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Welcome back students! 🎶 As we kick off the semester, we’ve pinned this post to make it easier to find and follow the music area pages. Stay connected with more events and updates from your area all semester long! Bands @vcubands Choirs @vcuchoirs Jazz @vcujazz Media Scoring @mediascoring Percussion @vcumusicpercussion Strings @vcumusicstrings Symphony @vcusymphony Woodwinds @vcumusicwoodwinds by @vcuartsmusic
🎶 VMEA, HERE WE COME! 🎶 We are thrilled that VCU's Commonwealth Singers have been selected to perform at the 2026 Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) Conference! 🌟 📅 Thursday, November 19 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Greater Richmond Convention Center | Ballroom A 🎟️ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! 💛 We Belong to Each Other: Builders of Peace 💛 More than a concert, this program is a musical journey exploring compassion, hope, resilience, and our shared responsibility to build a more peaceful world. This theme has shaped our entire semester—not only the music we've prepared, but the community we've built. Peace begins with how we listen to, care for, and support one another. We can't wait to share that journey with YOU! #VCUChoirs #CommonwealthSingers #VCUarts #VCUMusic #VMEA2026 #ChoralMusic #WeBelongToEachOther #BuildersOfPeace #RichmondVA by @vcuartsmusic
In October, music educators from across Virginia joined for our inaugural String Conducting Techniques and Score Study Workshop! 🎻 Led by VCU Director of Orchestral Activities Daniel Myssyk, participants conducted a string orchestra of talented student musicians from @mlwgsorch The workshop provided hands-on podium practice with a live string orchestra, helping participants strengthen their score study, rehearsal strategies, and musical leadership skills. Participants also had the opportunity to earn continuing education units (CEUs) to support their ongoing professional development. Thank you to @ocpe_vcu and @vcu_ledstudio for partnering with us.🎶 More online at ocpe.vcu.edu/ Photo credit: VCU Continuing and Professional Education @ocpe_vcu by @vcuartsmusic
🎶 340 VOICES. ONE STAGE. ONE INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE! 🎶 What an extraordinary day of music-making at the 28th Annual VCU Choral Classic on October 27! We welcomed approximately 300 high school singers from 10 schools across Central and Northern Virginia to the VCU campus for a day of singing, learning, and building community through music. Our evening concert brought all 300 visiting singers together with the VCU Commonwealth Singers, creating an unforgettable ensemble of approximately 340 voices! 👏 A huge thank-you to our participating schools and directors: 🎵 Caroline High School — Tonika Stephens-Young 🎵 Courtland High School — Valerie Acors 🎵 Forest Park High School — Laura Brittain 🎵 Justice High School — Miranda Lansberry 🎵 Massaponax High School — Shannon Fory 🎵 Meridian High School — Jamie Sample 🎵 North Stafford High School — Zachary Short 🎵 Oakton High School — DJ Godinez 🎵 Osbourn Park High School — Dominic Izzo 🎵 Riverbend High School — Devante Lucas Our visiting singers enjoyed wonderful welcome concert performances by VCU's Ramifications, Vox Concordia, and Opera Theatre, along with enriching vocal master classes led by VCU voice faculty Cynthia Donnell, Margaret Woods, and Branch Fields. A very special thank-you to our guest artist and local composer, David Schwoebel, who joined us as the collaborative pianist for the grand finale, performing his composition 'Acclaim with Jubilation' with all 340 singers! We are grateful to our VCU students, faculty, staff, and volunteers who helped make this incredible day possible. ❤️ This is what building community through music looks and sounds like! #VCUChoirs #VCUMusic #VCUarts #ChoralClassic #ChoralMusic #MusicEducation #VirginiaChoirs #RamsSingTogether by @vcuartsmusic
Tune in to this Makers at Work program to learn about the behind-the-scenes of the music industry. Lucas Fritz (B.M.’11), co-founder of Broadberry Entertainment Group, will lead the panel discussion. Fellow alum Dean Christesen (B.M.’10) and Tennishu will join him. After the moderated discussion, you’ll have an opportunity to submit your own questions to the panelists. 🗓️ Wednesday, November 4, 2026 ⏰ 5:30 p.m. 📍 Zoom Webinar 🎫 Click the link in our bio to register! Dean Christesen (B.M.’10) Dean Christesen is the artist manager and owner of Terra Cotta, founded in March 2023. Before opening Terra Cotta, Christesen was head of management and A&R at Spacebomb Group, the Virginia-based record label, studio, and management company co-founded in 2010 with Matthew E. White, working on releases by artists like Natalie Prass, Bedouine, Tim Heidecker, and more. They manage the artists Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman, Julia Barfield, V.V. Lightbody, and Joni. In 2020, their client Bonny Light Horseman was nominated for two GRAMMY awards and won the A2IM Libera Award for Besr Americana Record. Christesen lives in Richmond, VA with their partner Audrey, two children, and cats Granby and Disco. Lucas Fritz (B.M.’11) Starting as an intern while at VCU studying jazz performance and business, Lucas Fritz began booking shows and curating regular series at the Camel. As one of the founding partners of The Broadberry, he helped shape the brand through artist programming and the curation of larger-scale, one- and two-day events and festivals. Fritz’s passion for events has led him not only to talent buying but also to site development, logistics, and operations across multiple large-format outdoor spaces and Broadberry Entertainment Group programs. Tennishu Tennishu (Marcus James Tenney) is a saxophonist, trumpeter, rapper, producer and composer whose work connects jazz, hip-hop, and soul through improvisation and storytelling. Raised in Richmond, the former VCU student developed his musical voice within the city’s freelance community and VCU-connected music scene. As a member of Butcher Brown, Tennishu has toured internationally, appeared on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” and co by @vcuartsmusic
