Department of Music

The McIntire Department of Music is pleased to present a concert by the Baroque Orchestra directed by David Sariti on Friday, April 4th, 2014 in Old Cabell Hall. The concert will feature special guest Joseph Gascho, harpsichordist and founder of Harmonious Blacksmith.  Mr. Gascho will coach the ensemble during his residency and perform a concerto with Baroque Orchestra on their Spring concert.  This concert is celebrating the establishment of the Gertrude Weber Endowment for Music

Conductor and harpsichordist Joseph Gascho has built a multifaceted musical career – performing as a soloist and collaborative artist; conducting opera, orchestra and choir; editing and arranging scores; teaching and lecturing; and most recently as a producer and editor. He has won numerous grants and prizes, including first prize in the 2002 Jurow International Harpsichord Competition. In 2012, he released his debut solo CD, a recording of his own transcriptions of works by Bach, Handel, Charpentier, Murcia and Matteis. Recent performing highlights include concerts with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, the Tallis Scholars and the Folger Consort, the Washington Bach Consort, and at Intersections: A New America Arts Festival. After studying at the Peabody Institute and the University of Maryland, he now teaches at the George Washington University, the Magnolia Baroque Festival and Institute, and Oberlin Conservatory’s Baroque Performance Institute. He serves as music director and keyboardist at the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church.

The Baroque Orchestra, directed by David Sariti, offers students the rare opportunity to perform music of the 17th and 18th centuries on the instruments for which it was written, at low pitch.  Students use period instruments from the University’s extensive collection, receiving personal instruction on the special techniques necessary, and must be accomplished on their modern counterparts.

This concert is free and open to the public.  Celebrating the establishment of the Gertrude Weber Endowment for Music

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic Lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda.  Parking is available in at the Central Grounds Parking Garage, or in the lots off University Avenue at the University Corner.  Handicapped parking is available in the C1 parking lot or in designated spaces on McCormick Avenue.

For more information please call the McIntire Department of Music at 434.924.3052.