by Jeff Maisey | May 3, 2026 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey When the Virginia Arts Festival presents “Music of Queen — A Rock Symphony” May 15 at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, much of the stage will be filled with members of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra with a rock band positioned front and center...
by Jeff Maisey | May 3, 2026 | Concert Previews, Featured, Music, Music News
(Steep Canyon Rangers are outstanding in their field. Photo by Jay Strausser.) By Jim Morrison Barrett Smith joined Steep Canyon Rangers in 2017, nearly two decades after the band formed as a group of friends attending the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill....
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 27, 2026 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III Hampton Roads’ two most accomplished, most famous and finest (classical) musicians meld their talents April 30 at Norfolk State’s Wilder Performing Arts Center for the Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s “Happy Birthday, Hailstork” concert....
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2026 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(The Chameleons play Richmond Music Hall on Monday, April 20. Photo by Helen Millington.) By Jeff Maisey By age 21, in 1983, I had absorbed the music of The Beatles as a kid influenced by teenagers on the dead end street I was raised on. From this impressionable...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 25, 2025 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Sarah Brightman’s journey through dance, Broadway, international stardom and selling tens of millions of records began with singing at three with her family in England. So, her winter symphony Christmas tours take her back to that time decades...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 25, 2025 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz has made a successful seasonal career hitting the road for the past 27 years in the month leading up to Christmas Eve with his critically acclaimed Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour. When the 28th tour makes a stop...
