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date=Thursday, August 8, 2019, 3 PM`desc=”Sounds in Focus” presents a selection of works from artists around the world, played on the 24.4 channel Genelec system in the Perform Studio of the Moss Arts Center.

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date=Thursday, August 8, and Friday, August 9, 2019, 5 PM`desc=Representing a diverse range of artists, this internationally sourced selection of contemporary immersive media features a wide range of new and emerging voices in art and technology.

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date=Thursday, August 8, 2019, 7 PM and 9 PM`desc=This live performance and multimedia projection features collaborative musical and experimental ensemble N/TOPIA accompanied by generative panoramic visuals projected on the Cube’s Cyclorama.

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date=Friday, August 9, 2019, 1 PM`desc=In this family-friendly workshop, learn about the basics of spatialized audio and what to listen for in the Cube with demonstrations of multi-channel audio and brief technical descriptions of the Cube’s 140-channel high-density loudspeaker array.

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date=Friday, August 9, 2019, 3 PM`desc=”Sounds in Focus” presents a selection of works from artists around the world, played on the 24.4 channel Genelec system in the Perform Studio of the Moss Arts Center.

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date=Friday, August 9, 2019, 7 PM and 9 PM`desc=This work by Mexico-based Laura Luna Castillo dynamically mixes live 3D scanning, instrumented objects, immersive projection, and multi-channel audio for a site-specific installation and multimedia environment.

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date=Saturday, August 10, 2019, 1 PM`desc=In this family-friendly workshop, learn about the basics of immersive visual systems like virtual reality, augmented reality, and large-format projection.

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date=Saturday, August 10, 2019, 3 PM`desc=”Sounds in Focus” presents a selection of works from artists around the world, played on the 24.4 channel Genelec system in the Perform Studio of the Moss Arts Center.

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date=Saturday, August 10, 2019, 7 PM`desc=”Data Driven” will feature live performances from artists who will present multichannel music compositions that utilize data to enhance the experience.

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date=Saturday, August 10, 2019, 9 PM`desc=”LIVE Quadraphonic” is a live recording that was performed by Suzanne Ciani in San Francisco in March 2016.

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date=Sunday, August 11, 2019, 3 PM`desc=”Cube Creations” will feature live and fixed media pieces that have been written or created in the Cube.

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date=Sunday, August 11, 2019, 7 PM`desc=”Sounds in Space” will feature massively multichannel music compositions from five artists who will utilize the Cube’s 140 speakers.

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date=Sunday, August 11, 2019, 9 PM`desc=Join us to hear The Beatles’ “The White Album” spatialized over 140 speakers in the Cube.

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date=Friday, September 13, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=This internationally acclaimed, history-making company returns to the Moss Arts Center with a program that includes a new ballet as part of American Evolution, which marks the 400th anniversary of historical and defining events in Virginia.

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featuring=David Doubilet, underwater photographer, and Jennifer Hayes, aquatic biologist and photojournalist`date=Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Discover the reality of life behind the camera—from parasites to harp seal bites—as the underwater photographic team of David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes share their adventures working in three unique marine environments for National Geographic.

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date=Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=wild Up is the ultimately flexible, go anywhere, play anything modern music collective led by Christopher Rountree, artistic director and conductor.

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date=Thursday, September 26, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=A female a cappella quintet from Zimbabwe, Nobuntu has drawn acclaim for its inventive performances that range from traditional Zimbabwean songs to Afro-jazz to gospel.

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date=Thursday, October 3, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Sirius Quartet champions a forward-thinking, genre-defying approach to performing that makes labels like “new music” sound tame.

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featuring=Scott Patterson, piano`date=Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=Making a personal claim on history through the lens of a modern female perspective, Camille A. Brown leads her dancers through dazzling excavations of ancestral stories.

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date=Friday, October 25, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=London’s The Kingdom Choir is best known for their show stopping performance at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

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date=Friday, November 1, and Saturday, November 2, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=A visual physical spectacle, “HOME” combines dance, illusion, live music, home-spun engineering, and an inventive use of audience interaction to compose a work that asks, “where is home?”

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featuring=Terry Virts, NASA astronaut`date=Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7:30 PM`desc=It was when he was farthest away from his home that astronaut Terry Virts best appreciated the beauty of our world.

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featuring=A New Song Cycle from Osvaldo Golijov`date=Sunday, November 17, 2019, 7 PM`desc=Conceived by Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, the Silkroad Ensemble creates music that engages difference, sparking radical cultural collaboration and passion-driven learning to build a more hopeful world.

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featuring=David Stewart Wiley, conductor`date=Saturday, December 7, 2019, 4 PM`desc=The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra brings the spirit of the holidays and the warmth of home to the theatre when they return with everyone’s annual favorite, the “Holiday Pops” program.

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date=Sunday, December 15, 2019, 4 PM`desc=The Blacksburg Master Chorale is joined by a professional orchestra and soloists to present one of the iconic pieces of the Christmas season, Handel’s “Messiah.”

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featuring=Written by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis`date=Thursday-Saturday, January 30-February 1, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=Indian Ink Theatre Company continues to bridge cultures and expand boundaries with this utterly disarming new comedy that seats the audience around the dining table and at the kitchen bench in the back room of Krishnan’s Dairy.

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featuring=Osmo Vänskä, conductor, and Jonathan Biss, piano`date=Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=The young musicians of the Curtis Institute of Music are trained to engage a local and global community through the highest level of artistry.

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date=Saturday, February 15, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=Featuring group choreography and solo improvisational works set to a continuous mix of reggae, hip-hop, and pop music, FLEX AVE. brings 10 dancers and a DJ that represent the best of the high-energy Flexn dance culture.

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featuring=Volodymyr Sirenko, artistic director and chief conductor, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano`date=Friday, February 21, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=For its return to the Moss Arts Center, the orchestra will perform works from Brahms, contemporary Ukrainian composer Evhen Stankovych, and a piano concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns.

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date=Saturday, February 29, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=One of the world’s most beloved and celebrated singers, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence.

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date=Thursday, March 5, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=FLIP Fabrique takes you on a crazy, poetic, and gentle journey in the dead of winter and invites you to lose yourself in a moment of complete wonder.

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date=Sunday, March 15, 2020, 4 PM`desc=The ever-omnivorous string quartet Brooklyn Rider, one of the most highly regarded quartets in American, brings an unforgettable evening of music.

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date=Friday, March 20, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=Focused on the preservation and promotion of the culture of Mexico, both at home and abroad, the ensemble brings magnificent traditional costumes, fascinating rituals, and beautiful music to take you on a wonderful choreographic journey through the different regions of Mexico.

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featuring=Mireya Mayor, primatologist`date=Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=Hailed as a “female Indiana Jones” and an inspiration to young women interested in science and exploration, Mireya Mayor has been charged by gorillas, chased by elephants, and survived poisonous insect bites in some of the wildest and most remote places on Earth.

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date=Saturday, March 28, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=”SEVEN” is a riveting documentary play by seven female writers based on personal interviews with seven remarkable women who faced life-threatening obstacles before bringing heroic changes to their home countries.

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date=Saturday, April 4, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=The Telegraph Quartet formed in 2013 with an equal passion for standard and contemporary chamber music repertoire.

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date=Friday, May 1, 2020, 7:30 PM`desc=Inspired by a little-known text by photographer Diane Arbus, the Paul Dresher Ensemble and composer and vocalist Amy X Neuburg collaborate on an electroacoustic song cycle featuring 10 newly commissioned works from a host of today’s most compelling composers presented alongside the images that inspired them.

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