URecords is the Force Behind the UVA Music Scene
University Records is a student-led organization that connects like-minded musicians, organizes performances and practices, manages equipment and helps to engage beginners in the UVA music scene.
https://theconversation.com/hip-hop-can-document-life-in-america-more-reliably-than-history-books-249532
https://hyperallergic.com/994202/virginia-museum-receives-transformative-gift-of-haitian-art/
https://drama.virginia.edu/uva-drama-present-spring-dance-concert
https://news.virginia.edu/content/breaking-algorithms-rhythm-these-students-give-music-human-touch
University Records is a student-led organization that connects like-minded musicians, organizes performances and practices, manages equipment and helps to engage beginners in the UVA music scene.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/urecords-force-behind-uva-music-scene
ARTS ON THE HILL: An Immersive Choral Experience with the University Singers with Director Michael Slon on October 6th • 5pm • Carr’s Hill • FREE by Lottery! Won't you join us?
UVA Welcomes New Music Faculty: Nicole Mitchell & JoVia Armstrong! Read more about them here!!
A violin concerto, a Beethoven symphony, a choral masterwork, folk tunes, dances, a sonic exploration of the cosmos and more! – Charlottesville Symphony Music Director Benjamin Rous has curated a 2022-23 season that will delight nearly every musical taste.
When Christine Moore (Engr ’92) came to the University of Virginia, it was with the plan to become an electrical engineer like her father and a hope to continue playing her flute. “I quickly realized that electrical engineering wasn't the best fit for me,” she remembered. She switched her major to chemical engineering and discovered the tremendous musical opportunities at UVA.
https://giving.virginia.edu/stories/a-gift-with-resonance
Making Noise, a performance series that originated in 2014 by Music Librarian Matthew Vest, has hosted a number of dramatic, musical, and dance performances over the years. Vest said, “[Making Noise] makes the library itself a locus of the types of scholarly and artistic conversations that typically happen in non-library spaces, simply by inviting music and noise into a controlled environment.”
Leah Reid, an Assistant Professor of Music Composition, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Provided by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for mid-career scholars and artists who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exhibit exceptional creative ability in the arts while exhibiting great promise for their future endeavors.
The University of Virginia Chamber Singers joined ensembles from five other universities and conductor Murry Sidlin for a special performance of the Verdi Requiem, as part of the Defiant Requiem project.
FIRST-EVER Arts on the Hill: Battle of the Bands | April 14, 2022
Spend a day in the life of A.D. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the Global South.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/day-grounds-ad-carson-professor-hip-hop
Many of UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences alumni with degrees in studio arts, drama or music go on to successful careers in arts and entertainment, in the world’s great museums or educating the next generation of creative minds. However, the number of arts majors who become leaders in business, law, technology and other areas suggests that the skills they learned in the studio and on the stage are helping them thrive in a wide range of pursuits.
https://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/art-success
Dr. A.D. Carson believes Will Smith's reputation should ultimately remain intact.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-30/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-so-white-jada/100951668