UVA Faculty, Staff, & Students: All UVA faculty, staff, and students can enter the lottery (one submission per person).
Lottery: All UVA faculty, staff, and students are eligible to enter the lottery, with preference given to UVA students. The deadline to enter the lottery is 5pm on Sunday, November 16. Winners will be notified by no later than 5:00pm on Monday, November 17.
Questions or Concerns: Email Emma Terry, Programs & Communication Director for UVA Arts, or Gracelyn Spates, Coordinator, Major Events.
The Virginia Belles are the University of Virginia’s oldest, and most established, all-female identifying acapella group. Simply put, we are a group of women passionate about creating music with each other. The Belles were established in 1977 by Katherine Mitchell, who noticed the stark lack of female representation in the UVA arts scene and set out to change precedent. Entertaining audiences around Grounds and the greater Charlottesville community for almost 5 decades now, the Belles perform a diverse repertoire of pop, oldies, R&B, folk, and traditional songs.
Founded in 1953 as an octet of the Glee Club, the Virginia Gentlemen are the University of Virginia’s oldest acapella group. Today, being a VG means mastering a massive repertoire for weekly gigs, performing two major concerts each year, and traveling the world to sing. With recent tours in Washington DC, China, Hong Kong, Peru, Southeast Asia, Spain, and an upcoming international tour to Mexico this January, the VGs stay busy. During 2023’s 70th anniversary celebration, when they sang with over 80 alumni, including members of the Original Eight VGs, it became clear that while much has changed at the University and beyond, being a VG is a lifelong bond. At their core, they are a group of people who love to sing and share music.
Arts on the Hill will be held at Carr's Hill, home of Interim President Paul Mahoney and Julia Mahoney on Tuesday, November 18th from 5:30-6:30pm (Doors will open at 5pm). All UVA faculty, staff, and students are eligible to enter the lottery. The deadline to enter the lottery is 5pm on Sunday, November 16. Winners will be notified no later than 5pm on Monday, November 17.
American indie rock band Mt. Joy returned to the University of Virginia on Friday evening for its second “Arts on the Hill” appearance since April 2023. The band performed an intimate set at President Jim Ryan’s Carr’s Hill home, just one day before headlining a nearly sold-out show at John Paul Jones Arena.
Have an idea for an Arts on the Hill? Send us a quick email with your idea, a sample of the work or performance (if applicable), contact information, and links to more information! We may not be able to accommodate all ideas, but we LOVE to hear what y'all are wanting to see and experience.
Carr's Hill is home to the President of the University of Virginia. Construction finished in 1909, during the first president's tenure. Every University president has lived in the home. The house was specifically designed to mimic the functionality of the Pavilions on the Lawn; the first floor is public-private space used by the President to host meetings and events with students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of the University, as well as visiting dignitaries from around the Commonwealth and across the globe. As in the Pavilions, the President lives on the upper floors of the house.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register, Carr's Hill, designed by McKim, Mead & White, is an interesting study in architecture that reinterprets Jeffersonian classicism. The home sits on a rise bearing the same name, overlooking the University, and is nestled amongst beautiful gardens and historic outbuildings that pre-date the construction of the main house. The history of Carr's Hill and the buildings on it are long and full of many colorful stories.
