Witness the transformation of American popular music from the 50s - Sprinkling Motown with a bit of Mambo magic. All concerts seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Enjoy the talents of the University’s largest music ensemble as they perform a varied program of repertoire at this annual Spring concert. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
The UR Chamber Ensembles present an evening of music performances by outstanding student instrumentalists, vocalists, and pianists. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
A hilarious musical satire: a terrible water shortage has led to a government ban on private toilets and citizens have to use paid public toilets, owned by a single malevolent company. In this wickedly funny and delightfully intelligent comedic romp, Urinetown is an irreverent tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution at a time when ...
Students in the Popular Music Ensemble will perform original compositions created in the MSEN 100 class. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
The ensemble will perform a variety of classical, contemporary, and popular wind literature. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Schola Cantorum and conductor Jeffrey Riehl will present a program of a cappella and accompanied choral music by living American composers featuring a suite of selections from Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Program (subject to change) Jean-Philippe Rameau - Gavotte et Six Doubles (complete), Philip Lasser - Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach, Bach, J. S. - 15 Three-Part Inventions, "Sinfonias", for Keyboard, BWV787-801, and Keith Jarrett - Encore from Tokyo. ...
This annual spring concert will showcase UR student jazz combos performing rock, blues, swing, and more. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Family friendly event featuring student and community performances of traditional Japanese, West African, Brazilian, and Indonesian musics. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer, and bestselling author. In its many forms, her art challenges static ideas of genre and culture and contends with themes of environmentalism, human rights, and post-colonial issues. ...
Since its founding in San Francisco 50 years ago, when the form was largely centered on long-established, Western European traditions, Kronos has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the string quartet into a living art form that responds to the people and issues of our time. Pre show artist talk at 6:30 p.m. ...
The Anzû Quartet is a new collaboration between four internationally renowned performers of contemporary music, Ken Thomson (clarinet/Bang on a Can), Olivia De Prato (violin/Mivos Quartet), Ashley Bathgate (cello/Eighth Blackbird), and Karl Larson (piano/Bearthoven). Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Faculty pianist Doris Wylee-Becker will perform. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Kardeş Türküler is a music project that was founded in 1993 by a group of students in the Folklore Club of the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. They perform folk songs and dances of Anatolia, Thrace, and Mesopotamia in their original languages, paying special attention to their cultural contexts. The group is known for their use ...
University Dancers celebrates 40 years of engaging dance with the annual concert that brings to campus the work of three innovative guest choreographers from the US and Canada. The concert also features work by department faculty Angelica Burgos, Alicia Díaz, Eric Rivera, and Anne Van Gelder. Outstanding adjudicated student choreography will be featured, and department ...
Third Coast Percussion commissioned Murmurs in Time, a major new work by Zakir Hussain that blends the sounds of tabla with their classically trained percussion ensemble. A shared spirit of collaboration and curiosity reverberates among the five artists who will share the stage for the first time as part of this special double-bill concert. Pre-show ...
Dr. Mike Davison and Ed Tillett have produced a documentary about the indigenous music of Santiago de Cuba and the effect it has had on Cuba and the world. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, Leyla McCalla draws from her past and present – her music vibrates with three centuries of history and influences from around the globe. With a stunning mastery of cello, banjo, and guitar, and as a multilingual singer and songwriter, she produces a distinctive sound that ...
Student production, led by Maja White. While attending the funeral of an elderly recluse, attorney Arthur Kipps encounters the woman in black that terrifies the town of Crythin Gifford. Years later, haunted by this experience, he engages an actor to help him tell the story and “exorcise” his past. Set in an abandoned Victorian theater, ...
Viennese Classical, Romantic, and French Impressionist piano music will be featured as Richard Becker celebrates his 50th year of teaching piano and making music for students, faculty and community audiences at University of Richmond. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Ronald Crutcher is a celebrated cellist who served as the 10th President of the University of Richmond from 2015 to 2021. Dr. Crutcher will perform works by Beethoven, Barber, and Rachmaninoff. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...
Love, loss, and creation merge unexpectedly in Manual Cinema’s thrilling version of the classic Gothic tale Frankenstein. The real-life and fictional narratives of author Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, and Frankenstein’s monster expose how family, community, and education shape personhood – or destroy it by their absence. The Chicago-based performance collective imaginatively combines shadow puppetry, cinematic ...
The forward-thinking Los Angeles dance company aims to be a home for an eclectic range of styles and perspectives that tell vital stories. Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett has held the company fast to its mission of championing contemporary dance, educating audiences, and inciting positive change. Its goal is simple: get the world moving. There ...
As a composer, singer, and visual artist, Cécile McLorin Salvant curates a journey of compelling narratives, unexpected twists, and humor. French and Haitian heritage influence her musical language and style, imbuing it with captivating rhythm and remarkable depth. ...
Enjoy the talents of the University’s largest music ensemble as they perform a varied program of repertoire at this annual Fall concert. The program will feature the winners of the Orchestra’s 2024 Concerto Competition, violinists Esther Kim and Joyce Kim, performing J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Violins. ...
The ensemble will perform a variety of classical, contemporary, and popular wind literature. ...
Family friendly event featuring student and community performances of traditional Japanese, West African, Brazilian, and Indonesian musics. Tickets are required. ...
A gripping examination of the intersecting captivities of enslaved and free women of color in 1830’s New Orleans, The House that Will Not Stand is a haunting tale of family drama told with humor and love. With quick-witted dialogue, playwright Marcus Gardley delivers the story of a widowed mother determined to provide a future of ...
Two jazz luminaries - saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Luis Perdomo - join forces to pay tribute to bolero, a genre originating in Cuba known as the quintessential Latin American romantic song. With impeccable improvisational instincts and natural harmony, the pair perform music they have carried with them since childhood, finding a common language to ...
