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Audition Announcement!
Auditions for the Virginia Chorale's 2025-2026 season will be held on May 4 & 5
Come sing with the foremost professional choral ensemble in Virginia! Want details? View the registration form below. We are seeking all voice types. Please help us spread the word! Questions? Contact Kristin Ball, our Managing Director, at info@vachorale.org.
Register here: https://www.vachorale.org/audition-registration-2025-2026.html

HRP: Seeking Talented Musicians!
The Hampton Roads Philharmonic. The Hampton Roads Philharmonic is winding down for the 2024-25 season and gearing up for our 2025-26 season, and we are searching for the newest members of our orchestra! We will be performing five exciting programs during our upcoming season throughout Hampton Roads. We have immediate availability for viola (2), violin (3), cello (2), horn, and timpani. Interested players are asked to submit an online audition as soon as possible for the opportunity to perform with us. Our volunteer-based orchestra rehearses weekly, Tuesday nights, 7-9 pm in Newport News. We will be performing four exciting programs throughout our upcoming season throughout Hampton Roads. Interested musicians are asked to perform contrasting solo pieces, submit a brief professional bio, and be available for all HRP rehearsals, performances, and events. Online Audition Form: https://www.hrphil.org/join-the-orchestra/

Opera Baltimore: Want to Love Albert Herring Even More?
Join us for Opera Insights, a free, fun and fascinating look at Benjamin Britten's comic opera, leed by our brilliant Scholar-in-Residence. Dr. Aaron Ziegel. Whether you're a Britten buff or opera-curious, these sessions will help you catch every clever moment onstage. https://www.operabaltimore.org/albert-herring
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7:00 pm
Attend Online From Your Couch!
Zoom Session. Explore Britten's compositional voice, the libretto's clever twists and why Alber Herring still hits today.
April 30, May 2 & May 4
Come Early, Learn More
One-hour before curtain at the Engineer's Club. Gain fresh perspectives and helpful context to heighten your experience. If you mis the live lectures, don't worry, Recordings will be available on our website.

Virginia Opera Auditions
Open-call Adult Chorus Auditions* are Tuesday, April 29 and Wednesday, April 30 from 7-9 pm at the Harrison Opera House. Sign up by clicking the link below for the date you'd like to schedule your audition. *Please note that recent (within the past 5 years) and current Virginia Opera Choristers need not audition. Tuesday, April 29 from 7-9pm:
https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/972306846040/false#/invitation
Wednesday, April 30 from 7-9pm:
https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/1081276904053/false#/invitation. Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Blvd., Norfolk, Virginia 23510

CNU Department of Music April Events
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public and are subject to change. Please contact the Department of Music at (757) 594-7089 or visit the CNU Music home page at music.cnu.edu for updated information and student recitals. Ferguson Center for the Arts Box Office: (757) 594-8752. Event venue unless otherwise noted: Peebles Theatre, Ferguson Center for the Arts, Christopher Newport University, Newport News.
Monday, April 21, 2025, 8:00 pm
University Band Concert
Under the direction of Dr. Mark P. Johnson. featuring guest conductor Davaron Edwards. Free. Diamonstein Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Earth Day at the Ferg
Featuring various soloists, chamber ensembles, choirs, and bands performing throughout the day in the outdoor amphitheater outside Peebles Theatre. Free event.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 8:00 pm
CNU Orchestra Spring Concert
Featuring Jonathan Martin, piano and the CNU Chamber Choir. Free Event. Peebles Theatre
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 7:30 pm
Wind Ensemble: Bliss
Under the direction of Dr. Mark U. Reimer. Fission, John Mackey; Bliss, Michael Torke;Turning, John Mackey; Miniature Suite, Steven Bryant; Band of America March, Paul Lavalle. Free Event. Diamonstein Concert Hall
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 8:00 pm
Considering Matthew Shepherd
University Chorale and Chamber Choir Concert. Free admission. Peebles Theatre
Monday, April 28, 2025, 8:00 pm
Electronic Music Ensemble
Under the direction of Dr. Maxwell Tfirn Free admission. Studio Theatre

F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music April Events
Old Dominion University’s School of Music faculty and student ensembles regularly present their work to the public. Performances are free unless otherwise indicated. Unlesss otherwise noted, all performances will take place in Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center for the Performing Arts, and are free and open to the public unless specified otherwise. Parking for Chandler Hall: The 49th Street Stadium Garage is closed and the lot next to it on 49th Street may be full. The VIP lot between Webb Center and the Diehn Center may be open. For more information about the School of Music, please call (757) 683-4061, email music@odu.edu, or visit odu.edu/music. Check odu.edu/music/calendar for additional events added throughout the year.
Monday, April 21, 2025, 7:30 pm
Russell Stanger String Quartet Concert
Free. Chandler Hall
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7:00 pm
Monarch Soundwaves
Music Business Class Concert Free. Chandler Hall
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
Music Business Class Concert
Free. Chandler Recital Hall
Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:00 pm
Chamber Music Recital
Free. Diehn Center for the Performing Arts, Diehn 1201.
Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
Chamber Winds Recital
Free. Chandler Hall
Monday, April 28, 2025, 7:30 pm
New Music Ensemble
Free. Chandler Hall
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 4:00 pm
ODU Flute Choir
Free. Chandler Hall
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 7:00 pm
Monarch Steel Band
Free. Chandler Hall

William & Mary Music Department April Events
Admission is free, and no ticket is required unless otherwise noted. All events on the William & Mary campus, Williamsburg, unless otherwise noted. For more details on these events please click on http://www.wm.edu/calendar/upcoming/music/list. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall and Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg VA 23185
Arts Center, Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg
Monday, April 21, 2025 7:30 pm
Guitar Ensemble Concert
Open to the public. Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 7:30 pm
Applied Music Recital
Open to the public. Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 7:30 pm
Gallery Players Concert
To reserve your seat please follow this ticket link: http://wm.universitytickets.com/w/ Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 7:30 pm
Early Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Open to the public. Ticketed event. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Thursday, April 24, 2025 7:30 pm
Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir Explosion Spring Concert
Open to the public Ticketed event. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Friday, April 25, 2025 7:30 pm
Wind Ensemble Spring Concert
Tickets are FREE for students and $10 for the general public. Reserve your tickets at https://wm.universitytickets.com. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Saturday, April 26, 2025 2:00 pm
Combined Choral Ensembles Spring Concert
Join the W&M Choir, Botetourt Chamber Singers, and Barksdale Treble Chorus for a great afternoon of music. Reserve your tickets at https://wm.universitytickets.com. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Sunday, April 27, 2025. 3:00 pm
Melodia Eastern European Ensemble Concert
Open to the public. Ticketed event. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 7:30 pm
Jazz Combo & Jazz Ensemble
Open to the public. Ticketed event. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 7:30 pm
Flute Ensemble Spring Concert
Tickets are FREE for students and can be reserved at https://wm.universitytickets.com. Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall

April 23, 26, 27, 30, May 2, 2025
HH: Giulio Cesare
Visionary opera director and Hudson resident R.B. Schlather reunites with early music band Ruckus for six performances of Handel’s baroque blockbuster GIULIO CESARE. Repeating the successful alchemy of RODELINDA (2023), Schlather brings together area residents, rising young stars, and some of the finest baroque interpreters today to share his passion for Handel in the intimacy of New York State’s oldest surviving theater.Opera by G.F. Handel, premiered at the King’s Theatre in London, 1724. Sung in Italian with English supertitles Production by R.B. Schlather. With early music band Ruckus. For tickets and more information visit https://hudsonhall.org/event/giulio-cesare/ Tickets: $95, $65, $30. Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534

