UVA Music Department

On Monday April 27th, Maxwell Mitchell will be presenting his Distinguished Major Project in Music in Old Cabell Hall from 6:30-8.

The electronic-based album was written, composed, and produced by Maxwell and features many fellow UVA singers and instrumentalists. The project, titled “The Artificial Age,” centers around Maxwell’s thoughts on artificial intelligence and escapism, taking the listener to an imagined world of the not-so-distant future.

The event is free and open to the public!

If you can't make it to Old Cabell Hall, UVA for our Tea Time Recitals (Thursday & Friday), our live stream links and both programs are on our webpage https://music.virginia.edu/tea-time-recitals, WTJU

The University of Virginia Department of Music is pleased to present the fourth-year recital and independent study project of Jack Ireland this Monday.

This special performance will feature six original jazz arrangements of traditional church hymns chosen by Ireland from the Episcopal Hymnal 1982. Blending the rich harmonic language and improvisational spirit of jazz with the familiarity and reverence of hymn traditions, the program offers a fresh and personal reinterpretation of sacred music.

We greatly look forward to seeing you there! Congratulations to our very own student worker, ._ , for preparing this recital!

This event is free and open to the public.

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Over Spring Break, many of our UVA Music faculty and students traveled to and performed in Hungary!

Led by Program Director Daniel Sender, UVA students and faculty enjoyed a week of immersive cultural activities in Hungary during Spring Break. In addition to historical sightseeing tours, the group engaged with folk music and dance, opera, and Hungarian classical music.

A mid-week visit to partner institution, the University of Pécs, featured a collaboration between students and music faculty with seven Hungarian musicians in a joint performance in the beautiful Liszt Ferenc Concert Hall. A second performance, in the grand atrium of the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, featured a duo by performance faculty members Prof. Kelly Sulick and Prof. Ayn Balija, as well as two Hungarian works performed by Prof. Daniel Sender and outstanding student pianist Lauren Kim.

This trip was part of the embedded study abroad course, UVA in Hungary: Experiencing Hungarian Music and Cultural History, and represents the latest project of an ongoing partnership between UVA and Hungarian institutions. Started in 2018 by Prof. Sender, this flourishing partnership continues to create cross-cultural programs that impact communities both at home and abroad.

We are grateful for the support of the International Studies Office, the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, and the Department of Music.

Congratulations to Professor Leah Reid and PhD students Lawton Hall and Varun Kishore on presenting new works as part of the University of Georgia’s New Music Festival that happened on February 13-14!

Professor Reid was also the featured composer at the festival. Four of her works were performed, Sk(etch) was featured at the Georgia Museum of Art, and she presented a talk titled The Colors of Timbre.

Additionally, Leah Reid is a recipient of the 2025 University of Virginia Research Achievement Awards, honored with the Award for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities!

Pooja Viswesh is a remarkable multi-faceted artist and music major. She just released an album titled “The Destination”, available for streaming now on Spotify and Apple Music! Read what Pooja has to say about the album:
“This album release is an extension of my Distinguished Majors Program project. My goal was to create a collection of songs that ranged across various genres in an attempt to reach the point of introspection for different people. Depending on where we grew up, our friends and families, experiences we were exposed to, and who we become every day, different types of music bring us to a closer understanding of ourselves. Similarily, meditative music doesn’t look the same for everyone. With this in mind, I put my spin on 10 different genres.”

Congrats, Pooja!

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Congratulations to our music students who were awarded Departmental Recognition from the Music Department this week! Keep being creative and inspired 🧡💙

On Wednesday 12/3 from 3:30 to 4:30 we will be hosting an open rehearsal in Old Cabell Hall!! If you’re interested in seeing what a rehearsal with the University Singers looks and sounds like, come join us on Wednesday afternoon! All are welcome 🎶🎶

Dr. A.D. Carson was featured this morning in a C-VILLE Weekly article by Sarah Lawson on his new book, "Being Dope." In this book, Professor Carson "looks at American history and heroism through the lens of hip hop and the Black experience." Read more here: https://c-ville.com/a-d-carson-on-his-new-book-being-dope/

C-ville Weekly A.D. Carson

A.D. Carson on his new book Being Dope - C-VILLE Weekly Dr. A.D. Carson is a musician, performance artist, and writer, in addition to being an associate professor of hip hop and a Shannon Center Fellow for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia. His album, i used to love to dream, was the first peer-reviewed rap album and received UVA’s 2021 Re...