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Thanks to VPM for this wonderful conversation featuring What Belongs to You composer David T. Little!

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Performances: September 26 & 28 @ 7:30 PM
Creative Team Panel Discussion: September 27 @ 7:30 PM
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https://www.vpm.org/listen/2024-09-23/what-belongs-to-you-a-world-premiere-at-the-modlin-center-for-the-arts

"What Belongs To You," A World Premiere at the Modlin Center for the Arts "What Belongs To You" is an opera for tenor and chamber orchestra premiering this week in the Alice Jepson Theatre at the University of Richmond. Mike Goldberg previews the performances with composer David T. Little and Paul Brohan, Executive Director at the Modlin Center.

What Belongs to You, an opera for tenor and chamber orchestra, premieres next month, right here at Modlin!

Discover behind-the-scenes insights from the creative team of this stunning opera: https://bit.ly/WBTY-broadway-world

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September 26 & 28, 7:30 p.m.

David T. Little's WHAT BELONGS TO YOU Premieres at Modlin Center for the Arts GRAMMY Award-nominated composer David T. Little has unveiled his latest work for the stage, an opera for tenor and chamber orchestra in three parts based on Garth Greenwell's critically acclaimed debut novel, What Belongs to You.

Modlin's 2024-25 season opens with the world premiere of "What Belongs to You", an operatic adaptation of Garth Greenwell's novel by the same name. Mark Morris directs the opera, with music and libretto by David T. Little.

Don't miss your chance to experience this stunning story, which explores the ways our pasts and cultures, our scars and shames can shape who we are and determine how we love. Karim Sulayman, tenor portrays the protagonist over the lush score performed by chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound.

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There are three more chances to see "Everybody" this weekend!

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Death Becomes Her - Style Weekly “Everybody,” a Pulitzer finalist about life and death, takes the stage at the University of Richmond.

The Danish String Quartet bring their joyful music-making and impeccable artistry to Modlin next weekend! You won't want to miss their renditions of classical repertoire and Scandinavian folk tunes.

Saturday, April 20 @ 7:30 PM

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Photo credit: Caroline Bittencourt

Natu Camara brings high-energy vocals, infectious rhythms, and uplifting lyrics to Modlin next month. Dancing shoes are recommended!

Friday, April 12 @ 7:30 PM

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Photo credit: Jamie Ambler

Natu Camara April 12, 2024

Immerse yourself in the warmth of the cello, as renowned cellist Zuill Bailey performs at the Modlin Center for the Arts next week. The recital will feature the music of Chopin and Rachmaninoff, with lush accompaniment by pianist Natasha Paremski.

Wednesday, February 28 @ 7:30 PM

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Events | Modlin Center for the Arts

Mike Goldberg-Thank you for this great interview with Layale Chaker. We love learning more and more about the incredible artists we bring to Modlin Center for the Arts at University of Richmond. Can't wait for this evening's performance! Hope to see many of you there.

Violinist & composer Layale Chaker visits the Modlin Center Friday evening Violinist and composer Layale Chaker & Sarafand will be performing Friday evening in the Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond. She talks and plays live in studio with VPM's Mike Goldberg.

Layale Chaker and Sarafand with Kinan Azmeh join us in Camp Concert Hall on February 16th. Check out the band playing live in the studio for New Sounds 4 years ago. This offers a taste of what we'll get to enjoy together soon!

Live in Studio: Layale Chaker and the Sarafand Ensemble Arabic poetry meets chamber jazz in music by Lebanese Palestinian violinist and composer Layale Chaker and the Sarafand Ensemble, who play in-studio.

Looking for amazing things to do this weekend? Thanks, Style Weekly, for picking Hamid Rahmanian, Song of the North for this week's Stuff To Do! And there's so much more happening to fill your whole weekend with Arts & Culture.

Stuff to Do: Feb. 1-4 - Style Weekly From the Capital City Classic to Candela Gallery’s “Memory Orchards,” Persian mythology-inspired puppetry and more.

Looking back to when Layale Chaker & Sarafand's album "Inner Rhyme" made NPR's 10 best albums in January list. Looking ahead to welcoming them to Camp Concert Hall on Friday, February 16, with special guest Kinan Azmeh. Tickets available! We hope to see you too.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/689340460/the-10-best-albums-we-heard-in-january

Modlin Center for the Arts is thrilled to welcome Hamid Rahmanian, Song of the North on February 2nd. Read about this exceptional piece and join us next month!

These actors use 483 shadow puppets to tell an epic story The multimedia stage show “Song of the North” is inspired by the “Shahnameh,” a 1,000-year-old Iranian tale that has contemporary relevance.

Want to watch the first in our special series of lectures on "The Genius of Max Roach"? Host Seton Hawkins presented The Drumming Style of Max Roach via Zoom last week. Joined by master drummer Jerome Jennings, they shared discussion and demonstrated the genius and unique style of Roach’s drumming. It was a compelling introduction to the sounds of this legendary artist. We hope you enjoy learning more about his legacy with us.

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Tonight we welcome Jazz at Lincoln Center's Seton Hawkins and legendary pianist George Cables, for the second lecture in a special series celebrating the Genius of Max Roach. If you aren't signed up to join us on Zoom, don't worry! The recording will be available soon. The third lecture is still open for registration at https://tickets.modlin.richmond.edu/events - It's FREE and in person at our Alice Jepson Theatre this Thursday, January 25, at 6PM.
Photo: Max Roach in 1947.
William Gottlieb/Library of Congress

Tonight we welcome host Seton Hawkins, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Director of Public Programs, with the first in a series of lectures on the Genius of Max Roach. Registration is still open for the next two lectures (one on Zoom and one in person) at modlin.richmond.edu!