Bruton Parish Candlelight Concerts & Historic Organ Recitals, April, 2025
Continuing a tradition begun by our 18th-century organist, Peter Pelham, Bruton Parish presents more than 120 recitals and concert programs annually in its Candlelight Concert series. Instrumental and choral groups from all over the United States and other countries perform in our historic church, interspersed with organ and harpsichord recitals by our own splendid musicians. The Candlelight and outdoor concerts will last approximately 45 minutes, and the Wren Recitals will last just 30 minutes.  All are non-ticketed and open to the public, with freewill offerings gratefully received. Masks are required only for those not yet vaccinated. Free parking on Duke of Gloucester Street. Rebecca Davy, Music Director & Organist; Dr. JanEl Will, Organist & Choir Director; James Darling, Choirmaster & Organist Emeritus. Contact: bdavy@brutonparish.org or (757) 645-3431. www.brutonparish.org.
Candlelight Concerts in Bruton Parish Church
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 8:00 pm
Choral Evensong
St. James School Chapel Choir from Hagerstown, Maryland, Samuel McDaniel, Director
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 8:00 pm
Annual John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Concert
Messiah, Parts 2 & 3 by George Frederic Handel
Bruton Parish Choirs & Bruton Baroque Early Music Chamber Orchestra, Rebecca Davy, Director
Historic Organ Recitals in the William & Mary Wren Chapel
Saturday, 10:00 am on April 26 – Rebecca Davy. Organist & St. James School Chapel Choir

Tickets on Sale Now
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2:30 pm
VAF: 2025 Virginia International Tattoo
America's International Military Tattoo
A Salute to 250 Years of Service and Sacrifice
Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps!
More like lighting fireworks than candles, the 2025 Tattoo celebrates the 250th birthday of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps in a spectacular party showcasing an international cast of more than 800 civilian and military performers from several nations. Returning favorites include Norway’s spectacular Band and Drill Team of His Majesty the King’s Guard, the rousing Massed Pipes and Drums from four nations and the nimble OzScot Australia Highland Dancers, and exciting new performers include the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Central Band in their first trip to the United States. At the heart of this unforgettable performance is an emotional and grateful tribute to the armed forces who have defended our freedom for 250 years. With stirring music, heartfelt tributes to those who have served, and appearances by some very special guests. $25 - $100. To purchase tickets call 757-282-2822 or visit or in person at the Virginia Arts Festival Box Office. Scope Arena, 201 E. Brambleton Ave. Norfolk, Virginia

Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
WMAQMS: Kevin McMahon and Hamilton Tescarollo
W&M Arts Quarter Music Series. Kevin R. McMahon is an esteemed American orchestra, opera and musical theatre conductor, composer/orchestrator/arranger, clinician/adjudicator, and violinist. Dr. McMahon regularly performs as a violin recitalist. Since his debut with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), pianist Hamilton Tescarollo has performed as both soloist and collaborative artist in the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America. Both Dr. McMahon and Dr. Tescarollo are on the faculty of the School of Music at Purdue University. Free amd open to the public. To reserve your seat please follow this ticket link: http://wm.universitytickets.com/w/ Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg

Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
PCC: Good Shot Judy: The Century of Swing
Portsmouth Community Concerts. Years ago brothers Brett and Jeff Cahoon stepped away from the success that they’d achieved with their punk band and chose instead to see what they could do with the old-time jazz standards they’d admired for so long. A Good Shot Judy 8-Piece Swing Band show offers all those tunes you know just from growing up America – songs you can at least hum along to, if you don’t outright know most of the words. But the music itself is only part of the band’s allure; there’s something electric the execution, and it’s that vigor that carries the day as much as the pull of recognition. Single Adult Tickets: $25. Phone 757-686-5447 or visit https://www.portsmouthcommunityconcerts.com/tickets-and-donations I. C. Norcom High School Auditorium, 1801 London Boulevard, Portsmouth, VA 23704

VWU: April Events
Virginia Wesleyan University. All events take place in the Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center. Public ticket prices are as listed; free to the VWU community. Tickets and reservations: buytickets.at/goodecenter or 757.455.3381 More information: https://www.vwu.edu/the-arts-at-virginia-wesleyan/art-events.php; (757) 455-3381. Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center, Virginia Wesleyan University, 5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:30 pm
Juke Vox - Spring Concert
Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Join Vox Vera for a fun evening of contemporary acapella music, from the Beatles to Stevie Nicks and more! Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

The Governor's School for the Arts April Events
The Governor's School for the Arts. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and take place at the Governor's School for the Arts building at 254 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23510. All ticketing is online only at showtix4u.com. No Walk-up ticket sales unless otherwise noted. GSA, 254 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23510
Friday, April 25, 2025, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 26, 2024, 2:00 & 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 27, 2024, 7:30 pm
Footloose
Co-production with Virginia Musical Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster or Sandler Center Box Office. Sandler Center for the Arts, 201 Market Street, Virginia Beach 23462

VA Opera: Loving v. Virginia World Premiere
VA Opera caps off the 50th Anniversary season with the highly anticipated world premiere of Loving v. Virginia. A young couple’s interracial marriage in 1958 sparks a case that leads to the Supreme Court and a victory for civil rights in the United States. This operatic retelling is based on the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving. Music by Damien Geter, Libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo. Commissioned by: VA Opera in partnership with ICA at VCU. Co-produced by Virginia Opera and Minnesota Opera. Sung in English with English Surtitles. Conducted by Adam Turner; Directed by Denyce Graves; Set Design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Costume Design by Jessica Jahn; The orchestra for this production is provided by the Richmond Symphony. Join us 45 minutes before each performance for a pre-show lecture. Tickets: Norfolk: https://ticketing.vaopera.org/overview/loving-v-virginia. Fairfax: https://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/virginia-opera-loving-v-virginia. Richmond: https://www.etix.com/ticket/e/1045891/
Norfolk
Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2:30 PM
The Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Blvd., Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Fairfax
Saturday, May 3, 2024, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 4, 2024, 2:00 PM
Center for the Arts at George Mason University,4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Richmond
Friday, May 9, 2025, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 10, 2024, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 11, 2025, 2:30 PM
The Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center, 600 E Grace St Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 4:00 pm
NCC: L’Hommage à Fauré: Happy 180th!
Norfolk Chamber Consort. This program celebrates Fauré’s anniversary by honoring his legacy as a distinguished composer and outstanding teacher. The program includes the music of his students, Maurice Ravel, Florent Schmitt, and Jean Roger-Ducasse. Tickets: $40. https://ncconsort.org/product/lhommage-a-faure-happy-180th-saturday-april-26/ Larchmont United Methodist Church, 1101 Jamestown Crescent, Norfolk

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 4:00 pm
5BMF: Toomai String Quartet Passos Brasileiros
5 Boroughs Music Festival. Toomai String Quintet, an ensemble dedicated to expanding the Latin American chamber music repertoire, performs music from their new album, Passos Brasileiros (Brazilian Steps). Celebrating Brazil’s vibrant musical legacy, Passos Brasileiros embraces works from several beloved traditions — choro, samba, Brazilian jazz, classical music, and Música Popular Brasileira (MPB)—and reimagines them for string instruments. The concert features Toomai’s original arrangements of popular songs by Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, and Dona Ivone Lara (the “First Lady of Samba”); jazz-influenced works by Hermeto Pascoal and Léa Freire; and classical selections by Chiquinha Gonzaga, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Paulinho Nogueira. The quintet members are violinists Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Fortes, violist George Meyer, cellist Hamilton Berry, and bassist Andrew Roitstein. https://toomaiquintet.com/bios/ Free. Reservations strongly encouraged; space is limited. RSVP: https://5bmf.org/toomai-string-quintet/ Bronx River Art Center, 1087 E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY 10460

