Performance Listing (Entire Semester)

Pianist Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu, presents a guest artist recital for students in the Department of Music.  Ms. Liu is Assistant Professor of Piano at the College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University.  In addition to her dedication to her students at BGSU, Ms. Liu maintains a vigorous schedule as a guest teacher and as an adjudicator at major conservatories and competitions, among them the Central Conservatory in Beijing, the Central Conservatory Piano School in Gulangyu, Xiamen, National Taiwan Normal University, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, the University of Minnesota, the First Thailand International Mozart Competition and the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition.  Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ms. Liu holds a doctoral degree in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Alan Feinberg, Douglas Humpherys and Elizabeth DiFelice.This concert is free and open to the public.

Violinist Diane Monroe and her jazz quartet, along with guest vocalist Paul Jost and guitarist Monnette Sudley, will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through song, reviving passionate music from the Civil Rights Movement at the Lyric Theatre on Jan. 25 at 8 p.m.

The performance, which is part of Virginia Tech’s 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, is presented by the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech in partnership with the university’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion.

“What is This Thing Called Freedom? The Transforming and Timeless Songs of Protest,” will feature perennial pieces from artists such as Bob Dylan (“Blowin’ in the Wind”), Joni Mitchell (“The Fiddle and the Drum”), Billie Holiday (“Strange Fruit”), and Billy Taylor (“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”).

Protest songs embrace many different genres of music including jazz, folk, and rock, and have lasting relevance.  Monroe has handpicked and arranged the music for the project and, along with her accompanying musicians and vocalist, will reinvent these songs through the lens of modern jazz.

** This performance has been combined with the Band-A-Rama concert in Burruss auditorium and will not occur in Squires as originally planned **

The Virginia Tech Brass Faculty and students combine forces to present an Honor Band Weekend Brass Ensemble Concert featuring an exciting arrangement of Mussorgsky's fabulous "Pictures at an Exhibition".  To complete the ensemble we welcome back as Guest Artist recent VT Music Department grad, Kelley Corbett who now performs on trumpet with the U.S. Army Concert Band "Pershing's Own" in the nation's capitol.  This concert is free and open to the public.

The Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and The Marching Virginians all come together to perform in an evening extravaganza! This concert is free and open to the public.

The Sixteenth Annual Virginia Tech Honor Band will be held January 25-27th, 2013 with more than 500 students from 150 schools from seven states in attendance. Participants are nominated by their band director and spend the weekend in rehearsals, clinics and performances on campus. The final concert is at 1:00 pm on January 27th in Burruss Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

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

Be sure to attend the 30th Rebecca Orr Benefit Concert, presented by the Highlands Chapter of the Virginia Music Teachers Association and sponsored by the Department of Music at Virginia Tech.  Music Majors will be admitted free with their Convo card, and general students get in for half price, just $4.00.  Proceeds go to fund a music scholarship for an area high school student every year, and to cover expenses of the Highlands Chapter's educational projects, including an annual "Technique Festival" held in February to encourage area piano students to work harder! Everyone is invited to a reception following the concert.  Tickets will be $8 General, $6 Senior Citizens, and $4 Students.  Tickets will be available at the door one hour prior to the concert.

The Montgomery County Educational Foundation presents its First Annual Benefit Concert.  The concert will be at the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church at 3pm on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013.  Featured performers will include the Blacksburg Children's Chorale Chamber Choir, the Kipps Elementary School Orff and Recorder Ensemble, the Blacksburg High School Madrigal Singers, the Children's Choir from Eastern Montgomery Elementary School, and Robert Chafin, tenor and Erica Ann Sipes, piano.  Ticket prices will be $12 general public, $10 seniors, and $8 students and youth under 18 years old.  Tickets can be purchased ahead of time (info coming soon), or at the door one hour prior to the event based on ticket availability.  The Montgomery County Educational Foundation is a public foundation committed to supporting the Montgomery County public schools. They believe that the people who know what our schools need are the ones who are in the system, and provide grants to teachers, students, staff, and school organizations based on a grant proposal review process. Funds are available for all grade levels — pre-K through 12th.  The foundation supports area schools by supplementing their funding as well as by providing funds in areas outside the scope of existing funding.  Examples of potential funding areas include extra materials for teachers, after-school programs for students, and teacher development programs.

An Afternoon of the Brahms Sextets -- David Ehrlich and Janet Orenstein, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt and Amadi Azikiwe, viola; Ben Wyatt and Michael Kannen, cello. Join us for an afternoon of these two masterpieces composed by Johannes Brahms. Powerful! Passionate! Beautiful!  For ticket information click here.

Rebecca Wiles, mezzo soprano and Jordan Hatchett, tenor, perform a shared junior vocal 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.

Virginia Tech faculty Jason Crafton and Tracy Cowden team up with Paul Neebe, principal trumpet of the Roanoke Symphony and faculty member at the University of Virginia, to present a program of music for two trumpets. Featured will be works by Turrin, Roskott, Clarke and the premiere performance of a work by Virginia Tech faculty composer Kent Holliday. 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.

