Back from an amazing tour of Egypt, this world-renowned University Wind
Ensemble has performed all over the globe: in Brazil, Greece, Japan,
Australia, Scandinavia, Russia and China. This special concert, a
tribute to our families, will include a program of the familiar and
unfamiliar. Come hear our best wind and percussion students.
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online.
Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office
hours: Monday - Friday, 9-11 am, 2-4 pm and two hours before each
performance (540) 458-8000
The Columbia Trio presents an evening of 20th-century piano trios,
including works by Dimitri Shostakovich and Astor Piazolla. Also
featured on the program are two trios by W&L’s Terry Vosbein.
Violinist Fritz Gearhart and cellist Andrew Kolb join SonoKlect
mainstay David Riley on piano in this truly exciting evening of music.
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online.
Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office
hours: Monday - Friday, 9-11 am, 2-4 pm and two hours before each
performance (540) 458-8000
For one performance only, hear traditional and
contemporary arrangements of favorite holiday tunes performed by the
Wind Ensemble, String Ensemble and University Chorus.
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online.
Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office
hours: Monday - Friday, 9-11 am, 2-4 pm and two hours before each
performance (540) 458-8000
As part of the annual Washington and Lee Candlelight Service, the
University Chamber Singers perform a service of nine lessons and
carols. The prayers, lessons and hymns tell the story of sacred history
from the creation to the incarnation.
The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra returns for a concert of old and new
jazz. The performance will highlight newly discovered compositions from
Stan Kenton’s most popular years, 1947-48. Due to a recording ban, a
great deal of music from this period has not been heard in 60 years.
Some titles have never been performed.
In addition, the concert
will feature a new library of music composed by Terry Vosbein during
his recent stay in Paris and Copenhagen and inspired by these great
works of the Kenton band.
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online.
Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office
hours: Monday - Friday, 9-11 am, 2-4 pm and two hours before each
performance (540) 458-8000
Mozart and Beethoven are giants in the Classical era. Tonight’s concert features Anatoliy Khomenko ’10 performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5. In addition, the orchestra will play two great works: the overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.
Senior Voice Recital: Julie Petersen '09 and Matt Amling '09
Seniors Julie Petersen and Matt Amling will present a repertoire of
solos and duets—with accompaniment ranging from piano to harpsichord
and strings to jazz band—from Baroque and Classical masterworks, jazz
standards and Broadway gems.
Praised by The New York Times
for her "gorgeous and lively tone," "considerable communicative
powers," "commanding presence" and "deep sensibility," soprano Meagan
Miller has established herself as a riveting leading lady in diverse
repertoire. Opera News has hailed Ms. Miller’s "soaring,"
"rich, firm voice," and her "impressive vocal strength and tonal
shine." Her first performances of Verdi’s Desdemona were lauded as
"absolutely stunning, bordering even on the incredible."
In the 2007-2008 Season, Ms. Miller will cover both Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Alice Ford in Falstaff at New York City Opera. She will also make her NYCO debut in October as Giorgetta in an excerpt from Il Tabarro
in the Fall Gala Concert, and will be a featured soloist in the Marilyn
Horne Foundation Alumni Gala Concert at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.
An
accomplished recitalist and noted interpreter of new music, Meagan
Miller has appeared in more than thirty professional recitals at such
notable venues as Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, the Austrian Cultural
Forum, the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Juilliard Theater, Steinway Hall,
Merkin Concert Hall, Brown University, Princeton University, the Morgan
Library, Salzburg’s Schloss Leopoldskron, and the Chrysler Museum. She
has premiered many works written specifically for her voice, including
Libby Larsen’s Try Me Good King: The Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII and Robert Beaser’s Four Poems of Emily Dickinson. Ms. Miller has also premiered numerous works by Thomas Cipullo, Christopher Berg, and Russell Platt.
On the operatic stage, Ms. Miller has performed Mozart’s Fiordiligi,
Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Konstanze, and Countess Almaviva, as well as
Verdi’s Violetta and Desdemona, Puccini’s Musetta, Gounod’s Marguerite,
Johann Strauss’ Rosalinda, Gluck’s Euridice, Floyd’s Susannah, and
Copland’s Laurie. Her interpretations of these roles have been
applauded at the Minnesota Opera, L’Opéra de Montréal, Orlando Opera,
Kentucky Opera, Syracuse Opera, Eugene Opera, San Francisco Opera’s
Merola Program, Wolf Trap Opera, the Princeton Symphony, and the
Minnesota Orchestra. Ms. Miller’s other roles include Strauss’
Arabella, Lehar’s Merry Widow (Hannah), and Bizet’s Micaëla.