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 6:00 pm
TENET: Rosettes Curated by Jolle Greenleaf
What is more enjoyable than hearing a lute song? Perhaps quartets of singers and lutes joining together in song! For our 2024-2025 series finale, TENET presents an unforgettable program highlighting the magical combination of voices and lutes in varied combinations. We’ll tell stories through poetry from renaissance England, hear dazzling lute quartets from the continent, and toast to Spring’s arrival. Tickets: $16-$60. https://events.humanitix.com/rosettes St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, NYC. Virtually Available from May 10–July 10, 2025 . Virtual passes by donation: https://events.humanitix.com/rosettes-virtual-pass Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, 152 West 66th Street, NYC

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:30 pm
NNO: Beethoven
The Northern Neck Orchestra, Michael Repper, conductor. The concert season concludes with Robert Paterson’s innovative Triple Concerto, "Summit" and Ludwig van Beethoven’s majestic Triple Concerto performed by Neave Trio with the orchestra. The Neave -- Anna Williams, violin, Mikhail Veselov, cello, and Eri Nakamura, piano -- has received a Grammy Award nomination and earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances. Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. Tickets: $40. Students: free. Tickets may be purchased online https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E351332&id=60 or at the check-in desk.  Lancaster Middle School Theatre, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock, VA 22482

Met Live in HD 2024-2025 Season
The Met's 2024–25 spring season of live movie theater transmissions features five extraordinary operas. Tickets are now on sale in the United States and Canada. International ticketing dates will vary—please check your local listings. https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/theater-finder/
These live cinema transmissions are part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe. English StreamText captioning is available for the Met’s transmissions here: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=MET_Opera_Live_in_HD
A transcript of the transmission will also be available to view after eash live performance.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 1:00 pm
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro
Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the skirt-chasing Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe. LIVE PERFORMANCE.
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 1:00 pm
RICHARD STRAUSS: Salome
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive, Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is soprano Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone Peter Mattei. Tenor Gerhard Siegel is Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias, and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe. LIVE PERFORMANCE.
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 1:00 pm
GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini's effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher's madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the main cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met's award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe. LIVE PERFORMANCE.

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 4:00 pm
MMCS: Jae Sinnett
Mildred McDaniel Concert Series. Jae Sinnett is a radio personality, a composer and a performing and recording artist. His recordings include: Obsession, Blue Jae, House and Sinnett, Listen, The Better Half, Off the Myopic Avenue, The Sinnett Hearings, and It’s Telling…A Drummer’s Perspective. Obsession, released in 1986, featured the former director of the Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster on saxophone, with John Hicks on piano, Wallace Roney on trumpet, Steve Wilson on saxophone and Clarence Seay on bass. Jae is the host of the popular jazz program, Sinnett In Session, now in its 36th year on National Public Radio affiliate WHRV FM 89.5 in Norfolk. The concert is free and open to the public. Contributions will be accepted to help support the Concert Series. A reception follows the concert. Reformation Lutheran Church, 13100 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News, VA  23602

Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: The Tallis Scholars
Virginia Arts Festival. Dubbed “the rock stars of Renaissance vocal music” by The New York Times, this legendary ensemble has perhaps done more than any other group to put sacred vocal music of the Renaissance on music lovers’ top ten lists. Norfolk’s historic Christ & St. Luke’s Church makes the perfect setting for their beautiful sound, which summons the echoes of the past and reveals new delights in works by contemporary composers. Tickets: https://www.vafest.org or visit 440 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Box Office: 757-282-2822. Christ & St. Luke’s Church, 560 W Olney Road, Norfolk, VA 23507

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 12:00 pm
Galilee: Organ Swell Concert
Sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, featuring local musicians on our newly finished Quimby Chancel Organ. Concert is free and open to the public. Galilee Church, 3928 Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 3:00 pm
Opera Baltimore: Albert Herring
Opera Baltimore Semi staged concert opera. In the quaint town of Loxford, East Sussex, Lady Billows is on a mission. She’s gathered the town's most important folks to find the perfect Queen for their May Day Feast. But there’s a problem: none of the young women meet her high moral standards. Just when all hope seems lost, someone suggests Albert Herring, the shy and obedient greengrocer’s son, as the ideal candidate. To everyone’s surprise, Albert is crowned King of the May. What follows is a hilarious and unexpected turn of events as Albert, tired of living under his mother’s strict rules, embarks on a wild night of adventure and self-discovery. Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring is his only true comic opera, filled with witty music and a delightful story. It explores themes of innocence, social class, and growing up, all set to a brilliantly clever score. Perfect for first-time opera-goers, this charming tale will have you laughing and rooting for Albert as he breaks free and finds his own way. Join us for a night of fun and unforgettable singing! Composer: Benjamin Britten; Librettist: Eric Crozier. More information: 43.445.0226. Tickets: https://operabaltimore.app.getcuebox.com/o/GFSJT6VK/shows/0Q66K2CX The Engineers Club at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

VWU: May Events
Virginia Wesleyan University. All events take place in the Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center. Public ticket prices are as listed; free to the VWU community. Tickets and reservations: buytickets.at/goodecenter or 757.455.3381 More information: https://www.vwu.edu/the-arts-at-virginia-wesleyan/art-events.php; (757) 455-3381. Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center, Virginia Wesleyan University, 5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7:30 pm
Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra Spring Concert
The Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra, will complete its first year under new musical director, Alexander Chen, with a Spring concert full of traditional classics and new modern works. Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:30 pm
VWU Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert
Under the direction of Cory Franklin, the VWU Jazz ensemble will perform well known jazz standards, Funk, and Latin Jazz favorites. Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center.

William & Mary Music Department May Events
Admission is free, and no ticket is required unless otherwise noted. All events on the William & Mary campus, Williamsburg, unless otherwise noted. For more details on these events please click on http://www.wm.edu/calendar/upcoming/music/list. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall and Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg VA 23185
Arts Center, Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg
Thursday, May 1, 2025 7:30 pm
W&M String Quartet
Open to tohe public. Reserve your ticket at https://wm.universitytickets.com. Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Friday, May 2, 2025, 9:00 am
Music Department Senior Project Symposium
Featuring projects presented by Soph Asenso, Lily Ballas, Alec Conley, Benetnasch Hyde, Emmett McLaughlin, and Colleen Stewart. Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Friday, May 2, 2025, 3:00 pm
Appalachian Music Ensemble Concert
Open to the public. Tickets are FREE and can be reserved at https://wm.universitytickets.com. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 pm
Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert
Concert Program: Park, Julie; Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (Gremin’s Aria)*; Bizet, Jolie fille de Perth (Ralph’s Aria)*; Verdi, Don Carlo (Philippe II’s Aria)*; Brahms, Haydn Variations; Dvorák, Symphony No. 9. Branch Fields, bass* Tickets are FREE for students and can be reserved at https://wm.universitytickets.com. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 2:00 pm
Desiree Roots - W&M Arts Quarter Music Series
Desirée Roots has been showcasing her talent in theatres and concert halls throughout the Commonwealth and the region for well over 35 years. She is revered for her powerful yet controlled, lush voice with its 3½ octave range. Open to the public. Ticketed event. Music Arts Center, Concert Hall

