The premiere of David T. Little’s “What Belongs to You,” a chamber opera adapted from the novel by Garth Greenwell; new and recent commissions by the Kronos Quartet and Third Coast Percussion with international guests; a folk-classical crossover program with violinist Tessa Lark, cellist Joshua Roman and double-bassist and composer Edgar Meyer; and recitals by baritone Keith Phares and pianist Simone Dinnerstein are classical offerings in the 2024-25 season of Modlin Arts Presents, the mainstage ticketed series of the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center.
Modlin Arts Presents also will feature a variety of jazz, folk and world music artists and dance and theater troupes.
Single tickets for the series are $20 to $60. Subscribers to three to six events receive a 15 percent discount on adult ticket prices. Programs by Music Department faculty and student ensemble are free, but ticket reservations are required.
For more information, call the center’s box office at (804) 289-8980 or visit http://modlin.richmond.edu
Modlin Arts Presents classical attractions:
Sept. 26 & 28 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Karim Sulayman, tenor; Alarm Will Sound; Mark Morris, stage director & choreographer. David T. Little: “What Belongs to You.” (Free panel discussion at 7 p.m. Sept. 27, Jepson Theatre.)
Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m., Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court) – Keith Phares, baritone; pianist TBA. Program TBA.
Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Tessa Lark, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; Edgar Meyer, double-bass. Folk & classical program of works TBA by Meyer, others.
Feb. 21 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Third Coast Percussion; Zakir Hussain, tabla. Program TBA.
March 21 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Kronos Quartet; Peni Candra Rini, vocalist. Program TBA.
April 11 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Simone Dinnerstein, piano. Program TBA.
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Music Department classical programs, all in Camp Concert Hall unless listed otherwise:
Sept. 13 (7:30 p.m.) – UR faculty & student ensembles TBA. “Family Weekend Concert.” Program TBA.
Sept. 16 (7:30 p.m., Ukrop Auditorium) – Neumann Lecture on Music: Robert Fink. “What is Playlist Culture?”
Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m., Perkinson Recital Hall) – Keith Phares, baritone; pianist TBA. Program TBA. (Master class at time TBA, Oct. 25, Camp Concert Hall.)
Oct. 25 (7:30 p.m.) – Christoph Wagner, cello; Joanne Kong, piano. Works TBA by Brahms, Chopin, Martinů, Giovanni Sollima.
Oct. 27 (3 p.m.) – UR Schola Cantorum & orchestra, Jeffrey Riehl conducting. Fauré: Requiem, “Cantique de Jean Racine.”
Nov. 15 & 16 (7:30 p.m.) – Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival. Artists & works TBA.
Nov. 25 (7:30 p.m.) – UR Wind Ensemble, Brianna Gatch directing. Program TBA.
Dec. 2 (7:30 p.m.) – UR Chamber Ensembles. Program TBA.
Dec. 8 (5 & 8 p.m., Cannon Memorial Chapel) – UR Schola Cantorum, Jeffrey Riehl directing. Mary Beth Bennett, organ; brass ensemble. 51st annual Festival of Lessons and Carols.
Feb. 2 (3 p.m.) – Ronald Crutcher, cello; pianist TBA. Works TBA by Beethoven, Barber, Rachmaninoff.
Feb. 5 (7:30 p.m.) – Richard Becker, piano. Program TBA.
March 2 (3 p.m.) – Doris Wylee-Becker, piano. Program TBA.
March 5 (7:30 p.m.) – Anzû Quartet. Contemporary works TBA.
April 13 (3 p.m.) – UR Schola Cantorum, Jeffrey Riehl directing. Program TBA.
April 14 (7:30 p.m.) – UR Wind Ensemble, Brianna Gatch directing. Program TBA.
April 21 (7:30 p.m.) – UR Chamber Ensembles. Program TBA.
April 23 (7:30 p.m.) – UR Symphony Orchestra, Naima Burrs conducting. Program TBA.
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