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Czech National Symphony Orchestra: "100 Years of Leonard Bernstein"
featuring=John Mauceri, conductor, and Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano`date=Friday, February 22, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=We celebrate the legacy of world-renowned American composer, conductor, and pianist Leonard Bernstein with this program commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=ECED1EDE-12AE-410B-89B8-C2A7C63F9472
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The TEAM and National Theatre of Scotland: "Anything That Gives Off Light"
date=Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=When the ashes of a legendary social activist and feisty grandmother demand to be laid to rest, the trio of an American woman and two Scotsmen heads off on a transformative journey between the past and present,Scottish Highlands and Appalachian Mountains, in search of a fitting ending.`tickets=https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/the-team.html
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Rodgers + Hammerstein's "Cinderella"
date=Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=This performance is sold out.
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Danú: "St. Patrick's Celebration"
date=Saturday, March 16, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Celebrate St Patrick’s weekend with one of the world’s current leading traditional Irish ensembles.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=3EEDABE5-E41D-4F14-BA1F-C51835BCF29D
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An Onstage Conversation with Zadie Smith, author
date=Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=”New York Times” bestselling novelist Zadie Smith was born in North London in 1975 to an English father and a Jamaican mother and graduated from Cambridge in 1997.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=D3263EEA-C28C-41D9-AF91-21A43BB5B4FD
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PostClassical Ensemble: "Deep River: The Art of the Spiritual"
featuring=Kevin Deas, bass-baritone`date=Saturday, March 23, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=PostClassical Ensemble lifts up works deserving greater advocacy, believing that music of consequence should be contextualized in new spaces for audiences, old and new, in search of deeper paths of engagement both intellectual and spiritual.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=40E3D8D7-AA4F-448A-A7F6-E28B26B2AB5E
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David Roussève/REALITY: "Halfway to Dawn"
date=Saturday, March 30, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=David Roussève’s latest work is a blend of dance, music, video, text, theatre, and visual design that seeks to redefine biography and find the truth of the life of composer Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington’s main arranger and writing collaborator.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=FB220A28-606B-4F6A-8E7C-388EEB9EC191
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An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams, author, environmentalist, and activist
date=Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Terry Tempest Williams has been called “a citizen writer,” a writer who speaks and speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=C2DD5A25-39AB-4AA8-8350-C23E4B868BAD
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Amy X Neuburg | Moss Arts Center
date=Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April 6, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Amy X Neuburg has been developing her unique brand of irreverently genre-crossing works for voice, live electronics, and small and large ensembles for over 30 years.`tickets=https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/amy-x-neuburg.html
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Australian Chamber Orchestra
featuring=Richard Tognetti, artistic director, and Inon Barnatan, piano`date=Sunday, April 7, 2019, 4 PM`desc=Internationally renowned for inspired programming and the rapturous response of audiences and critics, the orchestra returns to the Moss Arts Center for their second visit.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=9E253CAD-A549-447E-BB64-DAE75FA55A59
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Turtle Island Quartet with Cyrus Chestnut: "Carry Me Home"
featuring=Cyrus Chestnut, piano`date=Friday, April 12, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Renowned jazz master Cyrus Chestnut and the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet continue their remarkable journey together as they traverse the myriad colors of jazz and beyond.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=E5D3A5EC-DFE2-48AE-9AAC-AEC114BF7C31
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Fred Hersch, piano; Kurt Elling, vocals; and Kate McGarry, vocals: "Leaves of Grass"
featuring=Music by Fred Hersch and words by Walt Whitman`date=Friday, April 26, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Jazz composer and pianist Fred Hersch’s “Leaves of Grass” celebrates the life and poetry of the American bard Walt Whitman, whose work redefined American poetry and had a significant, life-affirming impact on Hersch.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=2C941BB5-2A7C-4087-99C1-DCBBBA2218BF
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Pilobolus: "Shadowland: The New Adventure"
date=Saturday, May 11, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Developed in collaboration with “SpongeBob SquarePants” lead writer Steven Banks, the performance tells a love story about two people and their quixotic quest to save an imaginary bird.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=B1B84E31-3E7A-4D50-9273-5F0556376FED
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Robert Randolph and the Family Band
date=Friday, June 7, 2019, 8:30 PM`desc=Our second annual reunion weekend concert features Robert Randolph and the Family Band as we welcome our friends, neighbors, and VT alumni who are home for the weekend.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=EEB31C8D-87C2-4B53-BA81-4A5D2253E761
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Remembering Doc: T. Michael Coleman, Jack Lawrence, Jeff Little, and Wayne Henderson
date=Sunday, June 9, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Doc Watson is an iconic figure in American music, and this concert by those who performed with Doc and counted him a close friend will be a chance for everyone who loved Doc to share in a celebration of his life and music.