🌟 Congratulations to Tabatha Easley, D.M.A., Professor of Flute, who has been elected by the membership of the National Flute Association as its next Vice President and President, beginning November 1! @nfaflute She’ll serve two years as VP and two as President of the largest flute organization in the world, which comprises 5000 members from 50 countries. Read her candidate statement: “The NFA has had a profound influence on my life and career as a professional flutist, providing a wealth of resources and engagement opportunities that continue to be an integral part of my work. I remember flying from Alaska to my first few conventions as a student, internally “fangirling” over famous flutists. As the years passed, I’ve become more integrated into this community, and I am so grateful to count on seeing my flute friends annually at conventions. Functioning in a variety of roles, I’ve served on the board as Secretary, acted as Committees Liaison, and coordinated competitions. My involvement has spanned almost every facet of the convention, from judging and performing to volunteering and conducting flute choirs. A personal highlight was being a member of the program committee for the 2021 Summer Series—a massive undertaking of over 90 events that kept our community connected during COVID. I look forward to continuing to serve the NFA as Vice President/President. I am dedicated to the organization’s mission of nurturing and supporting an inclusive and thriving global flute community, not only for the next generation of flutists, but for professionals, amateurs, and enthusiasts alike.” 💛 Visit her website at tabathaeasley.com by @vcuartsmusic
Catch VCUarts Music’s own Dr. Penelope Shumate at @wlumusic this week! 🌟 Dr. Shumate, our opera theatre coach, stage director, and voice instructor, will lead a masterclass with W&L voice students on Friday, October 30 at 6 p.m. She’ll then perform “Baroque to Broadway” on Saturday, October 31 at 7 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall, a concert spanning classical, musical theatre, and jazz vocal genres. Praised by The New York Times for her “bell-like clarity and surpassing sweetness,” Dr. Shumate will make her 21st soloist appearance at Carnegie Hall this season. She’s also the vocal coach and stage director for VCU Opera’s An Evening of Operetta Favorites on November 13 and 15 at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall. 🎭 Operetta tickets: arts.vcu.edu/music-tickets or using the linktree in bio 🎟️ 📷 Photo by Tracey Frugoli by @vcuartsmusic
💜 Presenting the cast of @vcuopera An Evening of Operetta Favorites 🎵 🌟 Join VCU Opera for an evening of entertaining and light-hearted operetta scenes, showcasing the dynamic talents of VCU’s voice students under the artistic leadership of Director Daniel Myssyk. 🌟 Directed by Dr. Penelope Shumate and accompanied by pianist Daniel Stipe, the program features scenes from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and beloved favorites by Arthur Sullivan, Offenbach, and Lehár. Witty, theatrical, and full of energy, this is the perfect introduction to opera for first-timers and a treat for longtime fans alike. Performances take place on: 🎶 Friday, November 13, at 7:00 PM 🎶 Sunday, November 15 at 5:00 PM W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA Tickets range from $7-15 and can be purchased through arts.vcu.edu/music-tickets or using the linktree in bio! 🎟️ by @vcuartsmusic
🇭🇺 Join faculty members and Fulbright alums George Stoffan, clarinet, and Kayla Hanvey, flute, with pianist Daniel Stipe in celebrating Hungary’s diverse musical culture in “Csak Tiszta Forràsból” (“From the Pure Source”): New Music from Hungary 🌟 Free and open to the public! 🎼 This recital will feature music that draws upon folk traditions and the avant-garde, from composers such as Leó Weiner to Peter Eötvös and Máté Hollós and their contemporaries. Performance to take place on Wednesday, November 4th at 7:30pm in the WE Singleton Center for the Performing Arts More info available using the linktree in bio! by @vcuartsmusic
🎵 🌟 Colombian cellist Santiago Canon-Valencia is a prolific soloist, composer, commissioner, recording artist, painter, and photographer described as “technically flawless… totally under the skin of the composers’ idioms” (The Strad). The Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concert series presents Santiago Cañón Valencia - Cellist on Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 p.m. in the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. He was named a BBC New Generation Artist in 2022. Cañón-Valencia made his orchestral debut as a soloist with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá at age six, blossoming into an accomplished musician praised as “an artist from whom sound and texture flow with ease and authenticity” (The Whole Note). Tickets available using the linktree in bio or at arts.vcu.edu/music-tickets by @vcuartsmusic
The VCU Samba Bateria had the unique opportunity to perform this past week alongside @vcujazz, with the amazing @balcalde & @lasingh, and student vocalists! . Photo credits 📸 @irishjazz #percussion #vcu #music #jazz #samba by @vcuartsmusic
It’s time to strut some string solo and chamber stuff. Come join us at @vcuartsmusic! 🎻🎻🎻 by @vcuartsmusic

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