Family Weekend Choral Showcase
Join the University Singers, UVA Chamber Singers, Virginia Glee Club, and Virginia Women’s Chorus for the traditional Family Weekend Choral Showcase—Friday, October 25th, 8:00 pm in Old Cabell Hall on the Lawn at the University of Virginia.
The concert’s lively and varied program will feature selections from all four ensembles’ 2024 repertoire, including René Clausen’s “All the Hath Life and Breath,” the traditional Appalachian song “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” André Thomas’s arrangement of the spiritual “Keep Your Lamps,” works by Gwyneth Walker, Billie Eilish, and Rosephanye
Powell, and folks songs from South Africa, Czechia, and the British Isles.
The evening will close with a joint performance of the beloved UVA songs, sung by the four combined choruses (more than 150 voices strong), joined on stage by their alumni.
The University Singers and UVA Chamber Singers are directed by UVA professor and conductor Michael Slon, the Virginia Women’s Chorus is conducted by KaeRenae Mitchell, and the Virginia Glee Club is led by conductor Frank Albinder.
Tickets for the program are available at the UVA Arts Box Office in the Culbreth building, online at artsboxoffice.virginia.edu or by calling (434) 924-3376. Tickets will also be available at the door.
For more information, please visit: www.music.virginia.edu or https://usingers.virginia.edu/.
All events are subject to change.
For more information, please call 434.924.3052 or email music@virginia.edu.