Matthew Turner performs a junior saxophone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Robert Deis performs a junior saxophone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Marla Schrettner performs a senior clarinet 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.

Matthew Pangle performs a junior saxophone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Christopher Hoerauf presents a senior percussion recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Sarah Edwards presents a senior clarinet recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Symphony Band perform an afternoon 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.

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

Artist faculty in the Department of Music at Virginia Tech performs a ahort afternoon recital of Latin American Music for the International Congress on Latin American Music. This recital is free and open to the public.  Seating is limited due to the space and attending conference members.  

The Virginia Tech Chamber Singers performs a ahort afternoon recital of Latin American Music for the International Congress on Latin American Music. This recital is free and open to the public.  Seating is limited due to the space and attending conference members.  

Dr. Geoff Baker will deliver the keynote address for the ILAMC.  Virginia Tech's First Annual International American Music Conference will take place Friday, February 22nd and 23rd, 2013 in the Old Dominion Ballroom and Squires Recital Salon. Entitled “Transcending Borders: Latin American Music and its Projection on to a World Stage,” this project has been undertaken in order to advance the field of ethnomusicology as it relates to Latin American music and culture, to promote personal and professional relationships amongst the scholars within this field, and to provide research and performance opportunities for students in an area that is underrepresented in this state and region. 

During this two day period, scholars will present papers (in English or Spanish), departmental performers (both students as well as faculty) will be prominently featured in concerts of Latin American choral and instrumental music, and a professional group from Ecuador, the Ensamble Quito 6, will be on hand to present the culminating musical performance (UCM V).  This event is free and open to the public. 

UCM V features Ensamble Quito 6,  the resident ensemble for Virginia Tech's first annual Congress on Latin American Music, entitled "Transcending Borders:  Latin American Music and its Projection on to a World Stage".  Ensamble Quito 6 features classical instrumentalists performing traditional Ecuadorian music.  Quito 6: Victoria Robalino, violín; Amelia Rivadeneira, cello; Luis Arias, bass; Rocío Lima, flute ; Benito Tayupanda, clarinet; Alex Alarcón, piano.  Established in 2004, Ecuador’s “Ensamble Quito 6” consists of six professional musicians who individually have been acclaimed for the quality and consistency of their musical accomplishments. The goal of this group is to investigate and disseminate the traditional, classical and contemporary music of Ecuador through compositions and arrangements that have been specifically created for this ensemble. Jorge Oviedo, the director of the group, is a composer who has received national as well as international recognition. 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.

Olivia Stansbury performs a junior flute recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Talich String Quartet--Musica Viva welcomes for the first time this magnificent string quartet from the Czech Republic. Their playing is described as “sheer beauty.” Program includes Janacek’s Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters, music of Dvorak and more. Don’t miss the Musica Viva debut of this outstanding ensemble, winner of several Grand Prix du Disques awards. For ticket information click here.

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

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 Cellar (www.the-cellar.com). No cover.

Benjamin Lawson presents a junior saxophone 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.

Ashlee Albertson and Bryson Baumgartel present a shared junior piano 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.

Virginia Tech students perform a recital as part of the twenty-first annual Symphonic Wind Ensemble student soloist competition. The winner, as determined by a panel of external judges, will perform with the Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble during the 2013–2014 season.  Student 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.

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

The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Orchestra, Glenn D. Price, conductor, performs on tour to the 2013 College Band Directors National Association in Greensboro, N.C. The CCM Wind Orchestra is generally regarded as one of America's finest wind bands, whose members represent the top wind and percussion players in the conservatory. The concert opens with a few selections by the Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Travis J. Cross, conductor. 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.

The Minor 4th Trombone Quartet presents a guest artist recital entitled Bach to Boyz 2 Men.  The Quartet performs works by Bach, Bourgeois, Koetsier, Boyz 2 Men, and Yunes.

The Minor 4^th Trombone Quartet is a chamber ensemble praised for its high level of musicianship and technical ability. The M4TQ formed in 2005 while attending graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin. The ensemble reunited in 2009 to begin touring and promoting the trombone and chamber music.

The Minor 4^th Trombone Quartet maintains an active performance schedule. They have recently performed at several universities in the state of Texas, the 2011 Big 12 Trombone Conference and 2012 Texas Music Educators Association's Convention. The ensemble has also been invited to perform at the Eastern Trombone Workshop, International Trombone Festival and Brazilian Trombone Festival. Devoted to education, the M4TQ’s members have given clinics at the Texas Bandmasters Association’s Convention and have selected the All-State band etudes on numerous occasions. The ensemble also continues to engage in the public schools through their outreach programs.

