Arts on the Hill: An Immersive Choral Experience with the University Singers and Director Michael Slon
An OpenGrounds Event
The Bigger Picture: Raising Their Voices
The University Singers filled Carr’s Hill, the home of University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, with song Thursday evening, opening this semester’s “Arts on the Hill” series. Directed by faculty conductor Michael Slon, the University’s flagship choral ensemble’s 90-plus students performed for a crowd of more than 100 UVA faculty and staff members, students and guests.
ARTS ON THE HILL: An Immersive Choral Experience of the University Singer and Director Michael Slon
October 6th • 5pm • Carr’s Hill • FREE by Lottery
UVA Faculty, Staff, & Students: All UVA faculty, staff, and students are eligible to enter the lottery (one submission per person) with an option to bring a guest.
Lottery: The deadline to enter the lottery is 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 2. Winners will be notified no later than 3:00 pm on Monday, October 3.
Questions or Concerns: Email Emma Terry, Programs & Communication Director for UVA Arts, or Stacy Smith, Director, Carr's Hill Events.
The University Singers is the University of Virginia’s flagship choral ensemble, heard by thousands each season in performances of a cappella and accompanied choral repertoire, including major works with orchestra. In 2017, the group joined the Charlottesville Symphony on the steps of the Rotunda to perform for UVA’s Bicentennial Launch Celebration, before an estimated crowd of 20,000. In 2018, the University Singers gave the regional premiere of Bernstein’s Mass at the Paramount Theatre, the group’s largest project to date. In recent years, the Singers have also sung for Les Misérables creators Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil during their UVA residencies, sung for the 2016 UVA Holiday greeting, which received more than 400,000 views on social media, and taken a two-week concert tour of England, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Austria. During the pandemic, they continued to present virtual performances and hosted online master classes with Eric Whitacre, Alice Parker, and other choral luminaries.
Arts on the Hill is a recurring event on Carr's Hill featuring artists and scholars from our faculty and student body, as well as visiting artists and scholars from around the globe. President Jim Ryan host guests each month during the academic year for performances and discussions around the Arts at UVA!! Arts on the Hill is an ongoing collaboration between the Office of the President & the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Arts on the Hill
Arts on the Hill is a recurring event on Carr's Hill featuring artists and scholars from our faculty and student body and visiting artists and scholars from around the globe. President Jim Ryan will host guests each month during the academic year for performances and discussions around the Arts at UVA!!