Recent orchestral engagements have taken Ms. Miller to such venues as
Hong Kong’s Cultural Center, Rotterdam’s De Dolen, the Hollywood Bowl,
Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall, and the
Kennedy Center as a soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C, Missa Solemnis, and Symphony No. 9, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Exsultate, jubilate, Bruckner’s Mass in f-minor, Poulenc’s Gloria, Dvorak’s Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, and Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Ms. Miller has performed under the batons of Edoardo Mueller, Harry
Bicket, Eiji Oue, Lawrence Foster, Randall Behr, Christopher Larkin,
Stephen Lord, Joseph Rescigno, and Roger Norrington.
Ms. Miller has completed several residencies with the Marilyn Horne
Foundation and the Wolf Trap Foundation, blending outreach and
performance. A grand finals winner of the 1999 Metropolitan Opera
National Council Auditions, Meagan Miller was named “the Outstanding
Undergraduate Musician” by the Juilliard faculty, and was honored with
the Juilliard Opera Center’s DeRosa Award. She has also won the
Liederkranz Foundation Competition, a Richard Tucker Music Foundation
Study Grant, Syracuse Opera’s Season’s Best Performance, and the Joy In
Singing Award.
Join Chris Magee, trumpet, and Los Gatos for an exciting evening to include a world premier of Ray Coen's multi-movement Afro-Cuban suite.
Ray Coen is a renowned composer, arranger and pianist of Latin Jazz and Salsa. Mr. Coen was the pianist on one of the most influential salsa recordings in history, Tito Puente's "Dance Mania" of 1957-58. In addition to his stint with Puente, Ray has arranged and performed with many of salsa's biggest names: Celia Cruz, Bobby Valentin, Roberto Roena, Machito, Louie Ramirez, Arsenio Rodríguez and many others.
Ray Coen comes from a musical family. His father, Augusto Coen (1895-1970), was a well-known trumpeter from Puerto Rico who began his career performing with Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake and Fletcher Henderson. Ray's father went on to form one of the first groups to apply the Big Band concept to Latin music, Augusto Coen y Sus Boricuas.
Los Gatos is a group that plays Latin Jazz and traditional Afro-Cuban
music. The group is comprised of members from Cuba, Chile, Puerto Rico
and Virginia. Los Gatos members include Washington & Lee's own
Chris Magee on trumpet and Graham Spice on piano. Los Gatos is based in
Roanoke, VA.
Ukranian-born Lisitsa has received rave reviews for her dazzling
virtuosity since her arrival in the United States in 1991. At W&L,
she will play Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt and Rachmaninoff.
Described by critics as a "bona fide angel playing" and an
"electrifying pianist", the Ukrainian-born Valentina Lisitsa has been
receiving rave reviews ever since here debut in Avery Fisher Hall for
Mostly Mozart Festival. With her multi-faceted playing described as
"dazzling", Valentina is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach
and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein. Her orchestral repertory
alone includes more than forty different concerti performed so far. She
admits to have a special affinity to music of Rachmaninoff and
Beethoven. She performed all Rachmaninoff’s concerti and next year will
perform "The 5th " with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. She is embarking on
an ambitious project of recording all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas -
often a lifelong task which was achieved by a very select few artists.
With her highly individual and fearless approach to every work she
performs, she has been greeted by enthusiastic audiences throughout the
world - her recital debut in Vienna's Musikverein Golden Hall (2008)
received multiple standing ovations from Viennese listeners, known to
be toughest to please...
Born in Kiev, Ms. Lisitsa began playing the piano at the age of three
and performed her first solo recital at age four. After her studies -
first in Lysenko School of Music and then in Kiev Conservatory
-Valentina moved to US and eventually became a citizen of that country.
She has been performing in the world's most prestigious concert venues.
In the season of 2008-09 she has more than 80 performances with more
adding up every week. Among her recent collaborations were tours with
Sao Paolo Symphony, the New Zealand Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic
and Prague Chamber Orchestra.
An avid chamber music player, Valentina has performed with Lynn
Harrell, Jimmy Lin, Roberto Diaz, Ida Haendel to name a few. But her
most important musical partnership has been with the superb violinist
Hilary Hahn. They toured together in 2007 with an extensive tours
planned for 2009 in Europe, North and South America, and Japan.
Valentina has recorded 8 CDs (Audiofon label) and 3 independently
released DVDs including best-selling set of Chopin's 24 Etudes which
held coveted #1 spot on Amazon music video list. Her new highly
anticipated CD is scheduled for a release later this season.
