Eight years ago, after winning a local art-in-place grant, Schulman retrofitted an old-school payphone to play the chirps, tweets and calls (get it?) of birds local to Takoma Park, Maryland, the Washington suburb he calls home.
PK German, a now-defunct organization, once brought stars from the Ramones to Kool & the Gang to Grounds.
When friends think of Dabney Lancaster Stellmann, they remember her always having a pad and paper in front of her.
When Claire Frazier Bolton is stressed, she turns to her iPhone Notes app.
Come gather ‘round, people, wherever you roam: From February 5 – 11, WTJU’s 2024 Folk Marathon airs round-the-clock folk and roots specials from around the globe. We’re gathering our friends for a raft of musical deep dives.
The University's most bejeweled student organization started with a Yik Yak message.
Home to the University’s premier performance space, Old Cabell Hall serves as a hub of musical celebration for the Charlottesville community. But upon stepping into the building, many visitors are struck initially not by music — but by artwork.
Surrounded by the warm, festive ambiance of the gaily-decorated University Baptist Church, members of the University community gathered for the Virginia Women’s Chorus’ 40th Annual Candlelight Concert Saturday afternoon.
A future performing arts center at the University of Virginia will be named for Tessa and Richard Ader, a pair of philanthropists who previously donated $50 million to the University as part of a commitment to bolster music, dance and theater in Charlottesville and Central Virginia.
Noel Lobley's 2022 groundbreaking study of the world's largest archive of field recordings of African music, 'Sound Fragments: From Field Recording to African-Electronic Stories', has won two more prizes at the recent Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) meeting.
Hailing from Richmond, Elena Heraldo — drummer and first-year College student — has earned the status of internet microcelebrity after amassing over 867,000 followers posting drum covers of popular songs on social media.
Spread some Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear at the 56th annual Messiah Sing-In. Conductor Michael Slon leads community singers, members of the Charlottesville Symphony, and other local professionals through Handel’s nativity oratorio.
