VCU Symphony aims to inspire high schoolers through non-traditional piece
Peggy Stansbery, Staff Writer The VCU Symphony plays “Paradise Valley Serenade,” a piece referring to a predominantly Black neighborhood in Detroit known as Black Bottom, according to Daniel Myssyk, professor of music and director of orchestral activities at VCU, who learned this information from Akropolis Quintet. Black Bottom is known for its residents’ significant contributions […]
VCU Symphony brings Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ to sold-out concert hall
At their fall concert this past Tuesday, enough people turned out to hear the VCU Symphony’s ambitious undertaking of the work that, according to the VCU Music box office, more than people had to be turned away.
VCU Opera to take stage this weekend
VCU Opera and the VCU Symphony Orchestra are set to take the stage again this weekend with 2011’s production of German composer Englebert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.”