Virginia Wesleyan College

7:30 p.m. Monday, September 10
Laurie Baefsky + Friends

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

From 1989 - 2005, Laurie Baefsky played piccolo and flute as a member of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra,and now performs with the Utah Symphony and Tea & Sympathy, an ensemble for flute and Celtic harp. Baefsky joins pianist Lee Jordan-Anders, and harpist Barbara Chapman for a program of French music by Couperin, Fauré, Debussy, Dutilleux, and Poulenc.

7:30 p.m. Monday, September 17
ETA-3

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Named after a luminous star-forming nebula, ETA-3 is a dynamic classical trio. American flutist Emily Thomas, Japanese pianist Tomoko Nakayamaand Russian clarinetist Alexey Gorokholinsky form this fresh and exciting chamber ensemble, recognized as one of three prominent emerging chamber music groups of 2006 leading to their Alice Tully Hall debut.

7:30 p.m. Friday, September 28
Tomothy Olbrych

Adults - $10, Senior/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Classical Guitarist Timothy Olbrych has performed throughout the United States in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, and as a featured performer on radio and television. He is on the Artist Faculty at the College of William & Mary where he teaches Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical guitar performance.

7:30 p.m. Friday, October 5
Cavani String Quartet

Adults - $15, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $8

Winner of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the Cavani String Quartet has been described by the Washington Post as “completely engrossing, powerful and elegant.” Cavani has been featured on NPR's Performance Today and seen on NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS television, as well as earning top prizes in numerous competitions including the Coleman, Fischoff, the Banff International, and the Cleveland Quartet Competition, consistently winning the hearts of audiences across the country with their soulful and riveting performances.

7:30 p.m. Monday, November 5
Robert Jospé and Inner Rhythm

Adults - $15, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $8

Jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer Robert Jospé fuses the buoyant grooves of salsa, samba, swing, funk, and African rhythms with modern acoustic jazz into a unique and distinctive style. Jospé's jazz, fusion and Latin ensemble, Inner Rhythm, features Jospé on drums, Bob Hallahan on piano, Jeff Deckeron saxophone, Randall Pharron bass, and Kevin Davison percussion, performing original compositions with roots in jazz, rock, Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian styles.

(Tuesday, November 6 at 11:00 a.m., “ World Beat Workshop” Explore the diasporas of West African rhythms and their influences in America. Free)

7:30 p.m. Friday, November 16
Lee Jordan Anders Plays Beethoven

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Lee Jorda0 Anders, Batten Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence at Virginia Wesleyan, performs Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Sonata in A Major, Opus 2/2; Sonata in C-sharp minor “Moonlight,” Opus 27/2, Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. Jordan Anders joined the Virginia Wesleyan music faculty in 1986 after living in Europe for five years, a period devoted to performing extensively as both soloist and chamber musician. During the fall of 2005 she was a resident at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris where she studied the music of Claude Debussy and Erik Satie. Her second CD recording, In A, was released in 2006.

7:30 p.m. Monday, November 26
From the Parlor

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

WHRO-FM music director Dwight Davis hosts a charming celebration of music for the home from years gone by, based on his popular radio program of the same name. The program features Georgeann Paddock, soprano, Lisa Relaford Coston, mezzo-soprano, Kerry Jennings, tenor, Christopher Mooney, baritone, and Charles Woodward, pianist.

7:30 p.m. Monday, December 3 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday December 4
A Wesleyan Christmas

All seats $5

The Virginia Handbell Consort, under the direction of Agnes French, joins the Virginia Wesleyan College Choir and The Wesleyan Singers, both conducted by Dr. David Clayton, Virginia Wesleyan professor of music, for renditions of holiday favorites, Billye Brown Youmans, Virginia Wesleyan vocal instructor, performs signature classics.

7:30 p.m. Friday, January 25
QuinTango

Adults - $15, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $8

Inspired by the Argentine orquesta tipica, QuinTango brings its own interpretations to the evocative tango, universally synonymous with the eternal dance of man and woman. In this third visit to Virginia Wesleyan, QuinTango is joined on stage by tango dancers with their own special sizzle, and who knows … maybe YOU will be part of the heat!

