$15 General / $5 Students / Free for UVA students who reserve in advance
The UVA Department of Music is pleased to present the UVA Chamber Singers Spring 2025 - 20th Anniversary Concert on Friday, April 4th, at 8:00 PM in Old Cabell Hall!
Charlottesville In the spring of 2005, a new vocal ensemble – the UVA Chamber Singers – first took the stage as part of a University Singers concert. In the two decades since, they’ve given numerous performances, highlighted by some tremendous successes and unique opportunities. Join the current singers, alumni, and conductor Michael Slon for a celebration of the ensemble’s 20th anniversary – Friday, April 4th – 8:00 pm at UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. Tickets are available at the UVA Arts Box Office in the Culbreth building, online at http://tickets.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu, by calling (434) 924-3376, and at the door.
The program will feature highlights from programs across the first 20 years – including a Renaissance madrigal and motet, Palestrina’s “Sicut cervus” (once performed by the group in a workshop with the Tallis Scholars), excerpts from Bach and Carissimi, romanticism from Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder and mysticism from Arvo Pärt, right up to works from Broadway, the Cuban song “Son de la Loma”, and a stunning arrangement of Ben Folds’ popular song “The Luckiest”. Join us for these and a few more surprises at this special celebration!
Founded in 2005 by faculty conductor Michael Slon, the UVA Chamber Singers is a select ensemble drawn from the University Singers (UVA’s flagship chorus), and committed to broad programming perspectives, performs a wide variety of repertoire ranging from early music to contemporary compositions. In addition to a performance for the Governor and other distinguished guests at UVA’s 2017 Bicentennial Celebration, performances have included Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas (with Three Notch’d Road Baroque ensemble), programs of Latin American choral music, choral music from film and Broadway, new music by Meredith Monk (performed with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble), and a concert of campaign songs with the UVA Center for Politics and special guests including Martin Luther King III. Other collaborations include concerts with the Staunton Music Festival, Victory Hall Opera (in pioneering presentations of Poulenc and Gluck operas with deaf actors), the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, and a 2022 presentation of Defiant Requiem (honoring the prisoners at Terezin who performed the Verdi Requiem) at the Strathmore Music Center with five other universities. They’ve sung in workshop with UVA Chamber Singers Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars, and in 2014, were honored to perform for composer Philip Glass. They’ve also been heard in major works, at VMEA, and on tour in the U.S. and Europe with the University Singers.
For more info visit:
http://music.virginia.edu/chamber-singers
http://music.virginia.edu/usingers
Auditions: Auditions for the University Singers & Chamber Singers take place at the beginning of each semester.
To make a gift to the UVA Choral Ensembles: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/21729/donations/new
or write the choral ensembles at: university-singers@virginia.edu
Tickets are $15 for the general public, $5 for students, and free for UVA students if reserved in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the UVA Arts Box Office, on-line at https://artsboxoffice.virginia.edu/, by phone (434) 924-3376 or in person at the Arts Box Office or at the door on the night of the concert. Free UVA student tickets can be reserved through the UVA Arts Box Office. The UVA Arts Box Office is located on the John and Betsy Casteen Arts Grounds, inside the lobby of the UVA Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road. For directions, please visit UVA Visitors Map or view directions via Google Maps.
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 Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.
All programs are subject to change.
Contact UVA Music for more information at 434.924.3052 or music@virginia.edu.