The Music Box on Main Street
The “Music Box on Main Street” is a grand installation of artwork now being fastened to the Dewberry building at 200 East Main on the Cville Downtown Mall, featuring the paintings of acclaimed guest artist Eric Waugh.
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Democracy Initiative Announces New Rotating Lab, Working Groups
The Democracy Initiative has selected a new rotating lab to begin in the fall, led by co-directors Nomi Dave (Music) and Bonnie Gordon (Music), and Anne Coughlin (UVA School of Law). The Sound Justice Lab will explore what "justice" means to ordinary people around the world, how they pursuit it through and beyond formal legal mechanisms, and what role the arts can and do play in articulating and advancing claims.
UVA Honors Faculty for Their Research and Scholarship
Congratulations to Music Department Professor A.D. Carson on receiving the Award for Excellence in Arts and Humanities! This award recognizes a faculty member for their outstanding contributions to arts and humanities.
Semester in Preview: Local Arts Events To Look Forward To
The Charlottesville creative community is back in business, with concerts, art exhibitions, and events galore to keep students and community members entertained throughout the coming months!
‘Brighter Than Ever’: A 20th Lighting of the Lawn for the History Books
Jubilant students, faculty, and staff gathered on the University of Virginia’s Lawn for the 20th anniversary of Lighting of the Lawn, a beloved tradition launched by students to forge unity after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
UVA Pop Culture Expert Dissects the ‘Fab Four’ as New Beatles Documentary Drops
It is hard to overstate the impact The Beatles had on rock ’n’ roll, as evidenced by a recent conversation with Jack Hamilton, an associate professor of American studies and media studies at the University of Virginia.
Lighting of the Lawn, Concerts, New Boar’s Head ‘Winter Wander’ Ring in the Holidays
The theme of UVA’s 20th annual Lighting of the Lawn is “Brighter Than Ever” and will feature dozens of student groups, including a cappella performances, a poem read by surprise guests, and a unique music and light show.
Arts Education in a Post-Pandemic World
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, University of Virginia faculty scrambled to find ways to deliver a traditional college education online. But as faculty in UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences worked to educate their students despite the obstacles presented by COVID-19, they found themselves creating the foundation for changes to the practice of art education – changes that may make it just a little better than it was before.
When Pandemic Postponed Performances, D’earth Led His Musicians Into the Studio
What does a performance artist do in the middle of a pandemic? Student and faculty musicians in the University of Virginia’s jazz program went into the studio. The UVA jazz program, led by trumpeter/composer John D’earth, consists of the Jazz Ensemble, the UVA Jazz Chamber Groups, the UVA Jazz Singers; for this project, they were joined by collaborators from the dance program, visual arts, and media studies. With the pandemic, live performances were out, but the music could still be captured, an album made.
The Bigger Picture: Trumpeting the Return of ‘Arts on the Hill’
Beginning around 5:00 PM on a September 2021 Tuesday, those passing by Carr’s Hill might have heard some beautiful jazz music floating in the late afternoon air, as trumpeter John D’earth welcomed University of Virginia students back in his own special way.
WTJU 91.1 FM to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts!
WTJU 91.1 FM has been approved for a $20,000 Arts Education grant to support the development of an online jazz history curriculum. Adapted from WTJU’s Jazz at 100 radio series, this project will creatively engage students around the unique story and passion of jazz music.
Nomi Dave Wins the Ruth Stone Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology
Congratulations to UVA Music’s Professor Nomi Dave who won the Ruth Stone prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology for best first monograph for her book “The Revolution’s Echoes: Music, Politics, and Pleasure in Guinea!”