Traditional sources of funding, donations and concert tickets, have made possible the concerts and scholarships provided by VBRMF. Now there is another source of funds which allows you an additional way to give to VBRMF at no cost to you! If you are a Kroger...
On March 17th, 2017, the Floyd Center for the Arts and Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival welcome the talented Madison String Quartet to Floyd VA. Along with the concert Saturday evening the Quartet will lead a Master Class for local music students. The Madison...
4TH AND 5TH GRADERS! The Blue Ridge Strings Program will introduce the study of classical music on stringed instruments to elementary age children in Floyd County. Through hands on instruction and creative enrichment, the program will support growth and development...
On May 21,2017, at the Bach to Bluegrass Concert, three young Floyd County musicians were awarded scholarships by VBRMF. In memory of Ed Fallon, Eli Wildman, age 16, was awarded a scholarship to attend the Berklee Global String Program this summer. Aila Wildman and...
In 2015 Laurel Brooke of Floyd, a violinist, received the David S. Wiley Scholarship from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival. She then attended New River Community College for a year as a part-time student–not only to gain credits for general education, but...
On April 1, aspiring young area musicians will gather in Floyd to participate in a classical string master class. Instructors for the class are the members of the Julius Quartet – violinists Helen Hyun Jeong Lee and David Do, violist John Batchelder and cellist Byron...
Local area musician and artist, Elizabeth Shelor, recently received her teaching certification from the Suzuki Music Institute. Elizabeth, a 2016 scholarship winner with Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival (VBRMF) received tuition for the Suzuki training through the...
On September 11, 2016 in a beautiful mountain-top home in Meadows of Dan, 85 music lovers gathered for an afternoon of Classical Music in the Mountains, a fundraiser for Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival. The program, coordinated by pianist and composer Zachary...
New this year: reserve your tickets for dinner, catered by Cast Iron Catering, and dine with the artists before the show! Dinner tickets are $15 (reserve by April 30th) Reserve Tickets
Lisa Liske-Doorandish, an esteemed cellist, will perform at the June Bug Center in Floyd, Virginia, on Sunday, February 21, at 2:30 pm. She will be joined by Taylor Baldwin, pianist, and four young musicians: David Smith, Eleanore Liske-Doorandish, Elizabeth Shelor,...
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