Media Room
The Moss Arts Center communications team is available to assist with media inquiries, including arranging facility tours, coordinating interviews, and providing high-resolution photography of our facility, as well as our performers and exhibitions.
Reporters are welcome to attend our events, but will need to request a ticket at least 48 hours in advance. Media tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please direct any media-related inquiries to:
Susan Bland
Associate Director of Communication
540-231-1986
subland@vt.edu
News
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Moss Arts Center announces 2023-24 season performances , articleSubscriptions will be available May 4 at 10 a.m. for the center’s 10th anniversary season, which includes legendary performers, classical favorites, family-friendly cirque, jazz and global beats, and innovative dance and theatre works.
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Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant rewrites jazz history , articleThe MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy-winning singer brings her wide-ranging repertoire to the Moss Arts Center on Saturday, April 29.
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Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ symbolizes the senselessness of war and the importance of reconciliation , articleOpera Roanoke, Blacksburg Master Chorale, Virginia Tech Choirs, and the Georgia Boy Choir perform Benjamin Britten’s monumental masterpiece at the Moss Arts Center on Sunday, April 23, at 4 p.m.
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School of Performing Arts' performance of 'Once Upon a Mattress' opens April 13 , articleThe family-friendly musical comedy will run April 13-16 at the Moss Arts Center.
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Sonny Miles synthesizes hip-hop textures with old school R&B sensibilities , articleCiting gospel, funk, and neo-soul as his biggest influences, the singer and multi-instrumentalist brings his soulful sound to the Moss Arts Center’s Cube on Friday, April 14, at 8 p.m.
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Shirlette Ammons’ music is an expression of being queer, Black, and Southern , articleA poet, musician, emcee, film creative, and the Moss Arts Center’s first independent guest performing arts curator, Ammons performs on Friday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in the center’s Cube.
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Country star Rissi Palmer brings her ‘Southern soul’ to the Moss , articleWith a gift for reaching across musical boundaries to bring the entire spectrum of popular music to bear, the performer and radio show host comes to the Moss Arts Center for two performances in the Cube on Thursday, March 30, and Friday, March 31.
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Epic puppetry and stirring music conjure the complex relationship between humans and the Earth , article“Book of Mountains and Seas” brings an international vocal ensemble and percussionists to the stage alongside massive puppets and mesmerizing lanterns, delivering four mythological tales inspired by ancient Chinese myths. The music theatre work comes to the Moss Arts Center on Friday, March 24.
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Experience an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen , articleNguyen’s debut novel “The Sympathizer” is currently being adapted into an HBO miniseries produced by and co-starring Robert Downey Jr. The author comes to the Moss Arts Center on Thursday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m.
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Joshua Ward takes first place in Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize Ceremony , articleVirginia Tech graduate Joshua Ward took first place for his poem "The Drawing Night" during the 17th annual Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize Ceremony held Feb. 21.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s main company performs in Southwest Virginia for the first time , articleThe Moss Arts Center presents two performances by the groundbreaking company on Tuesday, Feb. 28, and Wednesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. Each evening featuring a distinct and diverse repertory, including founder Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece, “Revelations.”
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Artists create on-site work with Virginia Tech students for Moss Arts Center exhibitions , articleFeaturing the work of two internationally renowned artists — Anne Samat’s "Follow Your Heart Wholeheartedly 2" and Yanira Collado’s “Zafa/ A Spellworking of Temporal Geometry" — the exhibitions open with a reception on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 5-7 p.m.