7:30 p.m. Friday,February 1
Sam Dorsey

Adults - $10; Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

“… a comic chameleon with a classical bent … a Renaissance man in the here and now.” -The Virginian-Pilot

Classical guitarist Sam Dorsey brings the world to Hofheimer Theatre in a concert of folk and popular traditions. Dorsey performs solo works by Sergio Assad and Ary Barroso plus contemporary classics by Andrew York and Benjamin Verdery, and a few from Paul Simon and Chick Corea to round out the mix. Cellist Carter Melin joins Dorsey in works by Gershwin and Jobim, and tenor Robert Shoupjoins Dorsey in selections by Stephen Foster.

Monday,February 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Manhattan Music Ensemble

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Hailed by critics as “a grand departure from the usual,” this trio is one of the most prominent, exciting and active chamber music groups in America. Grand Prize Winner of the 2007 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition and the 2006 Plowman National Chamber Music Competition, the trio includes pianist Milana Bahl, violinist Dmitry Lukin, and cellist Dmitry Kouzov.

Thursday,February 14 – 11a.m.
Duo Jota-A, Romanza III

Free; no reservations necessary.

Violinist Jorge Aguirre and pianist Lee Jordan Anders present a program of Romantic music for a Valentine's Day celebration.

7:30 p.m. Monday, February 25
Virginia Chamber Players

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/ students/VWC alumni - $5

The Virginia Chamber Players, all principal members of the Virginia Symphony Chorus, perform to critical acclaim wherever they appear and are featured annually in the Virginia Arts Festival. As a collaborating ensemble, they have performed with artists Andre-Michel Schub, Richard Stoltzman, and Nathaniel Rosen, and are heard frequently on NPR's Performance Today. This concert showcases rarely heard chamber works by Vaughan Williams, Bloch, Jolivet, and Salzedo, and features Debra Wendells Cross, flute, Beverly Kane Baker, viola, Barbara Chapman, harp, and Charles Woodward, pianist.

7:30 p.m. Friday, February 29
Town Mountain

Adults- $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Asheville based Town Mountain returns with their popular blend of bluegrass and roots country. Town Mountain is headed by lead singer and songwriter Robert Greer, named Western North Carolina Vocalist of the Year in '03, with Philip Barker, mandolin, Jesse Langlais, banjo, Barrett Smith, bass, and a surprise guest on fiddle.

7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14
Yun Zhang

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Associate Concertmaster of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Yun Zhang presents Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5 in F Major, “Spring,” Opus 24, Three Romances by Clara Schumann, and Franck’s Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano. Zhang studied at the renowned Shanghai Conservatory of Music, serving as concert master of the Conservatory Orchestra, and the same at the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before joining the VSO. He is joined by collaborating pianist Jeffrey Brown, winner of the Koscuszko Chopin Competition, the Iowa International Piano Competition, and the Eastman Concerto Competition; a few of his many achievements.

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18
An Evening of Fantasy: Michael Manning and Lee Jordan Anders

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Pianist Michael Manning’s professional life has encompassed academia, journalism, scientific research, and software engineering in addition to performance. He has served on college and university faculties, as program director of WGBH Radio, music critic for The Boston Globe, and producer for NPR. He is joined by Virginia Wesleyan Artist-in-Residence and Batten Professor of Music Lee Jordan Anders in a program featuring Mozart’s C minor Fantasy, K. 475,Schubert’s F minor Fantasy for piano four hands, D. 940, and Schumann’s Fantasy in C, Opus 17.

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25
Covington String Quartet & Frankenstein

Adults - $10, Seniors/military/students/VWC alumni - $5

Our national capitol’s famed string quartet brings Frankenstein to the Virginia Wesleyan campus for an evening of music and film. In addition to traditional string quartet works by Rubenstein and Barber, the Covington String Quartet performs an original work by Japanese composer Yukiko Nishimura, created to accompany Thomas Edison’s 1910 silent film Frankenstein.