Virtual Orientation Sessions - summer 2021

Tuesday, August 10 - 2021 to Tuesday, August 24 - 2021

If you want to know more about Music at UVA and you missed our summer orientation zoom webinars you can now watch the presentations on the UVA Music YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/uvamusic).  The first four presentations are intended to give a comprehensive overview of Music at UVA, and cover the student experiences in Music; Performance Ensembles; Academic Classes; Private Lessons; Music Faculty; the Music Major; the Performance Concentration; the Distinguished Major; Facilities; Auditions; Work, Volunteer and Intern opportunities and Arts$ (how UVA Students can attend music events for free). The final session is a little different in that it focuses on auditions, ensembles and private lessons in more detail and some of the other subjects are curtailed or omitted.

If you have more questions after watching the presentation(s), please write music@virginia.edu and we can direct your question to the appropriate faculty, staff or student.  All of our faculty, their bios and contact information are listed on our faculty page . Our private lessons faculty page lists only the faculty who teach private lessons (listed in order of their instruments) this page also has links to their bios and their contact information. 

While our faculty, staff and students are very busy, especially at the beginning of the academic year, we always want to hear from and engage with students who are interested in music, so please do not hesitate to contact us.  If you do not feel like reaching out directly to our faculty, staff or students, you will find shortcuts to some of our most popular web pages, interest forms and social media sites below.. 

 

Session / recording datepresenterslink
Music Department Orientation #1
recorded 7/2/21
  1. Karl Hagstrom Miller, Chair and Associate Professor, Critical & Comparative Studies
  2. Elliott Tackitt, Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
  3. Daniel Sender, Associate Professor and Concertmaster of the Charlottesville Symphony, Director of the Performance Concentration Program, and violinist of the Rivanna String Quartet.
  4. John D'earth, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Jazz Performance, member of the Free Bridge Quintet
  5. Lauren Schmidt, 4th Year, Music & Chemistry Majors;
  6. Olivia Hale, 3rd Year, Music & Chemistry Majors,
  7. Harini Peri, 4th Year,  Public Policy & Leadership Majors: Psychology Minor;
https://bit.ly/uva-music-orientation-1
Music Department Orientation #2
recorded 7/16/21
  1. Karl Hagstrom Miller, Chair and Associate Professor, Critical & Comparative Studies
  2. I-Jen Fang, Associate Professor and Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony; Director of the Percussion Ensemble and the New Music Ensemble
  3. Lauren Schmidt, 4th Year, Music & Chemistry Majors;
  4. Olivia Hale, 3rd Year, Music & Chemistry Majors, Statistics Minor;
  5. Ben Trombetta, 4th Year, Music & Political and Social Thought Majors; Italian Minor;
https://bit.ly/uva-music-orientation-2
Music Department Orientation #3
recorded 7/23/21
  1. Karl Hagstrom Miller, Chair and Associate Professor, Critical & Comparative Studies
  2. Elliott Tackitt, Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
  3. John D'earth, Senior Lecturer, Director of Jazz Performance, member of the Free Bridge Quintet
  4. Ayn Balija, Associate Professor and Principal Violist of the Charlottesville Symphony and violist of the Rivanna String Quartet
  5. Lauren Schmidt, 4th Year, Music & Chemistry Majors;
  6. Olivia Hale, 3rd Year, Music & Chemistry Majors, Statistics Minor;
  7. Meaghan Nuckols. 4th Year, Religious Studies Major;  Minors: Bioethics and Anthropology;
https://bit.ly/uva-music-orientation-3
Music Department Orientation #4
recorded 7/30/21
  1. Daniel Sender, Associate Professor and Concertmaster of the Charlottesville Symphony, Director of the Performance Concentration Program, and violinist of the Rivanna String Quartet.
  2. John D'earth, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Jazz Performance, member of the Free Bridge Quintet
  3. Elliott Tackitt, Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
  4. I-Jen Fang, Associate Professor and Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony; Director of the Percussion Ensemble and the New Music Ensemble
  5. Lauren Schmidt, 4th Year, Music & Chemistry Majors
  6. Olivia Hale, 3rd Year, Music & Chemistry Majors, Statistics Minor
  7. Julia Preston, 4th Year, Music & History Majors; Religious Studies Minor;
https://bit.ly/uva-music-orientation-4
Music Department Orientation #5
Recorded 8/2/21
Emphasis on auditions, ensembles and private lessons
  1. Karl Hagstrom Miller, Chair and Associate Professor, Critical & Comparative Studies
  2. Elliott Tackitt, Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
  3. I-Jen Fang, Associate Professor and Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony; Director of the Percussion Ensemble and the New Music Ensemble
  4. John D'earth, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Jazz Performance, member of the Free Bridge Quintet
  5. Ayn Balija, Associate Professor of Viola at the University of Virginia, Principal Violist of the Charlottesville Symphony, and violist of the Rivanna String Quartet.
  6. Lauren Schmidt, 4th Year, Music & Chemistry Majors;
  7. Olivia Hale, 3rd Year, Music & Chemistry Majors, Statistics Minor;
  8. Meaghan Nuckols. 4th Year, Religious Studies Major;  Minors: Bioethics and Anthropology;
  9. Ben Trombetta, 4th Year, Music & Political and Social Thought Majors; Italian Minor
https://bit.ly/uva-music-fall-2021-orientation

 

 

 

Useful links:

Auditions
Classes for fall 2021
Ensembles
Faculty
Lessons
Lesson Faculty (in instrument order)
Music Major
Volunteer Opportunities and Internship Opportunities
Work Opportunities

Interest Forms (most of these will be closed at the end of August 2021 and will reopen in spring 2022)

UVA Music - general form for all ensembles, lessons, classes, major, work, volunteer

Cavalier Marching Band (auditions for cmb closed on July 30th 2021)
Charlottesville Symphony
University Singers
Wind Ensemble
 

UVA Music Social Media

Music at UVA e-mail (sent monthly during summer, weekly during academic year)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uvamusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uvamusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uvamusic/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/uvamusic
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8346267/

Address

UVA Department of Music
112 Old Cabell Hall
P.O. Box 400176 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4176

Email: music@virginia.edu