Department of Music

The Department of Music presents “A Night of Percussion” featuring new compositions by graduate composer Molly Joyce and alumni composer Cameron Church with the UVA Percussion Ensemble. The Percussion Ensemble is directed by I-Jen Fang and will perform on Saturday, April 5th at 8:00 pm in Old Cabell Hall.

Further information on this event will be available on March 1st, 2025.

The UVA Percussion Ensemble is directed by I-Jen Fang, the Principal Timpanist and Percussionist with the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia. Re-established in spring 2005, the Percussion Ensemble is a chamber group that performs literature from classical transcriptions to contemporary music. The ensemble draws upon a large family of pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments. The number of players and the amount of equipment varies greatly from piece to piece. The current members of the UVA Percussion Ensemble are Helen Dunn, Cason Duszak, Jack Engel, Dylan (Piper) Jiron, Edward Lue, Luci Nguyen, Nicole Shou, Gabe Silverstein, Kunsh Singh, Rasmi Tangirala, and Thomas Worden.

This is an Arts Enhancement Event supported by the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts. T​his event is also supported by the Eleanor Shea Music Trust​.

Tickets are $10 General Admission / $9 UVA Faculty & Staff / $5 students / Free for UVA Students who reserve in advance. Tickets are available at the UVA Arts Box Office in the Culbreth building, online at https://artsboxoffice.virginia.edu/ or by calling (434) 924-3376. UVA students need to reserve their tickets 24 hours in advance at the UVA Arts Box Office student ticket portal.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda (map). Parking is available in the Central Grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Road, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.

All events are subject to change.

Please contact the Music Department at 434.924.3052 or music@virginia.edu for more information.

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