Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts

08/12/2023

❄️ Need help getting in the holiday spirit? ❄️

🎻 Join the Viola Studio and Virginia Tech String Project this Sunday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. at the Uptown Christiansburg Mall for a FREE holiday music performance.

07/12/2023

🎻 Did you miss Tuesday's concert and still want to see the amazing work of the students of the Virginia Tech String Project? You're in luck!

🎶 String Project students take to the Squires Recital Salon Stage tonight, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. to present a solo recital. Admission is free and no reservation is required.

06/12/2023

🎶 New Music Blacksburg returns to the Moss Arts Center tonight! Featuring new works by student composers this performance showcases eight new compositions performed by VT students. Tonight, Dec. 6 at 8pm in the Cube at the Arts Center, Virginia Tech

🎟 Admission is free, but seats are limited and reservations are required. Visit the link in oir bio or contact the Moss Arts Center ticket office at 540-231-5300 to reserve yours now!

05/12/2023

💻 🎶 Double concert alert! While the VT String Project showcases the next generation of musicians, the L2Ork Laptop Orchestra is proud to present the next generation in music technology tonight, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. in the Creativity and Innovation District LLC Building.

🧑‍💻 A contemporary multimedia ensemble Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork, pronounced as 'lohrk'), explores musical collaboration through the use of innovative human-computer interaction technologies to pursue an integrative approach to design, engineering, arts, and science.

05/12/2023

🎻 This evening the Virginia Tech String Project students take the stage at the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech! This free concert begins at 7 pm, no reservation required.

🎶 The Virginia Tech String Project, founded in 2007, is the signature community enrichment program for the Department of Music at Virginia Tech. Master string teachers work with Virginia Tech’s undergraduate music students to teach all classes. We fill a significant gap in the public school system curriculum by providing beginning lessons in strings to students in the 3rd and 4th grades and multiple string orchestras to support further learning.

04/12/2023

🎭 Happy opening night to the cast, crew, and creative team of "Concord Floral" by Jordan Tannahill, directed by Sarah Elizabeth Yorke!

💐 Join us for a performance full of dreams and dares as the teens of Concord Floral come of age in this suspenseful glimpse into growing up.

🎟 Running tonight, Dec. 4 - 6 in Theatre101 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free; no reservation required!

📸 Anna Kleinhanzl

04/12/2023

Register for the Joy of Doodling virtual event! On-demand: Join any time; the event will be available Dec. 7.

Support Virginia Tech students and receive an exclusive 2024 calendar by registering for the Joy of Doodling virtual event! Everyone who signs up will get a calendar and access to recipes, digital wallpapers, a video of the Virginia Tech Doodler teaching the HokieBird how to doodle, and more. As a college of makers and artists, it's important to slow down and spend time getting lost in the process of creating. ✍️ 💕
Register to join any time ⬇️ https://www.alumni.vt.edu/events/2023/12/joy-of-doodling--finding-your-passion.html

02/12/2023

🎭 The cast, crew and creative team are excited to share "Concord Floral" by Jordan Tannahill with you next week! Running Dec. 4 - 6 at 7:30 pm in Theatre101.

💐 Concord Floral is a one-million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse and a refuge for neighborhood kids; a place all to themselves in which to dream, dare, and come of age. But hidden there is a secret no one wants to confront, and when two friends stumble upon it they set off an unstoppable chain of events, from shadows in parking lots to phone calls from the grave. It's time for the teens of Concord Floral to start talking.

🎟 Admission is free and no reservation is required.

01/12/2023

📣 Calling all tuba and euphonium enthusiasts! 📣

❆ Ring in the weekend and the start of the holidays this evening, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. on the Henderson Lawn as participants of all ages present a free community concert. Featuring euphoniums and tubas of all sizes, this beloved event raises money for the Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc.

🎶 This annual tradition is a part of the Winter Lights and Holiday Festival presented by the Town of Blacksburg and Downtown Blacksburg, Inc.

01/12/2023

📰 News Alert 📰

🎶 School of Performing Arts Faculty, Elizabeth McLain, was featured in this recent story about her work blending disability justice and musicology.

The work of disabled artists and musicians doesn’t always get a spotlight. A music and creativity scholar at Virginia Tech, who is disabled herself, is hoping to change that.

30/11/2023

❄ Warm the soul and usher in the holiday spirit with the University Choirs this Sunday, Dec. 3 at 4pm at St. Mary's Catholic Church right here in Blacksburg!

❆ Full of holiday classics, head to our website for more program information. Admission is free and no reservation is required.

29/11/2023

📯 Join us tonight as the students of the VT Horn Ensemble take the stage to showcase their semester of work led by Juan Berríos, Instructor of Horn!

🎟 Tonight, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Creativity and Innovation District Building located at 185 Kent St. Admission is FREE and no reservation is required.

