Suddenly Seymour…is back! The Virginia Theatre Festival is preparing to transport audiences into the unforgettable world of one of everyone’s favorite out-of-this-world musical sci-fi love stories when 'Little Shop of Horrors' comes to the Culbreth Theatre from July 11-21.
The 8th annual Charlottesville-Albemarle Black Business Expo is back for 2024 with a new date and location. This year's Expo will take place on Saturday, June 15, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. It is co-located with Charlottesville's Juneteenth celebration at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. The event is free and open to everyone.
From student-formed bands that elevate nightlife, to individual art exhibits on display at the University’s Ruffin Gallery, the arts community at the University is filled with a plethora of passionate creatives.
After over a year of performing and writing music as a group, student and alumni band Natalie Blue is taking in their final few days together on Grounds — their time playing at house shows and bars on the Corner has come to an end.
The Charlottesville Symphony wrapped up its most recent season this weekend with a concert at Capital One Hall in Tyson’s Corner.
Founded in 2003, the band has played weddings, school events, student functions, opened for a couple of pro bands and even gigged a venue or two.
To bring its 56th season to a close, the Oratorio Society of Virginia has revived a 2020 program that had to be canceled when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. This time, the music is all by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the occasion is the 200th anniversary of one of the works.
John D'earth (Music) is being recognized by the Jazz Journalists Association as a "2024 Jazz Hero" in a national program that celebrates a select group of "advocates who have had significant impact in their local communities." D'earth appeared on WTJU's "Jazz at 100 Now!" for an April 23 program dedicated to his extensive catalog of music recorded over the last 50 years : 2024 Jazz Hero John D'earth
A.D. Carson was recently featured in an American Council of Learned Societies interview as one of two finalists in the Multimodal Category for the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award for his 2020 mixtap/e/ssay, i used to love to dream (University of Michigan Press): ACLS Open Access Book Prize Finalist Interviews: A.D. Carson and Francesca Coppa
"Reef Generations" by Matthew Burtner is a data artwork about oyster reef restoration on the Virginia eastern shore. Using data collected by University of Virginia environmental scientists working at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR), the piece synthesizes an audio-visual computer-generated environment that explores the marvelous underwater generation of oyster reefs and their function as a living seawall attenuating wave motion and storm surge from rising sea levels.
JoVia Armstrong is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In 2015, she won the Best Black Female Percussionist of the Year through the Black Women in Jazz Awards and received the 3Arts Siragusa Foundation Artist Award in 2011 for her work as an educator. JoVia sits on the executive board of Chicago's AACM as Secretary.
As part of UVA Library’s ongoing series, the University of Virginia’s Music Library in Old Cabell Hall will be full of the sounds of jazz this Friday.