Valentina's preferred piano brand is Bosendorfer, in particular the
flagship Imperial model. She finds this piano's inimitable sound a
perfect match for her artistry and technique.
Valentina's current home is in rural North Carolina where she finds
refuge from her hectic travel schedule. Valentina jokingly calls
herself a "redneck pianist " because unlike many of her peers she makes
her home base not in a major city but in North Carolina's beautiful
countryside. She shares her home with a jolly menagerie of four concert
grands, two cats, a three-year old son, and her partner in life and
piano duo ( in married and musical life ) Alexei Kuznetsoff. On rare
occasions when she has some free time home she enjoys organic gardening
, restoring her? old historic mansion and cooking Italian. Most of her
"free" time however is devoted to practicing and learning new pieces.
Music is truly her biggest passion.
The University Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Jerry Myers, will
perform works by the French masters, from the early motet and chanson
to Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Debussy’s Trois Chansons and the Faure Requiem in D minor, Op. 48. These glorious chamber works will enchant and inspire within the vibrant walls of Lexington Presbyterian Church.
In preparation for its domestic tour, the University Jazz Ensemble,
under the direction of Chris Magee, will play the exciting sounds of
big-band jazz.
The University Wind Ensemble, world ambassadors for W&L, will
perform a program ushering in the spring season. Some of our best
players will be featured. Where will the University Wind Ensemble
travel next? South Africa? Peru?
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s).
Box Office hours:
Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m.
and two hours before each performance
(540) 458-8000
A grand tribute to a prolific composer, Felix Mendelssohn. Professor of Piano Shuko Watanabe, performs the Piano Concerto in G Minor. The orchestra will also perform the Symphony No. 3, inspired by the composer’s trip to Scotland.
Dr. Jerry Myers leads the University Chorus in a concert of American
and South African repertoire shortly before the ensemble departs for an
international choral festival in South Africa.
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s).
Box Office hours:
Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m.
and two hours before each performance
(540) 458-8000
Senior Piano Recital: Lauren Santabar '09 and Sho Gao '09
Lauren Santabar ’09, a Spanish and politics major from Williamsburg, Va., will play Haydn’s Sonata in E-flat Major
and two Rachmaninoff Preludes. ShuGao ’09, a music and economics major
from Shanghai, China, will perform a sonata by Beethoven and two
waltzes by Chopin.
Soprano, Rebecca Natelson ’09, an East Asian Languages and Literature
major from Missoula, Mont., will present songs, arias and duets from
the classical and Broadway repertoire.
In a program entitled "Memories of France and Styles of America,"
Professor Gaylard will play works by various French and American
composers, revealing the links between the two.
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, led by Misha Rachlevsky, has earned national
and international recognition as one of Russia's leading ensembles.
Founded in 1991, the orchestra, comprising some of Russia's finest
young string players, has carved a niche for itself. In addition to an
active schedule of presenting concerts and festivals in Moscow, Chamber
Orchestra Kremlin tours regularly in North and South America, Europe
and the Far East. At W & L they will play Bach's Concerto for 2
violins as well as Tchaikovsky's beloved "Serenade for Strings."
3x Grammy Award Winning saxophonist/composer Jeff Coffin is an
internationally-renowned performer & clinician. He has been the
road with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones since 1997, and has been
touring with the Dave Matthews Band
since 2008. As a Yamaha and
Vandoren performing artist since 2000, Jeff brings an awe-inspiring
energy, a caring, unique personal approach, and his extraordinary
qualifications to every clinic and performance he does. Accompanying
Jeff will be Felix Pastorius, son of world-famous bassist Jaco
Pastorius (Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell,
etc).
Download a printable PDF (11x17 color) for the upcoming clinic:
Join classical guitarist Loren Pomeroy in an evening of music by
Giuliani, Bach, Mertz, Tarrega, Ferrer and others. Experience a waltz
into insanity and a night at the opera, all from one guitar.
Come and join the debut concert for Dr. Shane M. Lynch, the new
Director of Choral Activities, as he leads the W&L Chamber Singers
and University Chorus in their first concert of the new year. Delight
in a musical journey ranging from Johann Pachelbel's glorious 18th
century double choir motet Nun Danket Alle Gott to Eric Whitacre's
sublime 21st century composition A Boy and a Girl, with stops including
the music of Mendelssohn, Clausen, Hogan, and traditional music from
Korea and Africa.
Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s).
Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba and Drums. Original music with
hints of the popular brass band sound. This is the band that performed
at the 2008 Chicago Jazz Festival, performing the new, commissioned
piece Chicago Calling: Bowie, Barack, and The Brass Ring.