Bruton Parish Candlelight Concerts & Historic Organ Recitals, May, 2025
Continuing a tradition begun by our 18th-century organist, Peter Pelham, Bruton Parish presents more than 120 recitals and concert programs annually in its Candlelight Concert series. Instrumental and choral groups from all over the United States and other countries perform in our historic church, interspersed with organ and harpsichord recitals by our own splendid musicians. The Candlelight and outdoor concerts will last approximately 45 minutes, and the Wren Recitals will last just 30 minutes.  All are non-ticketed and open to the public, with freewill offerings gratefully received. Masks are required only for those not yet vaccinated. Free parking on Duke of Gloucester Street. Rebecca Davy, Music Director & Organist; Dr. JanEl Will, Organist & Choir Director; James Darling, Choirmaster & Organist Emeritus. Contact: bdavy@brutonparish.org or (757) 645-3431. www.brutonparish.org.
Candlelight Concerts in Bruton Parish Church
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 8:00 pm
Organ Recital
Eric Huenneke, Organist from Boston, MA
Saturday, May 3, 2025, 8:00 pm
Chamber Music Concert
Tidewater Cello Ensemble from Hampton Roads, VA, Susan Hines Director
Thursday, May 8, 8:00 pm
Organ Recital
Carson Cooman, Organist & Composer in Residence at Harvard’s University Church in Boston, MA
Saturday, May 10, 8:00 pm
Handbell Concert
Bruton Parish Tarpley Ringers, Rebecca Davy, Director, with JanEl Will, Organist
Monday, May 12, 8:00 pm
Chamber Vocal Concert
Alium Spiritum Vocal Quartet based Brownsville, TX, Diane Walters, Soprano & Executive Director, Lara Alami, Alto, Daniel Parks, Tenor & Sean Taylor, Bass & Artistic Director
Thursday, May 15, 8:00 pm
Chamber Music Concert
Fluteforte from Richmond, Virginia, Susan Davis, Director
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 pm
Youth Choral Concert
Lynnfield Middle School Pioneer Singers from Lynnfield, MA, Stephen Bloom, Director
Thursday, May 22, 8:00 pm
Youth Choral Concert
Clover High School Choraliers from Clover, SC, Jay Forrest, Director
Saturday, May 24, 8:00 pm
Youth Choral Concert
Osbourn Park High School Madrigal Singers from Manassas, VA, Dominick Izzo, Director
Thursday, May 29, 8:00 pm
Boys Choir Concert
Birmingham Boys Choir, from Birmingham, AL, Ken Berg, Director
Saturday, May 31, 8:00 pm
Chamber Music Concert
The Richmond Clarinet Choir from Richmond, VA, Anne Caldiron, Director
Historic Organ Recitals in the William & Mary Wren Chapel
Saturday, 10:00 am on May 3 – Rebecca Davy, Organist
Saturday, 10:00 am on May 10 – Carson Cooman, Organist
Saturday, 10:00 am on May17 – Thomas Marshall, Organist
Saturday, 10:00 am on May 24 – Norman Elton, Organist
Saturday, 10:00 am on May 31 – Thomas Marshall, Organist

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
SAF: Kathleen Winters Flute Masterclass
Sundays at Four (Smithfield's performing arts series) will host a free flute masterclass from 10 am until 3 pm. Flutists of any age and level of experience are welcome to participate. Lunch will be served. Kathleen Winters, an active performer and educator, and currently Adjunct Professor at Christopher Newport University, will be the instructor. Those who have a 30-minute lesson with Ms. Winters will be given a ticket to her recital the following afternoon, May 4, beginning at 4 pm. For more information and to request a lesson time, call: 757 675-5777. Free admission. Christ Episcopal Church, 111 S. Church Street, Smithfield

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 pm
TCG: Classical Guitar Showcase Featuring TGO
Tidewater Classical Guitar. The TCG Showcase is the backbone of our concert season: a concert that brings together artists from our region for a concert experience devoted to the community. Join us for a performance showcasing the talented Tidewater Guitar Orchestra along with some of the best musicians in Hampton Roads. This year’s concert will feature the Virginia premiere of a brand new work by Miroslav Loncar, as well as some of our favorite works composed and arranged by members of the Tidewater Guitar Orchestra. Single Tickets: $30 General Admissio; $25 Senior/Military/Educator; $10 Student. Livestream Concert: Sat, May 3, 2025, 7:30 PM. Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center, Virginia Wesleyan University, 5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 4:00 pm
VCS: Jubilate Deo
The Virginia Choral Society, Dr. Bryson Mortensen, Artistic Director. together with the Virginia Children's Chorus. Jubilate Deo by Dan Forrest brings to life the global aspect of the Psalm 100 text, "O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands," by setting it in seven different languages and drawing from a wide spectrum of musical influences. The result is a stunning global celebration of joy, as all the earth sings as one, "omnis terra, jubilate!" Also Ralph Manuel's Alleluia, the energizing spiritual The Storm Is Passing Over, and Jeffrey Ames' arrangement of the South African piece Tshotsholoza. Tickets: General Admission $20 in advance/$25 at the door; Discount in Advance Student/55+/Active Military $18. Youth 12 and under: Free. Groups: 10 or more: $15. https://www.vachoralsociety.org/box-office?mc_cid=6903636787&mc_eid=0f663fd1c5
May 3: First Baptist Church Denbigh, 12716 Warwick Blvd, Newport News 23606. May 4: Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church, 6901 Newport Ave., Norfolk, VA 23505

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 2:30 pm
VSO: The Music of Star Wars
Virginia Symphony Orchestra. It’s a Star Wars Day celebration! Coming to Virginia from a galaxy far, far away – experience the music of the Star Wars universe like never before with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, now with performances in Newport News AND Virginia Beach! Tickets: $12.50 - $119. https://tickets.virginiasymphony.org/starwars/fergusoncenter May 3: Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 University Place, Newport News, VA. May 4: Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Market Street, Towne Center, Virginia Beach

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 3:00 pm
Soundscapes: Virginia Community Music Festival Concert
Dive into the soundscapes of Soundscapes in a carefully-crafted immersive audio experience that invites you to explore the powerful and emotional journey of music-making. The show concludes with the debut performance of a new student-created Soundscapes Anthem! Join Soundscapes for a FREE Concert during CNU’s Virginia Community Music Festival! Enjoy the power of music from Soundscapes young musicians from the daily after-school programs, Peninsula Youth Jazz Band, and Peninsula Youth Orchestra. Everyone is invited! https://www.soundscapes.org/ Register: https://tickets.fergusoncenter.org/4403 Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23606

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 3:00 pm
BASS: New Voices Festival 2025: Lost/Found II
Juhi Bansal’s monumental Loss, Love, and Exile shines a light on the experiences of Women in modern-day Afghanistan. Herschel Garfein’s new song cycle fuses the words of Rae Armantrout with his Rock-influenced sensibilities. Finally, contrasting works by Evan Fein, Tom Cipullo, Will Liverman, and Carlos Simon explore the Lost/ Found dichotomy. Juhi Bansal: Loss, Love, and Exile Herschel Garfein: New Work (World Premiere, BASS commission) Tom Cipullo: Rapture Evan Fein: The Solitary Reaper Will Liverman: Selected Songs from the Dunbar Songbook Carlos Simon: American Sonnets (BASS Commission). Amy Owens, Laura Strickling, soprano; Brandon Bell, baritone Michael Brofman, Joy Schreier, piano; Carrie Stute, cello. Pre-Concert Lecture by Herschel Garfein, 2:30 pm. Digital Subscribers: Free Admission. Premium Tickets: $55. General Admission: $35. https://brooklynartsongsociety.org/new-voices-festival-lost-found-ii/ Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 4:00 pm
WSO: Side-by-Side Concert
The Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra musicians together with the Williamsburg Youth Orchestra, David Grandis, conductor. Witness the power of music and the future of orchestral excellence in this inspiring and unforgettable performance. Members of the Williamsburg Youth Orchestra join forces with the professional musicians of The Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra for an extraordinary side-by-side concert experience.Tickets: $10 Adults/Students Free. https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/WilliamsburgSymphonyOrchestra/1688 Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Hwy, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 4:00 pm
WPC: David Wilcox
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church Open Door Concert Series. David Wilcox is a penetrating storyteller. The revered folk musician has an effortless talent for spinning lyrics that quietly cut deep, paired with melodies that usher the listener through plot twists and turns. From his Ohio roots and North Carolina youth, through critically acclaimed albums and countless live performances, Wilcox inspires audiences through his charm, wit, and charisma. “David Wilcox's ongoing musical journey is compelling and richly deserving of a listen” - Rolling Stone Reception with the performers follows the concert. Details at  https://www.mywpc.org/concerts/  Free and open to the public. Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 215 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 4:00 pm
SAF: Kathleen Winters Flute Recital
Sundays at Four. Kathleen Winters,flute, accompanied by Ruth Winters, piano. Works by Schubert, Georges Hue, and Carl Reinecke. An active performer and educator, Ms. Winters expects to soon complete her doctorate at the University of Illinois. She maintains a private studio in Newport News, and is an Adjunct Professor at CNU. www.sundaysatfourva.org Tickets on-line at https://events.humanitix.com/kathleen-winters-flute-and-ruth-winters-piano-in-recital?hxchl=hex-pfl, or at the door: Adults $20. Students $10. For more information and to request a lesson time, call: 757 675-5777. Christ Episcopal Church, 111 S. Church Street, Smithfield

