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Roanoke Symphony Orchestra returns for a sold out holiday celebration!

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Roanoke Symphony Orchestra conductor David Stewart Wiley, a middle aged white man with medium length grey hair, smiles widely while he lifts both arms overhead, one holding his baton. He wears a brown suit jacket and red button down shirt.

10 years of the moss arts center

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When the late Charles W. Steger became president of Virginia Tech in 2000, he announced his desire to enhance the presence and practice of the arts on campus. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary season, we look back at the creativity, culture, and community over the years.

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Performances

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    Drummer Deantoni Parks, a Black man with short naturla hair, wears a sleeveless black leather vest and jeans and leans on a drum kit. He poses outside in front of a white exterior wall.
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    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 7 and 9 PM: Using the creative moniker “Technoself,” experimental composer and percussionist Deantoni Parks blends technology, hip-hop, sampling, and electronica to create fascinating sonic experiences covering a variety of progressive styles.

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    The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center. In the foreground, a man in a Santa costume plays a red electric guitar while conductor David Stewart Wiley looks on from a large red sleigh.
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    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 4 PM: Mark your calendars! This much-anticipated audience favorite returns to the Moss, filling the Fife with holiday cheer as only the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and its "Holiday Pops" program can.

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    Blacksburg Master Chorale poses for a group photo in a church. The members all wear black and face the camera.
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    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 4 PM: The New River Valley’s own Blacksburg Master Chorale is joined by a professional orchestra and soloists to present one of the most iconic works of the holiday season, Handel’s "Messiah."

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Exhibitions

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    A detail of william cordova's "can't stop, won't stop: tenets of southern alchemy." This collaged work shows a black and white image of a row of city apartment buildings with red letter jacket-style letters on the windows reading, from top left to bottom right, P, W, O, N, T, S, T, O, and P. Black and white and color images of Black men and women appear to sit on stoops, walk on the sidewalk, or peer through windows.
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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17: william cordova examines the visual aspects of transition and displacement, studying the evolution and adaptation of objects and perception across time and space.

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    An installation view of Laurie Steelink's "Gathering Power," 2022. Photo by Yubo Dong, ofstudio. A three-paneled wood structure on which hangs two paintings. The painting in the center is a multicolored starburst or dream catcher pattern. Sculptural elements at left and in the center are reminiscent of totem poles. At right, a deer head and a willowy tree branch hang on a panel.
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    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17: Exploring connections to her Native American roots, multidisciplinary artist Laurie Steelink creates assemblages of found objects and reassembled paintings to question authenticity and consider spirituality.

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K-12

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Faculty

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