For the past twelve years, Cantus has gained recognition as one of
America's finest professional male vocal ensembles. As one of the few
full-time vocal ensembles in the world, the ensemble enjoys a vigorous
schedule of national tours, subscription concerts in the Twin Cities of
Minneapolis and Saint Paul, several innovative residencies, educational
programs, and recording. Rehearsing and performing without a conductor,
Cantus has been praised by critics for its broad repertoire, bold
ensemble singing and engaging stage presentation. Cantus' repertoire
spans all periods and genres, including chant, Renaissance music,
contemporary works, art song, folk, spirituals, world music, and pop.
Back from an amazing tour of Egypt, this world-renowned University Wind
Ensemble has performed all over the globe: in Brazil, Greece, Japan,
Australia, Scandinavia, Russia and China. This special concert, a
tribute to our families, will include a program of the familiar and
unfamiliar. Come hear our best wind and percussion students.
The Columbia Trio presents an evening of 20th-century piano trios,
including works by Dimitri Shostakovich and Astor Piazolla. Also
featured on the program are two trios by W&L’s Terry Vosbein.
Violinist Fritz Gearhart and cellist Andrew Kolb join SonoKlect
mainstay David Riley on piano in this truly exciting evening of music.
Four by Four - USSO
University Jazz Ensemble Holiday Concert
For one performance only, hear traditional and
contemporary arrangements of favorite holiday tunes performed by the
Wind Ensemble, String Ensemble and University Chorus.
As part of the annual Washington and Lee Candlelight Service, the
University Chamber Singers perform a service of nine lessons and
carols. The prayers, lessons and hymns tell the story of sacred history
from the creation to the incarnation.
The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra returns for a concert of old and new
jazz. The performance will highlight newly discovered compositions from
Stan Kenton’s most popular years, 1947-48. Due to a recording ban, a
great deal of music from this period has not been heard in 60 years.
Some titles have never been performed.
Mozart and Beethoven are giants in the Classical era. Tonight’s concert features Anatoliy Khomenko ’10 performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5. In addition, the orchestra will play two great works: the overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.
Seniors Julie Petersen and Matt Amling will present a repertoire of
solos and duets—with accompaniment ranging from piano to harpsichord
and strings to jazz band—from Baroque and Classical masterworks, jazz
standards and Broadway gems.
Praised by The New York Times
for her "gorgeous and lively tone," "considerable communicative
powers," "commanding presence" and "deep sensibility," soprano Meagan
Miller has established herself as a riveting leading lady in diverse
repertoire. Opera News has hailed Ms. Miller’s "soaring,"
"rich, firm voice," and her "impressive vocal strength and tonal
shine." Her first performances of Verdi’s Desdemona were lauded as
"absolutely stunning, bordering even on the incredible." 
Join Chris Magee, trumpet, and 
Described by critics as a "bona fide angel playing" and an
"electrifying pianist", the Ukrainian-born Valentina Lisitsa has been
receiving rave reviews ever since here debut in Avery Fisher Hall for
Mostly Mozart Festival. With her multi-faceted playing described as
"dazzling", Valentina is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach
and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein. Her orchestral repertory
alone includes more than forty different concerti performed so far. She
admits to have a special affinity to music of Rachmaninoff and
Beethoven. She performed all Rachmaninoff’s concerti and next year will
perform "The 5th " with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. She is embarking on
an ambitious project of recording all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas -
often a lifelong task which was achieved by a very select few artists.
With her highly individual and fearless approach to every work she
performs, she has been greeted by enthusiastic audiences throughout the
world - her recital debut in Vienna's Musikverein Golden Hall (2008)
received multiple standing ovations from Viennese listeners, known to
be toughest to please...
Born in Kiev, Ms. Lisitsa began playing the piano at the age of three
and performed her first solo recital at age four. After her studies -
first in Lysenko School of Music and then in Kiev Conservatory
-Valentina moved to US and eventually became a citizen of that country.
She has been performing in the world's most prestigious concert venues.
In the season of 2008-09 she has more than 80 performances with more
adding up every week. Among her recent collaborations were tours with
Sao Paolo Symphony, the New Zealand Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic
and Prague Chamber Orchestra.
An avid chamber music player, Valentina has performed with Lynn
Harrell, Jimmy Lin, Roberto Diaz, Ida Haendel to name a few. But her
most important musical partnership has been with the superb violinist
Hilary Hahn. They toured together in 2007 with an extensive tours
planned for 2009 in Europe, North and South America, and Japan.
