Classical Music

in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Welcome to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival, centered in beautiful Floyd County.

Our focus is on music education, especially the support of local young people, and on broadening our region’s musical richness by making classical music and a blend of classical and Appalachian heritage styles affordable and available in our community – in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

Recently highlighted in the 2018 Fall/Winter Floyd Magazine which you can read online here

This year we had two great concerts

‘Stellar Strings’ on Sunday, June 30th, 3 pm

Maestro David Stewart Wiley, violinist Akemi Takayama, harpist Rachel Hall, and other RSO musicians will perform works by Mozart, Debussy, and Handel
VBRMF Young Artist Elizabeth Shelor Matheson will also perform
Here is a recording of Elizabeth playing with DSW Jr. just for your viewing or possibly our Facebook page.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVr_cyFL30o&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0ua73aHU-rD2DvfkwrEgwAhrfp-osrGXZkML_1-IR4ds5hfx7nRUZxgy0

‘Takayama & Wiley’ on Tuesday, July 2nd, 7 pm

Maestro David Stewart Wiley and Akemi Takayama will perform works for violin and piano
Chamber music will be performed by top musicians from Governor’s Schools throughout Virginia (a collaboration between VBRMF and the Radford University Summer Governor’s School for Visual and Performing Arts)
Free concert — donation suggested

Both Concerts at Celebration Hall, Floyd EcoVillage

To learn more and purchase tickets, click Concerts

Whoa! We are happy to announce that recently some of our scholarship winners got the opportunity to meet the great Itzhak Perlman.

Heather Blake with Itzhak Perlman

Aaron Shelor and Elizabeth Matheson meet with Itzhak Perlman

Blue Ridge Springs Program

Starting up again on September 12th

Register for the new season here:

Working with the June Bug Center, VBRMF has helped many kids learn music.

To learn more, click here.

Last June.. home you didn’t miss it.

“Barber, Mozart, Vivaldi”

Sunday, June 10, 3:00 pm

Celebration Hall, Floyd EcoVillage

To learn more:

Thanks for attending the 2017

Spring Concert

Concerts

Music Education

Scholarships & Grants

Volunteer

CALENDAR

March 2, 2019 – Rainier – Floyd Center of the Arts

March 31, 2019 Olga Vinokur – Floyd Center of the Arts

News & Updates

2017 Scholarship Recipients

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...

Laurel Brooke Update

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 also to...