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.
Please send an email to info@virginiasblueridgemusicfestival.org and get on our mailing list to stay up to date.
We are an affiliate of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra RSO.com.
Triple Treats: Music for Three Keyboards
Music can lift our spirits, bring people together, and warm us on cold winter days. Pianists, Maestro Dr. David S. Wiley, Dr. Deanne Vance, and Radford University faculty Erica Sipes will present an exciting afternoon of music performed on three pianos. These musicians are graduates of, and taught at ,some of the most prestigious music schools in the country and abroad. They will share their talent and delight the audience with pieces by JS Bach, Scott Joplin, Gluck, Grainger Derry and a premier by composer Jerome Margolis to list a few. Floyd is extremely fortunate to have this wealth of artistic talent in our community. Students of the piano, lovers of great music, and anyone wanting to forget the weather for an afternoon join us and
share the beauty of music. Get your tickets now here.
Jan 26th 2:30 PM
The Presbyterian Chruch of Floyd 169 Newtown Rd NE, Floyd, VA
It was a Great Concert..hopefully you did not miss it. Keep your eyes open for next year!
Home for the Holidays
The musicians are extraordinary for this special afternoon concert of classical and holiday favorites. David Stewart Wiley, Music Director and Conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. Wiley also enjoys a special relationship with Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival as Artistic Director. He performs and conducts several concerts in Floyd each year including a large festival in June. Maestro Wiley will be performing
on piano with two well-known professional musicians.
From our past:“Mozart & Haydn in the Mountains”
THANKS FOR ATTENDING
This special festival performance features one of the most beloved violin concertos by W.A. Mozart – his Concerto No 5 “Turkish” in A Major, played by the incomparable Akemi Takayama. Plus, a double concerto for two horns by Joseph Haydn, played on period natural horns by Abigail Pack and Rachel Niketopoulos as duo-soloists. Performances also of Mozart’s familiar 2nd horn concerto on natural horn with orchestra, and mountain-themed music by Jay Ungar and David Wiley. This is an exciting afternoon program at the Floyd Events Center-not to be missed!
Adults: $25.00 Students: $5.00
Congratulations, Maestro
Thanks for Coming.. it was a great Success!!!!!
Was on May 7 2022
Sandra Smith Scholarship Concert
May 7th 2pm
First United Methodist Church in Salem
125 W. Main Street.
Salem, VA
Performers will be various alumni of Floyd County High School including renown organist Michael Bower who is currently Director of Music at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y..
Donations accepted NOW.
Please send them to:
Floyd County Cares
Designate Sandra Smith Scholarship Fund
100 E Main St, Ste 108
Floyd VA 24091
For More Info:
please email: Naomi VanCeave at nvancleave12@yahoo.com
or call her: 540-529-4978
Blue Ridge Strings Program
Starting up again on September 2024
Register for the new season here:
Working with the June Bug Center, VBRMF has helped many kids learn music.
To learn more, click here.
News & Updates
Madison String Quartet
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...
Exciting New Strings Program
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...