UPCOMING EVENT
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The Pictures Project Free Community Concert Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 7:00pm MLK Performing Arts Center 1400 Melbourne Road, Charlottesville No tickets or registration necessary Free parking onsite |
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This concert is a celebration of the 2025–2026 collaboration between
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival and Charlottesville City Schools
Featuring:
Pianists John Novacek and Andrew Armstrong
Artwork by Charlottesville City Schools students accompanying the music and displayed in the lobby
Full program with intermission:
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 for piano four hands
John Novacek: Rags for solo piano
George Gershwin: An American in Paris (arr. for 4-hands by Alessandra Gelfini)
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival and Charlottesville City Schools
Featuring:
Pianists John Novacek and Andrew Armstrong
Artwork by Charlottesville City Schools students accompanying the music and displayed in the lobby
Full program with intermission:
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 for piano four hands
John Novacek: Rags for solo piano
George Gershwin: An American in Paris (arr. for 4-hands by Alessandra Gelfini)
This concert is generously sponsored by
The Pictures Project:
A collaboration with Charlottesville City Schools
A collaboration with Charlottesville City Schools
This collaboration centered on Modest Mussorgsky’s iconic piano work, Pictures at an Exhibition. This initiative supports our mission to deepen students’ engagement with chamber music by giving young people a meaningful, creative way to experience the connection between music and visual art.
The timeline:
September 15, 2025: Pianist Andrew Armstrong introduced the district’s 4th graders to Mussorgsky’s vivid musical scenes through his expressive teaching and performance of the piece.
Over the course of the fall semester: CCS art and music teachers guided students through the history of the piece and the artwork that inspired it, ultimately inviting them to produce their own artworks in response to the music. Although the program is designed primarily for 4th graders, students from other grade levels also had the opportunity to take part.
In the winter: Student artwork will be selected to be displayed at the culmination event in the spring.
March 25, 2026: The collaboration will culminate with two events. Andrew Armstrong will return to Charlottesville to present a private concert for the students during the school day, and a free event for the community in the evening - both events will feature the Mussorgsky piece along with selections of the student's artwork. The evening event will also include other chamber works to round out the program.
The timeline:
September 15, 2025: Pianist Andrew Armstrong introduced the district’s 4th graders to Mussorgsky’s vivid musical scenes through his expressive teaching and performance of the piece.
Over the course of the fall semester: CCS art and music teachers guided students through the history of the piece and the artwork that inspired it, ultimately inviting them to produce their own artworks in response to the music. Although the program is designed primarily for 4th graders, students from other grade levels also had the opportunity to take part.
In the winter: Student artwork will be selected to be displayed at the culmination event in the spring.
March 25, 2026: The collaboration will culminate with two events. Andrew Armstrong will return to Charlottesville to present a private concert for the students during the school day, and a free event for the community in the evening - both events will feature the Mussorgsky piece along with selections of the student's artwork. The evening event will also include other chamber works to round out the program.
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Thank You to our 2025 Sponsors and Partners!
Season Sponsor: Mrs. Tessa G. Ader
Anonymous, in celebration of the life of Carolee Copeland and her love of chamber music
Bama Works Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Eastwood Farm and Winery
Jan Peskin, in loving memory of Henry Peskin
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Maurice Amado Foundation
The Paramount Theater
The Ruffledog Fund
Vault Virginia
Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Virginia Cenedella
Media Sponsors: WTJU & WVTF/Radio IQ
Anonymous, in celebration of the life of Carolee Copeland and her love of chamber music
Bama Works Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Eastwood Farm and Winery
Jan Peskin, in loving memory of Henry Peskin
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Maurice Amado Foundation
The Paramount Theater
The Ruffledog Fund
Vault Virginia
Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Virginia Cenedella
Media Sponsors: WTJU & WVTF/Radio IQ
Many Thanks to our 2025 Festival Program Book advertisers!
Listening Room
The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival's LISTENING ROOM houses select performances from our September 2020 Festival and the three “Mini-Festivals” which we were able to commission, thanks to the generosity of our patrons.
Photos by Janet Moore-Coll