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Program: Up Close with Chris Thile
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Chris Thile
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: 4:00 - 4:45 PM
Event Types: Music, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech presents the program "Up Close with Chris Thile" on Saturday, October 11, 2025 inside The Cube.

Delve into mandolinist Chris Thile’s musical mind during an engaging Q&A session, the perfect prelude to his evening performance at 7:30 PM.

Acclaimed Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and MacArthur Fellow recipient of the prestigious "Genius Grant," Chris Thile is a multifaceted musical talent, described by The Guardian as "that rare being: an all-round musician," and hailed by NPR as a "genre-defying musical genius."

The wide-ranging program of Thile’s 2025-2026 solo performances will feature selections from his acclaimed solo recordings of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas — including the upcoming second volume out this autumn — alongside his signature post-genre blend of compositional rigor, folksy stagecraft, and improvisational brilliance.

Thile is a founding member of the highly influential string bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, and has collaborated with countless luminaries from Yo-Yo Ma to Fiona Apple to Brad Mehldau. For four years, Thile hosted public radio favorite Live from Here with Chris Thile (formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion). With his broad outlook, Thile creates a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic for performers and audiences alike, giving the listener "one joyous arc, with the linear melody and vertical harmony blurring into a single web of gossamer beauty" (New York Times).

Links:

• https://www.christhile.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/ChrisThile
• https://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisThile/videos
• https://www.instagram.com/christhile

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Registration is required and only a limited spots will be available.

To register for the event, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=0A43C412-10EE-4656-A2BA-C88631EEC636.

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

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/experiences/up-close-chris-thile.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.