Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 at 12:00pm
Each August Staunton Music Festival welcomes over 80 acclaimed professionals from around the world to perform in 30 events. Multiple concerts daily make for an exhilarating immersion in chamber, vocal, and symphonic music. The days are given over to one-hour, free admission programs, while the evenings come alive with longer, ticketed concerts preceded by special dinners and short lectures. And for those who enjoy music after dark, look for the Nightcap concerts that take place at 10:00 pm in interesting spaces downtown.
Schedule of Events:
12:00pm - Bohemian Rhapsodies
Doors open 11:15 - Concert ends 1:00
All seating is unreserved
Zelenka - Concerto in G Major, for oboe, bassoon, strings, and continuo
Schulhoff - Concertino for flute, viola, and bass
Dvorák - Zigeunerlieder ("Gypsy Songs"), for piano and voice
Location: First Presbyterian Church 100 East Frederick St, Staunton
3:00pm - Virginia Soundscape 2
Doors open 2:15 - Event ends at 4:30
All seating is unreserved
Virginia composers have always had a strong presence at Staunton Music Festival. This season we celebrate those diverse voices with music, of course, as well as conversation. In the second of two "Virginia Soundscape" programs, three composers will share thoughts about their stylistic evolution and the current state of art music in the Commonwealth and beyond. Event includes a performance of music for solo percussion by Casey Cangelosi.
Matthew Burtner (University of Virginia)
Casey Cangelosi (James Madison University)
Nicole Mitchell (University of Virginia)
Zachary Wadsworth, moderator
Location: Central United Methodist Church 14 N Lewis St, Staunton
7:30pm - All Creatures Great & Small
Doors open 7:00 - All seating is reserved
Free preconcert talk begins at 6:45
Gershwin - Preludes Nos. 1 and 3 for solo piano
Kurtág - Three Kafka Fragments, for voice and violin
Debussy - Two Préludes (Bruyères, Ondine), arr. for solo harp
Biber - Sonata for Two Trumpets
Rameau - L’entretriens des muses, for harpsichord
Schubert - Symphony No. 9 in C Major (”The Great”)
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church 214 W Beverley St, Staunton
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