28/11/2023

The Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts and the Center for Communicating Science seek a colleague in Applied Theatre and Community Engagement (preferably with a focus on health outcomes). Find out more here:

Apply now Back to search results Job no: 527823 Work type: Teaching & Research Faculty Senior management: Architecture, Arts, and Design Department: School of Performing Arts Location: Blacksburg, Virginia Categories: Instructional / Teaching Faculty, Other

27/11/2023

🎶 Join us tonight for the final of the semester as we welcome Metropolitan Horn Authority to campus!

📯 The Metropolitan Horn Authority is a contemporary horn quartet that takes aspects of classical and popular music and turns them into a unique concert experience. Through original arrangements, they expose audiences to the wide range of the horn while showing off its versatility in different styles.

🎟 Tickets and more information are available at the link in our bio!

27/11/2023

🎶 The School of Performing Arts is finishing November strong and ushering in the holiday spirit with this week's performances!

🎟 Many events are free, but check the link in our bio for tickets before they sell out.

21/11/2023

Bryson Baumgartel had played in musicals on the world’s biggest stage, but after working as an associate music director at regional theaters over the past several years, he recently made his Broadway conducting debut.

Bryson Baumgartel’s decision to pursue a degree in piano performance from Virginia Tech led to him being front and center on the world’s biggest stage. In early October, the Ashburn, Virginia native made his Broadway conducting debut when he conducted the American musical “Merrily We Roll Alon...

15/11/2023

CVC Day at SOPA!

08/11/2023

👏 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the opening night of "Sleep Deprivation Chamber" by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy!

🎭 The School of Performing Arts ensembles and productions are proud to feature students from all over the university. In this video, we hear from Wilson Moroz, a Math Education major, on how this production process was built on trust and collaboration!

🎟 This production runs through Saturday, Nov. 11. Tickets are available through the link in our bio!

07/11/2023

✊ Happy opening night to the cast, crew, and creative team of "Sleep Deprivation Chamber" by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy!

🎭 Amid the pre-show responsibilities, we caught up with Han Ramroop, a freshman Theatre Arts - Performance major, who has been serving as an understudy for the production.

07/11/2023

🎹 Peter Ryan, piano takes the Squires Recital Salon stage this Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. for a guest artist recital to showcase the majesty of the piano!

🎶 Peter Ryan, D.M.A. is an Associate Professor of Music at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, where he teaches and coordinates the Piano and Music Theory programs and serves as the Division of Music Coordinator. His performing and research interests lie in underperformed repertoire and underrepresented composers. Peter holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Florida, and both a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

🎟 Tickets are $15 general / $12 senior / $10 student. Available now at the link in our bio or at the venue beginning one hour prior to the performance (cash only).

Pianist: Peter RyanRecorded at University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s Chapel of All Faiths on a Steinway B

06/11/2023

🍂 As the temperatures cool down, our students and guest artists are excited to warm your spirit with a week of performances! 🍂

🎭 The School of Performing Arts has a jam-packed week of theatrical and musical performances. We hope you'll join us!

06/11/2023

🎶 Looking for a FREE study break activity?

🎺 Join us tomorrow night, Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Squires Recital Salon for the Trumpet Studio Recital. Featuring works from a wide range of composers, this concert is free with no reservation required!

06/11/2023

🎭 "Sleep Deprivation Chamber" by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy opens tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Squires Studio Theatre.

💡Evelyn Compton, Performing Arts student and Assistant to the Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education shared a few thoughts about the play and this production at Virginia Tech.

🎟 We encourage you to purchase your tickets ahead of time for this production, as we are still unable to process credit card transactions at the door. Tickets are available online anytime at the link in our bio, or in person and over the phone at Moss Arts Center box office Tuesday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We also have dedicated box office staff available at the mobile box outside the Studio Theatre office beginning one hour prior to the performance to assist with online purchases and to process cash transactions.

02/11/2023

📰 Want to know more about the upcoming production of "Sleep Deprivation Chamber" by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy?

🎭 Learn how this piece was chosen and how director, David R. Gammons is creating an empowering rehearsal room below!

The play by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrianne Kennedy opens Nov. 7 and runs for six performances.

01/11/2023

🥁 Only one more day until VT Percussion Ensemble takes the stage at the Creativity and Innovation District LLC Building!

🧵 Featuring a number of compositions, including Paul Lansky's "Threads" that "highlight the wide range of qualities that percussion instruments are capable of, from lyrical and tender to forceful and aggressive."

🎟 Available at the link in our bio.

01/11/2023

📣 Attention Students! 📣

❄️ School of Performing Arts Winter Session courses are now available!

❓Questions? Contact your advisor for more information.

01/11/2023

🎭 Happy tech week to the cast, crew, and creative team of "Sleep Deprivation Chamber" by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy!

🎟 The production opens on Nov. 7 and runs until Nov. 11 in the Squires Studio Theatre. Tickets are available now through the link in our bio, in person at the Moss Arts Center box office, and at the door 90 prior to showtime (cash only).

31/10/2023

🎃 Happy Halloween ghouls and ghosts!

