The UVA Music Department presents a piano recital on Monday, April 28, at 6:30 pm in the University of Virginia Chapel at 145 McCormick Rd. This event is free and open to the public.
The students from the UVA studio of Dr. Francesca Hurst are Alice Chang, Rachel Guo, Braeden Hughes, Frances Liu, Claire Peng, Hemanth Saravanan, Charlotte Scott, Katherine Tang, Thomas Vokoun, and Audrey Zheng. We will hear works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Fibich, Lushtak, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann.Hurst's UVA piano studio is open to students from every UVA school and department. The UVA Music Department offers opportunities to all UVA students to learn and perform music in our ensembles, classes and private studios.
Francesca Hurst is on the piano faculty at the University of Virginia and The Catholic University of America and maintains a private piano studio in Northern Virginia. She is an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, holds a DMA in Piano Performance and a BA in Italian.
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The Gothic-inspired chapel was designed by Baltimore architect and UVA alum Charles Emmet Cassell. It was constructed between 1884 and 1890. and funded by the Ladies Chapel Aid Society. A complete renovation in 2023 restored the historic chapel’s Victorian palette. You can read about the chapel renovation here.
Parking can be found in the Central Grounds Parking Garage, in the five spaces along McCormick Road next to the chapel or in the parking spaces along University Avenue.
Please note the University Chapel does not have restrooms. The closest restrooms are located in Shannon Library or Newcomb Hall.
All programs are subject to change. Contact the UVA Music Department for more information at music@virginia.edu or 434.924.3052