Department of Music

McIntire Department of Music Chair Richard Will leads "Know the Score," an insightful and entertaining pre-concert lecture series. Professor Will is author of The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven and of articles and reviews on 18th- and early 19th-century music. The popular professor is also interested in 20th-century American popular music, especially country music and bluegrass, and hosts a bluegrass jam session for UVA graduates and undergraduates. He has received fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the American Musicological Society.

Pre-Concert Lectures are free and begin 45 minutes prior to each performance.  For more information please call the McIntire Department of Music at 434.924.3052