Department of Music

Please note: tickets for Saturday, February 14 are extremely limited, but great seats are still available on Sunday!

The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia celebrates Valentine’s Day Weekend on Saturday, February 14, 8:00pm at Old Cabell Hall on the U.Va Grounds, and Sunday, February 15, 3:30pm, at Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center in Charlottesville.

Conducted by Music Director Kate Tamarkin, the program includes: Felix Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Alexander Borodin's Nocturne; Stephen Warbeck's Suite from the 1998 hit film, Shakespeare in Love; and excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suites No. 1 and 2.  

Know the Score, a pre-concert lecture, will be presented 45 minutes before the Saturday night concert in Minor Hall.  Free of charge, these informative and entertaining lectures by McIntire Department of Music Chairman and Associate Professor of Music Richard Will offer both novice and experienced patrons a deeper appreciation of the performances. 

Free parking is available in the U.Va Central Grounds Parking Garage, located on Emmet Street, on Saturday night and at the high school on Sunday afternoon.  Both venues are wheelchair accessible.

Tickets are priced at $10-$45 for adults and $10 for students.  U.Va students may request one complimentary ticket in advance.  Tickets may be purchased at The University of Virginia Arts Box Office, (434) 924-3376, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in the lobby of the Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road, or on-line at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu.

All programs, artists and venues are subject to change.

Both concerts are sponsored by McGuireWoods LLP.