The artists who make up the quartet have busy careers in music and are in demand as performers and educators. Oscar Diaz is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at Texas A & M University – Kingsville. He holds positions with the Victoria, Corpus Christi and Laredo orchestras. Javier Stuppard is an assistant professor at Huston-Tillotson University and maintains an active performance schedule with Fresh 2 Def Horns. Stuppard performs regularly with the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Martin McCain is the Assistant Professor of Trombone and Jazz Studies at Texas State University and maintains a very active solo career. He performs regularly in orchestra and commercial/jazz venues. Rai Morales is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at West Texas A & M University and serves as Principal Trombone for the Amarillo Symphony and Opera.

The Minor 4th Trombone Quartet is proud to perform on Michael Rath Trombones. 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.

Laura Schneider presents a senior clarinet recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Dakota Corbliss, horn, performs a senior recital at Blacksburg United Methodist Church at 12pm.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Anne Friend, flute, and Daniel Luhring, percussion, perform an afternoon shared junior recital. Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Rebecca Johnson presents a senior clarinet recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.  
 

Andrew Wilson, trombone, presents an afternoon senior recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Aaron Cook performs a senior percussion recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public. 

Co-presented with the Center For the Arts at Virginia Tech, UCM VI features renowned pianist, Jeremy Denk. The program will feature: Tres Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 161, Fantasy and Fugue on the name BACH, S. 529,  Aprés une lecture de Dante, fantasia quasi Sonata and Isolden's Liebes-tod, S. 447 by Franz Liszt and Six Pieces, Op. 118 and Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 by Johannes Brahms.  (Program is subject to change.) Tickets are $30 General | $24 Faculty/Staff or Seniors | $10 Students and youth under 18 yrs. old.  Tickets for the concert at the Lyric Theatre may be purchased at the Lyric Theatre online or by stopping by Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., or by calling 540.951.4771. 

The New York Times describes Denk’s playing as “bracing, effortlessly virtuosic, and utterly joyous,” and reviewers frequently comment on the freshness and originality of his musical interpretations (as well as in his blog). “Mr. Denk is the ideal interpreter for music that defies easy classification,” wrote the Richmond Times; the New York Sun called his “Waldstein” Sonata “a radical take on a revolutionary work”; and the Washington Post referred to his “brilliant playing at the edge of Schumann’s sanity.”  Check out Jeremy Denk's blog at http://jeremydenk.net/blog/

Pianist Jeremy Denk presents a guest artist lecture demonstration for the students in the History and Analysis of Musical Styles sophomore class for music majors in the Department of Music at Virginia Tech.  This class is open to the public on a first come, first serve basis.  

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

The Rosewood Marimba Quartet performs an evening recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Students of Alan Weinstein in the Virginia Tech Cello Studio present an evening chamber music recital.   Student recitals are free and open to the public.

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.

The Virginia Tech Horn Studio presents an evening recital featuring solos and ensembles.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Brandon Toma performs a senior trumpet recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Elizabeth Crone performs an afternoon flute recital assisted by Erica Ann Sipes.  Featuring the Sonata in A Major by Franck, Duo for Flute and Piano by Copland, the 'Hamburger' Sonata by CPE Bach, and Reflections for Solo Flute by Hoover.  This recital is free and open to the public.

Robert Chafin, tenor, performs a faculty recital.  This recital is free and open to the public.

The Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Travis J. Cross, features chamber ensembles on its spring concert, including Richard Strauss's Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare and selections from Mozart operas in versions for Harmoniemusik octet with faculty guest soloists Ariana Wyatt, soprano, and Robert Chafin, tenor. The program concludes with William Walton's Crown Imperial. 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.

Christopher Cummins performs a senior cello recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Garrick Moravek performs a senior saxophone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

VT Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology (ICAT) and Music Department's Digital Interactive Sound and Intermedia Studio (DISIS) presents the DISIS Spring 2013 Event, a part of the "Digital iD" performance series featuring an evening of multisensory performances and experiences that fit no preexisting form or template. Sponsored by the Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology and School of Performing Arts & Cinema, the event will feature performances by guest artists Eric Lyon, Elizabeth Hoffman, Matthew Ostrowski, Virginia Tech's Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork),Wallace Easter, and DISIS faculty artists and students. "Digital iD" offers an explorationof synergies among music, technology, arts, gesture, collaboration, interactivity, and ultimately community.  The main event will be preceded by a 30 minute technology showcase of works created by DISIS students, including demos, installations, and innovative technologies.  The showcase will begin at 7:30pm.

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

The Virginia Tech Guest Artist Series presents violinist April Johnson and cellist Peter Seidenberg in an evening recital.  Johnson and Seindenburg, members of The Oracle Trio,have performed throughout the U.S., interpreting celebrated classics as well as demonstrating a commitment to performing music of our time. The trio enjoys collaborating with composers and has commissioned and premiered several new works. For more info on the aritsts go to http://www.oracletrio.com/

The low brass students of Dr. Jay Crone perform an evening recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The young students in the Virginia Tech String Project perform an evening concert.  The concert will feature special guest artists Peter Seidenberg, Cello and April Johnson, Violin.  This concert is free and open to the public and will be in Haymarket Theatre in the Squires Student Center.