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School of Performing Arts: Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band
date=Sunday, February 24, 2019, 3 PM`desc=This School of Performing Arts program features trombonist Jay Crone with the Wind Ensemble in a performance of Hector Berlioz’s symphony for band, Grand symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op. 15.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=0FAA3DCD-6A9A-412A-9C4E-6F8964287036
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School of Performing Arts | Music on Mondays: William Lang
date=Monday, April 8, 2019, 8 PM`desc=Originally from Long Island, trombonist William Lang, an active performer, improviser, and teacher based in New York City, performs in this School of Performing Arts concert.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=07FF5072-9EDB-43F8-84AD-2D602B10F41E
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School of Performing Arts: New River Valley Symphony Orchestra
date=Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=The New River Valley Symphony Orchestra presents its spring concert in this School of Performing Arts performance.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=2D6842C5-D5BA-49AD-B170-698F33DF5133
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School of Performing Arts: "Body, Full of Time"
date=Thursday, April 25-Saturday, April 27, 2019, 7 PM, and Saturday, April 27, 2019, 4 PM`desc=A School of Performing Arts performance, “Body, Full of Time” is a solo choreographic work performed and created by movement and media artist Scotty Hardwig in collaboration with visual artist Zach Duer.`tickets=https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/sopa-body-full-of-time.html
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School of Performing Arts: Spring Choir Showcase
date=Saturday, April 27, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=The Virginia Tech Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, and Tech Men present their spring concert in preparation for their tour to Spain in this School of Performing Arts performance.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=8D5F8F69-824F-4862-BAB6-5CA9EB6A9FBF
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School of Performing Arts: Virginia Tech String Project
date=Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 7 PM`desc=The Virginia Tech String Project (VTSP), a non-profit instructional program dedicated to offering affordable string instrument instruction to elementary students while training future string music educators, performs in this School of Performing Arts concert.
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School of Performing Arts: Festival of Bands
date=Sunday, May 5, 2019, 1 PM`desc=Enjoy a full day of Virginia Tech band music with the Campus Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble, Highty-Tighties, and the Blacksburg Community Band in this School of Performing Arts performance.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=F829E0C0-9F89-41F8-93A6-7A06FE24DDDD
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School of Performing Arts: Spring Creative Technologies in Music, DISIS Faculty, and Guest Artists
featuring=special guests Darragh Morgan and Margaret Schedel`date=Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 7 PM`desc=The School of Performing Arts' Creative Technologies in Music and DISIS, in collaboration with ICAT, present a concert of experimental computer music.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=4CE5C33C-B5D9-4296-83B8-4A869561611C
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School of Performing Arts: New Music Ensemble
date=Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 8:30 PM`desc=This School of Performing Arts performance features the New Music Ensemble, which focuses on the discussion, performance, and artistry of experimental music since 1970.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=E33B9F00-D782-449A-9CD6-4CA49BFF3534
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School of Performing Arts: Creative Technologies in Music Spring DISIS Student Event
date=Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=The School of Performing Arts' Creative Technologies in Music and DISIS present a concert of experimental computer music, featuring performances by Virginia Tech students.`tickets=https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=4C1DC8EF-E41A-42A3-A3F5-AD0F2847A0C4
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22 Steps
date=Ongoing`desc="22 Steps" is an ongoing installation that celebrates the written word.
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Diana Cooper: "HighWire," 2016
date=On view through spring 2018`desc=Art, technology, and creativity coalesce in this expansive and inventive visual representation of complex systems, infrastructure, networks, and abstract data.
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"Arboreal"
date=Thursday, January 24-Saturday, March 23, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=A stunning selection of works by emerging, national, and internationally acclaimed artists explores the imagery of trees as a potent signifier.
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"ICAT: Open (at the) Source"
date=Thursday, April 4-Saturday, June 1, 2019`desc=ICAT: Open (at the) Source enables visitors to explore and experience the research and innovation that’s happening within the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT).
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SOVA Faculty Triennial
date=Thursday, April 4-Saturday, May 4, 2019`desc=This inaugural faculty triennial exhibition highlights new work by current faculty in Virginia Tech’s School of Visual Arts (SOVA).
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SOVA Senior Show
date=Thursday, May 9-Saturday, May 18, 2019`desc=This refreshing annual exhibition features original and innovative works by graduating seniors in Virginia Tech’s School of Visual Arts and demonstrates their abilities in the areas of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and ceramics, as well as visual communication design, installation, and new media.
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Gerry Bannan
date=Thursday, May 9-Saturday, June 1, 2019`desc=This exhibition presents a range of the artist’s work but focuses on this new body of work, in which the artist, in addition to introducing color, introduces birds, plants, and other small creatures in vivid, meticulously rendered tableaux of forest and riverbank scenes.
