Community Calendar

Ben Patterson's fiery approach to the trombone and his wide-ranging vision as a composer make him a singular voice in music today. His latest venture, The Ben Patterson Group features Ben along with some of the top talent in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Doors open: 6:45pm
Show Starts: 7:30pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $20
Seniors/Students (High School/College): $15
Children (Under 15): $10
Location: Drum Orpheum Rehearsal Hall
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Drum Orpheum Rehearsal Hall is an all-ages venue (unless otherwise stated). The facility is also a "listening" room, so please refrain from having conversations during the artist's performance. Video recording and photography IS allowed, share the experience with all.

Country music legends Brooks & Dunn are coming to Charlottesville, VA! They will be performing at John Paul Jones Arena on March 29th, 2025 at 7pm with special guest David Lee Murphy. Get your tickets now!

The Living Room Concert Series, part concert, part live interview, the night will be hosted by Steel Wheels Frontman, Trent Wagler. Oliver Bates Craven is a Nashville based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with a dynamic sense of performance that honors nuance and originality, his musicality is one of a seemingly effortless focus, and a clearly impassioned and tangible joy.

Jack Siegel will perform his Distinguished Major Voice Recital on Saturday, March 29th, 2025 at 8:00 pm in Old Cabell Hall. This recital will be live-streamed on the UVA Music YouTube channel.

For more information about this event, please visit https://music.virginia.edu/jack-siegel-voice.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. Parking is available in the Central Grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Road, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner.

All programs are subject to change.

Please contact the Music Department at 434.924.3052 or music@virginia.edu for more information.

Arts Council of the Valley invites you to join in the arts-focused fun on the First Friday* of EVERY month! Throughout Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, 38 venues offer a variety of new art exhibitions, live performances, poetry, comedy, music, artmaking activities, food, and so much more. You can find a list of venues, online map, and details for all First Fridays of the Valley events – all updated monthly – at valleyarts.org/first-fridays-of-the-valley/! Thanks to Kathy Moran Wealth Group, Exclusive Sponsor for 2025 First Fridays of the Valley.

*In 2025, July's "First Friday" arts programming will be held on THURSDAY, July 3 (NOT JULY 4)

Step into Winchester's most intimate and vibrant performance space for our monthly Rising Artist Concert Series – where raw talent meets its first standing ovation. Every month, we proudly showcase emerging musicians taking their first bold steps onto the live stage, creating unforgettable moments in our acoustically pristine venue. This month we're featuring Rich Ridgell to our stage!
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Doors open: 6:45pm
Show Starts: 7:30pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $20
Seniors/Students (High School/College): $15
Children (Under 15): $10
Location: Drum Orpheum Rehearsal Hall
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Whether you're a music enthusiast eager to discover fresh talent or an artist ready to share your gift with the world, our Rising Artist Concert Series offers a unique experience where musical dreams take flight. Be part of something special. Be there when they first take the stage. Be the audience that says, "I saw them when..."
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Drum Orpheum Rehearsal Hall is an all-ages venue (unless otherwise stated). The facility is also a "listening" room, so please refrain from having conversations during the artist's performance. Video recording and photography IS allowed, share the experience with all.

The Westminster Organ Concert Series continues its 44th season on Friday, April 4, at 7:30 pm, with an organ recital by Colin Andrews. A native of Bristol, England, and past prizewinner at the Dublin International Organ Competition, Mr. Andrews has given hundreds of solo recitals across Europe, Asia, South Africa, and the United States. He has made fourteen commercial recordings, including the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen. He has taught at Indiana University and East Carolina University and is currently a visiting professor at Florida State University and Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Indiana. His program features music by Bach, including his magnificent Passacaglia, and contemporary music by Patterson, Tippett, and Mathias. The concert is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.

Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 400 Rugby Road in Charlottesville. Ample parking is available behind the church, and the sanctuary is wheelchair-accessible.

The Westminster Organ Concert Series was begun in 1980 to share the newly installed all-mechanical baroque-style pipe organ with the community. The organ, built by Taylor & Boody Organbuilders of Staunton, Virginia, has 18 stops and over 1100 pipes.

We are thrilled to announce that Zac Brown Band will be performing at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville on Saturday, April 5th at 8:00PM with special guest Maggie Rogers and comedy by Joe Zimmerman as part of a benefit concert supporting UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center (CSC). The CSC is also excited to honor Maggie Rogers as the inaugural recipient of the CSC’s Contemplation in Action award.

Winchester Musica Viva, Winchester’s premiere semi-professional chamber choir, presents performances exploring the artistic and scientific genius, Leonardo da Vinci. Through this program we explore the intersections of art and science, with Renaissance compositions from da Vinci’s time, including madrigals from one of the earliest operas by Claudio Monteverdi. The program features the newly composed set of pieces, Triptych of Knowledge by Jocelyn Hagen, with texts from Leonardo’s notebook pages, and culminates with Eric Whitacre’s tour de force masterwork, Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine. The program will explore da Vinci’s impact on the arts, through a wide variety of repertoire with narration.

Join us for a special Jazz History Month concert featuring jazz music, stories and poetry. A professional sextet will perform classic jazz music from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Roy Hargrove and many others. Dr. Joanne Gabbin, founding director (emeritus) of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, and Dr. Edward Scott, will present poetry and stories that tie into the music with historical context and artistic illumination. Musicians include tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Christian McBride, poet Nikki Giovanni, et al.); Charlottesville trumpeter, John D’Earth; Harrisonburg’s Marlon Foster (drums) and Neal Perrine (bass); Lynchburg's Lew Taylor on piano, and Harrisonburg trombonist, Robert Mott.

This 90-minute, non-religious public performance is presented FREE of charge and will be held in the auditorium of Eastern Mennonite School, 801 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg (near EMU) beginning at 4 p.m.

Funding and support for this event provided by Arts Council of the Valley, Eastern Mennonite School and RobertMottDesigns.com