Sunday, May 4, 2024, 4:00 pm
AGO Organ Swell
Join us at Trinity Church, Portsmouth for a free performance sponsored by the Tidewater Chapter of the American Guild of Organists as part of their annual Organ Swell series, which features local organists collaborating with other local musicians. This program features organists Eric Dolch (Trinity Church, Portsmouth), Mary Dolch (Galilee Church, Virginia Beach), and JanEl Will (Bruton Parish, Williamsburg), concert pianist Lee Jordan-Anders, and flautist Wayne Hedrick. Free-will offerings are appreciated. For more information, contact Eric Dolch at eric@trinity-portsmouth.org or (757) 393-0431, Ext. 103. Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 Court Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704

Sunday, May 4, 2024, 4:00 pm
GBP: Oscar F. Smith High School Chamber Orchestra
Great Bridge Presbyterian Church 2023-2024 Candlelight Concert Series 24th Season featuring Oscar F. Smith High School Chamber Orchestra, Deanna L. Kringel, Director with guest conductor Alex Chen. Included in the program will be works by J. S. Bach, Jay Ungar, Béla Bartók Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and G. F. Handel. Free and open to the public. For information please call:  757-547-4706 or visit www.gbpres.org Great Bridge Presbyterian Church, 333 Cedar Road, (across the street from the Chesapeake Municipal complex), Chesapeake, VA

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 5:30 pm
C&SL: Choral Evensong for Eastertide
Christ & St. Luke's. The Parish Choir continue their monthly offering of sung Evening Prayer - the jewel in the crown of the Anglican Choral Tradition. Music of Howells and Walford-Davies. Free-will offering.  www.christandstlukes.org/smss. Childcare available. Free-will offering.  Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Rd, Norfolk.

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: John Moreland, singer-songwriter
After a run of hit albums established him as a y’alternative superstar, this fiercely independent Tulsa-born singer-songwriter stopped working, turned off his cellphone, and unplugged to rest, heal and reflect. Faithful fans are thrilled that Moreland has emerged from his self-imposed silence with an “incredibly powerful and timely album” (Americana Highways), filled with deeply personal, moving songs that beg to be heard again and again. Catch this iconic artist live at the Perry Pavilion! https://secure.vafest.org/2677. Box Office: 757-282-2822. Perry Pavilion, 451 Bank St, Norfolk, VA 23510

Wednesday, May 7, 2024, 12:00 noon
St. Bede: Duo Beaux Arts: Catherine Lan and Tao Lin, Pianists
International competition winning ensemble Duo Beaux Arts was formed in 2008 by world renowned husband and wife concert pianists and recording artists Catherine Lan and Tao Lin. All are invited to this free concert of thrilling solo piano and piano duet music performed on our stunning Steinway Model D 9ft. concert grand piano. The program will include music by C. Debussy, J. Brahms, J. Strauss, and more. For more information call (757) 229-3631, or visit www.bedeva.org/concerts. Saint Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:00 pm
ASFJM:Sing Memory
The American Society of Jewish Music and Holocaust Music Lost and Found invites you to A book Discussion & Recital. Sing Memory, The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps by Makana Eyre, In Conversation With Bret Werb, Musicologist, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Recital Choral and Chamber Music From the Times. Free Event. Registration Required. For more information: email info@hmlf.org or visit https://hmlf.org Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street (at Broadway), New York, NY 10012

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: Edgar Meyer, double bass; Tessa Lark, violin; Joshua Roman, cello
Virginia Arts Festival. String’s the thing in this virtuosic evening! The only bassist ever to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize, Edgar Meyer is known for his inspired collaborations with artists of all genres. His newest adventure includes the extraordinary classical violinist and Kentucky fiddler Tessa Lark and cellist/composer Joshua Roman, who “combines the expressive control of Casals with the creative individuality and virtuoso flair of Hendrix” (Gramophone). Tickets: https://www.vafest.org or visit 440 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Box Office: 757-282-2822. William & Mary Arts Center, Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 5:00 pm
OiW: Live Auction, Dinner & Concert
Live auction, dinner, and concert to benefit Opera in Williamsburg. With Singers of Opera in Williamsburg’s Madama Butterfly. The evening will include also a live auction of 11 items and a paddle raise to benefit Opera in Williamsburg. Dinner and concert $85, menu choices, cash bar. Please reserve dinner tickets by May 1 at https://operainwilliamsburgvirginia.thundertix.com/events/239064
Tickets may also be reserved by phone at (757) 871-3653. Colonial Heritage Clubhouse, 6500 Arthur Hills Drive, Williamsburg, VA 23188

The Governor's School for the Arts May Events
The Governor's School for the Arts. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and take place at the Governor's School for the Arts building at 254 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23510. All ticketing is online only at showtix4u.com. No Walk-up ticket sales unless otherwise noted. GSA, 254 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23510
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm/Awards at 7:00 pm
37th Annual Spring Juried Art Exibition
Art Department. TCC Visual Arts and Design Center, 260 Boush Street, Norfolk
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7:00 pm
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Instrumental Music Department. ODU University Theatre, 4600 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk
May 8-10, 2025, 7:00 pm
May 11, 2025, 3:00 pm
Almost Maine
Theatre and Film Department. In the enchanting town of Almost, Maine, the Northern Lights paint the sky with magic as couples navigate the twists of romance. As love blossoms and sometimes falters, each story intertwines in a delicate dance, capturing the heart's complexities amidst the town's mystical aurora. Tickets: General admission: $20; Seniors/Students: $10; GSA Student: $5. https://gsa.booktix.com/dept/theatre/e/AM Goode Theatre, ODU, 4601 Monarch Way, Norfolk 23529
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 7:00 pm
Chamber Music
Instrumental Music. Free. Miner Music Hall, GSA, 254 Granby Street, Norfolk 23510
Sunday, May 18, 2025, 7:30 pm
Annual Student Film Festival
Theatre and Film Department. NARO Expanded Cinema, 1507 Colley Ave., Norfolk
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:00 pm
Opera Scenes
Old Dominion University Theatre, 4600 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 23, 2025, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
Spring Dance Concert
Goode Performing Arts Center, Virginia Wesleyan University, 5817 Wesleyan Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 7:00 pm
Piano Recital
Instrumental Music. Free. Miner Music Hall, GSA, 254 Granby Street, Norfolk 23510
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:00 pm
Orchestra Spring Season Finale Concert
Instrumental Music Department. ODU University Theatre, 4600 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk
Friday, May 30, 2025, 7:00 pm
Jazz
Zeiders American Dream Theatre, 4509 Commerce St, Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Friday, May 9, 2025, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
VSO: Mahler’s Ninth Symphony
Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony has been called sublime, lush, and mind-blowing. For Eric Jacobsen, Music Director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, it is “one of the greatest accomplishments of humanity—on par with architectural masterpieces like the Taj Mahal and the Duomo in Florence.” Recently diagnosed with a terminal heart condition, Mahler composed his Ninth Symphony, his final completed symphony, while confronting his own mortality. The emotional work takes the listener on a musical journey from the beauty of life to the tranquility of the great unknown. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this monumental masterpiece LIVE with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra! Co-presented with the Virginia Arts Festival. Tickets: $15 - $79. May 9: https://tickets.virginiasymphony.org/mahlers9th/fergusoncenter
Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 University Place, Newport News, VA. May 10: https://tickets.virginiasymphony.org/mahlers9th/sandlercenter
Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Market Street, Towne Center, Virginia Beach

