Elizabeth Roberts, Bassoon, UVA Chamber Music Series #1

October 5, 2025

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Old Cabell Hall

Tickets (on sale 4 weeks prior) UVA Student Tix (free)

The Department of Music at the University of Virginia presents Elizabeth Roberts, Bassoon with John Mayhood, Piano on Sunday, October 5th at 3:30pm in Old Cabell Hall. This is the first concert of the 2025-2026 UVA Chamber Music Series.

Performers include Elizabeth Roberts, bassoon and contrabassoon; John Mayhood, piano and Peter Spaar, bass.

Elizabeth Roberts, Principal Bassoon and Director of Youth Education for the Charlottesville Symphony since 2001, joined the faculty at the University of Virginia the same year. She became a member of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra as their contrabassoonist beginning in 2017. Ms. Roberts has played Second Bassoon with the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra since 2015, and served as the WSO Personnel Manager from 2018-2019. Ms. Roberts has performed as a soloist with the Charlottesville Symphony, the Roanoke Symphony, the Harid Conservatory Orchestra and the Waynesboro Orchestra, and was invited to perform as a soloist and chamber musician at the International Double Reed Society conference in 2010 (OK), 2013 (CA), 2014 (NY), and 2017 (WI). Ms. Roberts can be heard on recordings with the Virginia Symphony Night Owl (Night Owl by Michael Daugherty), the Richmond Symphony Inspired by Walt Whitman (Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams) and the New World Symphony's New World Jazz (Lollapalooza by John Adams)

PROGRAM
Adolphus Hailstork	Bassoon Set for solo bassoon
Albert Roussel	Duo for Bassoon and Double Bass, L. 35
Ulysses Kay	Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Gustav Schreck	Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 9
Intermission
Erwin Schulhoff	Bassnachtigall, WV59 for solo contrabassoon
Elaine Fine	Harlequin Sonata for Contrabassoon & Piano
Gerhard Deutschman	Sonata for Contrabassoon and Piano, DWV 133

The UVA Chamber Music Series presents innovative performances by the University of Virginia's world-class performance faculty and celebrated guest artists, is comprised of six professional performances for the University and the central Virginia community. These intimate concerts are programmed to offer both new and traditional works that will delight the novice as well as the well-tempered critic. The UVA Chamber Music Series is directed by Jiyeon Choi.

To see all the concerts in the series, please visit https://music.virginia.edu/uvacms.

Individual Tickets: $15 General / $13 UVA Faculty & Staff / $5 Students / Free for UVA Students who reserve in advance / Free for students under 18. Tickets are available at the UVA Arts Box Office by calling 434.924.3376, or by visiting artsboxoffice.virginia.edu. Individual tickets will also be available at the door one hour prior to the concert. 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. Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.

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