🎭 To celebrate the spooky season, we're taking a trip back in time to some of the School of Performing Arts' most spine-chilling performances! Pictured here are:
🧛‍♂️ "Nosferatu" created and directed by Ping Chong, Nov. 2017
🔪 "Dead Man's Cell Phone" by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by David Johnson, Feb. 2011
✂️ "Oedipus" by Sophocles; adapted by Ellen McLaughlin. Directed by David R. Gammons, Feb. 2023

📸 Photo Credits in order: Edmee Rodriguez, Susan Sanders & Gabrielle Henry

30/10/2023

👩‍🎨 Ever wonder what scenic artists do all day?

🎨 The past few weeks our terrific scene shop graduate assistants have been working to distress the floor panels to transform Studio Theatre into - well, a different theatre! The upcoming production of "Sleep Deprivation Chamber" by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy opens on Nov. 7. Make sure you have your tickets for a chance to see how the designers and technicians age and distress our beloved theatre.

📸 Thank you Nia Vera-Perez for these great in-process shots!

30/10/2023

🥁 Join us this week to celebrate the magic of percussion with the VT Percussion Ensemble on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Creativity and Innovation District LLC Building, 185 Kent St.

🪘Under the instruction of Annie Stevens, this concert will feature works by Brian Blume, Alex Stopa, Caleb Pickering, and Paul Lansky.

🎟 Tickets are available now, and at the door!

27/10/2023

25/10/2023

Only three more days to see the remount of "Poe’s Shadows:
An Immersive Theatrical Installation."

Drawing from two of Edgar Allan Poe’s most well-known works, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven,” the installation explores what happens when literary texts are lifted from the page to the stage and then reimagined through the use of technology.

Today, Oct. 25 at 3:30pm there will also be an AR Book Demonstration with giveaways of the books created during the project.

Wednesday, October 25: 2:00-5:30pm
Thursday, October 26: Noon-2:00pm
Friday, October 27: 2:00pm-7:30pm

Entry into the installation in the Sandbox will be every twelve minutes. You may enter into the Perform Studio to experience The Raven at any time during the times noted above. The installation contains mature content and themes.

24/10/2023

✊ Interested in how the arts inspire and create social change?

💡Join us for a pre-show reception and panel discussion around the issues and contexts found in “Sleep Deprivation Chamber” by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy. Panelists include David R. Gammons, professor of Theatre, Logan Dandridge, assistant professor of Cinema Studies, and Dr. Onwubiko Agozino, professor of Sociology.

🎭 Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. in Newman Library, First Floor, Room 101S, followed by a panel discussion at 6 p.m. All participants are invited to attend the performance that evening at 7:30 p.m. in Squires Studio Theatre.

🤝 Presented in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Department of Sociology.

23/10/2023

Our Poe project is back and better than ever!

Poe’s Shadows:
An Immersive Theatrical Installation
Free and Open to the VT Community

The Sandbox and Perform Studio, Moss Arts Center

Monday, October 23: 2:00pm-5:30pm
Tuesday, October 24: 2:00pm-5:30pm
Wednesday, October 25: 2:00-5:30pm
Thursday, October 26: Noon-2:00pm
Friday, October 27: 2:00pm-7:30pm
*AR Book demo Wednesday 3:30-4:30 (and free AR books given away)

Entry into the installation in the Sandbox will be every twelve minutes.

You may enter into the Perform Studio to experience The Raven at any time during the times noted above.

Mature content and themes

Drawing from two of Edgar Allan Poe’s most well-known works, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven,” the installation explores what happens when literary texts are lifted from the page to the stage and then reimagined through the use of technology.

Cast:
“The Tell-Tale Heart” performed by Austin Burch
“The Raven” performed by Reiss Gidner, Erika Koekkoek, and Liv Wisnewski

Creative Team:
Sound Design and Engineering: Tanner Upthegrove
Motion Graphics: Ethan Candelario and Meaghan Dee
Illustrations: Meaghan Dee
Text Curation: Amanda Nelson, Natasha Staley, and Ashley Reed
Performance Directors: Amanda Nelson and Natasha Staley
Media Engineer: Tanner Upthegrove
Project Manager: Liz Kurtzman

Production:
ICAT (The Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology)

Special Thanks
Virginia Tech Humanities Week and the Center for Humanities
Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT)
Department of English
School of Visual Arts
School of Performing Arts
Applied Research in Immersive Environments and Simulations, University Libraries
Moss Arts Center

23/10/2023

📣 Calling all actors! 📣

🎥 Do you want to star in a student-directed short film? This evening, Monday, Oct. 23, cinema students in the Fiction Filmmaking class will be hosting an audition night for numerous short fiction films to be made this Fall!

⏰ Performers are welcome to visit Media Building Room 102 between 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm, to audition for multiple roles on various films. Auditionees will chat with the Directors about each project and read from the provided one-sheets. No experience necessary!

🤨 Questions? Contact, Laura Iancu Assistant Professor of Cinema.

23/10/2023

🎶 Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech yesterday!

🎼 If you missed the choir concert, you have another chance to hear what our students have been working on this semester on Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Admission is free and no reservation is required!

21/10/2023