Documentary Film Screening: The Sound of Santiago by Dr. Mike Davison and Ed Tillett

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Dr. Mike Davison and Ed Tillett have produced a documentary about the indigenous music of Santiago de Cuba and the effect it has had on Cuba and the world. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Third Coast Percussion with Zakir Hussain

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Third Coast Percussion commissioned Murmurs in Time, a major new work by Zakir Hussain that blends the sounds of tabla with their classically trained percussion ensemble. A shared spirit of collaboration and curiosity reverberates among the five artists who will share the stage for the first time as part of this special double-bill concert. Pre-show ...

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University Dancers 40th Anniversary Concert

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

University Dancers celebrates 40 years of engaging dance with the annual concert that brings to campus the work of three innovative guest choreographers from the US and Canada. The concert also features work by department faculty Angelica Burgos, Alicia Díaz, Eric Rivera, and Anne Van Gelder. Outstanding adjudicated student choreography will be featured, and department ...

Free

Kardeş Türküler

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Kardeş Türküler is a music project that was founded in 1993 by a group of students in the Folklore Club of the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. They perform folk songs and dances of Anatolia, Thrace, and Mesopotamia in their original languages, paying special attention to their cultural contexts. The group is known for their use ...

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Doris Wylee-Becker, piano

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Faculty pianist Doris Wylee-Becker will perform. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Anzû Quartet

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

The Anzû Quartet is a new collaboration between four internationally renowned performers of contemporary music, Ken Thomson (clarinet/Bang on a Can), Olivia De Prato (violin/Mivos Quartet), Ashley Bathgate (cello/Eighth Blackbird), and Karl Larson (piano/Bearthoven). Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Kronos Quartet with Peni Candra Rini

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Since its founding in San Francisco 50 years ago, when the form was largely centered on long-established, Western European traditions, Kronos has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the string quartet into a living art form that responds to the people and issues of our time. Pre show artist talk at 6:30 p.m.   ...

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Tanya Tagaq

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer, and bestselling author. In its many forms, her art challenges static ideas of genre and culture and contends with themes of environmentalism, human rights, and post-colonial issues.   ...

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Global Sounds

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Family friendly event featuring student and community performances of traditional Japanese, West African, Brazilian, and Indonesian musics. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Jazz & Contemporary Combos

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

This annual spring concert will showcase UR student jazz combos performing rock, blues, swing, and more. Seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Simone Dinnerstein, piano

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Program (subject to change) Jean-Philippe Rameau - Gavotte et Six Doubles (complete), Philip Lasser - Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach,  Bach, J. S. - 15 Three-Part Inventions, "Sinfonias", for Keyboard, BWV787-801, and Keith Jarrett - Encore from Tokyo. ...

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Spring Choral Concert

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Schola Cantorum and conductor Jeffrey Riehl will present a program of a cappella and accompanied choral music by living American composers featuring a suite of selections from Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Wind Ensemble

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

The ensemble will perform a variety of classical, contemporary, and popular wind literature. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Popular Music Ensemble

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Students in the Popular Music Ensemble will perform original compositions created in the MSEN 100 class. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free
Event Series Urinetown

Urinetown

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

A hilarious musical satire: a terrible water shortage has led to a government ban on private toilets and citizens have to use paid public toilets, owned by a single malevolent company. In this wickedly funny and delightfully intelligent comedic romp, Urinetown is an irreverent tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution at a time when ...

Free

Chamber Ensembles

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

The UR Chamber Ensembles present an evening of music performances by outstanding student instrumentalists, vocalists, and pianists. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

University of Richmond Symphony Orchestra

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Enjoy the talents of the University’s largest music ensemble as they perform a varied program of repertoire at this annual Spring concert. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free

Cuban Spectacular: From Mambo to Motown

Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond 453 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA

Witness the transformation of American popular music from the 50s - Sprinkling Motown with a bit of Mambo magic. All concerts seating is general admission. Tickets are required, and all will be welcomed as space allows. ...

Free
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