CNU Department of Music May Events
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public and are subject to change. Please contact the Department of Music at (757) 594-7089 or visit the CNU Music home page at music.cnu.edu for updated information and student recitals. Ferguson Center for the Arts Box Office: (757) 594-8752. Event venue unless otherwise noted: Peebles Theatre, Ferguson Center for the Arts, Christopher Newport University, Newport News.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Virginia Community Music Festival
Featuring community bands, orchestras, jazz ensembles, chamber music, and professional workshops in the future of radio (Raymond Jones, WHRO) and marketing community ensembles Special performance on May 10th at 7:30 p.m. in Diamonstein Concert Hall by the CNU Wind Ensemble under the direction of guest student conductors from around the world participating in the International Symposia of Emerging Conductors (ISEC). Ticket Required, Admission charged for 8pm Special Event Concert. Diamonstein Concert Hall
Sunday, May 11, 2025, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Virginia Community Music Festival
Featuring community bands, orchestras, and choirs in Hampton Roads. Free Event. Diamonstein Concert Hall, Peebles Theatre, Pope Chapel

Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 11, 2025, 4:00 pm
WCG: Brahms Requiem
Williamsburg Choral Guild, Daniel Edward Parks, Artistic Director. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Johannes Brahms selected this text to begin his monumental — yet deeply personal — choral masterwork: A German Requiem. Written in honor of his mother and his mentor, Robert Schumann, Brahms referred to the work as “A Human Requiem.” The Williamsburg Choral Guild will present the Brahms Requiem in Williamsburg and Newport News accompanied by a professional chamber orchestra with guest vocal soloists Adult tickets: $20 in advance / $25 at the door; Student tickets $10 with ID; no cost for children under 12. A group rate of $17 per ticket is available for online orders with 10 or more adult tickets. Purchase Tickets Online: https://www.williamsburgchoralguild.org/tickets/ May 10 : William & Mary Music Arts Concert Hall 551 Jamestown Rd.; Williamsburg. May 11 : St. Andrews Episcopal Church; 45 Main St., Newport News, VA

Sunday, May 11, 2025, 3:00 pm
YRSO: Community Music Festival
The York River Symphony Orchestra, conductor, Eric Reiff; conductor, Clint Correll. Just as a 40 year anniversary is marked with commitment and devotion, join us in our commitment to lavish on you a buffet of musical delicacies. Back at the Ferguson Center take in music by America's Most Beloved Composer, Leroy Anderson and light classics by Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian, and Glazounov. Program is free and open to the public. Diamonstein Concert Hall, The Ferguson Center, CNU, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23602

Sunday, May 11, 2025, 3:00 pm
HRP: Community Music Festival
The Hampton Roads Philharmonic is thrilled to participate in the 4th Annual Virginia Community Music Festival, hosted by Christopher Newport University on May 10-11, 2025. This festival is a celebration of community music, bringing together ensembles from across Virginia for a weekend of public performances, educational workshops, and inspiring lectures. The Hampton Roads Philharmonic will once again perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Composed in 1888, this symphony is a profound exploration of fate and destiny, themes that are woven through its sweeping melodies and powerful orchestration. Tchaikovsky’s genius for creating emotionally charged and richly textured music has made this symphony a beloved cornerstone of the classical repertoire. In addition to our performance, the festival will feature workshops and lectures on health for adult musicians, audience development, fundraising, and more. We encourage you to attend all weekend to support your local performing arts organizations. Program is free and open to the public. Diamonstein Concert Hall, The Ferguson Center, CNU, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23602

Sunday, May 11, 2025, 4:00 pm
VAF: Alcée Chriss III, organ
Virginia Arts Festival. For the organ aficionado, Alcée Chriss is the real deal: impeccably trained, a veteran of some of the world’s great organs, rooted in the classics but adventurous in his choices of repertoire and playing “with clarity, imagination, musicality, virtuosity, and yes, personality” (American Record Guide). Hear this young star reveal the beauties of Christ & St. Luke’s great organ in this Sunday afternoon concert. Tickets: https://www.vafest.org or visit 440 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Box Office: 757-282-2822. Christ & St. Luke's Church, 560 W Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia, 23507

May 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
HBO: Faust
Heartbeat Opera. A classic tale. A wild retelling. A lonely scholar makes a bargain with the devil, and all hell breaks loose. Heartbeat Opera’s distinctly American adaptation tells the story of Faust and Marguerite — a man who wildly misuses his regained youth, a young woman whose potential for life and love is cut tragically short, and the ravaged community left in their wake. Retelling one of most popular operas of all time, we ask what happens when the soul hasn’t evolved along with the mind? When voracious ego rules us, and reckless forward motion is all? A brand new 90-minute adaptation, sung in French with new English dialogues.Music by Charles Gounod; Original Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite; Co-Adapted by Jacob Ashworth and Sara Holdren; Newly Arranged by Dan Schlosber; New English dialogues by Sara Holdren; Directed by Sara Holdren; Music Directed by Jacob Ashworth. Orson Van Gay II as Faust, Rachel Kobernick as Marguerite, John Taylor Ward as Mephistopheles. https://www.heartbeatopera.org/faust. Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue 25th St. between 3rd & Lexington Aves, New York, NY 10010

Wedneday, May 14, 2025, 7:30 pm
WSO: Masterworks Concert 4: From the New World
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, Michael Butterman, conductor. Guest Artists: R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute & Leah Glenn Dance Theatre We open with the soul-stirring melodies of the Native American flute from the legendary R. Carlos Nakai. Honoring local history, we present the world premiere of Secrets: A Tribute to the Brafferton Indian School by GRAMMYnominated composer Dawn Avery, featuring Leah Glenn Dance Theatre. This unique collaboration celebrates the indigenous peoples who attended this school and inhabited the land that is now part of the campus of William & Mary. The season draws to a dramatic close with Dvorak’s beloved “New World Symphony,” overflowing with influences from European, African American, and Native American musical traditions. Join us for a concert that celebrates cultural heritage and the universal language of music that unites us all. Pre-Concert Talk: 6:30–7:00 p.m. Tickets: $15-$70. https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/WilliamsburgSymphonyOrchestra/1688 Livestream: $40. Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Hwy, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez Trio
18-time GRAMMY® winner Béla Fleck — the world’s premier banjo virtuoso and a celebrated musical adventurer — has both explored his instrument’s complex global history and unlocked the breadth of its possibilities. For over 30 years, he has led Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, the groundbreaking quartet inspired by jazz, funk, bluegrass and beyond. He has written and performed three banjo concertos and traced the African origins of the banjo with the award-winning 2009 documentary Throw Down Your Heart. Collaborators include Abigail Washburn, the Brooklyn Rider String Qartet, Chris Thile, The Blind Boys of Alabama, McCoy Tyner, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia. Fleck returns to Virginia Arts Festival with his latest project, featuring acclaimed harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez for an innovative and dynamic fusion of sounds. Tickets: https://secure.vafest.org/2679. Box Office: 757-282-2822. Perry Pavilion, 451 Bank St, Norfolk, VA 23510

