Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble presenting A Children's Concert: Dan Brown Wild Symphony
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts
Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Family Friendly
Cost:

Description:
The Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts presents the Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble presenting A Children's Concert: Dan Brown Wild Symphony on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.

The Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble invites you and your family for an afternoon of musical fun. The program begins with Wild Symphony by Dan Brown (author of The Da Vinci Code), a wild adventure through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! This musical adventure is a magical blend of storytelling, music, and visual art. The concert will conclude with a selection of music from the original Star Wars trilogy.

The multi-layered performance experience will be conducted by Virginia Tech professor Derek Shapiro and narrated by Alumni Distinguished Professor Patricia Arun, a member of the theatre arts faculty and director of the Center for Communicating Science. Videos based on the book’s illustrations will also accompany the performance.

Attendees should come early, as activities for all ages will be available in the lobby of the Moss Arts Center half an hour before the performance, including character cutouts, robots from the Mind Music Machine Lab, and a “conduct me” station where participants will have an opportunity to lead a small group of Virginia Tech’s string players as well as your chance to purchase the book, written by the author of the DaVinci Code, Dan Brown.

Admission is $15.00 for adults, $12.00 for seniors and $10.00 for students. There is also special family pricing. Buy one adult ticket and get one free student ticket.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=B5BE589B-3911-4A5D-97D2-07552CDBB9DB.

Audience excitement and participation is encouraged during the event. “If the audience sees something they like, it’s OK to clap or have an emotional response to something,” Shapiro said. “At classical music concerts, we’re so scared of making noise or emoting — it’s important that if kids see something they like, they can react to something.”

The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/sopa-wildsymphony.html or https://sopa.vt.edu/events/performances/2025/03/sopa-cchildrensconcert.html or https://www.facebook.com/VTperformingarts or https://www.instagram.com/hokiesonstage.