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Popular Concerts

  • VTU and the Office of Equity & Inclusion presents:
    Gospel Artist     Kim Burrell
    Saturday, Mar. 20th, 2010 @5:30pm
    Burruss Auditorium Reserved Seating
    Tickets:     General $20, Faculty/Staff $17, Child (12 and under) $11, and Tech Std $7
    The Office for Equity and Inclusion and Virginia Tech Union Lively Arts, are proud to announce their unprecedented partnership to bring you the much anticipated, “Fourth Annual Gospel concert”, on March 20, 2010. This lively and energizing, yearly attraction now boasts over 2,000 fans from the New River Valley and beyond. The extraordinary talents of The Gospel Concert includes past performances by Grammy-nominated artists, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, and one of gospel music’s best-sellers, Myron Butler. These powerhouse talents are also joined by popular up-and-coming stars like Ontisha: The Church Girl, and Ziel. Every year gets bigger and better, and 2010 is sure to get everyone off their feet and into the aisles! Lively Arts Season ticket holders will have a ticket included in their season mailing. Artist will be announced in early summer 2009.

  • Virginia Tech Union Lively Arts presents:
    Dominic Gaudious     and the New World Duo
    Monday, Apr. 12th, 2010 @7:30pm
    Burruss Auditorium
    Reserved Seating
    Tickets: General $20, Faculty/Staff $17, Child (12 and under) $11, and Tech Std $7
    Dynamic, Intense and Passionate are just some of the words used to describe the innovative work of instrumental guitarist and composer, Dominic Gaudious. Working mainly with six and twelve-string acoustic guitars and incorporating exotic instruments such as the Australian Didgeridoo, Dominic created a uniquely intricate playing style which blends the sounds of Classical, Jazz, Flamenco, Rock, and World-Beat.

    He’s performed at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the Australian Embassy, Montreux Music Festival, National Geographic, opened for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Pat Benatar, Kip Winger, appeared with the well-respected jazz ensemble Acoustic Alchemy. Often compared to Michael Hedges, Eddie Van Halen and Al DiMeola, Dominic’s appealing sound has been featured on Echoes, Hearts of Space, National Public Radio and many local and syndicated stations throughout the world.

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Plays & Musicals

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University Theatre

Theatre Arts

  • The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
    Squires Studio Theatre - Reserved Seating
    Thurs.– Sat. Feb 18th-20th @ 7:30pm & Sun. Feb 21st @ 2pm & 7:30pm
    Tues. – Sat.  Feb 23rd–27th @ 7:30pm
    Tickets: General/Faculty/Staff $9, Student/Senior $7
    On Sale: Mon. Jan. 25th, 2010
    Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and other ancient allegorical figures are juxtaposed with modern-day family against an epochal Ice Age, Noah’s flood, war, book burning, and more. Wilder’s unconventional drama, a fun and complicated spectacle written in 1942, reveals the cyclical nature of human existence and man’s unwavering resilience to survive and build new worlds over and over again. Directed by Greg Justice

  • Our Town by Thornton Wilder
    Squires Haymarket Theatre - Reserved Seating
    Wed. – Fri. Apr 21st-23rd @ 7:30pm & Sat. Apr 24th @ 2pm & 7:30pm
    Sun. Apr 25th @ 7:30pm
    Tickets:  General/ Faculty/Staff $9, Student/ Senior $7
    On Sale: Mon. Mar. 29th, 2010
    One of the most produced plays in the 20th century canon, Our Town resonates through time with its simple expression of quintessentially American values – practical and useful, lovely in our ordinariness, yet ever dreaming and swept along by a sense of the eternal everywhere in our midst. Combining expressive movement with a rich landscape of music and imagery, this final production of our celebratory season is directed by quest artist and VT theatre alum Andrew Belser.

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Classical Music

University Chamber Music

  • Imani Winds
    Lyric Theatre– General Seating
    Fri., Feb 12 @ 8:00pm
    Tickets: General/ Faculty/Staff $15, Senior $10, Student $5
    On Sale: NOW @ Lyric Box Office only 10am to 2pm
    Bridging European, American, African and Latin American traditions, the Imani Winds quintet brings new sounds and textures to traditional instrumentation. Spend an evening at Blacksburg’s historic Lyric Theatre and hear how Grammy-nominated ensemble is carving out a unique and distinctive presence in the classical music world. Sponsored in part by the Lyric Theatre and by a grant from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech.

  • Parker Quartet
    Squires Recital Salon- General Seating
    Sun., Mar 21st @ 8:00pm
    Tickets: General/Faculty/ Staff $15, Senior $10, Student $5
    On Sale: Mon. Mar 1st, 2010
    Young and dynamic, this string quartet has sparked international acclaim and engaged audiences worldwide. Come find out why The New York Times calls the Parker Quartet “something extraordinary”. Presented by the Department of Music and Valley Music Lovers.

  • Faculty Chamber Music
    Squires Recital Salon- General Seating
    Sun., April 11th @ 8:00pm
    Tickets: General/ Faculty/Staff $15, Senior $10, Student $5
    On Sale: Mon. Mar 22nd, 2010
    The faculty artists of Virginia Tech’s Department of Music finish the series with a concert of various chamber music works performed with interpretative flair and technical brilliance.

New River Valley Symphony

  • NRVS Winter Concert
    Burruss Auditorium – General Seating
    Sat., Feb 27th @ 8:00pm
    Tickets: General/Faculty/Staff $8, Senior/Student $5
    On Sale: Mon., Feb 8th, 2010
    Medea’s Dance of Vengeance Samuel Barbar
    Concert-Poeme Sergei Wassilenko
    John Adler, trumpet
    Symphony #3, “Rhenish” Robert Schumann

  • NRVS Spring Concert
    Burruss Auditorium – General Seating
    Sat., May 1st @ 8:00pm
    Tickets: General/Faculty/Staff $8, Senior/Student $5
    On Sale: Mon., Apr 12th, 2010
    Piano Concerto #3 in C Minor     Ludwig van Beethoven
    Erica Sipes, piano
    Suite from “The Incredible Flutist” Walter Piston
    Four Dances from “Estancia” Alberto Ginastera

Musica' Viva Series

Tickets: Adult $18, Student $8, and Child (12 and under) $5

  • The Vanbrugh Quartet
    (Marilyn Norstedt Memorial Concert)
    Squires Recital Salon – General Seating
    Sat., Feb 20h @ 7:30pm
    On Sale: Fri., Feb. 5th, 2010
    Run Time: 2 hours

  • Mendelssohn Birthday Gala
    Lyric Theatre     – General Seating
    Sun., Apr. 25th @ 3:00pm
    On Sale: Fri., Apr. 9th, 2010
    Run Time: 2 hours

Valley Music Lovers

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Speakers / Comedians

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