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:00 pm
Choral Compline
Galillee Church Choral Compline. Join us on the Third Thursday of each month as the choir leads us through this 15-minute candlelit service. This is a wonderful opportunity to allow the ancient prayers and chants of the church to wash over you at the end of the day. Galillee Church, 3928 Pacific Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30 pm
Opera Baltimore: Thirsty Thursdays at the Opera
Opera Baltimore. Join us for a fun evening of beer + opera tasting in the swanky Engineers Club! Hear opera singers perform a few feet from you, while you sip 4 beverages specially selected to complement the music. A night like no other in Baltimore! Tickets: $39. https://operabaltimore.app.getcuebox.com/o/GFSJT6VK/shows/QCZMTWL7 The Engineers Club, 11 W. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21201

VAF: Town Bank Jazz Series
Great jazz lights up spring nights at the Sandler Center’s intimate Studio Theatre! Curated by local fan favorite, bassist Jimmy Masters, the series presents some of the best players from New York and beyond. Cabaret seating lends a club atmosphere as you savor the music. Tickets: $30. Box Office: 757-282-2822. Miler Studio Theatre, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Market Street, Virginia Beach 23462
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30 pm
Lena Seikaly, vocalist
“One of Washington’s preeminent jazz singers” (The Washington Post), Lena Seikaly is a classically trained mezzo-soprano who can swing — and scat — with the best of them.Tickets: $30. https://secure.vafest.org/2692
Thursday, June 19, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sachal Vasandani, vocalist
“A bright young singer with charisma to spare” (The New York Times), this favorite of the New York jazz scene is as comfortable crooning as he is with vocalese, and counts among his fans Wynton Marsalis, who hails his “emotion and intellect.”Tickets: $30. https://secure.vafest.org/2696

Saturday, May 17, 2025, 4:00 pm
MMCS: Armed Forces Day Band with Ice Cream Social
Mildred McDaniel Concert Series. Regional military band musicians will be featured in this special concert which, weather permitting, will be outside on the back lawn of Reformation along with ice cream for an enjoyable Spring afternoon. Join us for an afternoon of rousing patriotic music and other popular selections to honor Armed Forces Day—a treat for the entire family. Bring your lawn chair. The concert is free and open to the public. Contributions will be accepted to help support the Concert Series. The concert is free and open to the public. Contributions will be accepted to help support the Concert Series. Reformation Lutheran Church, 13100 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News, VA  23602

Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:00 pm
VBC: Love is All You Need
The Virginia Beach Chorale presents A Celebration of Love Songs Through the Ages including All You Need is Love, Unforgettable, Stop in the Name of Love, I'll be Seeing You, Bring Him Home and many more! Ticket information and concert details can be found online at sandlercenter.org/ and ticketmaster.com/Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Market St. Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:00 pm
HRP: A MOXART Concert
The Hampton Roads Philharmonic. Under the baton of Music Director Steven Brindle. Join the Hampton Roads Philharmonic as we partner with Moxart, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing skilled amateur soloists the opportunity to shine. Founded in 2010, Moxart has been a champion for talented musicians, offering them the unique chance to perform concertos alongside orchestral ensembles, bringing their passion and skill to the stage. Details TBA. Ella Fitzgerald Theater at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, 2410 Wickham Ave, Newport News, VA 23607

Friday, May 17, 2025,7:30 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2025, 7:30 pm
CCO: Pagliacci
Commmonwealth Concert Opera. Art and reality blur into a final tragic conclusion in Leoncavallo's lush dramatic opera. Tickets: $20 Adult/$10 Student. https://www.commonwealthconcertopera.com/event-details/pagliacci-2025-05-17-19-30 Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4103 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA 23230

Sunday, May 18, 2025, 3:00 pm
YRSO: Music of the Animal Kingdom
The York River Symphony Orchestra, conductor, Eric Reiff; conductor, Clint Correll. Just as a 40 year anniversary is marked with commitment and devotion, join us in our commitment to lavish on you a buffet of musical delicacies. Take in music by America's Most Beloved Composer, Leroy Anderson and light classics by Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian, and Glazounov. A repeat of the May 11 program. Tickets to YRSO concerts are available concert day at the concert venue. Tickets are $15 and $12 for students, senior citizens and military. Tickets purchased in advance are discounted $2 per ticket. Tickets may be purchased from orchestra members, and will be also available online two weeks before each concert. https://www.yrso.org/tickets.html Location TBA.

Sunday, May 18, 2025, 4:00 pm
Soundscapes: Community Ensembles Season Finale Concert
Kicking off the afternoon, the Peninsula Youth Jazz Band will set the stage with a vibrant mix of jazz classics, from the smooth swing of C Jam Blues and Satin Doll to the sultry My Funny Valentine, the groove of Blue Bossa and Watermelon Man, and the playful energy of The Chicken and Blue Monk. Victor Goines’ Second Line adds a spirited New Orleans flair, paving the way for an unforgettable concert exploring the many facets of “going home.” The Peninsula Youth Orchestra takes the stage for the second half, with music from the longing in Dvorák’s Largo and the passion of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture to the renewal of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps and the childhood comfort of Mancini’s Baby Elephant Walk, the program captures home in all its forms. The journey continues with the powerful themes of Jesus Christ Superstar and the emotional odyssey of Bohemian Rhapsody, creating an experience that brings you home—emotionally, spiritually, and musically. https://www.soundscapes.org/ Register: https://tickets.fergusoncenter.org/4404 Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA 23606

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: The Wood Brothers
Hailed by NPR as “masters of soulful folk,” The Wood Brothers have cemented a reputation, among fans and critics alike, as freethinking songwriters and road warriors. Their latest studio album, Heart is The Hero, has won rave reviews for "songs that reflect the fears, hopes, and joys of everyday people. Their poetry is sonic as well as lyrical and will speak to you in ways you won’t anticipate” (Rock & Blues Muse). But as Rolling Stone attests, “there is still nothing like seeing The Wood Brothers on a stage.” Hear their latest work alongside their classics in this eagerly anticipated Festival return! by phone at 757-282-2822 or by visiting the Virginia Arts Festival box office located at 440 Bank Street in Norfolk between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Tickets: https://secure.vafest.org/2727 Perry Pavilion, 451 Bank St, Norfolk, VA 23510

Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:30 pm
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: Zemlinsky Quartet Olga Kern, piano
Virginia Arts Festival. Playing with “sparkling, nimble…finely crafted elegance” (The Strad), this prize-winning ensemble has won top prizes in international competitions and released a library of critically acclaimed recordings. In their Virginia Arts Festival debut, Van Cliburn Gold Medal-awarded pianist Olga Kern joins the ensemble for an evening of chamber classics, including Dvorák's fiery Piano Quintet No. 2. Tickets: https://www.vafest.org or visit 440 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Box Office: 757-282-2822. May 21: William & Mary Arts Center, Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg. May 22: Robin Hixon Theater, Clay and Jay Barr Education Center, 440 Bank Street, Norfolk

Friday, May 23, 2025, 12:00 pm
C&SL: Midday Chamber Music Concert
A 30-minute recital featuring violinist Elizabeth Vonderheide, cellist Jeff Phelps, and harpsichordist Kevin Kwan. Free-will offering.  www.christandstlukes.org/smss.  Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Rd, Norfolk.