Valentina has recorded 8 CDs (Audiofon label) and 3 independently
released DVDs including best-selling set of Chopin's 24 Etudes which
held coveted #1 spot on Amazon music video list. Her new highly
anticipated CD is scheduled for a release later this season.
Valentina's preferred piano brand is Bosendorfer, in particular the
flagship Imperial model. She finds this piano's inimitable sound a
perfect match for her artistry and technique.
Valentina's current home is in rural North Carolina where she finds
refuge from her hectic travel schedule. Valentina jokingly calls
herself a "redneck pianist " because unlike many of her peers she makes
her home base not in a major city but in North Carolina's beautiful
countryside. She shares her home with a jolly menagerie of four concert
grands, two cats, a three-year old son, and her partner in life and
piano duo ( in married and musical life ) Alexei Kuznetsoff. On rare
occasions when she has some free time home she enjoys organic gardening
, restoring her? old historic mansion and cooking Italian. Most of her
"free" time however is devoted to practicing and learning new pieces.
Music is truly her biggest passion.
The University Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Jerry Myers, will
perform works by the French masters, from the early motet and chanson
to Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Debussy’s Trois Chansons and the Faure Requiem in D minor, Op. 48. These glorious chamber works will enchant and inspire within the vibrant walls of Lexington Presbyterian Church.
In preparation for its domestic tour, the University Jazz Ensemble,
under the direction of Chris Magee, will play the exciting sounds of
big-band jazz.
The University Wind Ensemble, world ambassadors for W&L, will
perform a program ushering in the spring season. Some of our best
players will be featured. Where will the University Wind Ensemble
travel next? South Africa? Peru?
Dr. Jerry Myers leads the University Chorus in a concert of American
and South African repertoire shortly before the ensemble departs for an
international choral festival in South Africa.
Lauren Santabar ’09, a Spanish and politics major from Williamsburg, Va., will play Haydn’s Sonata in E-flat Major
and two Rachmaninoff Preludes. ShuGao ’09, a music and economics major
from Shanghai, China, will perform a sonata by Beethoven and two
waltzes by Chopin.
Soprano, Rebecca Natelson ’09, an East Asian Languages and Literature
major from Missoula, Mont., will present songs, arias and duets from
the classical and Broadway repertoire.
In a program entitled "Memories of France and Styles of America,"
Professor Gaylard will play works by various French and American
composers, revealing the links between the two.
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, led by Misha Rachlevsky, has earned national
and international recognition as one of Russia's leading ensembles.
Founded in 1991, the orchestra, comprising some of Russia's finest
young string players, has carved a niche for itself. In addition to an
active schedule of presenting concerts and festivals in Moscow, Chamber
Orchestra Kremlin tours regularly in North and South America, Europe
and the Far East. At W & L they will play Bach's Concerto for 2
violins as well as Tchaikovsky's beloved "Serenade for Strings."
3x Grammy Award Winning saxophonist/composer Jeff Coffin is an
internationally-renowned performer & clinician. He has been the
road with 
Jeff Coffin Clinic Poster - Color 11x17
Join classical guitarist Loren Pomeroy in an evening of music by
Giuliani, Bach, Mertz, Tarrega, Ferrer and others. Experience a waltz
into insanity and a night at the opera, all from one guitar.
Come and join the debut concert for Dr. Shane M. Lynch, the new
Director of Choral Activities, as he leads the W&L Chamber Singers
and University Chorus in their first concert of the new year. Delight
in a musical journey ranging from Johann Pachelbel's glorious 18th
century double choir motet Nun Danket Alle Gott to Eric Whitacre's
sublime 21st century composition A Boy and a Girl, with stops including
the music of Mendelssohn, Clausen, Hogan, and traditional music from
Korea and Africa.
Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba and Drums. Original music with
hints of the popular brass band sound. This is the band that performed
at the 2008 Chicago Jazz Festival, performing the new, commissioned
piece Chicago Calling: Bowie, Barack, and The Brass Ring.
For the past twelve years, Cantus has gained recognition as one of
America's finest professional male vocal ensembles. As one of the few
full-time vocal ensembles in the world, the ensemble enjoys a vigorous
schedule of national tours, subscription concerts in the Twin Cities of
Minneapolis and Saint Paul, several innovative residencies, educational
programs, and recording. Rehearsing and performing without a conductor,
Cantus has been praised by critics for its broad repertoire, bold
ensemble singing and engaging stage presentation. Cantus' repertoire
spans all periods and genres, including chant, Renaissance music,
contemporary works, art song, folk, spirituals, world music, and pop.