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"Lenny at 100: Leonard Bernstein and the Shape of American Music"
featuring=Richard Masters, assistant professor of piano, School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech`date=Friday, February 22, 2019, 6 PM`desc=Learn more about Bernstein and his legacy at this talk directly before the performance.
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Post-Performance Q&A: The TEAM and National Theatre of Scotland
date=Friday, March 1, 2019, following the performance`desc=After “Anything That Gives Off Light,” engage with members of The TEAM and learn about the development of this new work during artist residencies in Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
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Post-Performance Discussion: ThoughtSwap
date=Saturday, March 2, 2019, following the performance`desc=Following the performance of “Anything That Gives Off Light,” engage in a public conversation via ThoughtSwap, a new web application for anonymizing and distributing thoughts.
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"Charismatic Trees": Lynn Resler
date=Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 6:30 PM`desc=Micro to Macro--All About Trees features Lynn Resler, associate professor in the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech.
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Music in the Lobby: Jim Sharkey
date=Saturday, March 16, 2019, 6 PM`desc=Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early with contemporary Irish music by local singer-songwriter Jim Sharkey.
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"Invasive Species--Trees as Victim and Victor": Jacob Barney, Ph.D.
date=Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 6:30 PM`desc=Micro to Macro—All about Trees features Jacob Barney, associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science at Virginia Tech.
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Meet the Author: Zadie Smith
date=Tuesday, March 19, 2019, following the performance`desc=After hearing her public talk, engage with author Zadie Smith at this informal book-signing. Smith’s books will be available for purchase.
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Cultural Appropriation: Past and Present Voices
date=Thursday, March 21, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=In this hybrid performance and discussion, engage with guest artists/experts in the history of American music, including spirituals and sorrow songs.
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Pre-Performance Discussion: PostClassical Ensemble
date=Saturday, March 23, 2019, 6 PM`desc=Directly before “Deep River: The Art of the Spiritual,” engage with members of the creative team during this panel discussion.
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Post-Performance Q&A: PostClassical Ensemble
date=Saturday, March 23, 2019, following the performance`desc=Following their performance, speak with local performers and members of the PostClassical Ensemble at this public discussion
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Talk: "Creating Socially Engaged Art: Can Dance Change the World?"
date=Thursday, March 28, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Inspired by Billy Strayhorn’s dedication to direct activism in the civil rights movement, Roussève tracks the political themes within his own work and the evolution of his own choreographic focus on “the artist as activist.”
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"Negotiating Public and Private Lives: Connecting Bodies and Identities"
date=Saturday, March 30, 2019, 6 PM`desc=What is the impact on the body from leading a private life versus a public life?
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Post-Performance Q&A: David Roussève/REALITY
date=Saturday, March 30, 2019, following the performance`desc=After “Halfway to Dawn,” speak with members of David Roussève/REALITY at this public discussion.
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Meet the Author: Terry Tempest Williams
date=Monday, April 1, 2019, following the performance`desc=After hearing her talk, engage with author Terry Tempest Williams at this informal book-signing. Williams’ books will be available for purchase.
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Opening Reception: SOVA Faculty Triennial
date=Thursday, April 4, 2019, 5-7 PM`desc=Join us for the opening reception of this inaugural faculty triennial exhibition, which highlights new work by current faculty in Virginia Tech’s School of Visual Arts (SOVA).
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School-Day Performance: Australian Chamber Orchestra
date=Monday, April 8, 2019, 10 AM`desc=This school-day performance is open to students in 6th-12th grades in public, private, and homeschools. Connected to the Virginia Standards of Learning.
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Virginia Tech Music Day
date=Friday, April 12, 2019, 10 AM-8 PM`desc=Members of the Virginia Tech community as well as the greater Blacksburg area will come together to share their sounds for the fourth annual Music Day.
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Faculty/Staff Mixer
date=Thursday, April 18, 2019, 5:30 PM`desc=Virginia Tech faculty and staff will learn about the Moss Arts Center’s 2019-2020 season at this “sneak preview” social.
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"Conqueror of the Western Marches"
date=Tuesday, April 23-Friday, April 26, 2019, 8:30 PM`desc=Onfim, a seven-year-old boy from 13th-century Russia, embarks on an epic quest to find the mysterious TW and save his grandfather.
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ICAT Creativity and Innovation Day
date=Monday, May 6, 2019, 10 AM-4 PM`desc=Learn more about the research happening at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT).
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Opening Reception: Gerry Bannan
date=Thursday, May 9, 2019, 5-7 PM`desc=Join us for an opening reception for Gerry Bannan’s solo exhibition.
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"Doc's Legacy"
date=Sunday, June 9, 2019, 5 PM`desc=Appalachian music scholar Ted Olson gives a presentation on the legacy of Doc Watson and the new four-CD box set from Rounder Records.
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"Sharing Memories"
date=Sunday, June 9, 2019, 6 PM`desc=Concert artists and audience members share memories of Doc Watson.
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