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.
Students filled tables, couches, the staircase and even the floor of 1515 Saturday to cheer on student musicians at WXTJ’s first-ever Jazz and R&B night. Lured by free pizza but retained by a mesmerizing show, spectators were thoroughly engaged throughout the student-radio station’s three-and-a-half hour program.
Parlophone released the first Beatles single, “Love Me Do,” in October 1962 on a 45 rpm vinyl record. Their last song was released Thursday, with a little help from AI.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, the walls of Newcomb’s board room hear a blended melody of voices or a chorus of laughter as Ektaal a capella practices. Established in 1999, Ektaal is the University’s first and only South Asian a cappella group. The group performs at gigs around the University with compositions of fusion South Asian and Western music.
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!!
Cementing themselves as a leading band in the University’s vibrant music scene and celebrating the release of their hit EP, the members of student band The Jellies warmly discussed their time at the University while gleefully teasing new music on the way.
Enter Old Cabell Hall. Grab a practice module key. Walk downstairs, unlock the module and begin practicing. For University musicians like fourth-year College student Piergiorgio Wilson, this routine is muscle memory.
Chinchilla Café is not exactly a café, but they do have chinchillas — and so much more. A Google search for “Chinchilla Café, Charlottesville” will yield tour dates of bands, Reddit pages and local news articles, but none will deliver an address you can quickly plug into your GPS by itself.
For classical enthusiasts across Charlottesville, few events were as eagerly anticipated as the performance of chamber music duo Augustin Hadelich and Orion Weiss — and rightfully so.
Carlehr Swanson knew she was in for a treat when Grammy Award-winning musician Jon Batiste visited Carr’s Hill at the University of Virginia on Sunday. Swanson, a fan of Batiste’s genre-bending style who had put herself on the waitlist for Batiste’s “Arts on the Hill” event, just learned she had gotten a ticket and found a front-row seat to the action.
As University students, new and old, return to Charlottesville, the University Programs Council, U.Va. Arts and the Charlottesville community offer numerous opportunities to reconnect with and explore the local arts scene after a summer away.