Friday, May 23, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 25, 2025, 2:30 pm
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 7:30 pm
OIW: Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Opera in Williamsburg presents a live, fully stged opera with world-class singers in the original Italian with English supertitles. Tickets: Reserved seats $65; Discounted seats (seniors, first responders, military, teachers, musicians, librarians, college facult and staff) $60; Students $15, weekdays $10. https://operainwilliamsburgvirginia.thundertix.com/events/236648 Kimball Theatre, 428. W. Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia

VAF: Coffee Concerts
Virginia Arts Festival’s Connie and Marc Jacobson Director of Chamber Music, the Van Cliburn Gold Medal-awarded pianist Olga Kern, has curated a season of chamber concerts that offer enticing new ways to savor Beethoven classics, including his chamber works but also transcriptions for chamber ensemble of symphonies and more. Kern will join acclaimed chamber artists including violinist Lana Trotovšek, cellist Nina Kotova and pianist János Balázs in both evening performances and morning Coffee Concerts. This is chamber music as it was meant to be heard: the communion of gifted artists in an intimate, beautiful setting, among music lovers and friends. After the performance, patrons can mingle with the performers, a lovely postscript to a perfect concert experience. Adult Tickets: $30; Senior/Military: $27; Student/Child: $22.50 at https://www.vafest.org/tickets-and-events/ or visit 440 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Box Office: 757-282-2822.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 10:30 am
Coffee Concert I: Zemlinsky Quartet; Olga Kern, piano
So much of the great string quartet repertoire has come from Czech composers; there has come to be a deep appreciation among chamber music fans for what is known as “the Czech tradition.” The Zemlinksy Quartet has become a much-lauded example of that tradition, winning top prizes in international competitions and releasing a library of critically acclaimed recordings. In their Virginia Arts Festival debut, Van Cliburn Gold Medal-awarded pianist Olga Kern joins the ensemble for an evening of chamber classics, including Dvorák's fiery Piano Quintet No. 2. Miller Studio Theatre in Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 10:30 am
Coffee Concert II: Lana Trotovšek. violin; Nina Kotova, cello;
János Balázs, piano; Olga Kern, piano
A dream team of expressive, virtuosic artists! "Electric, vibrant" (Musical Opinion) violinist Lana Trotovšek, "sensitive, elegant" (Gramophone) cellist Nina Kotova, and award-winning pianist János Balázs join Olga Kern in an exploration of Beethoven classics. Miller Studio Theatre in Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 10:30 am
Coffee Concert III: Lana Trotovšek. violin; Nina Kotova, cello; Olga Kern, piano
This is chamber music as it was meant to be heard: the communion of gifted artists in an intimate, beautiful setting, among music lovers and friends. After the performance, patrons can mingle with the performers, a lovely postscript to a perfect concert experience. William & Mary Music Arts Center, Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg
Thursday, June 12, 2025,10:30 am
Coffee Concert IV: Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players
Brendon Elliott, violin; Elizabeth Vonderheide, violin; Beverly Baker, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 424 Washington Street, Portsmouth 23704
Friday, June 13, 2025, 10:30 am
Coffee Concert V: Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players
Gifted young stars and longtime Virginia Symphony Orchestra members join Olga Kern for unforgettable performances of classical favorites including Schubert's "Trout" Quintet and others. Olga Kern, piano; Brendon Elliott, violin; Beverly Kane, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello; Will McPeters, bass; Deborah Cross, flute; Jacob Wilder, horn; Elizabeth Vonderheide, violin. Towne University, 6009 Harbour View Blvd., Suffolk 23435

Saturday, May 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
VAF: Rhythm Project Showcase
Prepare to be blown away by these elementary to high school-age musicians! Virginia Arts Festival’s Rhythm Project is a world percussion ensemble that serves young people throughout Hampton Roads, teaching them discipline, responsibility, and creativity as they learn to perform together on steel pans. Over the program’s 27-year existence, Rhythm Project performers have opened for Gladys Knight, shared the stage with international steel pan stars, and performed at the Kennedy Center as well as the Royal Nova Scotia and Virginia International Tattoos. Bring the family and enjoy music that makes you want to move. by phone at 757-282-2822 or by visiting the Virginia Arts Festival box office located at 440 Bank Street in Norfolk between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Tickets: Adult: $15; Senior/Military $13.50; Student/Child $10.
https://secure.vafest.org/2681?z=0. Perry Pavilion, 451 Bank St, Norfolk, VA 23510

Sunday, May 25, 2025, 5:00 pm
Choral Evensong
Featuring Galillee's adult and children's choirs and newly finished Quimby Chancel organ. Galillee Church, 3928 Pacific Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:00 pm
C&SL: Ascension Day Hymn Festival
Christ & St. Luke's. Three Choirs join forces to celebrate the feast of the Ascension, with guest conductor Dr. John Cummins, Organist & Choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Free-will offering.  www.christandstlukes.org/smss. This service will take place at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in West Ghent, 1004 Graydon Ave, Norfolk

Thursday, Mary 29, 2025, 7:00 pm
SML: Thomas Pandolfi
St Mark Lutheran Church and Sine Nomine are delighted to partner with the Senior Center York to present American pianist Thomas Pandolfi, an exciting virtuoso who, with each passing season, is becoming more and more sought after by audiences worldwide, and showered with superlatives by critics for his passionate artistry and amazing technique. His performances of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Liszt and Gershwin have captured the hearts of listeners across the globe, and made him a popular and much beloved concerto soloist. Thomas' international concerts have carried him across the globe to China and Europe; he enjoyed a successful summer of masterclasses and concerts in China, and will return there again later this season. An enthusiastic champion of new music, Thomas’ most recent recording was recently released on Seafront Records featuring Polo Piatti’s stunning Bohemian Concerto with Maestro John Andrews and The National Symphony Orchestra of London. The program is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated. Call 757-898-4395 for additional information. St Mark Lutheran Church, 118 Old York-Hampton Hwy Yorktown, VA

Friday, May 30, 2025, 7:30 pm
PCC: Thomas Pandolfi ~ American Pianist
Portsmouth Community Concerts. Thomas Pandolfi is one of the leading pianists of our time and hailed a “phenomenon.” He began his career early on while at The Juilliard School (BM & MM) where the young prodigy caught the influential ear of Vladimir Horowitz (who would become his mentor) and legendary composer, Morton Gould. Since then he has been an audience favorite, selling out some of the world’s most prestigious stages. “His virtuosity and strength might have had some believing that Liszt, himself, had taken over the keyboard” said the Ashville Citizen-Times. Single Adult Tickets: $25. Phone 757-686-5447 or visit https://www.portsmouthcommunityconcerts.com/tickets-and-donations I. C. Norcom High School Auditorium, 1801 London Boulevard, Portsmouth, VA 23704

Friday, May 30, 2025, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May, 31, 2025, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
VAF: Royal Birmingham Ballet Black Sabbath — The Ballet
VAF with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. The raw energy of rock … the strength and grace of ballet! Virginia Arts Festival presents the U.S. premiere of a spectacularly entertaining new work! The internationally acclaimed ballet company salutes some of Birmingham’s most famous exports — Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath — in this vibrant piece. With eight classic Black Sabbath hits arranged for orchestra and rock band, and a live guitarist onstage with the dancers, a pulsing light show frames the action. Experience rock — and ballet — as you never have before! Age guidance 10+ Contains archival voiceover that includes bleeped out swearing and conversation around the taking and using of drugs. Tickets: https://www.vafest.org or visit 440 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Box Office: 757-282-2822. Chrysler Hall, 215 St Pauls Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23510