest and most exuberant sense of the word,” maintains a unique career as a solo percussionist, composer and collaborator. A 2010 and 2011 Helen Hayes Theater Award recipient for outstanding sound design, Tom tours frequently throughout the world performing and presenting clinics for the instrument companies he endorses including Yamaha, Vic Firth, Sabian, Remo, Latin Percussion and others. A three-time recipient of a Fulbright-Hayes grant for performances in the Middle East, Tom collaborated with indigenous musicians and gave historic performances in Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the West Bank and Jerusalem. He has been an artist-in-residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has collaborated with the National Symphony as both a soloist and composer. As an international collaborator he has performed by invitation in Europe and South America. Tom earned the 2006 Artist-of-the-year award from Young Audiences of Virginia for his creative and educational presentations. His seven CDs have been greeted with international airplay and acclaim. He has been the subject of feature articles in both “Modern Drummer” and “Drum!” magazines.  Tom is proud to be supported by The Virginia Commission for the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts.  Faculty/Guest Artist Recitals are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student.  Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Join ensembles from the Virginia Tech Jazz Workshop, under the direction of new Virginia Tech Faculty Paul Langosch, as they perform an evening of progressive and classic jazz at The Rivermill Bar and Grill.

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

Serena Tang performs an afternoon senior piano recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Stephanie Hurst performs a junior flute recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The New River Valley Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of James Glazebrook, performs an evening recital in Burruss Auditorium. NRVSO tickets are $10 General, $8 Senior, and $5 Student. Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Kevin Cheatham, trumpet, and Benjamin Slaughter, piano, present a shared junior recital. Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The students of the Gamma Mu chapter of Delta Omicron, an international music service fraternity, perform solos and ensemble music in an afternoon recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

The University Jazz Bands, under the direction of Dr. Jason Crafton, perform an evening concert.  Student Ensemble Concerts are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student.  Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.